List of Famous people who died in 1988

Police General Anton Soedjarwo was a Chief of the Indonesian National Police from 4 December 1982 to 1986. His son, Rudy Soedjarwo, is a film director.

Yara da Silva Amaral was a Brazilian actress.

Paul Vario was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Vario was convicted in 1984, of fraud, and sentenced to four years in prison, followed by extortion in 1985, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He died on May 3, 1988, of lung failure in prison.

Paul Löwinger was an Austrian actor, theatre manager and writer. While still a child, he performed on his parents' stage, the Löwinger Bühne. In 1938 they were probably the first theatre ensemble which performed in front of television cameras. The same year he married Liesl Meinhard. The couple had three children: Guggi Löwinger, Sissy Löwinger and Paul Löwinger. He took over the Löwinger Bühne in 1947. Löwinger wrote numerous comedies and well known plays. His plays were often broadcast on television. He also took part in numerous German and Austrian films, such as "Zyankali" (1947) or "Kaiserball" (1956) and became internationally popular. His daughter Sissy managed the family-owned theatre until her death on September 25, 2011. Löwinger was buried at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof.

George Joseph Folsey, A.S.C., was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976.

Bruno Bianchi was an Italian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.

Jacques Santi was a French film producer from Paris, France. He was an actor best known for roles such as Bob Morane (1961), The Aeronauts (1967).

Takeo Miki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 until 1976.

Hagop Hagopian was one of the founders and the main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).