List of Famous people who died in 1989

Zakia Bent Haj Boubaker Marrakchi, better known by her stage names Chafia Rochdi and Nana was a Tunisian singer and actress.

Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Tokyo, noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan, particularly the quality circle. He is best known outside Japan for the Ishikawa or cause and effect diagram often used in the analysis of industrial processes.

Mohammed Abdul-Hayy was a member of the first generation of post-colonial Sudanese writers and academics. Together with Ali El-Mak and Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, he is regarded as a pioneer of modern poetry in Sudan.

Choe Deok-sin was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife, Ryu Mi-yong, to North Korea.

Li Jingquan was a Chinese Hakka politician and the first Party Committee Secretary (governor) of Sichuan following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He supported many of Mao Zedong's policies including the Great Leap Forward.

Ermal Cleon "Ernie" Fraze was an American engineer who invented the pull-tab opener used in beverage cans.

Ching Miao was a Taiwanese actor born in Shandong, China. He had appeared in over 190 films, mostly in Hong Kong for the Shaw Brothers Studio.