List of Famous people who died in 2016

George Jonas, CM was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer, poet, and journalist. A self-described classical liberal, he authored 16 books, including the bestseller Vengeance (1984), the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre. The book has been adapted for film twice, first as Sword of Gideon (1986) and as Munich (2005).

Johannes "Hannes" Bauer was a German trombonist of improvised music and free jazz. He was the brother of the trombonist Conny Bauer.

Karl W. Butzer was a German-born American geographer, ecologist, and archaeologist. He received two degrees at McGill University, Montreal: the B.Sc. (hons) in Mathematics in 1954 and later his master's degree in Meteorology and Geography. Afterwards in the 1950s he returned to Germany to the University of Bonn to obtain a doctorate in physical geography. He obtained a master's degree in Meteorology and Geography from McGill University and a doctorate in physical geography from the University of Bonn in Germany.

Ted V. Mikels was an American independent filmmaker primarily of the horror cult film genre. Movies that he both produced and directed include Girl in Gold Boots (1968), The Astro-Zombies (1968), and The Doll Squad (1973).

Ilhama Guliyeva was an Azerbaijani celebrity, actress and singer of Azerbaijani folk and classical music. Throughout active musical-stage career, Ilhama Guliyeva gained popular success in her respective genre of music and received such major state-level honors as Honored Artist of Azerbaijani SSR in 1982, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1998 and People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan in 2007.

Luís Carlos Melo Lopes, better known as Caçapava, was a Brazilian football player in defensive midfielder role.

Fernando Mamede Mendes was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Adam Marian Dziewoński was a Polish-American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior and the nature of earthquakes using seismological methods. He spent most of his career at Harvard University, where he was the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science.

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kotlov was a Soviet hockey player.