2016 deaths

British-born American astronaut

Canadian-American director (1923-2016)

Soviet discus thrower (1929-2016)

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician

Rwandan king (1936–2016)

Congolese singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)

religious sister (1923-2016)

American basketball player (1941–2016)

Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (1918-2016)

New Zealand racing driver

Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1928-2016)

Norwegian social anthropologist (1928–2016)

Yugoslav and Serbian actor and politician (1933-2016)

Ethiopian long distance runner

Soviet discus thrower

Italian actress and director (1925-2016)

Beninese politician (1918-2016)

German pop and jazz singer (1970-2016)

American astronomer

American politician (1936–2016)

American guitarist (1931–2016)

British actor (1926–2016)

Serbian singer (1935-2016)

American-Austrian sociologist (1927-2016)

Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist (1925–2016)

British rock musician (1948–2016)

Irish radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)

Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1927-2016)

English singer (1959–2016)

President of El Salvador (1959-2016)

20th-century American politician (1922–2016)

Australian permaculturist (1928–2016)

French fashion designer (1923-2016)

Swiss racing cyclist (1919–2016)

Japanese sumo wrestler, 58th Yokozuna

Catholic cardinal (1922-2016)

actor from the United States (1922–2016)

American actor (1926–2016)

Spanish footballer (1943-2016)

Greek politician (1923-2016)

Chinese writer (1911-2016)

Guatemalan President (1930-2016)

American singer and actress (1930-2016)

Brazilian archbishop, cardinal and theologian (1921-2016)

American supercentenarian (1899–2016)

American actor (1930-2016)

Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (1938-2016)

Spanish catholic bishop (1932–2016)

American drummer (1964–2016)

Japanese musician (1932-2016)

rebel leader known by his nom de guerre Motorola, K.I.A., commander of the Sparta Battalion

British comedian (1953–2016)

American political activist (1947–2016)

Italian politician and activist (1930-2016)

American astronaut (1942–2016)

American actress (1928-2016)

Armenian military person, Hero of Artsakh

Vietnamese radio personality (1931–2016)

British photographer and film director (1933–2016)

Canadian singer and manager (1942–2016)