List of Famous people who died at 96

Saint Sophrony, known also as Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony was an archimandrite and one of the noted ascetic Christian monks of the twentieth century. He is best known as the disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite and compiler of St Silouan's works, and as the founder of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England.

Jerry Finkelstein was an American publisher, businessman and political insider. Among his publications were The New York Law Journal and The Hill. He was the father of former New York City Council President, Andrew Stein.

Morton A. Kaplan was Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. He was also President of the Professors World Peace Academy International; and Editor of the World&I magazine, published by the Washington Times Corporation, from its founding in 1986 until 2004.

Shek Wing-cheung, better known by his stage name Shih Kien, Sek Kin, or Sek Gin, was a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor. Shih is best known for playing antagonists and villains in several early Hong Kong wuxia and martial arts films that dated back to the black-and-white period, and is most familiar to Western audiences for his portrayal of the primary villain, Han, in the 1973 martial arts film Enter the Dragon, which starred Bruce Lee.

Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar was an Indian author and politician from Karnataka.