List of Famous people who died in 1989

Michael John Layton, 2nd Baron Layton, was, with his father Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton, a founder member, and President (1983–1989) of the European-Atlantic Group, and was an active Internationalist.

Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva was a Soviet actress and film director. As an actress, she is known for starring in the silent sci-fi classic Aelita (1924). She is the first female winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes film festival in the 20th century and the first woman to win a directing prize at any of the major European film festivals, for the film Chronicle of Flaming Years, a war drama about Soviet resistance to Nazi occupation in 1941.

William Scott was a British artist, known for still-life and abstract painting. He is the most internationally celebrated of 20th-century Ulster painters.

Helga Haase was a speed skater in East Germany. She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.