List of Famous people who died in 1987

Leonid Dimov was a Romanian postmodernist poet and translator born in Izmail, Bassarabia.

Oscar Andriani was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969.

Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

Harry Holtzman was an American artist and founding member of the American Abstract Artists group.

Knut Frydenlund was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party who served as foreign minister from 1973–1981 and again from 1986–1987.

Oliver James Flanagan was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1976 to 1977, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1975 to 1976 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture from 1954 to 1957. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois-Offaly constituency from 1943 to 1987. He was Father of the Dáil from 1977 to 1987.

Edward Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and various comic books published by DC Comics. One of the writers for the Batman comic strip and Super Friends, he also wrote The Inferior Five, among other comics. He has been called "DC's self-appointed continuity cop."

Cathryn Lee Damon was an American actress, best known for her roles on television sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.