Events in the year 2016 in Brazil:
June
- June 9: A bus plunges over a ravine in the state of São Paulo state, resulting in at least 18 people killed and 28 injured.[15]
January
- January 1: Gilberto Mendes, 93, composer.[58]
- January 5: Antônio Pompêo, 62, actor.[59]
- January 11: Reginaldo Araújo, 38, footballer (heart attack)[60]
- January 14: Shaolin, 44, humorist (heart attack)[61]
- January 25: Cláudio Clarindo [pt], 38, ultra-distance cyclist (traffic collision)[62]
March
- March 7: Ana Luiza Pessoa de Queiroz, 60s, fashion agent (Rabih Kayrouz, Anne Valérie Hash).[65]
- March 9: Naná Vasconcelos, 71, jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner (lung cancer)[66]
- March 17: Gaúcho, 52, football coach and player (Flamengo), prostate cancer.[67]
- March 18: José Carlos Avellar, 79, film critic (Jornal do Brasil).[68]
- March 19: Roger Agnelli, 56, bank and mining executive, CEO of Vale S.A. (2001–2011), plane crash.[69]
- March 25: Clodomir Santos de Morais, 87, sociologist.[70]
- March 26: Lucas Gomes Arcanjo, 44, police officer and political activist (unexplained circumstances)[71]
- March 28: Gilson Alvaristo, 59, professional cyclist.[72]
- March 31: Amaury Epaminondas, 80, footballer (São Paulo F.C., Deportivo Toluca F.C.).[73]
April
- April 1: Petrucio Melo, 65, television presenter (cardiac arrest)[74]
- April 7: Flávio Guarnieri [pt], 56, Portuguese-born Brazilian actor.[75]
- April 25: Patrick Fabionn Lopes, 35, football player.[76]
June
- June 5: Jarbas Passarinho, 96, politician, President of the Senate (1981–1983), Governor of Pará (1964–1966).[82]
- June 6:
- June 9: Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itacoatiara (since 2000).[85]
- June 24: Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, billionaire businessman.[86]
- June 27: Luís Carlos Melo Lopes, 61, footballer.[87]
- June 28: Fabiane Niclotti, 31, model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004.[88]
July
- July 2: Irineu Roque Scherer, 65, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Garanhuns (1998–2007) and Joinville (since 2007).[89]
- July 4: Rondon Pacheco, 96, politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1971–1975), pneumonia.[90]
- July 7: Guilherme Karan, 58, actor (Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral, Xuxa e os Duendes, Meu Bem, Meu Mal, TV Pirata), Machado–Joseph disease.[91]
- July 13:
- July 17: Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, 82, scientist.[94]
November
- November 6: Redovino Rizzardo, 77, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dourados (2001–2015).[108]
- November 20: Diógenes da Silva Matthes, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franca (1971–2006).[109]
- November 29:
- Ananias, 27, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Mateus Caramelo, 22, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Dener, 25, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, 21, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Josimar, 30, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Caio Júnior, 51, football player and manager (Chapecoense, Vitória de Guimarães).[110]
- Filipe Machado, 32, football player (Chapecoense, CSKA Sofia).[110]
- Arthur Maia, 24, football player (Chapecoense, Vitória)[110]
- Bruno Rangel, 34, football player (Chapecoense).[110]
- Cléber Santana, 35, football player (Chapecoense, Atlético Madrid).[110]
- Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, footballer (Chapecoense)
- Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, 66, footballer, manager and commentator (Fox Sports).[110]
- Devair Paschoalon [pt], 51, announcer (Fox Sports).[110]
- Paulo Julio Clement, 51, commentator (Fox Sports).[110]
- Victorino Chermont, 43, reporter (Fox Sports).[110]
December
- December 4: Ferreira Gullar, 86, writer, essayist and art critic, pneumonia.[111]
- December 8: Lélis Lara, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (1996–2003).[112]
- December 9: Élcio Álvares, 84, politician, Senator (1991–1994, 1995–1999), Minister of Defence (1999–2000), and Governor of Espírito Santo (1975–1979).[113]
- December 10: Damião Experiença, 81, outsider musician.[114]
- December 11: João Castelo, 79, politician, Governor of Maranhão (1979–1982), complications from surgery.[115]
- December 14: Paulo Evaristo Arns, 95, Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1973) and Archbishop of São Paulo (1970–1998), complications from pneumonia.[116]
- December 23: Alida Victoria Grubba Rudge, 113, Brazil's oldest person.[117]
- December 27: Mariza Corrêa, 71, anthropologist[118]
