List of Famous people who died in 2016

Salman Natour (Arabic: سلمان ناطور‎, 1949-2016) was a Palestinian writer and novelist, Born in Daliyat al-Karmel south of Haifa in 1949, and graduated in his hometown's high school then attained higher education in Jerusalem then in Haifa.

Gustav Meier was a Swiss-born conductor and director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. He was also Music Director of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut, for more than 40 years (1972–2013).

Jean Rabier was a French cinematographer who frequently worked with director Claude Chabrol. He had almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961–1991.

Sir Tomu Malaefone Sione was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He worked as a journalist from 1962–68. He was the head of the southern Niutao clan. He was married to Segali.