List of Famous people who died in 2016

L. Norbert Thériault was a Canadian politician.

Henry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, was a British peer, the son of Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard.

Chineko Sugawara was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Iwate Prefecture. She was represented with Gekidan For You.

Robert James Ellis was an Australian writer, journalist, filmmaker, and political commentator. He was a student at the University of Sydney at the same time as other notable Australians including Clive James, Germaine Greer, Les Murray, John Bell, Ken Horler, Robert Hughes and Mungo McCallum. He lived in Sydney with the author and screenwriter Anne Brooksbank; they had three children.

Vincent Joseph Boryla was an American basketball player, coach and executive. His nickname was "Moose". He graduated from East Chicago Washington High School in 1944. He played basketball at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Denver, where he was named a consensus All-American in 1949. Boryla was part of the U.S team that won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Roland Dyens was a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.

Georg Lhotzky was an Austrian actor and film director. He directed 15 films between 1960 and 1991.

Kong Jaw-sheng was a Taiwanese banker. He served as the first chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2004 to 2006. He was born in Guanshan, Taitung.

Shinji Sato was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors (1974-1979), as Minister of International Trade and Industry (1996-1997), and as Minister of Transport (1988-1989). He was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato.

Viktor Nikolaevich Gavrikov was a Lithuanian-Swiss chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1984.