April 16th famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on April 16th
2029 - 2020
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020
2021
![Helen McCrory]()
British actress (b. 1968)
Co-founder of Adobe Systems and pioneer in digital publishing.
Australian politician (b. 1939)
Welsh rugby union player (b. 1940)
British choreographer (b. 1986)
2020
Chilean writer known for his novels and short stories.
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2018
American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018)
2017
Greek painter recognized for his expressive and abstract works.
2016
Leston Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his folk and blues-influenced music.
2015
Russian journalist and political commentator known for her critical views on government policies.
Czech lawyer and politician, fifth prime minister of the czech republic (b. 1969)
Russian ice hockey coach and player (d. 2015).
2014
Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
Austrian-american historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
Finnish manager and footballer (d. 2014).
2013
Mexican architect, designed the tijuana cultural center and national museum of anthropology (b. 1919)
Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
Canadian-american singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
Austrian politician, 18th governor of lower austria (b. 1926)
Pakistani politician (d. 2013)
American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
Finnish-canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2012
Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th vice-president of zambia (b. 1956)
Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
Danish businessman (b. 1913)
An italian news reporter who fled italy with his family after a 1985 scandal. at 18 his son diego became a series a soccer-football star and was later diagnosed with brain cancer. his family begged him to return home to visit his son, but he refused. security reasons meant that his life would have been in danger. diego, his son, …
English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
2011
Canadian scholar and politician, tenth premier of saskatchewan (b. 1925)
Jamaican veterinarian and cricketer (d. 2011).
American screenwriter and producer of actors (d. 2011).
2010
American police officer, created the d.a.r.e. program (b. 1926)
Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)
Bosnian war criminal and chief of military staff (born 1949).
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009
Monty Lewis was a physicist known for his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics.
2008
American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
American painter (born in 1909)
American meteorologist and mathematician (born 1917).
2007
Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
American jewish-romanian professor of engineering science and mechanics and holocaust survivor (born 30).
New zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
South korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at virginia tech (d. 2007)
Sri lankan journalist
American professor of engineering (born 1961).
Brazilian swimmer, first brazilian woman to compete at the olympic games (born in 1915).
Canadian french instructor at virginia tech (born in 1958).
Canadian hockey player (born 1962)
Indian american professor of civil and environmental engineering (born 1954).
2006
Portuguese actor and model (born 1983).
2005
![Kay Walsh]()
English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2005).
American peace activist and humanitarian (born 1976).
Actor from south korea (born 1943).
2003
American journalist known for his work at 'Rolling Stone' magazine.
![Graham Jarvis]()
Actor from canada (d. 2003).
English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
English author and garden designer (born 1909)
2002
![Robert Urich]()
American actor, on stage, film, and radio. his films include "magnum force," and "endangered speies." he was a student at a university and earned a b.a. before his big-time success. he is a broadcaster and a tv communicator. before moving to the stage, he worked at wgn radio. urich is more than an actor. he also owns a company that …
English footballer and manager (born 1952).
American businesswoman, founded ruth's chris steak house (b. 1927)
American restaurateur (born 1927)
2001
American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
American actor (b. 1918)
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1999
Skip Spence was a talented musician and songwriter, best known for his work with Moby Grape and Jefferson Airplane.
Canadian-american singer-songwriter and guitarist (jefferson airplane, moby grape). (d. 1999).
1998
English snooker player (b. 1913)
Argentinian-american mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
Canadian super-centenarian (d. 1998)
Argentine mathematician (born 1920)
1997
French writer and artist. he was a polish-born jewish immigrant who made his main creative mark in cartooning. topor was a prolific writer, actor, designer, director, and producer of television, film, and theatre. topor's books include "panic," a collection of cartoons from 1965, "the tenant," 1966 and "joko's anniversary," 1970. he also wrote "leonardo was right," a play that he …
French writer and illustrator known for his surreal and macabre works.
Rolland Topor was a multi-talented artist known for his work in writing, illustration, and filmmaking.
Colombian politician (d. 1997)
Songwriter ("heartbreak hotel"), is 82 years old.
Actor (aristede dark shadows), dies from cancer at 57
Media tycoon, who dies at 66
1996
Greek entrepreneur and international shipping magnate. also an art collector. he was regarded as a genius in securing business opportunities and often bullied and conniving to get them. one of the largest privately-owned tanker fleets, with an estimated 80 vessels, was also his. his personal fortune was valued at around four billion dollars.
American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
Actress/dancer ziegfeld follies, dies at the age of 73.
Writer dies at 89
At the age of 62, saxophonist.
At 86, a greek shipowner dies.
1995
Grover Lewis was a renowned journalist and writer.
American family. tarita teriipia is the daughter of marlon and tarita brando. she was born in tahiti, her mother's location. she was 20 years old when she moved into her father's bel aire, ca home. her beau, dag drollet, was her husband (born 8/16/1963 in papeete). christian, her half-brother got into an argument about dag beating cheyenne and christian shot …
English comedian and actor (born 1919).
Pakistani child slave laborer, activist (born 1982).
At 80, film director dies
Broadcaster, who dies at the age of 86.
1994
American novelist known for 'Invisible Man'.
Hearl Ellison was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, who is best known for his novel 'Invisible Man'.
![Ralph Ellison]()
American critic and author (d. 1994).
American novelist and literary critic (d. 1994)
Renowned author of 'Invisible Man'.
Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
At the age of 70, she dies.
Us actor roy cohn, silence of the lambs, dies at 45
American writer, invisible man, dies at the age of 80 (born in 1914).
1993
At age 77, a sculptor (laying spouse) dies.
1992
![Neville Brand]()
American actor (d. 1992).
Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
American singer and actor (b. 1919)
Los angeles, california -- singer (andy & della russell show).
American actor who appeared on screen since 1949. he played many roles including "stalag 17", "birdman of alcatraz," and "psychic killer." the film was produced by al fast, in 1977. he often played homicidal maniacs in his 76 films. his role in "laredo", a late-'60s tv series, in which he played the gravel-voiced texas ranger reese bennett, may be his …
Dies at 58
1991
![David Lean]()
English director, screenwriter, and editor. he is best known for his big-screen epics like the bridge on the river kwai (1957),lawrence of arabia (622) and doctor zhivago (1965). also, he is remembered for his adaptations of dickens' novels great expectations (1946), oliver twist (1948), and the romantic drama brief encounter (1945).
English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
British film director (born in 1908)
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989
American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
English cricketer (born 1940)
Turkish footballer, manager and president (b. 1910)
Lebanese writer, dies.
1988
Russian pianist and composer (d. 1988)
Fatah was founded by a palestinian commander (d. 1988).
Plo leader, murdered
Dutch second chamber member (socialist-democrat), dies at age 90.
Commandos from israel killed the military commander of the palestinian liberation organization in tunisia.
At 72 years old, he dies.
1985
![Scott Brady]()
American actor. he was the brother to lawrence tierney. both were actors and alcoholics. scott was bisexual.
Actor (shotgun salade), dies at the age of 60
1983
Betsie Ten Boom was a Dutch Christian who, along with her family, helped hide Jews during the Holocaust and was imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
1981
First woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1980
American composer (b. 1898)
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1978
American officer and military governor in occupied germany (b. 1898)
General/governor us zone west germany (airlift), dies in age 80.
1975
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, scholar, and statesman who served as the second President of India and was a renowned expert on Hinduism and Indian philosophy.
1973
Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
Spanish singer (born 1944)
1972
Nobel Prize-winning author known for his elegant prose and profound themes.
Nobel Prize-winning author of classic Japanese literature.
Renji Kawabata was a Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist.
Masaichi Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer, and the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hatsuko Kawabata was a renowned Japanese novelist and short story writer, known for his lyrical and introspective style.
Japanese novelist and short story writer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1899)
Japanese novelist, first Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Australian public servant (b. 1894)
Japanese short story writer and novelist, his lyrical prose won him the nobel prize for literature 1968. he was the first japanese author to be awarded this award. his works are still popular and have a wide appeal internationally. kawabata, 72, committed suicide by gazing himself on 16 april 1972. however, many of his close associates, including his wife, believe …
1970
Radha Krishnan was an Indian physicist who made important contributions to the field of nuclear physics.
Hungarian politician, hungarian minister of defence (b. 1897)
The los angeles county hall of records was designed by an austrian-american architect (d. 1970).
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969
Thai artist and illustrator (d. 1969).
1968
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1925 for her novel 'So Big'.
![Fay Bainter]()
Fay Bainter was an Academy Award-winning actress known for her versatile performances in film and theater.
American playwright and novelist, known for her stories about early americana. many of her books were made into motion picture, including "show boat" (with james stewart) and "cimmarron". in 1925, she was awarded the pulitzer prize.
1966
Australian author (b. 1918)
1965
Abbott Payson Usher was an American economist known for his work in economic history and industrial organization.
American actor, second son of charles chaplin (actress lita grey) and an actor. when he was still a child, his parents divorced. his work-obsessed father kept him in touch. chaplin dropped out of school in 8th grade and he continued to play until he was drafted at 18 when he was assigned to patton's army.
English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
1961
American academic and psychologist (d. 1961).
1960
Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1959
American murderer.
1958
Contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix structure.
Contributed to the understanding of DNA structure.
Contributed to the understanding of DNA structure.
Contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Evolett Franklin was a British molecular biologist who made crucial contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA and RNA.
Pioneering athlete who made significant contributions to the field of track and field.
Rosamund Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made crucial contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
Annaston Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made crucial contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
Rosalind Nicholl was a British biochemist who made significant contributions to the understanding of protein structure.
Contributed to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
Rosalind Franklin made significant contributions to the understanding of DNA structure.
Contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix structure.
Kerr Scott was an American politician who served as the 62nd Governor of North Carolina.
Contributed to the understanding of DNA structure through X-ray diffraction studies.
Contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix structure.
1955
Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
Brother of yemenite king ahmed, beheaded
Scottish labor leader (born in 1872)
1951
Dutch hagiographer (pastor of ars) dies at 85
1950
Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1949
Communism executed at the age of 54
1947
German soldier, nazi partisan who served in the capacity of commandant at auschwitz extermination camp (1940aeur"45), when approximately 1,000,000 to 250,000 prisoners perished.
Pioneering American biologist known for his work on plant physiology.
Commandant of auschwitz concentration camp (born 1900).
1946
Swiss-born race car driver (born 1884) and automobile designer
1945
Maly Delschaft was a German expressionist painter known for her vibrant and emotive portraits.
1942
Renowned poet known for his lyrical verses.
Irish polo player (b. 1862)
1941
1st baron stamp, english economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
First baron/statisician, dies.
1940
Irish republican died while on hunger strike (b. 1908)
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1938
English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
Circus proprietor, dies.
1937
American military engineer and politician, third governor of the panama canal zone (b. 1870)
1935
Romanian-French writer known for his novels and travel writing.
Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1930
Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
Peruvian journalist and political philosopher (born in 1894)
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1929
Collector of art, dies at the age of 57
1928
Elliet Gosse was an English poet and literary critic who was known for his influential works on Victorian literature.
Canadian businessman and founder of henri birks and sons, a company founded in 1840 by henri birks and sons.
Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
1925
Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
1920
At the age of 80, he dies.
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1915
American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
1914
American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
American astronomer (born 1838).
At the age of 76, he dies.
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on April 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1904
German poet and author (d. 1904).
Scottish reformer and writer (born 1812).