List of Famous people who died in 2016

Katie Beth May was an American model and businesswoman. Dubbed "The Queen of Snapchat", May was known as a social media star and brand ambassador before her death from a chiropractically-induced stroke at age 34.

Barry Frederick Howard was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in the first seven series of the long-running BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, in which his deadpan comedy style and classic facial expressions made him a popular character.

Annanias Mathe, sometimes spelled Ananias Mathe, was a notorious serial rapist and armed robber from Mozambique who achieved further notoriety in 2006 by being the only person to have ever escaped from the maximum high-security C-Max Penitentiary in Pretoria, South Africa.

Amparo Valle Vicente was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2016.

Mariano Alberto Martínez, known professionally as Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist.

Curt Rudolf Glover Engelhorn was a German billionaire heir and businessman, the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the chemical company BASF.

Marion Christopher Barry was an American construction company owner and the son of Marion Barry, the two-time Mayor of the District of Columbia and long-term district councilmember. After the death of his father, he was an unsuccessful candidate for his father's Ward 8 council seat in 2015.

Kenneth "Kenny" Easterday was an American man born with the rare disability, sacral agenesis. To improve his mobility, his legs were amputated at the hip when he was six months old.

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English playwright and screenwriter. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films.

Héctor Eduardo Babenco was an Argentine-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. He was one of the first Brazilian filmmakers to gain international critical acclaim, through his films which often dealt with social outcasts on the fringes of society. His best-known works include Pixote (1980), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1990) and Carandiru (2003).