List of Famous people who died in 1996

Douglas Curtis "Curt" Swan was an American comics artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Silver Age of Comic Books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of the social, economic, and political conditions of the country.

Luciano Tajoli was an Italian singer and actor.

Mario Zagari was an Italian socialist politician, who served in the Italian parliament and in the European parliament as well as in the Italian governments in various capacities.