List of Famous people who died in 1996

Parthenius III served as the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1986 and 1996.

Alfredo Vicente Scherer was a German-Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil from 1946 to 1996, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.

John Young was a Scottish actor. He is the father of the actor Paul Young.

Cheng Heng was a Cambodian politician, who acted as the country's Head of State from 1970–1971, and was a relatively prominent political figure during the Khmer Republic period (1970–1975).

Sven Olof Lennart "Svenne Berka" Bergqvist was a Swedish football and ice hockey player, known for representing Hammarby IF in both sports.

Mark Lenard was an American actor, primarily in television. His most famous role was as Sarek, father of Spock, in the science fiction Star Trek franchise, in both the original and animated series, as well as three films and two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also played a Klingon in Star Trek The Motion Picture, and a Romulan in an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

John William Hargreaves was an Australian actor. He won three Australian Film Institute Awards and was nominated six times.