List of Famous people who died in 1996

Olga Havlová, born Šplíchalová was the first wife of Václav Havel, the last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic.

Amata Kabua was the first President of the Marshall Islands from 1979 to 1996.

Israel Eldad, was an Israeli Revisionist Zionist philosopher and member of the pre-state underground group Lehi.

Walter Michael Miller Jr. was an American science fiction writer. His fix-up novel A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), the only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Prior to its publication, he was a writer of short stories.

Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe was a Norwegian actress.

Ulrich Biel was a German politician and representative of the Christian Democratic Union.

John Cameron, Lord Cameron, KT, DSC, PRSE, FBA was a Scottish judge and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1973 to 1976.

William Egan Colby was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976.

Niall MacDermot was a British Labour Party politician.