List of Famous people who died in 2016

Harry Wu was a Chinese-American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, and he became a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the Laogai Research Foundation.

Velimir "Bata" Živojinović was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor and politician. He acted in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of the best actors in former Yugoslavia.

Matthew Carragher was an English footballer who played 362 league games over twelve years in the Football League. He was a versatile defender, and was described as "a natural leader".

Paul Vergès was a Réunionese politician. Born in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam to a French diplomat father and Vietnamese mother. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1960, a party which he led until he retired in 1994. He made a political comeback at the 2005 European Parliament elections, when he was elected as the third candidate on the list of the French Communist Party, which is part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. Vergès sat in the European Parliament's Committee on Development.

These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days.

Turki bin Saud Al Kabeer was a Saudi prince and a great-grandnephew of King Abdulaziz, who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953. Turki was a great-grandson of Abdulaziz's sister Noura and her husband, Saud Al Kabeer. Saud was a prominent figure in the majlis of internal advisers to King Abdulaziz.

Noreen M. Corcoran was an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her co-starring role in the television sitcom Bachelor Father, as the teenager Kelly Gregg, the niece of wealthy attorney Bentley Gregg, played by John Forsythe.

Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough, known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, was an English film and theatre actress. She was the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough.

Marshall Hilary Medoff was an American economist who taught at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the University of California, Irvine.

John Berry was an American hardcore punk musician. He was a founding member of the Beastie Boys, although he left the band in 1982 before they secured any commercial success.