The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


May

1
Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001).
Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician (pentomino), engineer and educator (University of Southern California), heart failure.
Madeleine LeBeau, 92, French actress (Hold Back the Dawn, Casablanca, 8½), complications from a fall.

2
Mel Bartholomew, 84, American gardener and author, creator of square foot gardening, liver cancer.
Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer (Daily Mail), heart attack.
John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.
Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team), jaw cancer. 
Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.
Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist (Black Panthers), mother of Tupac Shakur, heart attack.

3
Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.
Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (The Untouchables, Pork Chop Hill), lung cancer.
Marianne Gaba, 76, American model (Playboy) and actress (The Choppers, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine), brain cancer.
Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace and anti-war activist, multiple organ failure.
Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor (St. Peter's Umbrella, A Song About the Gray Pigeon).
Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (Secrets of the Titanic), pancreatic cancer.
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist (Non-Violence), pneumonia.
Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter ("Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", "Bistre vode Bosnom teku"), motor neurone disease.
Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.

4
Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 800 Bullets), heart attack.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).
Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, United States Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer.
Karl W. Butzer, 81, American geographer.
Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer-songwriter (Reeperbahn) and guitarist ("Venuspassagen", "Peep-Show", "Intriger").
Rita Renoir, 82, French stripteaser and actress (The Red Desert, Cannabis, The Angel).
Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian sport shooter.

5
Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress (Inside Llewyn Davis, Witness, Predator 2), heart attack.
Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress (La Dolce Vita, Waterloo, Web of the Spider) and singer, heart attack.
Siné, 87, French political cartoonist (L'Express, Charlie Hebdo), complications from lung surgery.
Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese musician (Snowflakes Are Dancing) and composer, heart failure.

6
Hannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.
Nico de Bree, 71, Dutch footballer (N.E.C., Anderlecht), cancer.
Patrick Ekeng, 26, Cameroonian footballer (Le Mans, Dinamo Bucuresti), heart attack.
Reg Grundy, 92, Australian television production mogul (Reg Grundy Organisation).
David Hall, 85, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1971–1975), stroke.
Margot Honecker, 89, East German politician, Minister of People's Education (1963–1989), First Lady of East Germany (1976–1989).
Candye Kane, 54, American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress, pancreatic cancer.
Chris Mitchell, 27, Scottish footballer (Clyde).
Valeriy Zuyev, 63, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager.

7
Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, Brazilian footballer (Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn), heart attack.
John Stabb, 54, American punk singer (Government Issue), stomach cancer.

8
Philippe Beaussant, 86, French author (Lully ou le musicien du solei, Héloïse) and musicologist, member of the Académie française (since 2007).
Tonita Castro, 63, American actress (Dads, Funny People, The Book of Life), stomach cancer.
Ken Gorgal, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers).
Nick Lashaway, 28, American actor (Girls, In Time, The Last Song), traffic collision.
Elisa Mainardi, 85, Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon, Roma, And the Ship Sails On). 
William Schallert, 93, American actor  (The Patty Duke Show, Get Smart, In the Heat of the Night), President of SAG (19791981), complications from peripheral neuropathy.
Anne van den Ban, 88, Dutch agricultural economist.
John Young, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), founder of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities, diabetes.
John Bradshaw, 82, American motivational speaker, writer (Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child) and television host (Bradshaw On: Homecoming), heart failure.

9
Gareth Gwenlan, 79, British television producer (Only Fools and Horses).
Walther Leisler Kiep, 90, German politician, member of Bundestag (1965–1967; 1980–1982), Minister of Economy (1976–1977) and Minister of Finance (1976–1980), pneumonia.
Karl Maramorosch, 101, American virologist, entomologist and plant pathologist.
Riki Sorsa, 63, Finnish singer ("Reggae OK"), cancer.
John Warr, 88, English cricketer (Middlesex County Criket Club, national team).

10
Mustafa Badreddine, 55, Lebanese Hezbollah military leader, airstrike.
Louis van Gasteren, 93, Dutch movie director (Hans: Het Leven Voor De Dood, De prijs van overleven), producer, and artist.
Gene Gutowski, 90, American movie producer (The Pianist, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac), pneumonia.
Ilkka Hanski, 63, Finnish ecologist.
Mark Lane, 89, American lawyer, author (Rush to Judgment), and conspiracy theorist (Assassination of John F. Kennedy), heart attack.
Kang Young-hoon, 93, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1988–1990).

11
Peter Behrens, 68, German musician (Trio), multiple organ failure.
Tony Cozier, 75, Barbadian cricket writer and commentator.
Katherine Dunn, 70, American writer (Geek Love), lung cancer.
Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, Bangladeshi politician, leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (since 2000) and member of parliament for Pabna (1991—1996, 2001—2008), execution by hanging.
Michael Ratner, 72, American lawyer, complications from cancer.
Joe Temperley, 86, Scottish saxophonist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), kidney failure.

12
Mike Agostini, 81, Trinidadian sprinter, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1954), pancreatic cancer.
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 91, Serbian royal.
Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person (since June 2015).
Julius La Rosa, 86, American pop singer ("Anywhere I Wander", "Manhattan", "Eh, Cumpari").
Del Latta, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1959–1989).
Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Japanese movie (Ao no Honō) and theatre director (Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus), pneumonia.
Georges Sesia, 91, French footballer (Stade Français Paris, Nancy, national team).

13
Sammy Ellis, 75, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), cancer.
Rodrigo Espíndola, 26, Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago), shot.
David McNiven Garner, 87, New Zealand oceanographer.
Dick McAuliffe, 76, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), World Series winner (1968), stroke.
Baba Hardev Singh, 62, Indian spiritual guru, head of the Sant Nirankari Mission (since 1980), traffic collision.

14
Tony Barrow, 80, British press officer (The Beatles).
Balázs Birtalan, 46, Hungarian author and activist.
Darwyn Cooke, 53, Canadian comic book artist (Catwoman, The Spirit, DC: The New Frontier), lung cancer.
Lasse Mårtenson, 81, Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen"), brain haemorrhage.
Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, Irish golfer, uncle of Christy O'Connor Jnr.
Monteagle Stearns, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ambassador to Ivory Coast (1976–1979).

15
Oya Aydoğan, 59, Turkish actress (Yedi Bela Hüsnü), model and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.
Erika Berger, 76, German television presenter and author.
Clovis Maksoud, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador of the Arab League to India (1961–1966) the United Nations (1979–1990) and the United States (1979–1990), journalist (Al-Ahram) and educator (American University), cerebral hemorrhage.
Cauby Peixoto, 85, Brazilian singer ("Maxximum") and actor (Com Água na), pneumonia.
Michael Roberds, 52, Canadian actor (The New Addams Family, Elf, Hot Tub Time Machine), suspected heart attack.
Marion Tournon-Branly, 91, French architect (Fleury Abbe, Manosque, Fontenelle Abbey).

16
Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, British judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003), heart attack.
Giovanni Coppa, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2001).
Bobby Freeman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1980–1988), aneurysm.
Romaldo Giurgola, 95, American-Australian architect (Parliament House).
Aar de Goede, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973), State Secretary of Finance (1973–1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).
Jim McMillian, 68, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks), NBA champion (1972), heart failure.
Emilio Navaira, 53, American country and Tejano singer (Life Is Good), heart attack.
David Rendel, 67, British politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005), cancer.

17
Seán Ardagh, 68, Irish politician, TD (1997–2011).
Guy Clark, 74, American folk singer-songwriter ("Desperados Waiting for a Train", "Workbench Songs", "My Favorite Picture of You"), Grammy winner (2014), lymphoma.
Benjamin de Roo, 76, Australian gymnast, complications from a stroke.
Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist and educator (Schola Cantorum).
Alexandru Lăpușan, 61, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994) and Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996).
François Maistre, 91, French actor (Angélique, Marquise des Anges, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie).
Yūko Mizutani, 51, Japanese voice actress (Minnie Mouse, Black Jack, Tenchi Muyo!) and singer, breast cancer.

18
Luis H. Álvarez, 96, Mexican industrialist and politician, President of the National Action Party (1987–1993), complications from pneumonia.
Boris Schnaiderman, 99, Brazilian translator, writer and essayist.
Fritz Stern, 90, American historian.
Lino Toffolo, 81, Italian actor (Yuppi du, Brancaleone at the Crusades, Million Dollar Eel) and singer.

19
Alexandre Astruc, 92, French movie critic (French New Wave) and director (The Crimson Curtain, La Putain respectueuse, Amour de poche).
John Berry, 52, American guitarist (Beastie Boys), complications from dementia.
Jim Ray Hart, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees).
Marco Pannella, 86, Italian politician and civil rights activist, MEP (1979–2009), lung and liver cancer.
Morley Safer, 84, American journalist (60 Minutes), pneumonia.
Alan Young, 96, Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed, The Time Machine, Ducktales).

20
Gert Bals, 79, Dutch footballer (Eindhoven, Ajax, Vitesse).
Patricia M. Derian, 86, American human and civil rights activist, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1977–1981), Alzheimer's disease.
Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, 83, Spanish journalist and athlete, founder of Aventura 92.
Brandon Grove, Jr., 87, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1974–1977) and Ambassador to Zaire (1984–1987), complications from cancer.
John David Jackson, 91, Canadian physicist and educator (University of California, Berkeley).
Wheelock Whitney, Jr., 89, American businessman, sports owner (Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings), educator (Carlson School of Management), philanthropist, and politician, 1964 United States senate and 1884 Governor of Minnesota Republican-nominee.

21
Gaston Berghmans, 90, Belgian comedian and actor (The Silent Hedonist).
Akhtar Mansour, c.48, Afghan Islamist, Minister of the Emirate for Aviation and Tourism (1996–2001), leader of the Taliban (since 2015), airstrike. 
Nick Menza, 51, American drummer (Megadeth), heart failure.
Sándor Tarics, 102, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1936).

22
Lucjan Avgustini, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sapë (since 2006), heart attack.
Adolf Born, 85, Czech painter, filmmaker, caricaturist, illustrator and animator (Mach a Šebestová).
Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, Mexican actress (Los Beverly de Peralvillo, Capulina Speedy González, Rubí) and comedian, Alzheimer's disease.
Velimir Sombolac, 77, Serb football player (Partizan, Yugoslavia national football team, Olimpija Ljubljana) and manager (Kozara Gradiška, Republika Srpska).
Bata Živojinović, 82, Serbian actor (Walter Defends Sarajevo) and politician, member of the Serbian Parliament (1990–2004), 2002 presidential candidate, complications from gangrene.

23
John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.
Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor (Troma's War, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Late Show with David Letterman), heart attack.
Zdeněk Mézl, 81, Czech illustrator and writer (A Battle for Cathedral, Hey, Slavs!), heart attack.

24
Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor (Pride and Prejudice, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, The Abdication), stroke.
Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).
Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger), cancer.
Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Berend Jan Udink, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1972–1973), Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning (1971–1973), and Minister for Development Cooperation (1967–1971).

25
Nancy Dow, 79, American actress (The Beverley Hillbillies, The Wild Wild West, Pure) and model, mother of Jennifer Aniston, complications from a stroke.
Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.
John Webster, 60, British theologian (Anglican Communion) and educator (St Mary's College, St Andrews).
Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author, and translator (Don Quixote).

26
Kazimierz Barburski, 73, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns), heart attack.
Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement), cancer.
Angela Paton, 86, American actress (Groundhog Day, American Wedding, Lolita), heart attack.
Arturo Pomar, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.
Bob Williams, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears), Parkinson's disease.

27
Kai G. Henriksen, 60, Norwegian businessman (Vinmonopolet), complications from pancreatic cancer.
František Jakubec, 60, Czech football player (Bohemians Prague, Bellinzona, Czechoslovakia national football team), heart attack.
Marshall Jones, 75, American musician (Ohio Players).

28
Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (Little World of Don Camillo, Last Year at Marienbad, Some Say No), movie director (La governante, Gradiva), screenwriter and singer (Gli angeli del potere).
Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (The National).
David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist (ONCE, Mapei, Saunier Duval–Prodir), race collision.
Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.
Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector, road accident.

29
T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962–1974).
Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.
Don McNay, 57, American financial author and columnist (The Huffington Post), suspected heart attack.

30
Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor (Prison) and director (Adventures of Nils Holgersson). (death announced on this date)
Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, national team), leukemia.
Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), kidney and liver failure.

31
Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President (since 1976), lung cancer.
Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.
Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President (1965).
Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread) 
Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur), complications from heart surgery.
David Tod Roy, 83, Chinese translator, complications from ALS.

Months
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 February
 March
 April
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 July

Related pages
 Deaths in 2014
 Deaths in 2015

References

Other websites
 The Guardian, UK obituaries
 Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
 Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
 The New York Times, US obituaries
 The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
 The Telegraph obituaries

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