Deaths on July 16
This archive lists notable deaths associated with July 16 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on July 16, 2026.
C. T. Vivian
American author and civil rights activist
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Zenon Grocholewski
Polish Roman Catholic cardinal
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Volodymyr Lozynskyi
Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager (Vorskla Poltava)
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Ron Tauranac
British-Australian engineer and racing car designer
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Azuma Morisaki
Japanese film director
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Juan Rosai
Italian-born American pathologist
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Munah Pelham-Youngblood
Liberian politician
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Norman Allinger
American chemist
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Eldon A. Money
American politician
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
José Antonio Pérez Sánchez
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Johnny Cusack
Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Florence Littauer
American self-help author
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Lim Boo Liat
Malaysian zoologist
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Jarno Sarkula
Finnish musician (Alamaailman Vasarat)
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Emajuddin Ahamed
Bangladeshi political scientist and academic administrator
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Wesley Ira Purkey
American convicted murderer
Died on Thursday July 16th 2020
Georgios Anastassopoulos
Greek journalist (Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers) and politician
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Edith Irby Jones
American physician
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Pat Kelly
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Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Mortimer Caplin
American lawyer and educator
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Johnny Clegg
South African singer and musician
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Ernie Mims
American television host
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Craig Fallon
British judoka
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Olga Vyalikova
Russian actress (An Ordinary Miracle)
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Valeriy Kormakov
Russian hockey player
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Mike Maser
American football coach (Miami Dolphins
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Chung Doo-un
South Korean lawmaker
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Werner Müller
German business man and former politician
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Byambasuren Sharav
Mongolian composer and pianist
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Raja Dhale
Indian writer and activist
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Himayat Ali Shair
Pakistani poet and writer
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Dzhemma Osmolovskaya
Russian actress (Street Full of Surprises
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Marc Batchelor
South African football player (Kaizer Chiefs
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Dorothy Buckland-Fuller
Australian sociologist
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Robin Jones
American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
John A. Stormer
American author ("None Dare Call it Treason")
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Anthony Kirk-Greene
British historian
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Mick Langley
British snooker player
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Stan Dragoti
American film director (Mr. Mom
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Annabelle Neilson
British reality television personality (Ladies of London)
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Stan Lewis
American record label owner (Jewel Records) and songwriter ("Susie Q")
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Jeremy Gold
American actuary and economist
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Eugène Bellemare
Canadian politician
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Theryl DeClouet
American R&B musician (Galactic)
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Jaime Guardia
Peruvian charango musician
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Masa Saito
Japanese professional wrestler (NWA
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Chow Kwai Lam
Malaysian former association football player and coach
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Édouard Kassaraté
Ivorian military officer and diplomat
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Ron Thomas
American basketball player (Louisville Cardinals
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Mai Tai Sing
American actress (Forbidden
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Roman Korynt dead at age 88
Roman Korynt, a Polish footballer and coach,
died on July 16, 2018, aged 88. A defender, he spent most of his career with Lechia Gdańsk, where he served for more…
Charles Bachman
American scientist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Giannis Kalatzis
Greek singer
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Shu Nakajima
Japanese actor (47 Ronin)
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Donshay White
American mixed martial artist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Josef Hamerl
Austrian footballer (Wiener SK)
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
George A. Romero
American-Canadian film director (Night of the Living Dead
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Jerry Bird
American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats)
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Paul Ferreri
Italian-Australian boxer
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Indian politician
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
David Zablidowsky
American bassist (Adrenaline Mob
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Bill Chambers
American college basketball player
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Tony Moore
English footballer (Chester City F.C
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Prudence Nobantu Mabele
South African HIV activist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Okay Gönensin
Turkish journalist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
David Bishop
Canadian politician
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Anne Golon
French author
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
William Theodore de Bary
American Sinologist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
MA Mannan
Bangladeshi politician and neurologist
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
George Briggs
American athletic director (Washington Huskies
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
E. C. Pielou
Canadian statistical ecologist
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Francis M. Gibbons
American biographer
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Hugo Rietveld
Dutch crystallographer
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Nate Thurmond
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Golden State Warriors
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Richard K. Thompson
American African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church prelate
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Oleg Syrokvashko
Belarusian football player and coach (Dinamo Brest)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Zalman Shapiro
American chemist
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Gary S. Paxton
American record producer ("Monster Mash") and singer-songwriter (Skip & Flip
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Carlos Nine
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Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Robert Burren Morgan
American politician
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Gordon Massa
American baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Bennie Lenox
American basketball player (Texas A&M Aggies)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Alejandro Giuntini
Argentine football player and coach
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
René Caron
Canadian comedian and actor (Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Claude Williamson
American jazz pianist
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Robert-Ralph Carmichael
Canadian artist and designer (Loonie)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Mustafa Cambaz
Turkish photojournalist (Yeni Şafak)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Kazimieras Uoka
Lithuanian politician
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Bonnie Brown
American country singer (The Browns)
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Thurston Twigg-Smith
American businessman and philanthropist
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Kasam Bapu Tirmizi
Indian politician
Died on Saturday July 16th 2016
Pokemon GO Servers down
A bunch of servers that power the Pokemon GO game are dead. Since the release in 20ish new countries, the Pokemon GO servers appear to be down
Died on Saturday…
Milton L. Wood
American Episcopal prelate
Died on Thursday July 16th 2015