List of Famous people who died at 46

Satoshi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Millennium Actress (2001), and Paprika (2006).

Jaime Pardo Leal was a Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician, who ran as candidate of the Patriotic Union party for the presidency of Colombia in the 1986 elections, and was later assassinated.

Líber Ernesto Vespa Legarralde was an Uruguayan footballer who played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Uruguay, including Argentinos Juniors, Rosario Central and C.A. Cerro.

Khamis Al-Owairan Al-Dossari was a Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al-Hilal and Al Ittihad.

Joëlle Aubron was a militant in the French group Action directe.

Dominique Aulanier was a French professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Hinako Sugiura was a manga artist and researcher in the lifestyles and customs of Japan's Edo period. Born Junko Suzuki in Minato, Tokyo, into a tradition-steeped family of kimono merchants, she studied design and took an increasing interest in old Japan. She attended Nihon University, but gave up her formal studies to pursue research under the direction of author Shisei Inagaki. Inagaki specialized in the Edo period and taught Sugiura how to do the background surveys that would later ensure the historical accuracy of her manga and other works.

Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukayev, also known as Emir Khamzat and Abubakar was a Chechen insurgent commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Wilayah al-Qawqaz, the commander of the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs and a close associate of the deceased Caucasus Emirate leader Dokka Umarov. Byutukayev was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States on 13 July 2016.

Otari Kvantrishvili was a Georgian mafia boss and one of Moscow's leading organised crime figures during the early 1990s.

Andrea Huser was a Swiss mountain bike racer and trail runner.