List of Famous people who died in 1994

Oretta Fiume (1919–1994) was an Italian actress who became a star during the Fascist era after winning a competition. One of her final screen roles was in La Dolce Vita (1960). She was born in Fiume as Claudia Scrobogna and adopted her hometown as part of her stage name.

Hans J. Salter was an Austrian-American film composer.

Louis-Vincent Thomas was a French sociologist, anthropologist, ethnologist, and scholar whose specialty was Africa. He was the founder of thanatology. After having taught at Cheikh Anta Diop University, he became a sociology professor at Paris Descartes University.

Gerardus Johannes Sizoo was the first professor of physics at the Vrije Universiteit. He is notable for the establishment and development of the applied physics laboratory in 1930 and the establishment of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Vrije Universiteit.

Arturo Rivera y Damas was the ninth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. Msgr. Rivera's term as archbishop (1983–1994) coincided with the Salvadoran Civil War. He was the immediate successor of Archbishop Óscar Romero. During Romero's archbishopric (1977–1980), Rivera was Romero's key ally. He had been the auxiliary of Romero's long-reigning predecessor, Luis Chávez y González (1938–1977). Was a friend of Mother Teresa, who stayed at his family home on her visit to El Salvador

Lilia Skala was an Austrian-American architect and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field (1963), for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. During her career, Skala was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives, from 1947 until 1959, and in the United States Senate, from 1959 until 1977. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977.