List of Famous people who died in 1989

Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad was a Lebanese writer and diplomat. His 1939 novel al-Raghif, inspired by Arab resistance to the Turks in World War I, "was quickly recognized as a landmark in the literary expression of Arab nationalism". Awwad's work falls under various categories such as poetry, essays, novel-writing, as well as drama-writing. His occupation not only included literary accomplishments, but also diplomatic ones.

Harvey Hart was a Canadian television and film director and a television producer.

Sara Pinto Coelho was a writer of fiction, plays and children's literature in the Portuguese language.

Walter Emil Brödel was a German fencer who competed for Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He fenced in the team foil and sabre events. He committed suicide in 1989.

Genki Abe was a lawyer, police bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.

Marc Cavell was a British painter and kinetic artist. Cavell was born on 8 November 1911 in England into a Jewish family. He died in May 1989 in Paris.