List of Famous people who died in 1987

Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano, born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, he is sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation". People's Artist of the USSR (1985).

Daisuke Nakagawa is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR, was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War. The son of a Yoruba farmer, he was one of the truly self-made men among his contemporaries in Nigeria.

Elisabeth "Else" Zaisser was a teacher who became secretary of state and then Minister for People's Education in the East Germany.

José María Bueno y Monreal was a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Seville from 1957 to 1982, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.

Wilhelm Tolmé Runge was an electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany.

Giovanni Arpino was an Italian writer and journalist.