List of Famous people who died in 1976

David "Dado" Elazar was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War.

Abu Tubar was the name given to the perpetrator of a series of robberies and murders committed in Baghdad during the early years of the Ba'ath Party rule. Although eventually ascribed to former members of Nadhim Kzar's police force, at the time there was widespread fear amongst the Baghdad population about the nature of the crimes.

Huang Tsung-hsing was a Chinese Hong Kong actor. He appeared in two films with superstar Bruce Lee such as Fist of Fury as Cook Tien and The Way of The Dragon as Uncle Wang. Huang married actress Lisa Chiao Chiao. Huang also acted with fighting instructor Han Ying-chieh in Fist of Fury. Huang also acted in 70 other movies, many of them about martial arts.

Hamit Kaplan was a Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler of Turkish descent in the Heavyweight class. He won the gold, silver and bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling at three consecutive Olympic Games in 1956, 1960 and 1964.