1996 deaths

Uruguayan footballer (1917–1996)

Indian independence activist (1909-1996)

American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)

Romanian conductor (1912–1996)

President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989

French writer (1911–1996)

French historian (1919–1996)

French singer

Nazi official, head of Hitler Youth (1913-1996)

American fashion model and actress

American co-creator of Superman

English actor (1919–1996)

American jazz musician and composer (1927–1996)

former President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996)

American politician (1936-1996)

Chinese poet (1910-1996)

Czech association football player (1904-1996)

Italian filmmaker (1927–1996)

South African film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor (1921-1996)

American film and television actress (1922-1996)

38th President of the Argentine Republic (1918–1996)

Somali warlord (1934-1996)

pen name of manga artists FUJIMOTO Hiroshi and ABIKO Motoo, until 1988/2

Japanese film director (1916–1996)

Indian, Tollywood(Telugu Film Industry) Actor and Former Chief Minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh (1923–1996)

American film producer (1909–1996)

German actress (1908–1996)

American actor (1908–1996)

American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911-1996)

American actor (1943–1996)

Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)

Former President of Uganda from 29th July 1985 to 26th January 1986.

American graphic designer (1914–1996)

Afghan Sufi teacher (1924-1996)

English cryptanalyst

Vietnamese politician (1910-1996)

Czech conductor, violinist and composer (1914–1996)

American composer and playwright (1960–1996)

King of Lesotho (1938-1996)

Argentine painter, designer and writer (1907–1996)

American humorist and writer (1927–1996)

President of Bolivia variously in the 20th century

Czech astronomer (1918–1996)

Chinese mathematician (1933-1996)

American fiction writer (1923–1996)

American government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union (1904–1996)

Chinese writer (1910-1996)

German actress (1909–1996)

French actress of Spanish origin (1923-1996)

Soviet and Russian physicist (1904-1996)

Dutch priest and writer (1932-1996)

German footballer (1926-1996)

German footballer (1943-1996)

German philosopher (1920–1996)

American physicist (1904–1996)

Palestinian electrical and explosives engineer (1966-1996)

British soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword (1906–1996)

American artist's model and film actress (1891-1996)

Soviet writer (1908–1996)

French cinema actress (1907–1996)