List of Famous people who died in 2016

Paule Gauthier, was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, and public servant.

Keiichi Ishizaka was a Japanese music industry executive who was the chairman of Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Pascal Bentoiu was a Romanian modernist composer.

John James Chilton was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, including The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Escorts.

Solomon Marcus was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics. His main research was in the fields of mathematical analysis, mathematical and computational linguistics and computer science, but he also published numerous papers on various cultural topics: poetics, linguistics, semiotics, philosophy and history of science and education.

Ulrich Hahnen was a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as a deputy of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until his death. In 1994, he became a member of the City Council of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Julio Gento López was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.

Frederick Gilroy was a Northern Irish boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at Bantamweight. As a professional, he took the Commonwealth and European Bantamweight titles in 1959 and contended for the World Bantamweight Title in 1960.

Robert McFaul Campbell was a Northern Irish international footballer who played as a centre forward.

Peter Hans Kolvenbach was a Dutch Jesuit priest and professor who was the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest male Catholic religious order.