Deaths on 16 October
2000s
Ollie Olsen
2024
Australian musician, composer and sound designer (1958–2024)
Liam Payne
2024
English singer and songwriter (1993–2024)
Yahya Sinwar
2024
Palestinian militant and politician (1962–2024)
Martti Ahtisaari
2023
Finnish politician and diplomat, President of Finland (1937–2023)
Daphne Caruana Galizia
2017
Maltese journalist and blogger (1964–2017)
Roy Dotrice
2017
British actor (1923–2017)
John Dunsworth
2017
Canadian actor and comedian (1946–2017)
Sean Hughes (comedian)
2017
Irish-British comedian, writer and actor (1965–2017)
Calvin Gotlieb
2016
Canadian computer scientist (1921–2016)
Richard J. Cardamone
2015
American judge (1925 – 2015)
James W. Fowler
2015
American scholar of religion
William James (Australian general)
2015
Soldier and military doctor (1930–2015)
Vera Williams
2015
American writer
Memduh Ün
2015
Turkish film producer
Ioannis Charalambopoulos
2014
Greek Army officer and politician
Allen Forte
2014
American musicologist
Seppo Kuusela
2014
Finnish basketball player/coach and handball player
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
2014
British peer
Govind Purushottam Deshpande
2013
Indian playwright and academic (1938–2013)
George Hourmouziadis
2013
Greek archaeologist (1932–2013)
Ed Lauter
2013
American actor (1938–2013)
Laurel Martyn
2013
Australian ballerina (1916–2013)
Robert Rheault
2013
United States Army colonel (1925–2013)
Saggy Tahir
2013
American politician
Frank Moore Cross
2012
American scholar and academic
John A. Durkin
2012
American politician (1936–2012)
Mario Gallegos Jr.
2012
American politician (1950–2012)
Bódog Török
2012
Hungarian handball player and coach (1923–2012)
Eddie Yost
2012
American baseball player and coach (1926–2012)
Dan Wheldon
2011
British racing driver (1978–2011)
Eyedea
2010
American rapper (1981–2010)
Barbara Billingsley
2010
American actress (1915–2010)
Dagmar Normet
2008
Estonian writer
Deborah Kerr
2007
British film, stage, and television actress (1921–2007)
Toše Proeski
2007
Macedonian singer (1981–2007)
John Victor Murra
2006
Ukrainian-American anthropologist (1916–2006)
Valentín Paniagua
2006
Peruvian lawyer and politician (1936–2006)
Pierre Salinger
2004
American politician and journalist (1925–2004)
Avni Arbaş
2003
Turkish painter (1919–2003)
Stu Hart
2003
Canadian professional and amateur wrestler, promoter, and trainer (1915–2003)
László Papp
2003
Hungarian boxer
Etta Jones
2001
American jazz singer (1928–2001)
Mel Carnahan
2000
American politician (1934–2000)
Rick Jason
2000
American actor (1923–2000)
1900s
Jean Shepherd
1999
American writer and radio host (1921–1999)
Jon Postel
1998
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (1943–1998)
Audra Lindley
1997
American actress (1918–1997)
James A. Michener
1997
American author (1907–1997)
Jason Bernard
1996
American actor (1938–1996)
Eric Malpass
1996
English novelist (1910–1996)
Shirley Booth
1992
American actress (1898–1992)
Art Blakey
1990
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)
Jorge Bolet
1990
Cuban-born American pianist and conductor (1914–1990)
Walter Farley
1989
American writer
Scott O'Dell
1989
American writer (1898–1989)
Cornel Wilde
1989
Hungarian-American actor and film director (1912–1989)
Arthur Grumiaux
1986
Belgian violinist (1921–1986)
Jakov Gotovac
1983
Croatian composer
Mario Del Monaco
1982
Italian opera singer (1915–1982)
Moshe Dayan
1981
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
Eugene Eisenmann
1981
Panamanian-American lawyer and amateur ornithologist
Johan Borgen
1979
Norwegian author, journalist and critic
Dan Dailey
1978
American actor and dancer
Vittorio Gui
1975
Italian composer (1885–1975)
Gene Krupa
1973
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1909–1973)
Nick Begich Sr.
1972
American politician and educator (1932–1972)
Hale Boggs
1972
American politician (1914–1972)
Leo G. Carroll
1972
English actor (1886–1972)
Robin Boyd (architect)
1971
Australian architect (1919-1971)
Ellis Kinder
1968
American baseball player (1914–1968)
George O'Hara (actor)
1966
American actor and screenwriter
Patsy Callighen
1964
Canadian ice hockey player
Gaston Bachelard
1962
French philosopher
Minor Hall
1959
American jazz musician
George C. Marshall
1959
American general and statesman (1880–1959)
Robert Redfield
1958
American anthropologist (1897–1958)
John Anthony Sydney Ritson
1957
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Jules Rimet
1956
French football administrator (1873–1956)
Liaquat Ali Khan
1951
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951
Anna B. Eckstein
1947
German pacifist (1868–1947)
Hans Frank
1946
German politician and war criminal (1900–1946)
Wilhelm Frick
1946
German Nazi Party politician (1877–1946)
Alfred Jodl
1946
German general and war criminal (1890–1946)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1946
Austrian SS official (1903–1946)
Wilhelm Keitel
1946
German field marshal (1882–1946)
Alfred Rosenberg
1946
Nazi theorist and war criminal (1893–1946)
Fritz Sauckel
1946
German Nazi politician (1894–1946)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
1946
Austrian Nazi politician (1892–1946)
Julius Streicher
1946
German publicist and politician (1885–1946)
Joachim von Ribbentrop
1946
German politician and diplomat (1893–1946)
Jean de Brunhoff
1937
French artist and writer
Effie Adelaide Rowlands
1936
British novelist
Ralph Rose
1913
American track and field athlete (1885–1913)
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski
1909
Sorbian writer (1856–1909)
Joseph Leycester Lyne
1908
Anglican Benedictine monk (1837–1908)
Haritina Korotkevich
1904
Russian soldier (1882–1904)
1800s
John Wentworth (Illinois politician)
1888
American newspaper editor and politician (1815–1888)
Théodore Barrière
1877
French playwright
Eva Marie Veigel
1822
Austrian dancer and actress
Nachman of Breslov
1810
Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
Before 1800
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1799
Palaiyakkarar of Tenkasi
Victor Amadeus III
1796
King of Sardinia from 1773 to 1796
Marie Antoinette
1793
Queen of France from 1774 to 1792
John Hunter (surgeon)
1793
British surgeon (1728–1793)
Grigory Potemkin
1791
Russian military leader and statesman (1739–1791)
Robert Fergusson
1774
Scottish poet and writer
Gerard Majella
1755
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Silvius Leopold Weiss
1750
German composer and lutenist
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1730
French explorer in North America (1658–1730)
Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha
1730
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1718 to 1730
Raimondo Montecuccoli
1680
Italian soldier and military theorist (1609–1680)
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
1679
Anglo-Irish soldier and politician (1621–1679)
John Cook (regicide)
1660
Solicitor General of the English Commonwealth (1608-1660)
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
1655
Greek rabbi
Isaac van Ostade
1649
Dutch painter
Johann Rudolf Stadler
1637
Swiss clockmaker (1605–1637)
François de Malherbe
1628
French poet, critic, and translator (1555–1628)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1621
Dutch Renaissance composer
William Allen (cardinal)
1594
English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Gregory XIV
1591
Head of the Catholic Church from 1590 to 1591
Hugh Latimer
1555
English bishop, Reformer, and martyr (c.1487–1555)
Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
1555
Bishop of London; Anglican saint
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1553
German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
Luca Signorelli
1523
Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1441 1445–1523)
Anne of Gloucester
1438
Countess of Stafford (1383–1438)
Louis, King of Sicily
1355
King of Sicily from 1342 to 1355
Antipope Nicholas V
1333
13/14th-century Italian preacher; claimant to the papacy from 1328 to 1330
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy
1323
Count of Savoy
Shams al-Din Juvayni
1284
13th century Persian statesman and Mongol vizier
Pedro González de Lara
1130
Castilian magnate
Fujiwara no Kenshi (994–1027)
1027
Empress consort of Japan
Al-Hakam II
976
Caliph of Córdoba from 961 to 976
Lullus
786
Benedictine monk and missionary (died 786)
Fu Jian (337–385)
385
Heavenly King of Great Qin