List of Famous people who died in 2016

Wayne Lamar Jackson was an American soul and R&B musician, playing the trumpet in the Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as "arguably the greatest soul horn section ever".

Wiesław Ksawery Rudkowski was a Polish boxer and Olympic silver medalist. He lost the gold medal match to Dieter Kottysch.

Manuel Gilman Batshaw, was a Canadian social worker and is best known for being the founder of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres.

Lady (Ann) Caroline Faber was the daughter of Harold Macmillan and his wife, Lady Dorothy Macmillan. She was the second of their four children, and their last surviving child.

Anne Ranasinghe was a Jewish-German born Sri Lankan English-language poet. She is considered one of Sri Lanka's leading English-language poets, having won several international awards.

Jean-Loup Passek was a French film critic. He was the director of cinematic collections at the Centre Georges Pompidou, and he author of several books about cinema.

Joe Ascione was an American jazz drummer.

Robert Francis Wanzer was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. During his final two years as a player, he served as the team's player-coach. After he retired from playing in 1957, he remained as a coach with the Royals for one season, before he became the head coach of the St. John Fisher Cardinals college basketball team in 1963. He stayed in the role with the college for 24 years until his retirement in 1987. Wanzer was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Raúl Pedro Sánchez Soya was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Santiago Wanderers, Everton and Colo-Colo.

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971, until his death. In 1999, when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords, he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain. When he died, he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer.