List of Famous people who died at 76

Marina Ripa di Meana was an Italian writer, actress, director, stylist, activist and TV personality.

Rhea Clyman (1904–1981) was a Canadian journalist who travelled the USSR and reported about the Holodomor. She was famously expelled from the USSR in 1932.

Richard Alan Drasin was an American bodybuilder, personal trainer, actor, stuntman, author, and professional wrestler. He wrestled professionally and sporadically between 1965 and 2001, while also winning titles in amateur bodybuilding contests during his younger years. Drasin is also known for having designed both the original Gold's Gym logo — a cartoon sketch of a bald weightlifter — and the World Gym gorilla logo.

Gerd Honsik was an Austrian writer and lyric poet, and a prominent neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier.

Howard Lew Lewis was an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in comedy series including Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes.

Barbara Diane Martin Richardson was an American singer, best known as one of the original members of Motown group The Supremes. She was born in Detroit.

John Gerard Ruggie was the Berthold Beitz Research Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and an Affiliated Professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He was an influential scholar in the field of international relations, as well as an influential policy-maker in the United Nations.

Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. Keeshan also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.

Du Yuming, was a Kuomintang field commander. He was a graduate of the first class of Whampoa Academy, took part in Chiang's Northern Expedition, and was active in southern China and in the Burma theatre of the Sino-Japanese War. After the Japanese surrendered in 1945, he was an important commander in the Chinese Civil War.

Frank Nagai was a Japanese singer. Known for his attractive baritone voice. His real name was Kiyoto Nagai.