List of Famous people who died in 1990

Herbert Brown Maw was an American politician and the eighth Governor of Utah. He served as governor from 1941 to 1949. He was a Democrat and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Julijans Vaivods was the Apostolic Administrator of Riga and of Liepāja from 10 November 1964 to his death, and Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati from 1983 to his death. He was the first Latvian cardinal and also the oldest living cardinal at the time of his death at age 94.

Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn was a Vietnamese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Hanoi from 1978 until his death. He became a cardinal in 1979, ordained by Pope John Paul II.

Orazio Orlando was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Tadahiko Hayashi was a Japanese photographer noted for a wide range of work including documentary and portraiture.

Ahmad Meshari al-Adwani was a poet and teacher who wrote the lyrics of the national anthem of Kuwait, Al-Nasheed Al-Watani.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Ma'ali Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar'ashi Najafi was an Iraqi Shia Marja'.

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba, known professionally as Dovima, was an American model during the 1950s.