Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1996

Herb Edelman fue un actor teatral, cinematográfico y televisivo de nacionalidad estadounidense. Fue nominado en dos ocasiones al Premio Emmy por su trabajo televisivo. Uno de sus papeles más conocidos fue el de Stanley Zbornak, exmarido de Dorothy Zbornak en The Golden Girls. También tuvo un papel recurrente en el drama médico de los años 1980 St. Elsewhere.

Martin Henry Balsam fue un actor estadounidense ganador del premio Óscar. Participó en varias películas míticas, como Psicosis (1960), Desayuno con diamantes (1961), Doce hombres en pugna (1957) y Todos los hombres del presidente (1976).

Bernhard «Berni» Klodt fue un futbolista alemán que jugaba como delantero.

Herbert Richard Baumeister was an American suspected serial killer. A resident of Westfield, Indiana, Baumeister was under investigation for murdering over a dozen men in the early 1990s, most of whom were last seen at gay bars. Police found the remains of eleven persons, eight identified, on Baumeister's property. After an arrest warrant was issued the suspect fled to Canada and subsequently killed himself before he could be brought to trial. He never confessed to the crimes and his suicide note made no mention of the murder allegations. He was later linked to a series of murders of at least nine men along Interstate 70, which occurred in the early to mid-1980s.

Guy Madison fue un actor cinematográfico y televisivo estadounidense.

Jacques Desrosiers was a Québécois Canadian singer and actor. Desrosiers was best known for playing the clown Patof in the Canadian television series Patofville. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Andre "Angel" Melendez was a member of the Club Kids and purported drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City. He was killed by Michael Alig and Robert "Freeze" Riggs on March 17, 1996.

Eric Lawson Malpass was an English novelist noted for witty descriptions of rural family life, notably of his creation, the extended Pentecost family. He also wrote historical fiction ranging from the late Middle Ages to Edwardian England, and acquired a devoted readership on the Continent, particularly in Germany, where most of his books were translated.

Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray, nacida como Joan Elisabeth Lowther Clarke fue una criptoanalista y numismática británica que trabajó en Bletchley Park durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Peng Wan-ru, also spelled Peng Wan-ju, was a feminist Taiwanese politician. The director of the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Women's Affairs Department, Peng advocated for the safety and development of women. Peng married Horng Wann-sheng and they had a son together.