List of Famous people who died at 96

Barney Pressman was an American businessman and founder of Barneys New York retail store.

Jean Carlu was a French graphic designer who specialised in posters. He was a member of a family of architects; his brother Jacques Carlu for example designed the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. He made posters during World War II to promote an increase in American production.

Otto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music.

Jacques de Lacretelle was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 12 November 1936.

Ford Rainey was an American film, stage, and television actor.

Jacques Landriault was a Canadian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.

E. Roy Lester was an American college and high school football coach. After a successful career at the high school level, he served as the head coach of the University of Maryland football team from 1969 to 1971. Lester was the school's fourth head coach in five years, and compiled a 7–25 record during his tenure. He was fired after the 1971 season when Maryland finished at the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the second consecutive year.

William Lindsey Erwin was an American film, television and stage actor and cartoonist with over 250 television and film credits. A veteran character actor, he is widely known for his 1993 Emmy Award-nominated performance on Seinfeld, portraying the embittered, irascible retiree Sid Fields. He also made notable appearances on shows such as I Love Lucy and Star Trek: The Next Generation. In cinema, his most recognized role is that of Arthur, a kindly bellhop at the Mackinac Island Grand Hotel, in Somewhere in Time (1980).

Otakar Borůvka was a Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory.