2016: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Monkey 🐒 · Born in 2016 turn 10 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$2.14

Median home

$181,700

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$8.65

US population

7.46B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber

Top film

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Moonlight

In the news: Donald Trump elected president; Brexit vote

What happened in 2016

2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

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Born in 2016

2 people in our data · most viewed first

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

b. 2016 · February 5

Heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne

Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

b. 2016 · March 2

Swedish prince

Died in 2016

George Michael1963–2016 · English singer-songwriter
Carrie Fisher1956–2016 · American actress and writer
Alan Rickman1946–2016 · English actor
Anton Yelchin1989–2016 · American actor
Debbie Reynolds1932–2016 · American actress and singer
Arnold Palmer1929–2016 · American professional golfer
Chyna1969–2016 · American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Alexis Arquette1969–2016 · American actress
Alan Thicke1947–2016 · Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host
Doris Roberts1925–2016 · American actress
Antonin Scalia1936–2016 · US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
Elie Wiesel1928–2016 · American writer and activist