List of Famous people who died in 1987

José do Patrocínio Oliveira, known by the pseudonym Zé Carioca, was a Brazilian musician and voice actor.

Sir William John Haley, KCMG was a British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator.

Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.

Verree Teasdale was an American actress born in Spokane, Washington.

Yusuf al-Khal was a Lebanese-Syrian poet, journalist, and publisher. He is considered the greatest exponent of prose poetry as well one of the pioneers of Arabic surrealist poetry.

Alan Gibson was a Canadian director active in British film and television. He was particularly notable in his early years for his work in horror. The films he directed include Journey to Midnight (1968), Crescendo (1970), Dracula A.D. 1972, The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974), Checkered Flag or Crash (1977), Witness for the Prosecution (1982) and A Woman Called Golda (1982) starring Ingrid Bergman. His television work includes Eh Joe (1965), The Capone Investment (1974), Churchill and the Generals (1979) and The Charmer (1987).

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen was a Danish architect, best known for designing the Grande Arche of La Défense in Puteaux, near Paris. He directed the creation of several modern churches in Denmark.