1996 (people)


 * 5 January - Actor Maxim Baldry was born.
 * 6 February - Actor Patsy Smart died.
 * 9 February - BBC Head of Serials Gerald Savory died.
 * 16 February - Writer Georgia Cook was born.
 * 19 February - Actor Brenda Bruce died.
 * 23 February - Actor Roy Heymann died.
 * 22 March - Actor Andre Boulay died.
 * 11 April - Supervising sound editor John Peverill died.
 * 24 April - Actor Preston Lockwood died.
 * 20 May - Actor Jon Pertwee died.
 * 3 July - Actor John Herrington died.
 * 21 July - Actor Wolfe Morris died.
 * 21 July - Actor Anya Chalotra was born.
 * 10 August - Director Rex Tucker died.
 * 13 October - Actor Beryl Reid died.
 * 1 November - Actor David Dodimead died.
 * 6 November - Actor Madalena Nicol died.
 * 26 November - Actor Michael Bentine died.
 * 5 December - Actor Keith James died.
 * 30 December - Actor Vivian Oparah was born.