List of Famous people who died at 96

Shaun Wylie was a British mathematician and World War II codebreaker.

Heitaro Nakajima was a Japanese digital audio pioneer, who led Sony's Compact Disc project in the 1970s.

Herman Francis Mark was an Austrian-American chemist regarded for his contributions to the development of polymer science. Mark's x-ray diffraction work on the molecular structure of fibers provided important evidence for the macromolecular theory of polymer structure. Together with Houwink he formulated an equation, now called the Mark–Houwink or Mark–Houwink–Sakurada equation, describing the dependence of the intrinsic viscosity of a polymer on its relative molecular mass. He was a long-time faculty at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In 1946, he established the Journal of Polymer Science.

Betty Bird was an Austrian actress, known for Die spanische Fliege (1931), Corazones sin rumbo (1928), and Sturm auf drei Herzen (1930). She was married to Gustav Ucicky.

Hubert Schmundt was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Dominick George "Don" Pardo was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades.

Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal was an Azkoitian Basque pelota player known as Atano III. He is often considered one of the best pelotaris of all time, dominating the 1st hand-pelota category from 1926 to 1948 and winner of 4 championships.

John A. Choi Jae-seon was a South Korean prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.