List of Famous people who died in 1989

Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.

Pieter "Piet" Lieftinck (30 September 1902 – 9 July 1989) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.

Prem Nazir was an Indian film actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading men of his generation. Widely regarded as one of the most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, Nazir is often referred to as Nithyaharitha Nayakan. Nazir began his career as a stage actor and made his film debut with the 1952 film Marumakal. He took on the stage name Prem Nazir on the sets of his second film, Visappinte Vili (1952). Nazir rose to stardom during the 1950s to become one of the biggest superstars from the late 1950s to early 1980s. He is most famous for being a romantic actor. After 1983, he intentionally moved from main hero roles to character roles as he wanted to portray a variety of characters, as other artists do.

Zygmunt Hübner was a Polish actor, stage director, and director of the National Old Theatre in Krakow (1963-69). He appeared in more than 20 films between 1958 and 1988.

José Luis Bustamante y Rivero was a lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat who served as the 44th President of Peru from 1945 to 1948 and President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1967 to 1970.

William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood, TD, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Richard Quine was an American director, actor, and singer.

Karin Jacobsen (1924–1989) was a German actress and screenwriter. She was married to the actor Carl-Heinz Schroth and the film producer Gero Wecker.