Deaths in 1996

The following is a list of notable deaths in 1996. Names are listed under the date of death and not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.

Deaths of notable animals (that is, those with their own Wikipedia articles) are also reported here.

A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

January 1996

Arleigh Burke

Arthur Rudolph

Tino Bianchi with his wife Diana Torrieri.

François Mitterrand

Barbara Jordan

Leonor Fini

Gerry Mulligan

Joseph Brodsky

• January 1
  • Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji, founder of Anatha Sevashrama Trust, Malladihalli (b. 1890)
  • Moshe Aryeh Freund, Chief Rabbi (av beis din) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem (b. 1894)
  • Leopoldo Benites, 28th President of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Lionel Boulet, Canadian engineer, academic, and utilities executive (b. 1919)
  • Arleigh Burke, U.S Navy Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations (b. 1901)
  • Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (b. 1906)
• January 2
  • Herb Abrams, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1954)
  • Ernest Bender, Professor of Indo-Aryan languages and literature at the University of Pennsylvania (b. 1919)
  • Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1915)
• January 3 – Teddy Andrulewicz, American football fullback/halfback (b. 1905)
• January 4
  • Vasily Afonin, Soviet air ace who fought in the German-Soviet War (b. 1919)
  • Tino Bianchi, Italian actor (b. 1905)
• January 5
  • Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian shaheed (b. 1966)
  • Gus Bivona, American reed player (b. 1915)
  • Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (b. 1907)
  • Richard Versalle, American operatic tenor (b. 1932)
• January 6
  • Stanley Atkins, Anglican bishop (b. 1912)
  • Ulrich Biel, German politician and representative of the German Christian Democratic Union (b. 1907)
• January 7 – Tarō Okamoto, Japanese artist (b. 1911)
• January 8
  • Carmen Conde Abellán, Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher (b. 1907)
  • Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi, Muslim scholar, writer and book collector (b. 1925)
  • François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916)
• January 9
  • Moe Becker, American basketball player (b. 1917)
  • Ronnie Bell, British physical chemist (b. 1907)
  • Fearless Nadia, Indian actress and stuntwoman (b. 1908)
  • Sultan Rahi, Pakistani film actor (b. 1938)
• January 10 – Raymond H. Fogler, American centenarian and Assistant Secretary of the Navy (b. 1892)
• January 11
  • Harold Walter Bailey, English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit, and the comparative study of Iranian languages (b. 1899)
  • Tato Bores, Argentine film, theatre and television comedian (b. 1927)
  • Eric Hebborn, art forger (b. 1934)
• January 12
  • Thomas Anderson, American stage and television actor
  • Garnett Blair, African-American baseball pitcher (b. 1921)
• January 13 – Dean Kelley, American basketball player (b. 1931)
• January 14 – Casey Elliott, American stock car racing driver (b. 1974)
• January 15
  • Don Bauer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1922)
  • Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. 1922)
  • Arthur Biggs, English professional footballer (b. 1915)
  • Manfred Börner, German physicist (b. 1929)
  • Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
• January 16 – Pieter Kasteleyn, Dutch physicist famous for his contributions to the field of Statistical Mechanics (b. 1924)
• January 17
  • Arnold Anderson, New Zealand track and field athlete (b. 1912)
  • William O. Aydelotte, American historian (b. 1910)
  • Barbara Jordan, American politician (b. 1936)
• January 18
  • Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908)
  • Endel Puusepp, Soviet Estonian World War II pilot (b. 1909)
  • Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian (Telugu) film actor (b. 1923)
  • Rudolf Wanderone, American pocket billiards player also known as Minnesota Fats (b. 1913)
• January 19
  • Upendranath Ashk, Indian novelist, short story writer and playwright (b. 1910)
  • Bernard Baily, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
  • A. G. Gaston, American businessman (b. 1892)
  • Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
• January 20
  • Buster Benton, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1932)
  • Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)
• January 21
  • Kaj Birksted, Danish flying ace during World War II (b. 1915)
  • Ban Tetsugyu Soin, Japanese Zen master (b. 1910)
• January 22 – William Cantrell, American power boat and IndyCar driver (b. 1908)
• January 23 – Art White, American football offensive lineman in the NFL (b. 1915)
• January 24 – Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Russian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (b. 1929)
• January 25
  • Billy Bailey, American murderer (b. 1947)
  • Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera and theatre director (b. 1927)
  • Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (b. 1960)
• January 26
  • Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1921)
  • Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer, Dutch theologian (b. 1903)
• January 27
  • Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, American policy maker, scholar, and advocate for people with developmental disabilities (b. 1913)
  • Niño Rivera, Cuban songwriter, guitarist and bandleader (b. 1919)
• January 28
  • Roland J. Barnick, American military pilot and general (b. 1917)
  • Devakanta Barua, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1914)
  • Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
  • Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• January 29 – Stuart Olof Agrell, English geologist and mineralogist (b. 1913)
• January 30 – Friedrich Benfer, German film actor (b. 1905)
• January 31
  • Julian Phelps Allan, English sculptor (b. 1892)
  • Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (b. 1900)
  • Morris Bialis, American labor leader (b. 1897)
  • Anneliese Bläsing, German politician (b. 1923)
  • Gustave Solomon, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1930)

February 1996

Gene Kelly

Audrey Meadows

Martin Balsam

Audrey Munson

• February 1
  • Adel Adham, Egyptian actor (b. 1928)
  • Sergey Aganov, Soviet military leader (b. 1917)
• February 2
  • Roderick Barclay, British diplomat who was ambassador to Denmark and Belgium (b. 1909)
  • Fred S. Keller, pioneer in experimental psychology (b. 1899)
  • Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer (b. 1912)
  • Müfide İlhan, first Turkish female city mayor (in Mersin) (b. 1911)
• February 3
  • Edward Adamson, British artist (b. 1911)
  • Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1926)
• February 4
  • Gunnar Andreasen, Danish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1914)
  • Sara C. Bisel, American physical anthropologist and classical archaeologist (b. 1932)
  • Gerry Brand, Springbok rugby union footballer (b. 1906)
• February 5 – Taylor Benson, American politician (b. 1922)
• February 6
  • Knut Blom, Norwegian Supreme Court Justice (b. 1916)
  • Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
• February 7
  • Friedrich Anding, German military officer (b. 1915)
  • Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1925)
• February 8 – Felice Schwartz, American writer, advocate, and feminist (b. 1925)
• February 9
  • Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist (b. 1889)
  • Adolf Borchers, German former Luftwaffe fighter ace (b. 1913)
  • Adolf Galland, German general and World War II fighter ace (b. 1912)
• February 10 – Louis Ward, American businessman who successfully turned the Russell Stover Candies company into an international brand (b. 1920)
• February 11
  • Olle Åhlund, Swedish footballer (b. 1920)
  • Thecla Boesen, Danish film actress (b. 1910)
  • Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
  • Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
  • Phil Regan, American actor (b. 1906)
  • Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
• February 12
  • Andrea Barbato, Italian journalist, politician, author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • J. C. Beckett, Northern Irish historian (b. 1912)
  • Hans-Joachim Bellinger, German military officer (b. 1917)
  • Lawrence Biedenharn, American theoretical nuclear physicist and mathematical physicist (b. 1922)
  • Don Bollweg, American first baseman in Major League Baseball (b. 1921)
  • Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer (b. 1931)
  • Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese novelist (b. 1923)
• February 13
  • Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919)
  • Scott Beach, American actor, writer, and disc jockey (b. 1931)
• February 14
  • Lady Caroline Blackwood, British writer and model (b. 1931)
  • Eva Hart, British survivor of RMS Titanic (b. 1905)
  • Hong Il Kim, Korean shooting victim (b. 1968)
  • Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919)
• February 15
  • Lucio Agostini, Italian-born composer, arranger, and conductor who established his career in Canada (b. 1913)
  • Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
  • McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
• February 16
  • Ruth E. Adomeit, American author, editor, collector of miniature books and philanthropist (b. 1910)
  • Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
  • Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
  • Pat Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905)
  • Brownie McGhee, American musician (b. 1915)
  • Roger Bowen, American comedic actor and novelist (b. 1932)
• February 17
  • Billy Anderson, American football quarterback (b. 1941)
  • Noel Bayliss, Australian chemist (b. 1906)
  • Hervé Bazin, French novelist (b. 1911)
  • Evelyn Laye, British actress (b. 1900)
• February 18 – Herbert J. Wallenstein, Assistant New York State Attorney General (b. 1917)
• February 19 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
• February 20
  • Audrey Munson, American artist's model and film actress (b. 1891)
  • Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
• February 21
  • Terence Edward Armstrong, British polar geographer, sea ice specialist, writer, and expert on the Russian Arctic (b. 1920)
  • Priscilla Bonner, American silent film actress (b. 1899)
  • Morton Gould, American musician and composer (b. 1913)
• February 22
  • George Christopher Archibald, British economist (b. 1926)
  • Yahya Ayyash, chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (b. 1966)
  • Karl Boo, Swedish politician (b. 1918)
• February 23
  • Joseph W. Barr, American businessman and politician (b. 1918)
  • Douglas Baulch, Australian artist (b. 1917)
  • William Bonin, American serial killer (b. 1947)
  • Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (b. 1915)
• February 24 – Billy Lothridge, American football Punter, Safety and Quarterback in the National Football League (b. 1942)
• February 25
  • Caio Fernando Abreu, Brazilian writer (b. 1948)
  • Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian actor (b. 1940)
• February 26
  • Alberto Alvarado Arámburo, Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1925)
  • Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer (b. 1919)
• February 27
  • Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, Scottish peer and landowner (b. 1931)
  • Toni Benetton, Italian sculptor (b. 1910)
  • Gerrit Berkhoff, Dutch chemist (b. 1901)
  • Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (b. 1912)
  • Pat Smythe, British showjumper and author (b. 1928)
• February 28 – Sylvia Williams, American museum director, curator, art historian and scholar of African art (b. 1936)
• February 29 – Federico Barbaro, Italian missionary in Japan (b. 1913)

March 1996

Olga Rudge

Edmund Muskie

• March 1
  • Philip K. Allen, American politician and educator (b. 1910)
  • Harold Baim, British film producer, director and writer (b. 1914)
• March 2 – Lyle Talbot, American actor (b. 1902)
• March 3 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
• March 4 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
• March 5
  • Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician who served as the President of Bangladesh (b. 1918)
  • Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
• March 6
  • Jack Abel, American comic book artist (b. 1927)
  • Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican bishop (b. 1924)
• March 7
  • Pinchas Menachem Alter, Polish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1926)
  • Helmut Bastian, German military officer (b. 1916)
• March 8 – Bill Nicholson, right fielder in Major League Baseball (b. 1914)
• March 9
  • Elman Ali Ahmed, Somalian activist (b. ?)
  • Harold Baigent, New Zealand theatre director, actor and arts manager (b. 1916)
  • George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
• March 10
  • Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
  • Butch Laswell, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1958)
• March 11
  • Barry Appleby, British cartoonist (b. 1909)
  • Granville Beynon, Welsh physicist (b. 1914)
  • Vince Edwards, American actor (b. 1928)
• March 12 – Archie J. Bahm (b. 1907)
• March 13
  • Henriette Alimen, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1900)
  • Alberto Assa, Colombian educator, translator and humanist (b. 1909)
  • Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
• March 14 – Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union player (b. 1938)
• March 15
  • Ed Beach, American basketball player (b. 1929)
  • Olga Rudge, American violinist (b. 1895)
• March 16 – Charlie Barnett (b. 1954)
• March 17
  • René Clément, French film director (b. 1913)
  • Elsa Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1894)
• March 18 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• March 19
  • Virginia Henderson, nurse, researcher, theorist and author (b. 1897)
  • Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (b. 1933)
• March 20
  • Claude Bourdet, French writer, journalist, polemist, and politician (b. 1909)
  • Vladimir Brezhnev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
• March 21 – Walter Bietila, American Olympic ski jumper (b. 1916)
• March 22 – Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
• March 23 – J. D. "Jay" Miller, American record producer, musician and songwriter (b. 1922)
• March 24
  • Marvin Albert, American writer of mystery, crime and adventure novels (b. 1924)
  • Aldon Junior Anderson, United States federal judge (b. 1917)
  • Lola Beltrán, Mexican recording artist, actress, and television presenter (b. 1932)
• March 25 – John Snagge, British radio personality (b. 1904)
• March 26
  • Robert Bradshaw, American figure skater (b. 1954)
  • Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
  • David Packard, American engineer (b. 1912)
• March 27 – Julian Amery, British politician (b. 1919)
• March 28
  • Hans Blumenberg, German philosopher and intellectual historian (b. 1920)
  • Barbara McLean, American film editor (b. 1903)
• March 29 – Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director, producer, teacher (b. 1926)
• March 30 – Charles A. Agemian, American banker (b. 1909)
• March 31
  • Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (b. 1944)
  • Raphael Blau, American screenwriter (b. 1912)
  • Nino Borsari, Italian cyclist (b. 1911)
  • Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (b. 1958)

April 1996

Greer Garson

P. L. Travers

• April 1 – John McSherry, American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. 1944)
• April 2 – Booba Barnes, American Delta blues guitar player and vocalist (b. 1936)
• April 3
  • Walter Beckett, Irish composer, teacher and music critic (b. 1914)
  • Herk Harvey, American film director (b. 1924)
  • Carl Stokes, American politician (b. 1927)
• April 4
  • Brian Abel-Smith, British economist (b. 1926)
  • Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
• April 5 – Robert Anderson, American Foreign Service officer who served as the United States Ambassador to Dahomey, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic
• April 6
  • John D. Bulkeley, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1911)
  • Greer Garson, British-born American actress (b. 1904)
• April 7
  • Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
  • Colleen Clifford, British-born Australian actress (b. 1898)
• April 8
  • Donald Adams, English opera singer and actor (b. 1928)
  • Jack Batton, American businessman and politician (b. 1913)
  • George W. Jenkins, American businessman and founder of Publix (b. 1907)
  • Rush Limbaugh, Sr., American ambassador, lawyer, legislator, jurist and grandfather of Rush Limbaugh (b. 1891)
• April 9
  • Alfred Badzong, German military officer (b. 1924)
  • Sandy Becker, American television announcer, actor, and comedian (b. 1922)
  • Phyllis Benjamin, Australian Labor Party politician (b. 1907)
  • André Bourguignon, French psychiatrist and psychoanalis (b. 1920)
• April 10
  • Bud Annand, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
  • Hans Beck, Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic medalist (b. 1911)
• April 11
  • Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate (b. 1906)
  • Jessica Dubroff died in a plane crash while attempting to be the youngest person to fly across the United States (b. 1988)
• April 12 – Fred Alexander (historian), Australian historian (b. 1899)
• April 13
  • C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson, American aviator (b. 1907)
  • János Bencze, Hungarian footballer, goalkeeper (b. 1952)
• April 14
  • Gaylord Birch, American drummer (b. 1946)
  • Marie Clotilde Bonaparte, French princess of the Bonaparte dynasty, the eldest child of Victor, Prince Napoléon and his wife Princess Clémentine of Belgium (b. 1912)
  • Rinus van den Bosch, Dutch artist, who worked as sculptor, photographer, installation artist, painter, and draftsman (b. 1938)
  • David Brand, Lord Brand, Scottish lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
• April 15 – John C. Flanagan, American psychologist most known for developing the Critical Incident Technique (b. 1906)
• April 16
  • George Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
  • Zoltán Berkes, Hungarian field hockey player (b. 1916)
  • Nikolay Bobarenko, Soviet cyclist (b. 1931)
  • Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian author (b. 1906)
  • Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
  • François-Régis Bastide, French writer, diplomat, politician, and radio host (b. 1926)
• April 17 – Elio Filippo Accrocca, Italian poet, author, and translator (b. 1923)
• April 18
  • Robert Bauer, German military officer (b. 1907)
  • Brook Berringer, American quarterback for the University of Nebraska football team (b. 1973)
  • Ronald Davies, American judge (b. 1904)
• April 19 – Yukiyoshi Aoki, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1934)
• April 20
  • John Barrie, English professional billiards and snooker player (b. 1924)
  • Hank Biasatti, Italian-Canadian National Basketball Association player and a Major League Baseball first baseman (b. 1922)
  • Russell Beichly, American basketball coach (b. 1902)
  • Christopher Robin Milne, English author and bookseller (b. 1920)
• April 21
  • Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette" (b. 1909)
  • Dzhokhar Dudayev, Soviet-born Chechen politician and President of Ichkeria (1991–1996) (b. 1944)
• April 22
  • Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (b. 1927)
  • Bob Brady, American professional baseball player and a former Major League catcher (b. 1922)
• April 23
  • Jean Victor Allard, Canadian General (b. 1913)
  • A. C. Anderson, Canadian pharmacist and politician (b. 1909)
  • Edvard Kaurin Barth, Norwegian zoologist and photographer (b. 1913)
  • P. L. Travers, Australian-born British actress, journalist, novelist and writer (b. 1899)
• April 24 – Mel Bleeker, American football player (b. 1920)
• April 25
  • Trevor Barker, Australian rules footballer (b. 1956)
  • Saul Bass, American graphic designer (b. 1920)
• April 26
  • Jack Boyd, Australian rules footballer (b. 1906)
  • Milt Gaston, American baseball player (b. 1896)
  • Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• April 27 – Adam Roarke, American actor and film director (b. 1937)
• April 28
  • Pieter Beets, Dutch Olympic cyclist (b. 1900)
  • T. H. Clark, Canadian geologist (b. 1893)
• April 29 – George Batson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1912)
• April 30 – Jeanne Bal, American actress (b. 1928)

May 1996

Timothy Leary

• May 1 – Francisco Alcaraz, a Mexican League umpire (b. 1920)
• May 2
  • Moyra Allen, Canadian nurse and academic (b. 1921)
  • Queen Mother Moore, African-American civil rights leader and a black nationalist (b. 1898)
• May 3 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
• May 4 – Gus Keriazakos, American professional baseball player (b. 1931)
• May 5 – Ai Qing, Chinese poet (b. 1910)
• May 6 – Suzanne Ridgeway, American film actress (b. 1918)
• May 7 – Don McNeill, American radio personality (b. 1907)
• May 8 – Larry Levis, American poet (b. 1946)
• May 9
  • Redd Boggs, American science fiction fanzine writer, editor and publisher (b. 1921)
  • Gustave Gingras, Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation (b. 1918)
• May 10
  • Jože Babič, Slovenian film, theatre and television director (b. 1917)
  • Poul Borum, Danish writer, poet and critic (b. 1934)
• May 11
  • Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
  • Fred Borgman, Dutch politician (b. 1946)
  • Bruce Boyce, Canadian-born American baritone singer of opera, oratorio and lieder (b. 1910)
  • Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961)
  • Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
• May 12 – Ghazaleh Alizadeh, Iranian poet and writer (b. 1947)
• May 13 – Fred Barnes, Australian rules footballer (b. 1921)
• May 14
  • José Antonio Aguiriano, Spanish socialist politician (b. 1932)
  • Aung Khin, Burmese painter (b. 1921)
  • Marian Barone, American Olympic gymnast (b. 1924)
• May 15
  • Bernard Benson, British inventor, author and writer (b. 1922)
  • Charles B. Fulton, American judge (b. 1910)
  • Virgil Ross, American animator (b. 1907)
• May 16
  • Danilo Alvim, Brazilian footballer (b. 1920)
  • Jeremy Michael Boorda, United States Navy admiral who served as the 25th Chief of Naval Operations (b. 1939)
• May 17
  • Barry Alderette, American politician (b. 1939)
  • Archibald G. M. Batten, British insurance industry executive and philatelist (b. 1902)
  • Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• May 18
  • Czesław Bobrowski, Polish economist (b. 1904)
  • Mario Braggiotti, American pianist, composer and raconteur (b. 1905)
  • Tom Forman, American cartoonist (b. 1936)
• May 19 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• May 20
  • Sterling Foster Black, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
  • Bimal Bose, first-class cricket for Bihar (b. 1918)
  • Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919)
• May 21
  • Vladimir Belyakov, Soviet gymnast (b. 1918)
  • Paul Delph, American musician and producer (b. 1957)
  • Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
• May 22 – Seymour H. Knox III, hockey team owner (b. 1926)
• May 23
  • Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, al-Qaeda leader (b. 1950)
  • Tanju Okan, Turkish musician (b. 1938)
• May 24
  • John Abbott, English character actor (b. 1905)
  • Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
  • Raúl Armando Barrionuevo, Chilean farmer and politician (b. 1913)
  • Charles Best (b. 1909)
  • Jacob Druckman, American composer (b. 1928)
  • Joseph Mitchell, American writer (b. 1908)
  • Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
• May 25
  • Bill Crass, American NFL football player (b. 1911)
  • Bradley Nowell, American musician (b. 1968)
• May 26
  • Ole Berntsen, Danish sailor (b. 1915)
  • Vincent Bevan, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1921)
• May 27
  • Earl P. Benditt, American pathologist (b. 1916)
  • Aksel Bonde Hansen, Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics (b. 1918)
  • George Boolos, American philosopher and a mathematical logician (b. 1940)
• May 28
  • Anthony Bourne-Arton, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1913)
  • Eugenia Price, American author (b. 1916)
• May 29 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian dancer and actress (b. 1919)
• May 30 – John Kahn, American rock and roll bass guitarist (b. 1947)
• May 31 – Timothy Leary, American writer, psychologist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use (b. 1920)

June 1996

Ella Fitzgerald

• June 1
  • Alan Blakley, English guitarist and record producer (b. 1942)
  • Alfred Bottler, German military officer (b. 1917)
  • Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian statesman, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
• June 2
  • John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
  • Ishmael Bernal, Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
  • Rene Bond, American pornographic actress (b. 1950)
  • Ray Combs, American game show host, and comedian (b. 1956)
  • Leon Garfield, English children's author (b. 1921)
  • Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (b. 1928)
• June 3
  • Arthur J. O. Anderson, American anthropologist (b. 1907)
  • Peter Bird, British ocean rower (b. ?)
  • Peter Glenville, English film director (b. 1913)
• June 4 – María Luisa Anido, Argentine classical guitarist (b. 1907)
• June 5
  • Erich Bagge, German scientist (b. 1912)
  • Jack Beaton, Australian rugby league player (b. 1914)
  • Vito Scotti, American character actor (b. 1918)
• June 6
  • Harry Andersson, Swedish football striker (b. 1913)
  • Bruce Andrew, Australian rules footballer (b. 1908)
  • Lily Auchincloss, American journalist, philanthropist, and art collector (b. 1922)
  • Josef Brandner, German military officer (b. 1915)
  • Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1917)
  • George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
  • Merle Curti, leading American historian (b. 1897)
• June 7 – Marjorie Gross, American television writer and producer (b. 1956)
• June 8 – William J. Baroody, Jr., American political consultant (b. 1937)
• June 9
  • Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish film and theatre actress (b. 1906)
  • Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted, British peer and former Deputy Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading (b. 1911)
• June 10
  • Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (b. 1906)
  • Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
• June 11
  • Frederick Amoore, Bishop of Bloemfontein (b. 1913)
  • Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
• June 12 – Mary Field, American film actress (b. 1909)
• June 13 – Wendy Bagwell, American gospel singer (b. 1925)
• June 14 – Jack Ragland, American basketball player (b. 1913)
• June 15
  • Mary Ashley, American video artist (b. 1931)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
• June 16
  • Mel Allen, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
  • Richard Barrer, New Zealand-born chemist (b. 1910)
• June 17 – George Adomian, American mathematician (b. 1922)
• June 18
  • Branko Bošnjak, Croatian philosopher (b. 1923)
  • Gino Bramieri, Italian comedian and actor (b. 1928)
  • Paul Heinemann, Belgian botanist and mycologist (b. 1916)
• June 19
  • G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
  • Edvin Wide, Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner (b. 1896)
  • Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955 (b. 1933)
• June 20 – Louis J. Lefkowitz, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
• June 21 – Doug Bigelow, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
• June 22
  • Terrel Bell, Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan (b. 1921)
  • Frank Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player in the NHL (b. 1923)
• June 23
  • Ludovico Avio, Argentine football forward (b. 1932)
  • Salah Abu Seif, Egyptian film director (b. 1915)
  • Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• June 24 – Roman Bentz, American football offensive lineman in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees and San Francisco 49ers (b. 1919)
• June 25 – Les Allen, Canadian saxophonist and vocalist (b. 1902)
• June 26 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
• June 27
  • Mollie Beattie, American conservationist, and director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (b. 1947)
  • Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
• June 28
  • Nándor Balaskó, Romanian sculptor (b. 1918)
  • Julio Bolbochán, Argentine chess champion (b. 1920)
• June 29
  • Piotr Abraszewski, Polish painter (b. 1905)
  • Jerzy Block, Polish actor and director (b. 1904)
• June 30 – Jerry May, American professional baseball player who played as a catcher in the MLB (b. 1943)

July 1996

Claudette Colbert

• July 1
  • William T. Cahill, American politician (b. 1912)
  • Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (b. 1954)
• July 2 – Hal Robson, Canadian racecar driver (b. 1911)
• July 3
  • Herb Baumeister, American alleged serial killer from Westfield near Indianapolis, Indiana (b. 1947)
  • Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1926)
• July 4
  • Leo Avery, Roman Catholic abbot and aeronautical engineer (b. 1938)
  • Genevieve Blatt, American politician and attorney from Pennsylvania (b. 1913)
• July 5
  • Abdul-Razzak Al-Adwani, Kuwaiti medical doctor and politician (b. 1928)
  • Felix Arscott, British mathematician (b. 1922)
  • Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
• July 6
  • Kutlu Adalı, Turkish Cypriot journalist (b. 1935)
  • Kathy Ahern, American professional golfer (b. 1949)
• July 7
  • Anton Bayer, German military officer (b. 1914)
  • Buddy Blair, American Major League Baseball infielder (b. 1910)
• July 8
  • J. W. Alexander, American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur (b. 1916)
  • Jim Baumer, American professional baseball player, scout, and front office executive (b. 1931)
  • Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (b. 1905)
  • Birdie Amsterdam, New York Supreme Court Justice (b. 1901)
  • Ernest Armstrong, British Labour Party politician (b. 1915)
• July 9
  • Melvin Belli, American lawyer (b. 1907)
  • Eno Raud, Estonian children's writer (b. 1928)
• July 10 – Dénes Birkás, Hungarian field hockey player (b. 1907)
• July 11 – René Abadie, French cyclist (b. 1935)
• July 12
  • John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
  • Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (b. 1961)
• July 13 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
• July 14
  • Jim Andrew, English cricketer (b. 1937)
  • Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (b. 1904)
  • Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver (b. 1964)
• July 15
  • Gioia Marconi Braga, American promoter of Italian culture (b. 1916)
  • Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
• July 16
  • Donald Barthelme, American architect (b. 1907)
  • Berna Bevilacqua, Argentine pianist (b. 1950)
  • John Panozzo, American drummer (b. 1948)
• July 17
  • Perseu Abramo, Brazilian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
  • Fred Anhalt, American builder and contractor (b. 1896)
  • Anil Kumar Bhattacharya, Indian statistician (b. 1915)
  • Paul Touvier, French collaborator with the Nazis in Occupied France during World War II, first Frenchman convicted of crimes against humanity (b. 1915)
• July 18 – José Manuel Fuente, Spanish professional road racing cyclist and noted climbing specialist (b. 1945)
• July 19 – A. F. Lafir, Sri Lankan army officer
• July 20
  • Renato Archer, Brazilian naval officer and politician (b. 1922)
  • Chester R. Bender, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (b. 1914)
  • Bertil Boo, Swedish singer (b. 1914)
  • Stuart Clarence Graham, Australian army general (b. 1920)
  • František Plánička, Czech footballer (b. 1904)
• July 21
  • Sam Aaron, American wine merchant and writer (b. 1911)
  • Luana Anders, American film and television actress (b. 1938)
  • Herb Edelman, American actor (b. 1933)
• July 22 – Jessica Mitford, Anglo-American author, journalist and political campaigner (b. 1917)
• July 23
  • Mohiaddin Alwaye, Arabic and Islamic scholar and author from India (b. 1925)
  • Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. 1933)
• July 24 – Gerald R. Salancik, American organizational theorist, and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (b. 1943)
• July 25 – Howard Vernom, Swiss actor (b. 1914)
• July 26
  • Paul Ballantyne (b. 1909)
  • Lowell L. Bennion, American educator, sociologist, and humanitarian (b. 1908)
  • Lucy May Boring, American psychologist (b. 1886)
• July 27
  • Peter Adair, American LGBT activist and film maker (b. 1943)
  • Dale Anderson, American politician (b. 1916)
  • Horst Böhme, German chemist (b. 1908)
  • Victor Borg, Norwegian physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (b. 1916)
• July 28 – Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist and artist (b. 1908)
• July 29 – Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence activist (b. 1909)
• July 30
  • Claudette Colbert, American actress (b. 1903)
  • Arihiro Hase, Japanese actor and voice actor (b. 1965)
• July 31 – Jack Button, professional hockey executive (b. 1940)

August 1996

Tadeusz Reichstein

• August 1
  • Chanaka Amaratunga, founder of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka (b. 1958)
  • Frida Boccara, Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent (b. 1940)
  • Ayo Gabriel Irikefe, Nigerian Jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1922)
  • Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1897)
• August 2
  • Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somali military commander and faction leader (b. 1934)
  • Vili Auvinen, Finnish actor and theatre director (b. 1931)
  • Jackson Bailey, American academic who was noted expert in Japanese history, culture, and Japanese-American relations (b. 1925)
  • Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
• August 3 – Bill Wright, American professional baseball player (b. 1914)
• August 4 – Kiyoshi Atsumi, Japanese film actor (b. 1928)
• August 5 – Claudio Barigozzi, Italian biologist and geneticist (b. 1909)
• August 6 – Muhammad al-Badr, the last king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (b. 1926)
• August 7 – Bill Hanrahan, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)
• August 8
  • Harry Angelman, British consultant paediatrician who identified Angelman Syndrome (b. 1915)
  • Walter Brandorff, German-Austrian author (b. 1943)
  • Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• August 9
  • Tokiharu Abe, Japanese ichthyologist (b. 1911)
  • May Ayim, Afro-German poet, educator, and activist (b. 1960)
• August 10 – Bunleua Sulilat, Thai artist (b. 1932)
• August 11
  • Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born conductor (b. 1914)
  • Vanga, Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
• August 12
  • Victor Ambartsumian, Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics (b. 1908)
  • Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet Armenian scientist (b. 1908)
• August 13 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• August 14 – Camilla Horn, German actress (b. 1903)
• August 15 – Joe Seneca, American film and television actor (b. 1919)
• August 16 – Miles Goodman, American composer for television and film (b. 1948)
• August 17 – E. Digby Baltzell (b. 1915)
• August 18
  • Al Bertino, American animator (b. 1912)
  • Geoffrey Dearmer, British poet (b. 1893)
• August 19 – Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch composer (b. 1925)
• August 20
  • Guido Alberti, Italian film actor (b. 1909)
  • Rio Reiser, German rock musician and singer (b. 1950)
• August 21 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• August 22
  • Kjell Borgen, Norwegian politician (b. 1939)
  • Oliver Lynn, American talent manager and country music artist (b. 1926)
• August 23 – Jeff Batters, Canadian ice hockey defenceman in the NHL (b. 1970)
• August 24
  • Jean Aurel, French film director and scriptwriter (b. 1925)
  • Zainab Biisheva, Bashkir poet, writer and playwright (b. 1908)
• August 25 – Reinhard Libuda, German footballer (b. 1943)
• August 26 – Mary Bass, American journalist, author, and executive editor of the Ladies' Home Journal (b. 1905)
• August 27
  • Leon Berry, American organist (b. 1914)
  • Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
• August 28
  • Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy, Turkish mob boss (b. 1960)
  • Nancy Archibald, Canadian fencer (b. 1911)
  • Tommie Bass, Appalachian herbalist (b. 1908)
  • Vladimir Blok, Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator (b. 1932)
• August 29
  • Vitalija Bartkuvienė, Lithuanian painter (b. 1939)
  • Albert Bloxham, English professional footballer (b. 1905)
• August 30 – Laura Adani, Italian actress (b. 1913)
• August 31 – Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, Pakistani politician (b. 1905)

September 1996

Spiro Agnew

Paul Erdős

Dorothy Lamour

• September 1
  • Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (b. 1909)
  • Karl Kehrle, Benedictine monk, beekeeper (b. 1898)
• September 2 – Karl Frenzel, Nazi war criminal (b. 1911)
• September 3 – Veniamin Basner, Russian composer (b. 1925)
• September 4 – Victor Aaron, Native American actor (b. 1956)
• September 5 – Isabel Wood Holt, wife of former Governor of West Virginia Homer A. Holt (b. 1899)
• September 6 – Salman Shah, Bangladeshi actor (b. 1971)
• September 7
  • Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (b. 1940)
  • Joseph F. Biroc, American Academy Award-winning cinematographer (b. 1903)
  • Arda Bowser, professional football player (b. 1899)
• September 8
  • Semyon Aranovich, Soviet and Russian film director (b. 1934)
  • Eyre de Lanux, American artist, writer, and art deco designer (b. 1894)
• September 9
  • Willy Albrecht, German military officer (b. 1907)
  • Bill Monroe, American "father of bluegrass" music (b. 1911)
• September 10
  • Dick Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey right winger (b. 1934)
  • Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1922)
  • Hans List, Austrian inventor and automotive pioneer (b. 1896)
  • Juanita Wright, WWE wrestling figure (b. 1934)
• September 11
  • Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author (b. 1918)
  • Deane Waldo Malott, American academic and administrator (b. 1898)
• September 12
  • Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, Canon of Windsor (b. 1909)
  • J.B. Bobo, American magician (b. 1910)
  • Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and statesman, former President of the Republic (b. 1907)
• September 13
  • Marvin Allen, American soccer coach and player (b. 1915)
  • Jane Baxter, British actress (b. 1909)
  • James F. Bonner, American molecular biologist (b. 1910)
  • Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor also known as "2Pac", "Makaveli" (b. 1971)
• September 14
  • Maurice M. Black, American pathologist (b. 1918)
  • Helen Cohan, American stage dancer and film actress, daughter of George M. Cohan (b. 1910)
  • Juliet Prowse, American dancer and actress (b. 1936)
• September 15 - Ottis Toole, American murderer (b. 1947)
• September 16
  • Selwyn Baker, Australian rules footballer (b. 1911)
  • Gene Nelson, American dance and actor (b. 1920)
• September 17
  • Spiro Agnew, American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
  • Marianne Bachmeier, German vigilante (b. 1950)
  • Billy Bowers, American outfielder in Major League Baseball (b. 1922)
• September 18
  • Annabella, French actress (b. 1907)
  • Ulrich Beiger, German actor (b. 1918)
• September 19
  • Noureddine Aba, Algerian poet and playwright (b. 1921)
  • Kath Anderson, Australian politician (b. 1921)
• September 20
  • Franco Angrisano, Italian actor (b. 1926)
  • Cheb Aziz, Algerian musician (b. 1968)
  • Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician and leader of al-Zulfiqar (b. 1954)
  • Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913)
  • Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• September 21
  • Henri Nouwen, Dutch Catholic priest and author (b. 1932)
  • Sabine Zlatin, Polish-born French Resistance member (b. 1907)
• September 22
  • Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1927)
  • Harvey Oren Banks, American civil engineer (b. 1910)
  • Brook Bernacchi, British lawyer and politician in Hong Kong (b. 1922)
  • Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
• September 23
  • Joe Borowski, Canadian politician and activist (b. 1933)
  • Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933)
• September 24 - Zeki Müren, Turkish singer, composer, and actor (b. 1931)
• September 25 - Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa, Nepalese Sherpa mountaineering guide, climber and porter (1971–73)
• September 26 – Nicu Ceaușescu, son of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu (b. 1951)
• September 27
  • Hermine Baron, American contract bridge player (b. 1912)
  • James Franklin Battin, American poltician and United States federal judge (b. 1925)
• September 28
  • Albert Ayguesparse, Belgian writer (b. 1900)
  • Menato Boffa, Italian former racing driver (b. 1930)
  • Mohammad Najibullah, former President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
  • Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• September 29
  • Claire Bonenfant, Québécoise politician and champion of feminist rights (b. 1925)
  • Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian and game show host (b. 1933)
• September 30
  • Charlie Adam, Scottish professional footballer (b. 1919)
  • Aubrey Brabazon, Irish horse racing jockey (b. 1920)

October 1996

Morey Amsterdam

• October 1 –
  • Alexandru Andrițoiu, Romanian poet (b. 1929)
  • James Beal, New Zealand boxer (b. 1929)
  • Douglas Bradshaw, Canadian Air Commodore and educator (b. 1912)
  • Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)
• October 2
  • Robert Bourassa, politician in Quebec, Canada (b. 1933)
  • Joseph Masella, Canadian french hornist (b. 1925)
• October 3 – Ilyas Afandiyev, Azerbaijani and Soviet writer (b. 1914)
• October 4
  • Humphrey Atkins, British politician and a member of the Conservative Party who served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (b. 1922)
  • Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (b. 1949)
  • Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (b. 1913)
• October 5
  • Judith Allen, American film actress (b. 1911)
  • Elmer Berger (rabbi), Jewish Reform rabbi widely known for his anti-Zionism (b. 1908)
  • Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
• October 6
  • Jessie Bernard, American sociologist and noted feminist scholar (b. 1903)
  • Ted Bessell, American actor (b. 1935)
• October 7 – José Antonio Burciaga, Chicano artist, poet, and writer (b. 1940)
• October 8 – Mignon G. Eberhart, American author of mystery novels (b. 1899)
• October 9
  • Per Asplin, Norwegian singer, composer and actor (b. 1928)
  • Marland P. Billings, American structural geologist (b. 1902)
• October 10 – John Hillaby, British travel writer and explorer (b. 1917)
• October 11
  • Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)
  • Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
  • Renato Russo, Brazilian singer, leader of Legião Urbana Brazilian rock band. (b. 1960)
• October 12
  • Nina Alisova, Soviet actress (b. 1918)
  • David Bevan, British Conservative politician (b. 1928)
  • Erik Blomberg, Finnish cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter and film director (b. 1913)
  • René Lacoste, French tennis champion (b. 1904)
• October 13 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (b. 1913)
• October 14
  • Marcel Bourbonnais, Canadian politician, draftsman, engineer, foreman and technician (b. 1918)
  • Laura La Plante, American actress (b. 1904)
• October 15
  • Mike Balas, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1910)
  • Alf Bentley (b. 1931)
  • Beryl Reid, British actress (b. 1919)
• October 16
  • Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
  • N. J. Berrill, English marine biologist (b. 1903)
• October 17
  • Chris Acland, English musician (b. 1966)
  • Bob Adams, American pitcher (b. 1901)
  • Jaroslav Balík, Czechoslovak film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• October 18
  • Antonio Acqua, Italian actor (b. 1910)
  • Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral, Brazilian geologist (b. 1925)
  • Louise Bertram, Canadian pair skater (b. 1908)
• October 19
  • Harry Bailey, Scottish footballer (b. 1919)
  • Heinz Berger, German military officer (b. 1917)
• October 20
  • Bill Bedford, British test pilot and pioneered the development of V/STOL aircraft (b. 1920)
  • Robert Benayoun, French film critic and author (b. 1926)
  • J. Bracken Lee, American Politician (b. 1899)
• October 21 – Léon Ashkenazi, Jewish philosopher and educator (b. 1922)
• October 22
  • John Bauldie, British journalist (b. 1949)
  • Edmund Black, American Olympic athlete (b. 1905)
• October 23
  • Ahn Doo-hee, South Korean assassin (b. 1917)
  • Henry Allard, Swedish politician (b. 1911)
  • Chet Blaylock, U.S. politician (b. 1924)
• October 24
  • Robert Anderson, New Zealand politician (b. 1936)
  • Artur Axmann, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader (b. 1913)
  • George P. Oslin, reporter, executive at Western Union (b. 1899)
• October 25
  • Josef Block, German military officer (b. 1912)
  • Dorothy Borg, American historian (b. 1902)
  • Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, the first person born South of the Antarctic Convergence, in Grytviken, South Georgia (b. 1913)
• October 26
  • Arthur L. Andrews, Chief Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force (b. 1934)
  • Miquel Asins Arbó, Spanish composer (b. 1916)
• October 27 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (b. 1917)
• October 28
  • Morey Amsterdam, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
  • Reuben Baetz, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
  • Dick Baldwin, American film actor (b. 1911)
• October 29 – Ewell Blackwell (b. 1922)
• October 30
  • John Barnum, American professional golfer (b. 1911)
  • Roberto Belangero, Brazilian soccer player (b. 1928)
  • Eleanor Lansing Dulles, author, professor, and United States Government employee (b. 1895)
• October 31
  • Louise Bates Ames, American psychologist (b. 1908)
  • João Antônio, Brazilian journalist and short story writer (b. 1937)
  • Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1909)

November 1996

Jean-Bédel Bokassa

Tiny Tim

• November 1
  • Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1927)
  • Junius Richard Jayewardene, former President of Sri Lanka (b. 1906)
• November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (b. 1963)
• November 3
  • Antonije Abramović, Archbishops of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church (b. 1919)
  • Glen Alps, American printmaker and educator (b. 1914)
  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa of Central African Republic/Empire (b. 1921)
  • Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish nationalist (b. 1956)
• November 4 – T. Vincent Learson, IBM's chairman and chief executive officer (b. 1912)
• November 5 – Eddie Harris, American Jazz musician (b. 1934)
• November 6
  • Jim Boggio, American accordionist (b. 1939)
  • Mario Savio, American political activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement (b. 1942)
• November 7
  • Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist (b. 1939)
  • Beauford T. Anderson, United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor (b. 1922)
• November 8
  • Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I, Supreme head of the Indian Orthodox Church (b. 1907)
  • Laurence Baxter, English statistician (b. 1954)
• November 9 – Spiro Agnew, American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
• November 10
  • Imam Alimsultanov, Chechen bard (b. 1957)
  • Yafeu Fula (aka Yaki Kadafi), rapper from Tupac Shakur's group Outlawz (b. 1977)
• November 11
  • Roberto Achával, Argentinian tango violinist (b. 1930)
  • Janice Adair, British film actress (b. 1905)
• November 12 – Thomas Miller Bell, Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister (b. 1923)
• November 13 – Bill Doggett, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (b. 1916)
• November 14
  • Jim Baxes, Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians (b. 1928)
  • Jacomina van den Berg, Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1909)
  • Joseph Bernardin, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church (b. 1928)
  • Nell Blaine, American landscape painter and watercolorist (b. 1922)
• November 15
  • William Boddington, American field hockey player (b. 1910)
  • Alger Hiss, American State Department official (b. 1904)
• November 16
  • Loretta Alvarez, Pascua Yaqui midwife from the 1920s until the 1970s (b. 1892)
  • Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician (b. 1908)
• November 17
  • Michele Abruzzo, Italian actor (b. 1904)
  • Sven Hörstadius, Swedish embryologist (b. 1898)
• November 18
  • Bob Bearpark, Canadian soccer head coach (b. 1943)
  • Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor (b. 1916)
• November 19
  • Gabriel Alonso, Spanish footballer (b. 1923)
  • Harry Anderson, American illustrator (b. 1906)
  • Morris Arkin, American botanist (b. 1910)
  • Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft, British senior civil servant (b. 1922)
  • Grace Bates, American mathematician (b. 1914)
• November 20
  • Bert Achong, Trinidadian and Tobagonian scientist (b. 1928)
  • Jens Boyesen, Norwegian diplomat and politician (b. 1920)
  • Franciszek Strynkiewicz, Polish sculptor (b. 1893)
• November 21
  • William Barnes, American baseball pitcher (b. 1919)
  • Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
  • Gail Stanton, Playboy centerfold June 1978 (b. 1954)
• November 22
  • Stephanie Bachelor, American film actress (b. 1912)
  • Peter Barbour, Australian intelligence officer and diplomat (b. 1925)
  • Garrett Birkhoff, American mathematician (b. 1911)
  • Ray Blanton, American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee (b. 1930)
  • Walter Boos, German film editor and director (b. 1928)
  • María Casares, French-Spanish actress (b. 1922)
  • Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
  • Adeniran Ogunsanya, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
• November 23 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943)
• November 24
  • Joe Bailey, Australian rules footballer (b. 1921)
  • Loren Bain, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1922)
• November 25 – Ricardo López Aranda, Spanish playwright (b. 1934)
• November 26
  • Michael Bentine, English comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons (b. 1922)
  • Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
• November 27
  • Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician (b. 1897)
  • Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., American attorney (b. 1947)
• November 28 – Don McNeill, American tennis champion (b. 1918)
• November 29 – Dick Bilda, American football player (b. 1919)
• November 30 – Tiny Tim, American musician (b. 1932)

December 1996

Marcello Mastroianni

Carl Sagan

• December 1 – Knud Andersson, German-born American conductor (b. 1910)
• December 2 – Jules Bastin, Belgian operatic bass (b. 1933)
• December 3
  • John Bateman, American Major League Baseball catcher (b. 1940)
  • Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
• December 4
  • Rudolf Abrahamczik, Luftwaffe bomber pilot (b. 1920)
  • Fernando Balderas Sánchez, Mexican journalist (b. 1952)
• December 5 – Adolf Bredo Stabell, Norwegian diplomat
• December 6
  • Joseph Adebowale Atanda, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1932)
  • Harry Babcock, (b. 1930) American football end in the NFL
  • Jean Bertholle, French painter (b. 1909)
  • Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
• December 7 – Heinz Baurmann, German military officer (b. 1919)
• December 8
  • Rolf Blomberg, Swedish explorer, non-fiction writer, photographer and producer of documentary films (b. 1912)
  • Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
• December 9
  • Mary Leakey, British archaeologist (b. 1913)
  • Diana Morgan, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
  • James Basil Wilkie Roberton, New Zealand soldier, doctor, historian and writer (b. 1896)
• December 10 – Faron Young, American singer (b. 1932)
• December 11
  • Juan Carlos Barbieri, Argentine stage and film actor (b. 1932)
  • Des Booth, Australian politician, and dairy farmer and director of a number of agricultural co-operatives and associations prior to election (b. 1920)
  • Willie Rushton, English comedian, actor, and cartoonist (b. 1937)
• December 12 – Vance Packard, American journalist, social critic, and author (b. 1914)
• December 13
  • Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher (b. 1934)
  • Edward Blishen, English author (b. 1920)
  • Clarence Wijewardena, Sri Lankan musician (b. 1943)
• December 14 – Howard B. Keck, American businessman, a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder (b. 1913)
• December 15 – Dawn Crosby, American singer (b. 1963)
• December 16
  • Albert Alberts, Dutch writer, translator, and journalist (b. 1911)
  • Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (b. 1910)
• December 17
  • Armando, American house-music producer and DJ who was an early contributor to the development of acid house (b. 1970)
  • Wayne Barlow, American composer (b. 1912)
  • Stanko Todorov, Bulgarian communist politician (b. 1920)
• December 18 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist (b. 1895)
• December 19 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b. 1924)
• December 20
  • Alan Graham Apley, British orthopaedic surgeon (b. 1914)
  • Melio Bettina, American boxer (b. 1916)
  • Carl Sagan, American astronomer (b. 1934)
• December 21
  • Kell Areskoug, Swedish Olympic sprinter (b. 1906)
  • Margret Rey, American children's author and illustrator (b. 1906)
• December 22 – Oscar Alende, Argentine politician (b. 1909)
• December 23
  • William H. Brady (b. 1912)
  • Rina Ketty, Italian singer (b. 1911)
• December 24 – Al Adair, Canadian politician and baseball player (b. 1929)
• December 25 – Lee Alexander, American politician (b. 1927)
• December 26 – Morris Schapiro, American investment banker (b. 1920)
• December 27 – Gene Brabender, American Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1941)
• December 28 – Jean Roy, Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1923)
• December 29
  • Peter Bayley, first-class cricketer from British Guiana (b. 1916)
  • Maurice Bayrou, French veterinarian and politician (b. 1905)
  • Alma Birk, Baroness Birk, British journalist, Labour Party politician and Government minister (b. 1917)
  • Mireille Hartuch, French singer (b. 1906)
• December 30
  • Pokey Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1943)
  • Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
  • Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
• December 31
  • George Abbott, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender (b. 1911)
  • Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)

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• Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist , physician and nutritionist (b. 1896)
• Thelma Afford, Australian costume designer, theatre performer, and fashion journalist (b. 1908)
• Adeyemi Afolayan, Nigerian film actor, director and producer (b. 1940)
• Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, Mexican anthropologist (b. 1908)
• Sydney Aistrup, English footballer (b. 1909)
• Ronald Ernest Aitchison, Australian physicist (b. 1921)
• Vangel Ajanovski-Oče, Macedonian politician (b. 1909)
• Fred Alexander, Australian historian (b. 1899)
• Hugo Alfaro, Uruguayan journalist (b. 1917)
• Mowaffak Allaf, Syrian diplomat, and a former ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
• Leo d'Almada e Castro, Barrister of Hong Kong (b. 1904)
• Miguel Alvarez del Toro, Mexican biologist (b. 1917)
• Loretta Alvarez, American centenarian and midwife(b. 1892)
• Hubert Alyea, American chemist and academic (b. 1903)
• Abdel Moneim Amin, Egyptian military figure and politician (b. 1912)
• Caleb J. Anderson, Swedish politician (b. 1910)
• Fred Anderson, American journalist (b. 1936)
• Janet M. Anderson, American illustrator (b. 1949)
• Elaine Anthony, American mixed media painter (b. 1943)
• Ali Antsukhskiy, Azerbaijani politician (b. ?)
• Arthur Armstrong, Irish painter (b. 1924)
• Billy Arnison, South African professional footballer (b. 1924)
• Edward Asselbergs, Dutch-Canadian food chemist (b. 1927)
• Khachatur Avetisyan, Armenian composer (b. 1926)
• Julián Ayesta, Spanish playwright and novelist (b. 1919)
• Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, Zanzibari revolutionary nationalist (b. 1924)
• Lidiano Bacchielli, Italian archaeologist (b. 1947)
• Agnar Bachen, British Merchant Navy officer (b. 1922)
• Gulab Bai, Indian stage performer of Nautanki (b. 1926)
• Lillian Baker, American author (b. ?)
• Balot, Filipino comedian (b. 1926)
• William Nyuon Bany, Sudanese politician (b. ?)
• Panos Bardis, Greek American sociologist (b. 1924)
• Marlin Barnes, linebacker for the University of Miami Hurricanes (b. ?)
• Tom Barrett, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. ?)
• Charles Bartley, American scientist (b. 1921)
• Giovanni Bartolomucci, Italian artist (b. 1923)
• Ronald Bassett, British writer (b. 1924)
• Angus John Bateman, English geneticist (b. 1919)
• Victor Batiuk, Ukranian diplomat (b. 1939)
• Benjamin Batson, American mathematician (b. 1942)
• Abdelhamid ben Hadouga, Algerian writer (b. 1925)
• Roberto Berdecio, Bolivian artist (b. 1910)
• Louis Berger, American civil engineer (b. 1914)
• Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician (b. c.1897)
• Les Blizzard, English footballer (b. 1923)
• Godfrey Blunden, Australian journalist and writer
• Jacques Bobet, French filmmaker (b. 1919)
• Frank Bokas, Scottish footballer (b. 1914)
• Norman H. Boke, American plant anatomist (b. 1913)
• Kenneth Bolton, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
• Richard Plant Bower, Canadian diplomat (b. 1905)
• Dorothy Boyd, English film actress (b. 1907)
• Sophie Brack, Cork camogie player (b. ?)