List of Famous people who died in 1988

Mamdouh Muhammad Salem was the 39th Prime Minister of Egypt from April 16, 1975 to October 2, 1978.

Thomas Frederick Peart, Baron Peart, PC was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.

Jean Mistler was a French writer born in Sorèze, Tarn. In 1966 he was elected to the Académie française.

Billy Curtis was an American film and television actor with dwarfism, who had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry.

Lois Wilson, also known as Lois W., was the co-founder of Al-Anon Family Groups, a 12-Step fellowship for the friends and family of alcoholics. She was the wife of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill W. They both followed their respective groups' tradition of anonymity until The New York Times revealed their full names upon Bill's death in 1971. However, she continued to be known as Lois W. within Al-Anon until her death.