List of Famous people who died in 2016

Joannis Avramidis was a contemporary Greek-Austrian sculptor. He was born in Batumi, Soviet Union to a family of Pontic Greeks.

Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan was an Indian vocalist of Hindustani music. Apart from khayal, he performed dhrupad, dhamar and thumri. As of 2020, he is the oldest person to have been conferred a Padma award.

Charles-Émile Loo was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1968, and from 1973 to 1978. He also served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989.

Mamadou Dembelé was a Malian physician and politician. Dembelé served as Prime Minister of Mali from 6 June 1986 to 6 June 1988 under President Moussa Traoré. He was a member of the Democratic Union of the Malian People and responsible for the repression of the 1979–80 student movements. He died on 9 October 2016 at the age of 82. Dembélé was to have a state funeral at the paternal home in Darsalam, followed by interment at the cemetery of Hamdallaye on Tuesday 11 October 2016.

Doug Raney was an American jazz guitarist. He was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney.

Paul Jorge Burton Salvatierra was a Bolivian footballer. Burton was left brain dead after a failed surgery for a herniated disc. He died a few days later, on 11 December 2016.

Deva Dassy was a French mezzo-soprano, active in opera and operetta in France from the 1930s to the 1960s who made many radio and studio recordings.

Wu Jianmin was a prominent Chinese diplomat. He worked as the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, ambassador of China to the Netherlands, Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland, and France, and the president of the Bureau International des Expositions.

Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute was a Filipino basketball player and coach. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian, as a member of the Philippines men's national basketball team.

Giuseppe Ferrara was an Italian film director and screenwriter.