List of Famous people who died in 1916

Joseph Rucker Lamar was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Lamar, he served from 1910 until his death in 1916.

Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French soldier, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies. Gallieni is infamous in Madagascar as the French military leader who exiled Queen Ranavalona III and abolished the 350-year-old monarchy on the island.

Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius was a Finnish architect.

Thomas MacDonald Patterson was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado.

Marius Jean Antonin Mercié, was a French sculptor and painter.

Seth Low was an American educator and political figure who served as the 23rd Mayor of Brooklyn, President of Columbia University, diplomatic representative of the United States, and was the 92nd Mayor of New York City. He was a leading municipal reformer fighting for efficiency during the Progressive Era.

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.

Marie François, known as Francis Charmes was a French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician.

Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Arkansas with service for a single six-year term during the era of Reconstruction.

Martinus Theunis Steyn was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman. He was the sixth and last president of the independent republic the Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902.