Famous People Who Died In 1996
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1996. This list includes people like Tupac Shakur, Carl Sagan, Spiro Agnew, Ella Fitzgerald, George Burns and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, economists, poets and artists who died in 1996. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Tupac Shakur16 June 1971, American
Rapper
P. L. Travers09 August 1899, Australian
Writer & Journalist
Carl Sagan09 November 1934, American
Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Writer
Ella Fitzgerald25 April 1917, American
Singer
Bradley Nowell22 February 1968, American
Musician
Spiro Agnew09 November 1918, American
39th Vice President of the United States
Ottis Toole05 March 1947, American
Serial Killer
Rob Hall14 January 1961, New Zealander
Mountaineer
George Burns20 January 1896, American
Claudette Colbert13 September 1903, American
Actress
Greer Garson29 September 1904, American
Actress
François Mitterrand26 October 1916, French
Former President of France
Margaux Hemingway31 January 1954, American
Model. Actress
Martin Balsam04 November 1919, American
Actor
Yaki Kadafi09 October 1977, American
Rapper
Dana Hill06 May 1964, American
Actress
Marcello Mastroianni28 September 1924, Italian
Actor
Monika Dannemann24 June 1945, German
Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix
Emilie Schenkl26 December 1910, Austrian
Wife of Subhash Chandra Bose
Albert R. Broccoli05 April 1909, Italian
Producer
Guy Madison19 January 1922, American
Actor
Thomas Kuhn18 July 1922, American
Physicist
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Abdus Salam29 January 1926, Pakistani
Theoretical Physicist
Joanne Dru31 January 1922, American
Actress
Bibi Besch01 February 1942, Austrian, American
Actress
Juliet Prowse25 September 1936, Indian, American, South African
Dancer
Mohammad Najibullah06 August 1947, Afghan
President of Afghanistan
Paul Rand15 August 1914, American
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Bill Monroe13 September 1911, American
Aruna Asaf Ali16 July 1909, Indian
Indian Independence Activist
Frank Whittle01 June 1907, British
Inventor of Turbojet Engine
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940, Russian
Essayist & Poet
Konstantin Kuzakov1911 AD, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son
J. R. Jayewardene17 September 1906, Sri Lankan
Former President of Sri Lanka
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Tiny Tim12 April 1932, American
Singer
Carl Stokes21 June 1927, American
Former Mayor of Cleveland
William Vickrey21 June 1914, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
Michel Debré15 January 1912, French
149th Prime Minister of France
Nevill Francis Mott30 September 1905, British
Physicist
Emile Habibi29 August 1922, Israeli
Writer
Geoffrey Wilkinson14 July 1921, British
Chemist
Tadeusz Reichstein20 July 1897, Polish
Chemist
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe16 November 1904, Nigerian
First President of Nigeria
JonBenet Ramsey06 August 1990, American
Daughter of Patsy & John Ramsey
George D. Snell19 December 1903, American
Geneticist
Eugene Curran Kelly23 August 1912, American
American dancer
Timothy Francis Leary22 October 1920, American
American psychologist
N. T. Rama Rao28 May 1923, Indian
Actor, Politician, Q13006495, Film director, Film
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Gene Kelly23 August 1912, American
Film actor, Singer, Film director, Actor,
Jack Churchill16 September 1906, British
Military personnel
Eva Cassidy02 February 1963, American
Singer, Jazz musician
Scott Fischer24 December 1955, American
Explorer, Rock climber
Ray Combs03 April 1956, American
Actor, Television actor
Alger Hiss11 November 1904, American
Jurist, Lawyer, Diplomat
William Bonin08 January 1947, American
Criminal
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy19 May 1913, Indian
President
Jonathan Larson04 February 1960, American
Composer, Writer
Stavros Niarchos03 July 1909, Greek
Shipowner, Entrepreneur, Art collector
Yasuko Namba02 February 1949, Japanese
Mountaineer
Adolf Galland19 March 1912, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Nnamdi Azikiwe16 November 1904, Nigerian
Writer, Politician
Jerry Siegel17 October 1914, American
Comics artist, Writer
Saul Bass30 April 1920, American
Graphic designer
Lew Ayres28 December 1908, American
Actor
René Lacoste1904 AD, French
Business Leader, Fashion Designer, Tennis Player
Bernard Edwards31 October 1952, American
Musician, Songwriter, Record producer
Marguerite Duras04 April 1914, French, Vietnamese
Writer, Film director, Screenwriter, Publisher,
Hyman Minsky23 September 1919, American
Economist
Henri Nouwen24 January 1932
Presbyter, Writer, University teacher,
Amos Tversky16 March 1937, Israeli
Psychologist, Economist, University teacher
Melvin Belli29 July 1907, American
Actor, Lawyer, Television actor
Gerry Mulligan06 April 1927, American
Composer, Saxophonist, Jazz musician, Music
David Packard07 September 1912, American
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Computer scientist
Murtaza Bhutto18 September 1954, Pakistani
Politician
Artur Axmann18 February 1913, German
Politician
Andreas Papandreou05 February 1919, Greek
Politician, Economist, University teacher
Willie Rushton18 August 1937, British
Actor, Comedian, Illustrator
Dzhokhar Dudayev15 February 1944, Russian
General
Silvio Piola29 September 1913, Italian
Association football player, Association football
Seymour Cray28 September 1925, American
Engineer, Computer scientist
Babrak Karmal06 January 1929, Afghan
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
Pete Rozelle1926 AD, American
Business Leader
Sultan Rahi1938 AD, Pakistani
Joseph Bernardin02 April 1928, American
Catholic priest
Jeff Krosnoff24 September 1964, American
Racecar driver
Arthur Rudolph09 November 1906, German
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
Idries Shah16 June 1924, British
Writer, Children's writer
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este08 February 1915, Austrian
Paul Touvier03 April 1915, French
Police officer
Mary Leakey06 February 1913, British
Academic, Anthropologist
Sergiu Celibidache28 June 1912, Romanian
conductor, composer, university teacher
Dan Flavin01 April 1933, American
Artist, Sculptor, Architect
Brigitte Helm17 March 1906, German
actor
Ronnie Scott28 January 1927, British
Jazz musician, Saxophonist