1987 (people)


 * 7 January - Actor Zaraah Abrahams was born.
 * 24 January - Actor Ruth Bradley was born.
 * 5 February - Actor Edmund C. Short was born.
 * 12 February - Actor Clare-Hope Ashitey was born.
 * 12 February - Production manager Ted Lloyd died.
 * 19 February - Director-General of the BBC Hugh Greene died.
 * 23 February - Actor Esmond Knight died.
 * 25 February - Actor John Collin died.
 * 22 March - Conductor Bill McGuffie was born.
 * 28 March - Actor Patrick Troughton died.
 * 23 April - Actor Kelly Gough was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Ciara Janson was born.
 * 28 April - Artist Josh Adams was born.
 * 1 May - Actor Matt di Angelo was born.
 * 8 May - Actor Aneurin Barnard was born.
 * 16 May - Actor Tom Stourton was born.
 * 29 May - Actor Pearl Mackie was born.
 * 5 June - Actor Luke Kempner was born.
 * 6 June - Actor Fulton Mackay died.
 * 22 June - Actor Joe Dempsie was born.
 * 27 June - Actor Michael Miller died.
 * 28 June - Actor Lorna Want was born.
 * 4 August - Actor Ruth Madeley was born.
 * 14 August - Actor James Buckley was born.
 * September - Actor George Cross died.
 * 5 September - Actor Bill Fraser died.
 * 9 September - Actor John Flint died.
 * 11 September - Director Hugh David died.
 * 15 September - Actor Christian Cooke was born.
 * 16 September - Actor Simon Gipps-Kent died.
 * 17 September - Actor Stephen Jack died.
 * 3 October - Actor Margaret Clunie was born.
 * 4 October - Actor Daniel Anthony was born.
 * 19 October- Actor Ray Handy died.
 * 14 November - Actor Dimitri Leonidas was born.
 * 25 November - Actor Paul Sturgess was born.
 * 28 November - Actor Karen Gillan was born.
 * 30 November - Musician Dougie Poynter was born.
 * 1 December - Actor Taj Atwal was born.
 * 20 December - Actor Neville Simons died.
 * 23 December - Actor Jessica Ashworth was born.
 * 27 December - Actor Lily Cole was born.
 * Unknown - Visual effects designer Len Hutton died.