List of Famous people who died in 1994

Edward Vissers was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He finished in the top 10 of the Tour de France three times.

Grigol Abashidze, or Grigory for short, was a Georgian poet known for works featuring Communist influences.

Ivo Perilli was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for 54 films between 1933 and 1977.

Eric Crozier OBE was a British theatrical director and opera librettist, long associated with Benjamin Britten.

Lauri ("Lassi") Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater. Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth. He also participated the next year, 1939, in what would turn out to be the last World Championships before World War II, but his results on the first three distances were not good enough to qualify for the final distance. Due to the war, it took eight years before the World Championships were held again. At these first World Championships since World War II, Parkkinen was crowned the 1947 World Champion. His success continued the next year at the 1948 Winter Olympics of St. Moritz, when he won Olympic silver on the 10,000 m.

Bert Freed was an American character actor, voice-over actor, and the first actor to portray Detective Columbo.