List of Famous people who died in 1990

Wilhelm Nowack was a German economist who became a journalist and, more briefly, a radio producer. He was also politically engaged. A committed believer in democracy and supporter of the German republic, in 1924 he was a co-founder of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold movement. Much later, between 1949 and 1952, he served as a member of the ”Bundestag”, based at that time in Bonn. In 1951 he accepted an appointment as State Minister for Finance and Reconstruction for Rhineland-Palatinate, and just over a year later he resigned his seat in the Bundestag.

Robert William Kistner was a gynecologist who specialized in the treatment of endometriosis and was involved in the early development of the birth control pill.

Karl Brown was an American cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director. He was also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as vice president from 1924 to 1925.