List of Famous people who died in 1992
Raoul André
Raoul André was a French director and screenwriter, He was married to actress Louise Carletti, and he is the father of Ariane Carletti.
Liselotte Thoms-Heinrich
Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich was a journalist and officially mandated feminist. Between 1968 and 1981 she was editor in chief of the mass circulation women's magazine, "Für Dich". She was also a member of the national parliament ("Volkskammer") between 1963 and 1981.
Hans Hofmeyer
Hans Hofmeyer was a German lawyer. He was in charge of the first Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt am Main.
Musaid bin Abdul Rahman
Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud was a member of House of Saud. He was one of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal's sons making him one of the grandsons of Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah, Imam of the Second Saudi State, and one of the younger half-brothers of King Abdulaziz. Prince Musaid served as the minister of finance from 1962 to 1975. He was one of the powerful figures who shaped the succession of the rulers during his lifetime.
Lella Lombardi
Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi was a racing driver from Italy.
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically he employs a system he called modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from the systems of material generated by his early compositions and improvisations. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, vocal music, as well as for solo organ and piano, and also experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime.
David Bohm
David Joseph Bohm was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind.
Herivelto Martins
Herivelto de Oliveira Martins was a Brazilian composer, singer, and music player.
Keiji Nishioka
Dasho Keiji Nishioka was a Japanese botanist. He was dispatched to the Kingdom of Bhutan by the Japanese Government to help modernise the Bhutanese agricultural sector. Nishioka worked in Bhutan as an agriculture expert for 28 years, from 1964 till his death in 1992. Nishioka's work helped improve the cultivation of rice and vegetables in Bhutan's Paro and Zhemgang dzongkhags (districts). He also participated in civic infrastructure development efforts in Zhemgang.
Luigi Durand de la Penne
Luigi Durand de la Penne was an Italian Navy admiral who served as naval diver in the Decima MAS during World War II. De la Penne was born in Genoa, where he also died.