1987 (people)


 * 24 January - Actor Ruth Bradley was born.
 * 23 February - Actor Esmond Knight died.
 * 25 February - Actor John Collin died.
 * 28 March - Actor Patrick Troughton died.
 * 27 April - Actor Ciara Janson was born.
 * 6 June - Actor Fulton Mackay died.
 * 22 June - Actor Joe Dempsie was born.
 * 5 September - Actor Bill Fraser died.
 * 11 September - Director Hugh David died.
 * 16 September - Simon Gipps-Kent died.
 * 17 September - Actor Stephen Jack died.
 * 4 October - Actor Daniel Anthony was born.
 * 14 November - Actor Dimitri Leonidas was born.
 * 28 November - Actor Karen Gillan was born.
 * 20 December - Actor Neville Simons died.
 * Actor Sara Lloyd Gregory was born.