topic collection

1996

year

80 entities

5 domains

Human

67

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

Tupac Shakur

American rapper and actor (1971–1996)

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel laureate (1940–1996)

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–2024)

American actress and singer (born 1996)

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

Marcello Mastroianni

Italian actor (1924–1996)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004

Gene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)

Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic (1911–1996)

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

American actress (1903–1996)

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007

South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper (born 1996)

Dzhokhar Dudayev

Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996)

Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

French writer and film director (1914-1996)

Thomas Kuhn

American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996)

José María Aznar

Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004

Spanish association football player (born 1996)

Hailee Steinfeld

American actress and singer (born 1996)

British actress (born 1996)

Diogo Jota

Portuguese footballer (1996-2025)

Letsie III of Lesotho

King of Lesotho since 1996

President of Romania between 1990–1996 and 2000–2004

Bulgarian psychic (1911–1996)

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Polish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996)

Tadeusz Reichstein

Polish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996)

Veronica Guerin

Irish crime reporter (1958-1996)

Victor Ambartsumian

Soviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996)

Khaleda Zia

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996, 2001–2006)

British actress (born 1996)

P. V. Narasimha Rao

Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)

Felipe González

Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996

Timothy Leary

American psychologist (1920–1996)

Brazilian association football player (born 1996)

British-American actress (1904-1996)

Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006

French footballer (born 1996)

Lucas Hernandez

Lucas Hernandez

French footballer (born 1996)

Spanish footballer (born 1996)

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

William Vickrey

William Vickrey

Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate (1914-1996)

Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Sixth President of India (1913-1996)

Spanish footballer (born 1996)

Cameroonian association football player (born 1996)

Andreas Papandreou

Andreas Papandreou

Greek economist and politician (1919–1996)

Scott McTominay

Scottish association football player (born 1996)

German footballer (born 1996)

American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)

Ivorian association football player (born 1996)

Babrak Karmal

3rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996)

American actor (born 1996)

President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007

Nigerian association football player (born 1996)

American rapper from New York (born 1996)

Mary Leakey

British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)

Gladwyn Jebb

acting Secretary-General of the United Nations (1900-1996)

English association football player (born 1996)

Japanese association football player (1914-1996)

German association football player (born 1996)

Moroccan-Dutch association football player (born 1996)

Film

9

The English Patient

1996 film directed by Anthony Minghella

Independence Day

1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich

1996 film directed by Danny Boyle

1996 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1996 film directed by Wes Craven

1996 live-action and animated film directed by Joe Pytka

Mission: Impossible

1996 film directed by Brian De Palma

Star Trek: First Contact

1996 film directed by Jonathan Frakes

1996 sports film by Cameron Crowe

Literary_Work

2

A Game of Thrones

1996 novel by George R. R. Martin

1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Musical_Group

1

British rock band (1963-1996)

Sovereign_State

1

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Taliban-led partially recognized government of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001