| 141871 | December 16 | Death | 1996 – Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910) |
| 141872 | December 16 | Death | 1997 – Lillian Disney, American illustrator (b. 1899) |
| 141873 | December 16 | Death | 1997 – Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952) |
| 141874 | December 16 | Death | 1998 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922) |
| 141875 | December 16 | Death | 2001 – Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels) (b. 1958) |
| 141876 | December 16 | Death | 2001 – Stefan Heym, German-Israeli soldier and author (b. 1913) |
| 141877 | December 16 | Death | 2003 – Alfred Lynch, English actor (b. 1931) |
| 141878 | December 16 | Death | 2003 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914) |
| 141879 | December 16 | Death | 2003 – Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945) |
| 141880 | December 16 | Death | 2004 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| 141881 | December 16 | Death | 2004 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946) |
| 141882 | December 16 | Death | 2004 - Agnes Martin, American painter (b. 1912) |
| 141883 | December 16 | Death | 2005 – Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921) |
| 141884 | December 16 | Death | 2005 – Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
| 141885 | December 16 | Death | 2005 – John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946) |
| 141886 | December 16 | Death | 2006 – Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940) |
| 141887 | December 16 | Death | 2006 – Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950) |
| 141888 | December 16 | Death | 2006 – Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922) |
| 141889 | December 16 | Death | 2007 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) |
| 141890 | December 16 | Death | 2009 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930) |
| 141891 | December 16 | Death | 2009 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956) |
| 141892 | December 16 | Death | 2009 – Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940) |
| 141893 | December 16 | Death | 2010 – Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) |
| 141894 | December 16 | Death | 2011 – Dan Frazer, American actor (b. 1921) |
| 141895 | December 16 | Death | 2012 – Axel Anderson, German-Puerto Rican actor and production manager (b. 1929) |
| 141896 | December 16 | Death | 2012 – Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 141897 | December 16 | Death | 2012 – Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (b. 1983) |
| 141898 | December 16 | Death | 2012 – Josh Weston, American porn actor (b. 1973) |
| 141899 | December 16 | Death | 2012 – Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972) |
| 141900 | December 16 | Death | 2013 – James Flint, English commander (b. 1913) |