Notable deaths on February 16

American songwriter (1950–2026)

American filmmaker (1930–2026)

Bulgarian video game artist (1972–2025)

Russian opposition leader and activist (1976–2024)

President of Ecuador from 2000 to 2003

Swiss actor (1941–2019)

UN Secretary-General, 1992–1996

Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher

American singer (1946–2015)

Mexican actress and singer (1971–2015)

Indian politician (1956–2015)

American football player (1928–2014)

German guitarist (1947–2014)

American fiction author (1946–2014)

Guyanese footballer

Lithuanian-born Russian philosopher and cultural theorist

British musician (1940–2013)

American journalist (1968–2012)

American actress (1917–2012)

American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (1954–2012)

American swimmer (1916–2012)

Lithuanian poet and playwright

American character actor (1922–2011)

South Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God