List of Famous people who died in 1916

Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D., sometimes erroneously called Giuseppe Gotti, was a friar of the Discalced Carmelite Order, who served in various offices of the Holy See as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Alexander Ivanovich Voeikov was a Russian meteorologist and climatologist who was involved in establishing meteorological stations across Russia. He took an interest in the interconnection of meteorological processes and long term climate. He described a Siberian high pressure area extending into South West Europe which is known as the Voeikov Axis.

Yngvar Nielsen was a Norwegian historian, politician, geographer and pioneer of tourism in Norway.

Pál Gábor Engelmann was a figure of the Hungarian workers movement, and founder and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Hungary.

Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the dynamism of form and the deconstruction of solid mass guided artists long after his death. His works are held by many public art museums, and in 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City organized a major retrospective of 100 pieces.

Germán Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, and he served as President of Chile between 1901 and 1906.

Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.

Luigi Forlano was an Italian footballer who played as a forward and was a founding partner of Juventus.