Abderrazak Zouaoui
Algerian sport commentatorDied on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Deaths on February 16
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 16 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 16, 2026.
Abderrazak Zouari
Algerian sport commentatorDied on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Homo Sapiens Italian singer and bassist dead at age -1
Homo Sapiens, the Italian singer and bassist associated with the pop rock group Homo Sapiens, died on February 16, 2026. The group, sometimes spelled Gli Homo Sapiens, was mainly successful…
Jane Baer Animator dead at age 91
Jane Baer, a Canadian-American animator known for her work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, died on February 16, 2026, in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 91. Born Jane…
Richard Ottinger American politician dead at age 97
Richard Ottinger, an American politician and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives, died on February 16, 2026. He was 97. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Consty Eka Cameroonian television presenter and businessman dead at age 56
Consty Eka, a Cameroonian television presenter and businessman, died on February 16, 2026, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the age of 65. Born in Yaoundé on January 13, 1961, he…
Hélène Ahrweiler Greek-French Byzantologist dead at age 99
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August…
Bob Howes Canadian football player
Bob Howes, a Canadian football player who was an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League, died on February 16, 2026, at age 83. He played 14 seasons in the…
Bobby Henrich American baseball player dead at age 87
Bobby Henrich, an American baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs and Reds, died on February 16, 2026. Robert Edward Henrich was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played…
Semyon Gluzman Struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union dead at age 79
Semyon Gluzman, a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kyiv on September 10, 1946, Gluzman graduated from the…
Bo Lamar American basketball player
Dwight "Bo" Lamar, an American basketball player, died on February 16, 2026, at age 74. Born April 7, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, he was raised there and attended East High…
Gérard Mathieu Schoolteacher dead at age 78
Gérard Mathieu, a Belgian politician and schoolteacher, died on February 16, 2026, in Arlon, Belgium, at the age of 78. A member of the Reformist Movement (MR), he taught Latin…
Billy Steinberg American songwriter
Billy Steinberg, an American songwriter known for "Like a Virgin," died on February 16, 2026, at age 75. Born William Endfield Steinberg in Fresno, California, he achieved his greatest success…
Linda Seger American author dead at age 80
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant, died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and…
Tyrone G. Martin American navy commander and naval historian dead at age 95
Tyrone G. Martin, an American Navy commander and naval historian, died on February 16, 2026. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 5, 1930, and was commissioned through NROTC…
Eddie Carvery Canadian social activist dead at age -1
Eddie Carvery, a Canadian social activist, died on February 16, 2026. He was from Africville, Nova Scotia, where he became known for protesting the destruction of the small, mainly Black…
Ancella Bickley American historian dead at age 95
Ancella Bickley, an American historian who was involved in the preservation of African American history in West Virginia, died on February 16, 2026, at age 95. Born in Huntington, West…
Wolfram Saenger X-ray crystallography of membrane proteins dead at age 86
Wolfram Saenger, a German biochemist, crystallographer and academic, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for his pioneering contributions to nucleic acid crystallography and…
Frederick Wiseman American filmmaker dead at age 96
Frederick Wiseman, an American filmmaker, died on February 16, 2026, at age 96. Born in Boston in 1930, he worked as a documentarian, theater director, editor, actor, producer, director and…
Carl Grillmair Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, shot dead at age 67
Carl Grillmair, a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, died on February 16, 2026, after being fatally shot outside his home in Llano, California. He was 67. Grillmair was a research scientist…
Avel Gordly Activist, community organizer, educator dead at age 79
Avel Gordly, an American politician and activist in Oregon, died on February 16, 2026. She was 79. Gordly was born in Portland on February 13, 1947, and became the first…
Raseswari Panigrahi Politician dead at age 79
Raseswari Panigrahi, an Indian politician, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. She was active in Odisha politics with the Biju Janata Dal and was elected to…
Juan Carlos Desanzo Argentine film director dead at age 88
Juan Carlos Desanzo, an Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on January 15, 1938, he worked…
Lélio Souza Brazilian politician dead at age 88
Lélio Souza, a Brazilian politician, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Lélio Miguel Antunes de Souza on September 29, 1937, in Rosário do Sul, Rio…
Guido A. Zäch Doctor dead at age 90
Guido A. Zäch, a Swiss politician and doctor, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Häggenschwil on October 1, 1935, he studied medicine at the…
King Liu Founder and Chairman of Giant Bicycles dead at age 91
King Liu, the Taiwanese businessman who founded Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd., died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu…
Dana Eden Israeli creator and producer dead at age -1
Dana Eden, an Israeli creator and producer best known for co-creating and producing the Apple TV+ espionage series Tehran, died on February 16, 2026. She was 52. Born on September…
Harry Barnes English politician dead at age 89
Harry Barnes, the English Labour politician who served as the party’s Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire, died on February 16, 2026, aged 89. Born in Easington, County Durham,…
R. I. Moore
British historian and academicDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Yolanda Montes
American-Mexican actress and dancerDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Evan Hultman
American politicianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Gogi Topadze
Georgian politicianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Elisabeth Vrba
German-born American paleontologist (Turnover-pulse hypothesis)Died on Monday February 17th 2025
David E. Sellers
American architectDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Senzo Mfayela
South African politicianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Simon Mawer
British authorDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Holmes Rolston III
American philosopherDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Paquita la del Barrio
Mexican singerDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Dan Wallace
Irish politicianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Barthold Halle
Norwegian stage instructorDied on Monday February 17th 2025
José Rubens Siqueira
Brazilian actor and playwrightDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Antonine Maillet
Canadian novelistDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Carlos Miranda
Brazilian actor and lieutenant-colonel of the Federal Highway PoliceDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Zou Jiahua
Chinese politicianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Dolores Cortés Goterris
Spanish swimsuit designer and businesswomanDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Alexandros Vatmanidis
oldest living man in GreeceDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Walter Goffart
German-born American historianDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Ahmed Boukhari
Moroccan secret service agentDied on Monday February 17th 2025
Robert Huscher
American Olympic bobsledder (1968)Died on Saturday February 17th 2024
Welcome W. Wilson Sr.
American real estate mogulDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Alain Cribier
French cardiologistDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Juan Uriarte
Spanish Roman Catholic bishopDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Dani Koren
Israeli politicianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Diodorus Kamala
Tanzanian politician and diplomatDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Gijs IJlander
Dutch writerDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Reuben Jackson
American poet and jazz historianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Sofia Propișcean
Moldovan violinistDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Peter Michael Muhich
American Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Mike Procter
South African cricketer (GloucestershireDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Bryan Thomas
English architectDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Lefty Driesell
American college basketball coachDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Jeannot Schaul
Luxembourgian footballer (Jeunesse EschDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Johan Galtung
Norwegian sociologistDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Levan Tediashvili
Georgian wrestlerDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Guy Brousseau
French mathematics educationalistDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Dexter Romweber
American rockabilly/roots rock musicianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Ukrainian football coach and playerDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Law Pak
Hong Kong-Taiwanese football player (KMBDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Anjana Bhowmick
Indian actress (Dibratrir KabyaDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Roeland Nolte
Dutch chemistDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Sri Lankan politicianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
José Pinto
Portugal actor (Abraham's ValleyDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Steven M. Wise
American author and legal scholarDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Gary L. Sharpe
American lawyer and judgeDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Camille Patha
American painter and sculptorDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Séamus Flynn
Irish Gaelic footballerDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Marcel Nemec
Slovak actor and comedianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Jorge Toro
Chilean footballer (ModenaDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Muru Walters
New Zealand rugby union player (North AucklandDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
D. Venugopal
Indian politicianDied on Saturday February 17th 2024
Henry LaFont
Puerto Rican actor and comedian ("Showtime"). Died on Friday February 17th 2023
Emil C. Gotschlich
American chemistDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Donald Spoto
American biographerDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Serge Christian Guébogo
42–43Died on Friday February 17th 2023
Marijke Merckens
Dutch actress and singer (A Woman Like EveDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Mikhael Daher
Lebanese lawyer and politicianDied on Friday February 17th 2023
George Myers
Jamaican-born Bahamian businessmanDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato
Mexican engineerDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Pansequito
Spanish flamenco singerDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Ángela Gurría
Mexican sculptorDied on Friday February 17th 2023
David Oreck
American entrepreneurDied on Friday February 17th 2023
William Ruzicka
American animator (InvincibleDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Stella Stevens
American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!Died on Friday February 17th 2023
Don Bramlett
American football player (Minnesota Vikings)Died on Friday February 17th 2023