List of Famous people who died in 1988

Louis-Joseph-Lucien Cardin, was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.

Brenda Ethel Speaight married name Brenda Singer (1906-1989) was an English international badminton player.

Joaquin "Chino" Roces was the founder and owner of Associated Broadcasting Company and The Manila Times.

Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson was an American cowboy, actor, and stuntman. He was nicknamed "Bad Chuck" by director John Ford, for whom he worked many times, to distinguish him from "Good Chuck," stuntman Chuck Hayward. Roberson was reportedly the rowdier of the two, thus the nicknames.

Christopher "Chris" Gore (1944–1988) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and lyricist. Gore wrote the screenplay for the 1980 musical film Fame, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

James Henderson Douglas Jr. was a lawyer and senior-level official in the United States Government. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, serving under both President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt. During the Eisenhower Administration, he served in the United States Department of Defense as Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Joseph Szydlowski, was a Polish-Israeli aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France.

Batsheva Katznelson was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1955.

René Massigli was a French diplomat who played a leading role as a senior official at the Quai d'Orsay and was regarded as one of the leading French experts on Germany, which he greatly distrusted.