Remembered
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Hirohito
1901 – 1989
Military personnel, Diplomat, Marine biologist, Zoologist, Monarch, Aristocrat
Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death on 7 January 1989. He reigned…
Chowdhury Gulam Akbar
1921 – 1988
Author
Chowdhury Gulam Akbar (Bengali: চৌধুরী গোলাম আকবর; 16 September 1921 – 29 December 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He served in the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh…
Abdul Hye Mashreki
1909 – 1988
Literary scholar, Writer
Abdul Hye Mashreki (1 April 1919 – 4 December 1988) was a Bangladeshi folk litterateur and poet. He is known for his writing in the 1930s and 1940s. He mainly f…
Hamidur Rahman
— – 1988
Sculptor
Hamidur Rahman (1928 – 19 November 1988) was a Bangladeshi artist and sculptor. He is best known as the architect of the Shaheed Minar, a national monument in D…
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911 – 1988
Physicist, Nuclear physicist, University teacher, Inventor, Astronomer
Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physi…
Manmatha Ray
1899 – 1988
Playwright, Lawyer
Manmatha Ray also known as Manmatha Roy was an Indian Bengali playwright. He responded to the socio-political conditions of India at the time through his plays.…
Abu Jafar Shamsuddin
1911 – 1988
Writer
Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1968 and Ekushey Padak…
Zia-ul-Haq
1924 – 1988
Politician, Military officer
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani general who ruled Pakistan from his coup in 1977 until his death in an airplane crash in 1…
Enzo Ferrari
1898 – 1988
Entrepreneur, Racing automobile driver, Industrialist
Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; Italian: [ˈɛntso anˈsɛlmo ferˈraːri]; 18 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, t…
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 – 1988
Artist
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who emerged from New York City's downtown graffiti and art scenes. His paintings combined text, symbols and social c…
Raj Kapoor
1924 – 1988
Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor, Film actor, Actor
Ranbir Raj Kapoor (pronounced [raːdʒ kəˈpuːɾ]; born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), popularly known as Raj Kapoor was an Indian actor and…
Ernst Ruska
1906 – 1988
Physicist, University teacher, Inventor, Electrical engineer
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː] ; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics…
Robert A. Heinlein
1907 – 1988
Writer, Screenwriter, Literary critic, Naval officer, Essayist
Robert Anson Heinlein ( HYNE-lyne; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean o…
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
1904 – 1988
Politician, Lawyer, Judge, Jurist, Head of government, Member of parliament
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (German: [ˈkʊʁt ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈkiːzɪŋɐ]; 6 April 1904 – 9 March 1988) was a German politician and lawyer who served as the chancellor of West Ger…
Richard Feynman
1918 – 1988
Physicist, Quantum physicist, Inventor, Writer, University teacher, Percussionist
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwi…
Quamrul Hassan
1921 – 1988
Painter
Quamrul Hassan (Bengali: কামরুল হাসান; 2 December 1921– 2 February 1988) was a Bangladeshi artist. Quamrul Hassan is referred to in Bangladesh as Potua, a word…
Georgy Malenkov
1902 – 1988
Politician
Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (8 January 1902 [O.S. 26 December 1901] – 14 January 1988) was a Soviet politician who succeeded Joseph Stalin as Premier and th…
Isidor Rabi
1898 – 1988
Physicist, Nuclear physicist, University teacher, Theoretical physicist
Israel Isaac "Isidor" Rabi (; Yiddish: איזידאָר יצחק ראַבי, romanized: Izidor Yitzkhok Rabi; July 29, 1898 – January 11, 1988) was an American physicist who rec…
Happy Akhand
1960 – 1987
Singer
Happy Akhand (12 October 1960 – 28 December 1987) was a Bangladeshi rock singer and songwriter. He was one of the pioneering rock musicians in Bangladesh. He wa…
Manoj Basu
1901 – 1987
Writer, Playwright
Manoj Basu (Bengali: মনোজ বসু; 25 July 1901 – 27 December 1987) was an Indian writer, dramatist, playwriter and publisher. He is most well known for his novel N…