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This is an alphabetical list of notable people who died in 2016.
- Mohammed Abdelaziz
- Sylvia Anderson
- Mother Angelica
- Alexis Arquette
- Brian Asawa
- Patricio Aylwin
- David Baker
- Banharn Silpa-archa
- Gato Barbieri
- Leslie Bassett
- Andy Bathgate
- Brian Bedford
- Paul Bley
- Berta Cáceres
- Fernando Cardenal
- Bobby Chacon
- Edmonde Charles-Roux
- John Chilton
- Yvonne Chouteau
- Michael Cimino
- Wesley A. Clark
- Austin Clarke
- Otis Clay
- Bud Collins
- Pat Conroy
- Darwyn Cooke
- Ronnie Corbett
- Martin Crowe
- Thornton Dial
- Patty Duke
- Eddie Einhorn
- Ronit Elkabetz
- Bob Elliott
- Keith Emerson
- Jon English
- Roger Enrico
- Frank Finlay
- Bob Fitch
- Francisco Flores
- Rob Ford
- Glenn Frey
- Bill Gadsby
- Joe Garagiola
- Barbara Goldsmith
- Teodoro González de León
- Gordon Goody
- Ann Morgan Guilbert
- John Gutfreund
- Dan Haggerty
- Guy Hamilton
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- Thomas Hartman
- Desmond Heeley
- Fred Hellerman
- Dan Hicks
- Antonio Imbert Barrera
- Monte Irvin
- Anne Jackson
- Sonny James
- Deborah Jin
- Bill Johnson
- Anker Henrik Jørgensen
- Paul Kantner
- George Kennedy
- Tom Kibble
- Jim Kimsey
- W.P. Kinsella
- Anna Lærkesen
- Mark Lane
- Murray Louis
- Clyde Lovellette
- Cesare Maldini
- Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
- George Martin
- Aubrey McClendon
- Forrest McDonald
- Joseph Medicine Crow
- Peter Mondavi
- Scotty Moore
- François Morellet
- Ninagawa Yukio
- Hugh O’Brian
- Christy O’Connor, Sr.
- Papa Wemba
- Cecil Parkinson
- Lou Pearlman
- Phife Dawg
- Alan Rickman
- Doris Roberts
- Buddy Ryan
- Kenny Sailors
- Theresa Saldana
- Victor Scheinman
- Norbert Schemansky
- Elwyn Simons
- Douglas Slocombe
- Ed Snider
- Bud Spencer
- Steven Stucky
- Dave Swarbrick
- John Tishman
- Alvin Toffler
- Tomita Isao
- Ray Tomlinson
- Naná Vasconcelos
- Abe Vigoda
- Benoît Violier
- Bobby Wanzer
- Arnold Wesker
- Maurice White
- Nera White
- Terry Wogan
- Bernie Worrell
- Henry Worsley
- Anton Yelchin
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Andrzej Zulawski