List of Famous people who died in 1988

Alain Romans was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He later worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt.

DeWitt Bodeen was a film screenwriter and television writer best known for writing Cat People (1942).

Dmitrii Evgenevich Menshov was a Russian mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of trigonometric series.

Patrick David Newell was a British actor, known for his large size.

John Francis Dearden was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Detroit from 1958 to 1980, and was created a cardinal in 1969. He previously served as Bishop of Pittsburgh from 1950 to 1958. His term as Archbishop of Detroit is noted for a decline in parochial school enrollments, declining numbers of priests in the archdiocese, and a decline of numbers of parishioners.

Jan Władysław Obłąk was a Polish Catholic Priest, Bishop of Warmia from 1982 until his death in 1988.

James Hamish Hamilton was a half-American half-Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He founded the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited.

Jeanne Behrend was an American pianist, music educator, musicologist and composer.