List of Famous people who died at 76

Al Tayeb Abdul Rahim is a Palestinian politician, former Secretary-General of the Palestinian Presidency and a former member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement. Also he was one of the founders of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE was a British Labour politician.

Panagiotis Zepos was a Greek professor of law and a prominent lawyer, who served many times as secretary-general and minister in Greek governments.

Takehiko Bessho , born Akira Bessho , was a Japanese baseball player whose professional career as a player lasted from 1942 until 1960. Bessho first achieved fame as a pitcher in Japanese professional baseball; later, he served as a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) manager.

Georgi Traykov Girovski, also known as Georgi Traykov, was a Bulgarian politician and the longtime leader of Bulgarian Agrarian National Union. Traykov became leader of the Agrarian Union in December 1947, a year after the Bulgarian Communist Party seized complete control of the country. He quickly pushed out members who are not willing to do the Communists' bidding, transforming the party into a loyal partner of the Communists.

Per Christian Cornelius Paus was a Norwegian steel industrialist and lawyer.

Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. He also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976.