List of Famous people who died in 2016

Fabiane Tesche Niclotti was a Brazilian model. She was also a Law student and a business manager of a store.

Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri was an American musician, classical composer, orchestra conductor, double bassist, lecturer, teacher, producer, and film score composer.

Julien "Juju" Hoferlin was a Belgian tennis coach.

Anton Muheim was a Swiss Social Democratic politician.

Pierre Durand Sr. was a French equestrian. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Esther Herlitz was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1973 and 1977 and again from 1979 until 1981. She was also Israel's first female ambassador, having been appointed as the country's ambassador to Denmark in 1966.

Andrzej Ryszard Niemczyk was a Polish volleyball player and coach.

Francisco Nicholson was a Portuguese actor, director, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter. He was a co-founder of the Teatro Ádóque theatre cooperative. He wrote, directed, and acted in revues and was a writer of television soap operas, among many other accomplishments.

Marcel Barbeau, was a Canadian artist.

Liu Sung-pan was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the President of the Legislative Yuan from 1992 to 1999. He was the Legislative Yuan's first Taiwan-born speaker and presided over a legislature entirely elected by residents of the Taiwan Area.