List of Famous people who died at 96

Carleton Putnam was an American businessman, segregationist, and writer. He graduated from Princeton University in 1924 and received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Columbia Law School in 1932. He founded Chicago & Southern Airlines in 1933 which, in 1953, merged with Delta Air Lines. Putnam later served as chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines and held a seat on its board of directors until his death.

Margherita Piazzolla Beloch was an Italian mathematician who worked in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and photogrammetry.

Emile Santiago was an American costume designer who won an Oscar for the film The Robe in the category Best Costume design-Color during the 1953 Academy Awards, that she won along with Charles LeMaire.

Muhibbe Darga was a Turkish archaeologist. She was the granddaughter of Darugazade Mehmet Emin Bey, Sultan Abdülhamid's first chamberlain, the poet and translator of Jules Verne’s novels from French into Turkish.

Meyer Rubin was an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey.

Marion Francis Forst was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Dodge City from 1960 to 1976, after which he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (1976–1986). At the time of his death, he was the oldest Catholic bishop in the United States.

Alice Woodroffe married name Alice Teague was an English international badminton player.