List of Famous people who died in 1989

James Kirkwood Jr. was an American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line.

Edoardo Amaldi was an Italian physicist. Amaldi coined the term “neutrino” in conversations with Enrico Fermi distinguishing it from the heavier “neutron”.

Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick was a third generation member of the Scottish business dynasty the Keswick family, associated with the conglomerate Jardine Matheson. He served as Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council before the outbreak of the Pacific War, and survived a murder attempt by the Japanese in 1941. During the Pacific War, he served as head of the China Theatre of the Special Operations Executive, Britain's wartime secret service. After the war he served as Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, among other positions.

Ádám Szirtes was a Hungarian actor.

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.