List of Famous people who died in 2016

Yu Xu was a Chinese pilot who served as a flight squadron leader in the August 1st aerobatic team of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

José de Jesús Barrero Andrade, better known by his stage name Jesús Barrero, was a Mexican actor.

Barbara Anne Hagerman, OPEI was a Canadian music teacher and performer and was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. She was the second woman in the province's history to have held this position.

Luigi Ferrari Bravo was an Italian professor and legal expert who served as judge for the International Court of Justice in the 1990s.

Vahe "Buck" Kartalian was an American professional wrestler and character actor.

Ernesto "Ernie" Madarang Maceda was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and columnist who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998. He served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998.

Robert Taussat was a French local historian, biographer and novelist. He was the author of fifteen books, and the recipient of the 1993 Prix Eugène Carrière from the Académie française. He was the president of the Société des lettres, sciences et arts de l'Aveyron for two decades and the subject of a 2014 documentary about his life.

Peter Brixtofte was a Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) representing Venstre from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005. Brixtofte served as the Tax Minister of Denmark from 19 November 1992 to 24 January 1993. He was also Mayor of Farum, and was criminally convicted for actions taken while holding that municipal office and was later jailed. He was the brother of Brixx Member, Jens Brixtofte.

Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston was a British economist and Labour life peer. His research interests included macroeconomic policy and the economics of education.

Harald Grønningen was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received the King's cup in 1963 and 1967. Grønningen won the 15 km twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival and earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1961.