List of Famous people who died in 2016

Peter Propping was a German Human geneticist.

Roberto José Lovera Vidal was a Uruguayan basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Lovera was part of the Uruguayan basketball team, which finished fifth in the 1948 tournament. Four years later Lovera was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the bronze medal. He played all eight matches.

Béla Biszku was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Minister of the Interior from 1957 to 1961. He was charged of suspicion of committing war crimes during the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, becoming the first and to date only former top-official in Hungary who has been prosecuted because of political role in the communist era.

Pierre Billard was a French journalist, film critic and historian of cinema.

Stephen Elliott Fienberg was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics, the Machine Learning Department, Heinz College, and Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University.

Claude Ulysse Lefebvre was a Canadian municipal politician, who served as mayor of the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada from 1981 to 1989.

Szabolcs Baranyi was a professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in two doubles events, on both occasions partnering compatriot Péter Szőke.

Sir John Anthony Swire was a British businessman.

John William Bach was an American professional basketball player and coach. A forward/guard, Bach played college basketball at Fordham University and Brown University. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1948 Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft, and played 34 games for the Celtics.

Shahid Quadri was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. For his poetry, he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 2011. His notable poems include "Uttoradhikar", "Tomake Obhibadon Priyotoma", "Kothao Kono Krondon Nei" and "Amar Chumbongulo Poucchey Dao".