1996 deaths

Soviet writer (1908–1996)

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

French cinema actress (1907–1996)

King and Imam (1926/1929-1996)

Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics (1903–1996)

Turkish musician (1931–1996)

Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1920-1996)

American actress (1922–1996)

Norwegian singer (1923–1996)

Uruguayan footballer (1926–1996)

elder sister of the last Shah of Iran (1917-1996)

Soviet composer of Armenian descent (1931–1996)

American actress (1904-1996)

Hungarian politician (1910-1996)

Indian actress (1960-1996)

American singer and musician (1932–1996)

Hungarian biochemist, the last Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council (1914-1996)

American intelligence agent (1920–1996)

Soviet and Russian composer (1929–1996)

unidentified deceased mountain climber

Bulgarian singer (1913-1996)

Egyptian Muslim feminist and writer (1930–1996)

American speed skater (1900–1996)

Italian mathematician (1928-1996)

Bulgarian political figure (1938-1996)

English musician, record producer and manager (1938–1996)

American installation artist and painter 1933–1996) (1933–1996)

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1996)

32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967

footballer (1905-1996)

Spanish operatic soprano

Archduke of Austria-Este

Estonian pilot (1909–1996)

Chinese film director (1918–1996)

American mathematician (1911–1996)

American musician (1935–1996)

swimmer (1917-1996)

nurse, researcher, theorist and author (1897–1996)

American activist (1942–1996)

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1907-1996)

54th President of Bolivia (August-November 1979)

Bangladeshi politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975

Indian judge (1905-1996)

Russian writer and poet (1907–1996)

US tennis player (1918–1996)

Russian soldier (1977–1996)

Portuguese politician (1923-1996)

Italian actor (1928-1996)

French actress, screenwriter, director (1953–1996)

athletics competitor (1918-1996)

American astronaut (1936–1996)

American film producer, screenwriter, actor (1943–1996)

Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-1996)

French historian and latinist (1912-1996)

American linguist; studied historical linguistics (1910–1996)

Paraguayan-Spanish footballer (1926-1996)

American-Austrian actress

American tennis player (1912–1996)

Japanese Catholic Bishop (1904–1996)

United States Navy admiral and Navy Cross recipient (1901–1996)