Remembered
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Sadek Khan
1933 – 2016
Journalist
Sadek Khan (21 June 1933 – 16 May 2016) was a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and filmmaker. In 2002, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangla…
Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir
1958 – 2016
Researcher, Professor, Writer
Khandaker Abu Nasr Muhammad Abdullah Jahangir (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد عبد الله جهانغير بن خوندكار أنور الزمان, Bengali: খোন্দকার আবু নসর মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল্লাহ জাহাঙ…
Xulhaz Mannan
1976 – 2016
LGBTQ rights activist, Editor-in-chief, Journalist
Xulhaz Mannan (Bengali: জুলহাজ মান্নান, pronounced [dʒulɦaz manːan]; 12 October 1976 – 25 April 2016) was an LGBTQ+ rights activist, USAID employee, and the fou…
Prince
1958 – 2016
Film actor, Singer, Film director, Singer-songwriter, Screenwriter, Record producer
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often credited as one of the gr…
Khondokar Sirajul Haque
1941 – 2016
Writer, University teacher, Literary scholar
Here is a revised and improved version of the memorial biography of Khondokar Sirajul Haque, based strictly on verifiable sources: Khondokar Sirajul Haque was…
Nazimudden Samad
1988 – 2016
Student, Journalist
বাংলাদেশের মাটিতে ২০১৩ খ্রিষ্টাব্দ থেকে একাধিক ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ নাস্তিক, লেখক, ব্লগার ও প্রকাশক সন্ত্রাসবাদীদের হাতে নিহত বা গুরুতর আহত হয়েছেন। এই আক্রমণের ঘটনাগুল…
Imre Kertész
1929 – 2016
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Journalist, Screenwriter, Playwright
Imre Kertész (Hungarian: [ˈimrɛ ˈkɛrteːs]; 9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for wri…
Zaha Hadid
1950 – 2016
Architect, Designer, University teacher, Jewelry designer, Artist, Sculptor
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid (Arabic: زهاء حديد, romanized: Zahā' Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer.…
Garry Shandling
1949 – 2016
Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer, Comedian, Television producer, Film actor
Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Shandling began his career writi…
Johan Cruyff
1947 – 2016
Association football player, Association football coach, Coach
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016), internationally known as Johan Cruyff was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Regarded a…
Parveen Sultana Diti
1965 – 2016
Actor
Parveen Sultana (Bengali: পারভীন সুলতানা দিতি known by her stage name Diti; 31 March 1965 – 20 March 2016) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress. She wo…
Rafiq Azad
— – 2016
Poet, Writer
Rafiq Azad (born Rafiqul Islam Khan; February 14, 1941 – March 12, 2016) was a Bangladeshi poet, editor and writer. He is credited with 45 collections of poetry…
Nancy Reagan
1921 – 2016
Television actor, Film actor, Autobiographer, Politician, Stage actor, Lawyer
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American actress who was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.…
Abul Kalam Mohammed Zakaria
1918 – 2016
Archaeologist, Writer
Abul Kalam Mohammed Zakaria (c. 1918 – 24 February 2016) was a Bangladeshi scholar and archaeologist. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2015 and the Bangla Ac…
Harper Lee
1926 – 2016
Writer, Novelist, Musician, Screenwriter, Poet lawyer, Prose writer
Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a c…
Umberto Eco
1932 – 2016
Philosopher, Novelist, Essayist, Pedagogue, Screenwriter, Translator
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commen…
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
1922 – 2016
Politician, Diplomat, Writer, Jurist, University teacher, General secretary
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth secretary-general of the United Nati…
Kaisul Haque
1933 – 2016
Poet, Journalist, Writer
কায়সুল হক (২৯ মার্চ ১৯৩৩–১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৬) বাংলাদেশের একজন কবি ও সাংবাদিক ছিলেন। বাংলা কবিতায় বিশেষ অবদানের জন্য তিনি ২০০১ সালে বাংলা একাডেমি পুরস্কার পান।…
Robin Ghosh
1939 – 2016
Composer
Robin Ghosh (Bengali: রবিন ঘোষ, Urdu: روبن گھوش; 13 September 1939 – 13 February 2016) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi playback singer and film music composer, best…
Khandaker Nurul Alam
— – 2016
Singer
Khandaker Nurul Alam (1937 – 22 January 2016) was a Bangladeshi music composer and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the…