List of Famous people who died in 1987

Alfredo Óscar Saint-Jean was an Argentine Army division general and politician, who served as President of Argentina in 1982.

Ubaldo Ragona was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Renzo Marignano, sometimes credited as Renzo Marignani, was an Italian actor and film director.

Robert Filliou was a French artist associated with Fluxus, who produced works as a filmmaker, "action poet," sculptor, and happenings maestro.

Pericle Fazzini was an Italian painter and sculptor. His large work, La Resurrezione, is installed in the Aula Paolo VI in the Vatican City in Rome.

Masatoshi Nakayama was an internationally famous Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1949, and wrote many textbooks on karate, which served to popularize his martial art. For almost 40 years, until his death in 1987, Nakayama worked to spread Shotokan karate around the world. He was the first master in Shotokan history to attain the rank of 9th dan while alive, and was posthumously awarded the rank of 10th dan.

Elijah E. "Buddy" Fogelson was an American lawyer, Army colonel, businessman, horse and cattle breeder, and philanthropist. Although born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he spent a large part of his life in Texas, where he attended Texas Christian University in 1919 and 1920. He went on to make a fortune as a wildcatter in the oil industry.