List of Famous people who died in 2016

John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, was a British Army officer and hereditary peer.

Nivaria Tejera was a Cuban poet and novelist. She was awarded the Seix Barral Premio Biblioteca Breve in 1971 for her novel Sonámbulo del sol.

Fan Ho was a Chinese photographer, film director, and actor. From 1956, he won over 280 awards from international exhibitions and competitions worldwide for his photography.

Michael Joseph Sandlock was an American professional baseball utility player who played in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1953. He played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 180 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. From the death of Connie Marrero on April 23, 2014 until his own death on April 4, 2016, Sandlock was the oldest living former major league player. That distinction was passed on to Eddie Carnett.

James Michael Gardner Fell was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in functional analysis and representation theory. He is known for Fell bundles. He was an accomplished linguist who knew Sanskrit, Icelandic, German, French, Russian, Greek, and Latin.

Máximo Mosquera Zegarra was a Peruvian footballer who played as a striker.

Lars Anders Fredrik "Lasse" Mårtenson was a Finnish singer, composer, actor, and theater conductor.

Sergey Aleksandorovich Dyachenko was a Kazakh-born Soviet politician. He was Deputy Chairman of Mazhilis from 2012 to 2016, member of the Mazhilis from 2012 to 2016, and Akim of Aktobe Region from 2010 to 2012.