List of Famous people who died in 2016

Likas Tarigan was an Indonesian teacher and politician. She was a member of the People's Consultative Assembly from 1978 to 1988. She was married to freedom fighter Djamin Ginting. The movie 3 Nafas Likas, released in 2014, is based on her life story.

John Beresford Power was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist.

Deborah Shiu-lan Jin was an American physicist and fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Professor Adjunct, Department of Physics at the University of Colorado; and a fellow of the JILA, a NIST joint laboratory with the University of Colorado.

Paul Demers was a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was best known for writing the song "Notre place", which came to be recognized as an anthem of the Franco-Ontarian community.

Drewe Henley was an English actor. He had a variety of roles in film, television and theatre including as Red X-Wing Squadron Leader Garven Dreis in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He retired from acting due to bipolar disorder. He was married to Felicity Kendal, with whom he had a son.