List of Famous people who died at 76

Friedrich Albert Foertsch was a German general serving during World War II and from 1961 to 1963 the second Inspector General of the Bundeswehr.

Carole Brookins was an American executive director of the World Bank and an expert on the global political economy.

Ruhi Sarıalp was a Turkish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the triple jump. He was born in Manisa.

Arthur Batanides was an American film and television actor, originally from Tacoma, Washington.

Bodo Lafferentz was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an SS-Obersturmbannführer from 1939. In 1937, he was made a manager along with Ferdinand Porsche and Jakob Werlin of the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. He founded and oversaw the "Institute for Physical Research", an outpost of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, to further develop the V-2 rocket.

Anton Sebastianpillai FRCP, was a British historian, author and consultant geriatrician, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin.