Famous People Born In 1916
Discover the most famous people born in 1916. The list includes people like Kirk Douglas, Roald Dahl, Maria Altmann, Gregory Peck, Olivia de Havilland and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, political leaders, journalists and soldiers born in 1916. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Italy & Germany and many more countries.
Kirk Douglas9th December, American
Actor
Roald Dahl13th September, British, Welsh
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Olivia de Havilland1st July, American
Actress
Gregory Peck5th April, American
Harold Wilson11th March, British
Former British Prime Minister
Jackie Gleason26th February, American
Comedian
Glenn Ford1st May, Canadian
Actor
Dinah Shore29th February, American
Singer
Shirley Jackson14th December, American
Author
Robert McNamara9th June, American
Former United States Secretary of Defense
Walter Cronkite4th November, American
Broadcaster
François Mitterrand26th October, French
Former President of France
Beverly Cleary12th April, American
Writer
Lyudmila Pavlichenko12th July, Russian
Sniper
Betty Grable18th December, American
American actress
Van Johnson25th August, American
Actor
Richard Proenneke4th May, American
Naturalist
Peter Finch28th September, Australian
Actor
Dorothy McGuire14th June, American
Actress
Sterling Hayden26th March, American
Actor
M. S. Subbulakshmi16th September, Indian
Carnatic Musician
Francis Crick8th June, British
Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA
Keenan Wynn27th July, American
Actor
Virginia Hill26th August, Austrian, American
Criminal
Gough Whitlam11th July, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Zail Singh5th May, Indian
President of India
Jane Jacobs4th May, Canadian
Journalist, Author, Activist
Movita Castaneda12th April, American
Actress
Eugene McCarthy29th March, American
Politician
Mercedes McCambridge16th March, American
Actress
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17th April, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Adriana Caselotti6th May, American
Voice Actor
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Archie Moore13th December, American
Boxer
Maria Altmann18th February, Austrian, American
Art Collector
Hans Eysenck4th March, German
Vladimir Demikhov18th July, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer
Maurice Wilkins15th December, British
Biophysicist
Ahmed Ben Bella25th December, Algerian
First President of Algeria
Virginia Satir26th June, American
American author
Camilo José Cela11th May, Spanish
Writer
Frederick Chapman Robbins25th August, American
Virologist and Paediatrician
Jean Dausset19th October, French
Immunologist
Sune Bergström16th January, Swedish
Biochemist
Robert F. Furchgott4th June, American
Biochemist
Vernon Presley10th April, American
Elvis Presley's Father
Herbert Simon15th June, American
Economist, Political scientist, sociologist,
Christian Anfinsen26th March, American
Biochemist
Aleksandr Prokhorov11th July, Russian
Physicist
John Dann MacDonald24th July, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Elizabeth Gilbert23rd April, British
Actress
Ken Curtis2nd July, American
Singer
Edward Heath9th July, British
Former British Prime Minister
John Basilone4th November, American
Boxer
Claude Shannon30th April, American
Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist,
James Herriot3rd October, British
Writer, Veterinarian, Autobiographer, Children's
Ferruccio Lamborghini28th April, Italian
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Mechanic, Racecar driver
Shelby Foote17th November, American
Historian, Novelist, Writer, University teacher,
Tsutomu Yamaguchi16th March, Japanese
Engineer
Hans-Ulrich Rudel2nd July, German
Aviator, Writer, Mountaineer, Officer
P. W. Botha12th January, South African
Politician
Herbert A. Simon15th June, American
Economist, Psychologist, Politician, Sociologist,
Michael Gough23rd November, Malaysian, British
Actor
James B. Donovan26th February, American
Lawyer
Martha Raye27th August, American
Actress
John L. Nelson29th June, American
Musician
Yehudi Menuhin22nd April, Swiss, British, American
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Chinmayananda Saraswati8th May, Indian
Philosopher
Kermit Roosevelt16th February, American
Critic
Harry James15th March, American
American musician
Aldo Moro23rd September, Italian
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher
C. Wright Mills28th August, American
Sociologist
Daws Butler16th November, American
Actor, Dub actor
Tokyo Rose4th July, American
Radio Personality
Vittorio Mussolini27th September, Italian
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic,
Dennis Day21st May, American
Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military
Evelyn Keyes20th November, American
Actress
Leonard Siffleet14th January, Australian
Chick Hearn27th November, American
Journalist
Jacque Fresco13th March, American
Futurist, Designer, Writer, Architect
Rossano Brazzi18th September, Italian
Actor, Film director, Singer
Ruth Handler4th November, American
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor
Sherwood Schwartz14th November, American
Screenwriter, Television Producer
Shobhna Samarth17th November, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actress
Bernard Lewis31st May, British
Historian, University teacher
Walker Percy28th May, American
Writer, Novelist, Philosopher
Wellington Mara14th August, American
Officer
Jack Vance28th August, American
Writer
Chiang Wei-kuo6th October
Politician
John D. MacDonald24th July, American
Novelist
Charlie Christian30th November
Guitarist
Richard Hofstadter6th August, American
Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University
Anton Diffring20th October, German
actor
Hilary Koprowski5th December, Polish, American
Virologist, Immunologist
Rafael Caldera24th January, Venezuelan
President
Jagjit Singh Aurora31st January, Indian
General
Sudirman24th January, Indonesian
Military personnel