Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

* 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver ( d. 1987 )

* 1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer

* 1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model

* 1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress

* 1987 – Shawn Gore, Canadian football player

* 1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Panic at the Disco )

* 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer

* 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer

* 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer

* 1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player

* 1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist ( d. 1987 )

* 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress

* 1987 – Aditya Narayan, Indian actor, singer, and composer

* 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer

* 1919 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Marco Carmona, Mexican illustrator and animator

* 1987 – Pepe Diokno, Filipino director, screenwriter, and producer

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress

* 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

* 1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

* 1987 – Kim Hyung-jun, Korean singer, dancer, and actor ( SS501 )

* Robert Jordan chronology — A Conan Chronology by Robert Jordan ( 1987 ) was a new chronology written by Conan writer Robert Jordan that included all written Conan material up to that point.

* 1924 – Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe 1987 – present

* 1918 – Robert Preston, American actor ( d. 1987 )

His well-known operas include Nixon in China ( 1987 ), which recounts Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and Doctor Atomic ( 2005 ), which covers Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the building of the first atomic bomb.

* Robert Chadwell Williams, Klaus Fuchs: Atom Spy ( Harvard University Press, 1987 ) ISBN 0-674-50507-7

* Hall, Robert A. Jr. 1987.

Edward Robert Harrison's Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe ( 1987 ) is the definitive account to date of the dark night sky paradox, seen as a problem in the history of science.

* Edward Robert Harrison ( 1987 ) Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe, Harvard University Press.

* Cahiers ( 1894 – 1914 ) ( 1987 ), édition publiée sous la direction de Nicole Celeyrette-Pietri et Judith Robinson-Valéry avec la collaboration de Jean Celeyrette, Maria Teresa Giaveri, Paul Gifford, Jeannine Jallat, Bernard Lacorre, Huguette Laurenti, Florence de Lussy, Robert Pickering, Régine Pietra et Jürgen Schmidt-Radefeldt, tomes I-IX, Collection blanche, Gallimard

* 1987 – Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land and Ayn Rand, Anthem

The play had a 1987 New York revival by Roundabout Theatre at the Union Square Theatre, directed by Robert Carsen and featuring John Wood as the Player, Stephen Lang as Rosencrantz and John Rubinstein as Guildenstern.

* 1987: In the Marvel comic New Mutants in fleeing the villain Magus, they flee to the time and place of Robert the Bruce.

Ross was succeeded as editor by William Shawn ( 1951 – 1987 ), followed by Robert Gottlieb ( 1987 – 1992 ) and Tina Brown ( 1992 – 1998 ).

Rejections are relatively uncommon ; the Senate has explicitly rejected twelve Supreme Court nominees, most recently Robert Bork in 1987.

ZANU-PF Robert Mugabe, elected Prime Minister in 1980, revised the constitution in 1987 to make himself President.

* June 8 – Robert Preston, American actor ( The Music Man ) ( d. 1987 )

** Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.

* Robert J. Stevens, MBA 1987, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin

Nonetheless, in the 1987 general election that he lost, Powell campaigned in Bangor for James Kilfedder, the devolutionist North Down Popular Unionist Party MP and against Robert McCartney, who was standing as a Real Unionist on a policy of integration and equal citizenship for Northern Ireland.

* Anne M. Gilbreth ( September 9, 1905 – February 16, 1987 ) ( age 81 ); married Robert E. Barney ; three children ( Peter, Frank, Robert ).

* The 1989 movie Steel Magnolias is based on a 1987 play, Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling.