List of Famous people who died in 2016

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zemlyanikin was a film and theater actor. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).

Irma Roy was an Argentine actress and politician who served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1995 to 2005. Her daughters, Carolina Papaleo, Lydia Valeiento also became actresses.

Perico Fernández was a professional boxer from Zaragoza, Spain. He was a WBC light welterweight champion.

Gerry Gow was a footballer who played for Bristol City in the 1970s, making 375 appearances for them in The Football League. Gow made his debut for Bristol City in 1970 at the age of 17. He was a member of the side which achieved promotion in 1976 to the First Division. He left Bristol City aged 28 following the team's relegation to the Second Division in 1980.

Nina Alekseevna Yeryomina was a Russian basketball player. She was a 1959 world champion, two-time European champion, four-time Soviet Union champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1959), and sports commentator.

Ashitha was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, best known for her short stories, poems and translations. She contributed in popularising haiku poems in Malayalam through her translations and her stories were known for the sensitive portrayal of life. She was a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story as well as other honours including Padmarajan Award, Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award and Edasseri Award.

Dede Koswara, also known as the "Tree Man", was an Indonesian carpenter who suffered from epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a rare disease that causes the human papillomavirus (HPV) to grow uncontrollably, leading to the development of warts resembling tree bark. He received criticism from the people around him for having an unknown disease for most of his life. It was not until his later years that he received notoriety and was given multiple treatments for his condition.

Bruce Mansfield was an Australian television/radio personality and narrator.

Mubarak Begum was an Indian vocalist who sang in the Hindi and Urdu languages. She was playback singer in Bollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s. She had also recorded and given public performances in a number of other genres, including Ghazal and Na`at.

Kang Young-Hoon was a South Korean politician who served as the second prime minister of the sixth South Korean republic, from 16 December 1988 until 27 December 1990.