List of Famous people who died in 1916

Alfred Kleiner was a Swiss physicist and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Zurich. He was Albert Einstein's doctoral advisor or Doktorvater. Initially Einstein's advisor was Heinrich F. Weber. However, they had a major falling out, and Einstein chose to switch to Kleiner.

Count Vincenzo Ottorino Gentiloni was an Italian politician, one of the early leaders of the Italian Catholic Azione Cattolica movement. He was born near Ancona, was active in Catholic politics from the 1890s, and served as president of the Catholic Electoral Union from 1909 to 1916.

Peter Dodds McCormick was the composer of the Australian national anthem "Advance Australia Fair, publishing under the pseudonym of Amicus, latin for "Friend".

Herbert Kilpin was an English football player and manager, best known as the main founding father of A.C. Milan. After playing as an amateur in his native town of Nottingham, in the early 1890s he moved to Italy to work in the textile industry and he became one of the pioneers of football in the country, first as a player for Internazionale Torino and then as player, manager, and charter member of Milan.

Adelheid Catharina Maria Humperdinck Wette was a German author, composer, and folklorist who is best remembered today as the librettist of her brother Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel.

Edgar Alexander Mearns was an American surgeon, ornithologist and field naturalist. He was a founder of the American Ornithologists' Union.

Prince Ōyama Iwao, OM, GCCT was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army.