- Jan 1 Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet, novelist and journalist who helped develop Dagestani in Russian literature, dies from heart failure at 83
- Jan 1 Michael G. Oxley, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1981-2007), dies at 71
- Jan 1 Dale Bumpers, American politician (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-99), dies at 90
- Jan 2 Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Shiite religious leader & non-violent critic of the Saudi Arabian government, executed by the Saudi authorities aged 56 or 57
- Jan 7 André Courrèges, French fashion designer, dies at 92
- Jan 18 Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), dies at 91
- Jan 20 George Weidenfeld, British publisher (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), dies at 96
- Jan 20 David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist, dies at 74
- Jan 22 Cecil Parkinson, British politician (C), dies at 84
- Jan 24 Marvin Minsky, American artificial intelligence computer scientist (MIT), dies at 88
- Jan 25 Concepcion Picciotto, American peace activist (longest political protest in US history, outside The White House), dies at 80
- Jan 27 Artur Fischer, German Inventor with more patents than Edison, dies at 96
- Feb 2 Intizar Hussain, Pakistani and Urdu writer and columnist, dies in his early 90s
- Feb 4 Edgar Whitcomb, American politician and Governor of Indiana (1969-73), dies at 98
- Feb 4 Edgar Mitchell, American NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), dies at 85
- Feb 5 Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer (The Price of Water in Finistère), dies at 71
- Feb 9 Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (2014-2015), dies at 76
- Feb 13 Antonin Scalia, American 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-2016), dies at 79
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Feb 16 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992- 96), dies at 93
- Feb 19 Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and writer (Name of the Rose), dies at 84
Harper Lee
Feb 19 [Nelle] Harper Lee, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), dies at 89
- Feb 20 Peter Mondavi, American winemaker (Charles Krug - Napa Valley), dies at 101
- Feb 22 Wesley A Clark, American computer designer (first personal computer - LINC), dies at 88
- Feb 29 Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, dies at 86
- Mar 1 Jim Kimsey, American co-founder of AOL, dies at 76
- Mar 4 Pat Conroy, American writer (The Great Santini, Prince of Tides), dies at 70
- Mar 5 Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (invented email and the @ sign), dies at 74
Nancy Reagan
Mar 6 Nancy Reagan [Anne Frances Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94
- Mar 7 Michael White, British theater/film producer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), dies at 80
John Gutfreund
Mar 9 John Gutfreund, American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), dies at 86
- Mar 10 Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
- Mar 12 Lloyd Shapley, American Mathematician (2012 Nobel Prize, Game Theory), dies at 92
- Mar 13 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, dies at 89
- Mar 17 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- Mar 20 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), dies at 93
Andrew Grove
Mar 21 Andrew Grove [András Gróf], Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry, one of the founders and CEO of Intel, and philanthropist, , dies at 79
- Mar 21 Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (estimated speed of dinosaurs), dies at 81
- Mar 22 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
- Mar 23 Peter Moores, British businessman and director (Littlewoods), dies at 83
- Mar 24 Earl Hamner Jr., American creator and narrator of TV show "The Waltons", dies at 92
- Mar 26 Jim Harrison, American poet and novelist (Legends of the Fall), dies at 78
- Mar 27 Mother Angelica, Catholic American Franciscan nun, dies at 92
- Mar 28 Peggy Fortnum, British Illustrator (first to draw Paddington Bear), dies at 96
- Mar 31 Zaha Hadid, British architect (London Aquatic Centre), dies at 65
Imre Kertész
Mar 31 Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, dies at 86
- Mar 31 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP), worked to re-unify Germany, dies at 89
- Apr 3 Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, dies at 102
- Apr 10 Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), dies at 70
- Apr 12 Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Chips with Everything), dies at 83
- Apr 13 Ray Thornton, American politician (Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas), dies at 87
- Apr 19 Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer, politician and President of Chile (1990-94), dies at 97
- Apr 19 Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American scientist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1998), dies at 93
- Apr 20 Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), dies at 93
- Apr 21 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, dies at 94
- Apr 22 Isabelle Dinoire, French recipient of world's 1st partial face transplant, dies from surgical complications at 49
- Apr 23 Banharn Silpa-archa, Prime Minister of Thailand (1995-96), dies at 83
- Apr 28 Jenny Diski, English writer (Stranger on a Train), dies of cancer at 68
- Apr 28 Conrad Burns, American politician (Senate-R-Montana 1989-2007), dies at 81
- Apr 30 Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest and peace activist (Vietnam War), dies at 94
- Apr 30 Marisol (Maria Sol) Escobar, Venezuelan sculptor, dies at 85
- May 2 Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac Shakur, Black Panther Party member, dies at 69
- May 3 Thomas W. Libous, American politician (Senate-R-New York 1989-2015) brought down by scandal, dies of cancer at 63
- May 3 Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Swedish artist (knotted-gun sculpture), dies at 81
- May 4 Robert "Bob" Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator fromfrom Utah, 1993-2011), dies at 82
- May 6 Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul (Neighbours, Prisoner), dies at 92
- May 7 Harold Kroto, English chemist, (Nobel Prize laureate 1996), dies at 76
- May 8 John Bradshaw, American theologian, dies at 82
- May 9 Dennis Nineham, British theologian, dies at 94
- May 11 David King, British graphic designer (album covers for Jimi Hendrix and The Who), photographer (I Am King), and historian (The Commissar Vanishes), dies at 73
- May 12 Delbert L. Latta, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1959-89), dies at 96
- May 21 Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist, dies at 86
- May 25 Yang Jiang, Chinese writer (Six Chapters From My Life ‘Downunder’), dies at 104
- May 28 Harambe, Western lowland gorilla resident at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, shot and killed at 17, by a zoo worker to protect a 3 year old boy who had climbed into its enclosure (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Peter Shaffer
Jun 6 Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), dies at 90
- Jun 6 Kimbo Slice [Kevin Ferguson], American mixed martial artist, dies at 42
- Jun 8 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
- Jun 10 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the Beehive, dies at 98
- Jun 12 George V. Voinovich, US politician (R), Senator and Governor of Ohio, dies at 79
- Jun 15 Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82
- Jun 18 Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
- Jun 25 Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (The New York Times), dies at 87
- Jun 26 Barbara Goldsmith, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last), dies at 85
- Jun 27 Alvin Toffler, American author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), dies at 87
- Jun 29 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
- Jun 30 Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
Elie Wiesel
Jul 2 Elie Wiesel, Jewish Auschwitz survivor and author (Night), Nobel Prize winner 1986, dies at 87
- Jul 2 Michael Cimino, American director (The Deer Hunter), dies at 77
- Jul 2 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), dies at 85
- Jul 2 Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago politician, Prime Minister (1991-95, 2001-10), dies at 69
- Jul 5 Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
- Jul 8 Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (Edhi Foundation), dies at 88
- Jul 8 William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian (Rise of the West), dies at 98
- Jul 9 Robert Nye, British novelist and poet (Falstaff), dies at 77
- Jul 13 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), dies in a prison hospital at 83
- Jul 18 Billy Name [William Linich Jr], photographer (Andy Warhol's factory), dies at 76
- Jul 19 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, dies at 93
- Jul 22 Thomas Sutherland, American hostage (Lebanon) and academic, dies at 85
- Jul 23 Thorbjorn Falldin, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (1976-78, 79-82) and sheep farmer, dies at 90
- Jul 26 Forrest E. Mars Jr., American Candy Manufacturer (Mars, Inc.), dies at 84
- Jul 26 Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), dies of colon cancer at 53
- Jul 27 James Alan MacPherson, American writer, 1st black writer to win Pulitzer Prize, dies at 72
- Jul 28 Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali writer and activist, dies at 90
- Jul 29 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, dies at 85
- Jul 29 Zelda Fichandler, American theater director and producer (Raisin, K2), dies at 91
- Jul 31 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician, dies at 88
- Aug 1 Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal, Archbishop of Krakow (1978-2005), dies at 87
- Aug 1 Queen Anne of Romania [Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma], wife of Michael I King of Romania, dies at 92
- Aug 2 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, (Nobel Prize 1999), dies at 70
- Aug 6 Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (Rep-R-MD, 1985-950), dies at 92
- Aug 8 Edward Daly, Irish Bishop "Bloody Sunday" priest, dies at 82
- Aug 8 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, dies at 93
- Aug 9 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British peer and its 3rd richest Britain, dies at 64
- Aug 9 Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist (New York, London), dies at 80
- Aug 13 Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu spiritual leader (BAPS), dies at 94
- Aug 13 Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders), dies at 86
- Aug 14 Hermann Kant, German writer, dies at 90
- Aug 14 Neil Black, British oboist, and educator, dies at 84
- Aug 16 João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist and FIFA President 1974-98, dies at 100
- Aug 16 John McLaughlin, American TV commentator (McLaughlin Group) and Nixon aide, dies at 89
- Aug 17 Arthur Hiller, Canadian director (Love Story), dies at 92
- Aug 19 Donald Henderson, American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, dies at 82
- Aug 22 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), dies at 92
- Aug 23 Reinhard Selten, German economist (Nobel Prize 1994), dies at 85
- Aug 24 Walter Scheel, German politician, West German Foreign Minister and President, dies at 97
- Aug 24 Roger Y. Tsien, American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 64
- Aug 24 Michel Butor, French novelist and essayist (La Modification), dies at 89
- Aug 25 Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer, dies at 86
- Aug 25 James Cronin, American nuclear physicist (Physics Nobel Prize, 1980), dies at 84
- Aug 30 Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, dies at 95
- Sep 2 Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1991-2016), dies at 78
Phyllis Schlafly
Sep 5 Phyllis Schlafly, American right-wing crusader, Eagle Forum President, dies at 92
- Sep 5 Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85
- Sep 8 The Lady Chablis [Benjamin Knox], American transgender entertainer (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), dies at 59
- Sep 10 Eddie Antar, founder and CEO (Crazy Eddie Electronics Store), dies at 68
- Sep 11 Alexis Arquette, American transgender performer (Last Exit to Brooklyn), dies at 47
- Sep 15 Rose Mofford, American politician, 1st female Governor of Arizona (1988-1991), dies at 94
- Sep 16 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian President (1999-2006) and Prime Minister (1993-94), dies at 95
Edward Albee
Sep 16 Edward Albee, American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), dies at 88
Shimon Peres
Sep 28 Shimon Peres [Szymon Perski], Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), dies of a stroke at 93
- Sep 28 Gloria Naylor, American author (Women of Brewster Place), dies at 66
- Oct 4 Hso Khan Pha, 1st President of the democratic and newly independent Union of Burma from 1948-52, dies at 78
- Oct 5 Michal Kováč, ist President of Slovakia (1993-98), dies at 86
- Oct 9 Anthony Grant, British MP (C), dies at 91
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Oct 13 Bhumibol Adulyadej [Rama IX], King of Thailand (1946-2016), was world's longest reigning monarch, dies at 88
- Oct 13 Dario Fo, Italian playwright and performer (Nobel Prize Literature 1997), dies at 90
- Oct 13 John Gilmore, American true crime author (Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder), dies at 81
- Oct 13 Jim Prentice, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014-15), dies in a plane crash at 60
- Oct 16 Kigeli V, last King of Rwanda (1959-61), dies at 80
- Oct 20 Junko Tabei, Japanese mountain-climber, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest, dies at 77
- Oct 22 Steve Dillon, English comic book artist (Preacher), dies at 54
- Oct 23 Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), dies at 76
- Oct 23 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1972-95), dies at 84
- Oct 24 Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88
- Oct 29 Pen Sovann, 1st post-Khmer Rouge Cambodian Prime Minister (1981), dies at 80
- Oct 29 John D. Roberts, American chemist, received American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2013), dies at 98
- Oct 31 James Galanos, American fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 92
- Oct 31 Natalie Babbitt, American children's writer (Tuck Everlasting), dies of lung cancer at 84
- Nov 7 Janet Reno, first female US Attorney General (1993-2001), dies at 78
- Nov 11 Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (Die größere Hoffnung), dies at 95
- Nov 14 Gwen Ifill, journalist and writer, 1st African American woman to host US public affairs program, dies of cancer at 61
- Nov 15 Sixto Durán Ballén, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (1992-96), dies at 95
- Nov 16 Melvin Laird, politician (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73), dies at 94
- Nov 16 Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98
- Nov 18 Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant), dies at 96
- Nov 20 Kostis Stephanopoulos, Greek conservative politician (President of Greece, 1995-2005), dies at 90
- Nov 20 William Trevor, Irish writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune), dies at 88
- Nov 23 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, dies at 78
Fidel Castro
Nov 25 Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, Prime Minister (1959-76) and President (1976-2008), dies at 90
- Nov 28 William A. Christenberry, American photographer and artist, dies at 80
- Dec 1 Ousmane Sow, Senegalese sculptor, dies at 81
- Dec 2 Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer and critic, dies at 88
- Dec 3 S. Newman Darby, American inventor of the sailboard, dies at 88
- Dec 5 E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese diplomat and writer (To Sir with Love), dies at 104
- Dec 5 Shirley Hazzard, Australian-born author (Transit of Venus), dies at 85
- Dec 5 Mogens Camre, Danish politician (Folketing (Danish Parliament), 1968-1987, 3 days in 2007; European Parliament, 1999-2009, dies at 80
- Dec 5 Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author, dies at 94
- Dec 7 Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician, dies at 95
John Glenn
Dec 8 John Glenn, American astronaut (1st American to orbit the earth) and politician (Senator D-Ohio), dies at 95
- Dec 8 Florence Finch, Filipino-American war hero who fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, dies at 101 [1]
- Dec 8 Sheila Quinn, British nurse and adviser (British Red Cross), dies at 96
- Dec 10 A. A. [Adrian Anthony] Gill, British critic (The Sunday Times), dies of cancer at 62
- Dec 12 Jim Lowe, American DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia", dies at 93
- Dec 13 Thomas Schelling, American economist, (Nobel Prize 2005 - game-theory analysis), dies at 95
- Dec 17 Henry Heimlich, American surgeon and inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, dies at 96
- Dec 22 Margaret Pereira, English forensic scientist (Nicholls and Pereira method), dies at 88
- Dec 23 Piers J Sellers, English astronaut and climate scientist, dies of cancer at 61
- Dec 24 Richard Adams, English author (Watership Down), dies at 96
- Dec 24 Vera Rubin, American astronomer who discovered dark matter, dies at 88
Gregorio Álvarez
Dec 28 Gregorio Alvarez, Uruguayan dictator and President of Uruguay (1981-85), dies in prison at 91 [1]