1996 deaths

Irish science fiction writer (1931–1996)

Hungarian footballer (1921–1996)

Romanian writer (1936–1996)

American government official (1941–1996)

Syrian politician (1912–1996)

American actor (1927–1996)

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

Head of the House of Wittlesbach (1955-1996)

Australian racing cyclist (1906-1996)

German writer (1906-1996)

Indian actor (1926-1996)

English association footballer (1919-1996)

Swedish footballer (1913-1996)

Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in Uganda (1929–1996)

Guatemalan President (1915-1996)

Spanish infanta, daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1911–1996)

Portuguese writer (1916–1996)

German writer (1900–1996)

Mexican actress and singer (1932-1996)

French racing driver (1921-1996)

American actress (1920–1996)

Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War, author and business manager (1914–1996)

German actress (1903-1996)

British actress (1919–1996)

Spanish footballer (1923-1996)

Japanese artist (1911–1996)

Argentine association football player (1924–1996)

Brazilian footballer (1940-1996)

Indian actress and Former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1924-1996)

American politician in Texas (1903–1996)

German alpine skier (1908–1996)

American actor (1924–1996)

Italian writer (1920–1996)

Olympic cyclist (1911–1996)

Italian footballer (1925-1996)

Indian yogi (1925–1996)

American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (1913–1996)

Russian ballet dancer (1919-1996)

French writer (1909–1996)

Spanish actress

athletics competitor (1930–1996)

Olympic wrestler (1906-1996)

New Zealand mountaineer (1961-1996)

Japanese writer (1923–1996)

rocket engineer (1906-1996)

Argentine comedian (1903-1996)

Turkish statesperson (1911–1996)

Norwegian footballer (1912-1996)

Burmese general (1918–1996)

Moroccan Prime Minister (1927-1996)

American actor, dancer, screenwriter, director (1920-1996)

American child actor (1941–1996)

Czechoslovak canoeist, speed canoeist and water slalomist (1908–1996)

American actress and dancer (1917-1996)

Russian musician (1954–1996)

basketball player (1913-1996)

Russian ice hockey player (1933–1996)

Greek Trotskyist leader (1911–1996)

Estonian writer (1928–1996)

British archaeologist (1910-1996)