List of Famous people who died in 1987

Roopkuvarba Kanwar was a Rajput woman who was burned alive at Deorala village of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. At the time, she was 18 years old and had been married for eight months to Maal Singh Shekhawat, who had died a day earlier at age 24, and had no children.

Francis Anthony Baring Pollen, FRIBA was an English architect who designed, amongst other significant buildings, Worth Abbey in West Sussex.

Musa Gaysinovich Gareyev was a squadron commander in the 76th Guards Ground Attack Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. He was also the only Bashkir twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Clementina de Jesus was a Brazilian samba singer born in Valença, Brazil.

Thierry Maulnier was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. He was married to theatre director Marcelle Tassencourt.

Prince Moulay Ali (1924–1988) was a member of the reigning Alaouite dynasty of Morocco.