Famous People Who Died In 2016
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2016. This list includes people like David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, Alan Rickman and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, composers, novelists and presidents who died in 2016. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Italy and many more countries.
Muhammad Ali17 January 1942, American
Alfredo Bowman26 November 1933, Honduran
Herbalist
David Bowie08 January 1947, British
Singer
George Michael25 June 1963, British
Singer
Carrie Fisher21 October 1956, American
Alan Rickman21 February 1946, British
Glenn Frey06 November 1948, American
Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Chyna27 December 1970, American
Professional Wrestler
Fidel Castro13 August 1926, Cuban
Cuban Revolutionary Leader
Debbie Reynolds01 April 1932, American
Actress
Johan Cruyff25 April 1947, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer & Manager
Christina Grimmie12 March 1994, American
Singer
Leonard Cohen21 September 1934, Canadian
Singer-songwriter
Kimbo Slice08 February 1974, American
Mixed martial Artist
Bhumibol Adulyadej05 December 1927, Thai, American
Former King of Thailand
Arnold Palmer10 September 1929, American
Golf Player
Merle Haggard06 April 1937, American
Harper Lee28 April 1926, American
Novelist
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Nancy Dow22 July 1936, American
Actress
Zaha Hadid31 October 1950, British
Architect
Nancy Reagan06 July 1921, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Michelle McNamara14 April 1970, American
Freelance Writer, Blogger
Elie Wiesel30 September 1928, Romanian, American
Writer
Garry Shandling29 November 1949, American
Stand-up Comedian
Frank Sinatra Jr.10 January 1944, American
Singer
Robert Vaughn22 November 1922, American
Actor
Antonin Scalia11 March 1936, American
Rob Ford28 May 1969, Canadian
Former Mayor of Toronto
George Martin03 January 1926, British
Record Producer, Musician, Composer
Shimon Peres02 August 1923, Israeli
Former President of Israel
Garry Marshall13 November 1934, American
Film Director
Angela Raiola30 June 1960, American
Reality TV Star
Abe Vigoda24 February 1921, American
Actor
Prince07 June 1958, American
Singer
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Janet Reno21 July 1938, American
78th Attorney General of the United States
John Meehan03 February 1959, American
Con Artist
Umberto Eco05 January 1932, Italian
Italian Semiotician, Philosopher
Bud Spencer31 October 1929, Italian
Actor
Tom Hayden11 December 1939, American
Political Activist
Juan Gabriel07 January 1950, Mexican
Singer
Maurice White19 December 1941, American
Singer
Michael Massee01 September 1952, American
Actor
Geneviève Castrée09 April 1981, Canadian, American
Canadian Cartoonist
Joey Feek09 September 1975, American
Singer-songwriter
Larry Fortensky17 January 1952, American
Elizabeth Taylor’s Husband
Alan Young19 November 1919, Canadian, British, American
Actor
Dan Haggerty19 November 1941, American
Actor
Boutros Boutros-Ghali14 November 1922, Egyptian
Former UN Secretary General
Abdul Sattar Edhi01 January 1928, Pakistani
Philanthropist
Ann Morgan Guilbert16 October 1928, American
Actress
Pat Conroy26 October 1945, American
Writer
Tammy Grimes30 January 1934, American
Actress
Alvin Toffler04 October 1928, American
Writer & Futurist
Ray Tomlinson23 April 1941, American
Inventor of the First Email System
Guy Hamilton16 September 1922, British
Film Director
Alan Vega23 June 1938, American
Vocalist
Mrinalini Sarabhai11 May 1918, Indian
Classical Dancer and Choreographer
Rashaan Salaam08 October 1974, American
American Football Player
Arthur Hiller22 November 1923, Canadian
Film Director
Walter Kohn09 March 1923, Austrian
Physicist and Chemist
Sushil Koirala12 August 1939, Nepalese
Former Prime Minister of Nepal
Francisco Flores Pérez17 October 1959, Salvadoran
Salvadoran Politician
Reinhard Selten05 October 1930, Polish
Economist
James Cronin29 September 1931, American
Physicist
José Fernández31 July 1992, Cuban, American
Baseball Pitcher
Sir Harold W. Kroto07 October 1939, British
Chemist
Johannah Poulston25 March 1973, British
Louis Tomlinson's Mother
Patty Duke14 December 1946, American
Actress
Alan Thicke01 March 1947, Canadian
Actor, Songwriter, Composer, Television presenter,
Alexis Arquette28 July 1969, American
American actress
Pete Burns05 August 1959, British
Singer, Composer, Singer-songwriter
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
stage actor, film actor, television actor
Lou Pearlman19 June 1954, American
Manager, Record producer, Composer
Florence Henderson14 February 1934, American
American actress
Leon Russell02 April 1942, American
Singer, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Pianist,
Black26 May 1962, British
Gordie Howe31 March 1928, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Phyllis Schlafly15 August 1924, American
Radio personality, Lawyer, Political activist,
Caroline Aherne24 December 1963, British
Actor, Comedian, Television producer, Television
Terry Wogan03 August 1938, Irish, British
Radio personality, Television presenter, Q22343421
Steve Young12 July 1942, American
Composer, Singer-songwriter
Greg Lake10 November 1947, British
Guitarist, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter
Rick Parfitt12 October 1948, British
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Martin Crowe22 September 1962, New Zealander
Cricketer
Ronnie Corbett04 December 1930, British
Comedian, Author, Writer, Film actor, Stage actor,
Michael Cimino03 February 1939, American
Film director
A. A. Gill28 June 1954, British
Journalist
Marvin Minsky09 August 1927, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, University
Edward Albee12 March 1928, American
Playwright, Writer, Screenwriter, University
Miriam Defensor Santiago15 June 1945, Filipino
Judge, Journalist, Lawyer
Junko Tabei22 September 1939, Japanese
Explorer, Mountaineer
Edgar Mitchell17 September 1930, American
Officer, Astronaut, Aviator
Yang Jiang17 July 1911, Chinese, Taiwanese
Writer
Tony Burton23 March 1937, American
Boxer, Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film