List of Famous people who died in 1989

Max Doria was a French actor.

Norman Wooland was an English character actor who appeared in many major films, including several Shakespearean adaptations, who was born in Düsseldorf, Germany to British parents.

Beatrice Gladys Lillie, known as Bea Lillie, was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedic performer.

Kiai Haji Ali Ma'shum was the chairman of the advisory council of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world's largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, from 1980 to 1984.

Wei Ping-ao, also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in British Hong Kong.

Joseph Vito Marcello DeSantis was an American radio, television, movie and theatrical actor and sculptor.

Johannes Mashiane, nicknamed The Beast of Atteridgeville, was a South African rapist and serial killer who was responsible for the deaths of 13 victims before committing suicide in 1989. Mashiane was being chased by police in the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad when he jumped underneath a bus.