List of Famous people who died in 1988

Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in The Exorcist (1973).

Hamengkubuwono IX or HB IX was an Indonesian politician and royalty who was the second vice president of Indonesia, the ninth sultan of Yogyakarta, and the first governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

Vladimír Menšík was a popular Czech actor and entertainer, born in Ivančice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Both comedian and serious actor, he created a wide range of lively characters. He starred in more than 120 movies, television films and TV miniseries.

Turhan Feyzioğlu was a Turkish academic and a politician.

Christine Fabréga was a French actress and television personality.

Hillel Slovak was an Israeli-American musician best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar work was rooted in funk and hard rock, and he often experimented with other genres including reggae and speed metal. He is considered to have been a major influence on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' early sound.

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" or "il Grande Vecchio ".

Alan Stewart Paton was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist.

Christina Onassis was an American-born Greek businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the Onassis fortune. She was the only daughter of Aristotle Onassis and Tina Onassis Niarchos.

José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros, better known as Chacrinha, was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia". In his shows, now famous Brazilian celebrities were revealed, such as Roberto Carlos and Raul Seixas.