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.
Olivia de Havilland1st July, French, British, American
Actress
Kirk Douglas9th December, American
Actor
Roald Dahl13th September, British
Novelist
Harold Wilson11th March, British
Former British Prime Minister
Gregory Peck5th April, American
Glenn Ford1st May, Canadian
Actor
Edward Heath9th July, British
Former British Prime Minister
Jackie Gleason26th February, American
Comedian
Robert McNamara9th June, American
Former United States Secretary of Defense
Betty Grable18th December, American
American actress
Walter Cronkite4th November, American
Broadcaster
Shirley Jackson14th December, American
Author
Dinah Shore29th February, American
Singer
Sterling Hayden26th March, American
Actor
Beverly Cleary12th April, American
Writer
Lyudmila Pavlichenko12th July, Russian
Sniper
Peter Finch28th September, Australian
Actor
Virginia Hill26th August, Austrian, American
Criminal
Van Johnson25th August, American
Actor
François Mitterrand26th October, French
Former President of France
Keenan Wynn27th July, American
Actor
Hans-Ulrich Rudel2nd July, German
Pilot
Dorothy McGuire14th June, American
Actress
James Herriot3rd October, British
Writer
Richard Proenneke4th May, American
Naturalist
Claude Shannon30th April, American
Mathematician, Cryptographer
Francis Crick8th June, British
Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA
Ferruccio Lamborghini28th April, Italian
Founder of Automobili Lamborghini
Gough Whitlam11th July, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Eugene McCarthy29th March, American
Politician
M. S. Subbulakshmi16th September, Indian
Carnatic Musician
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Movita Castaneda12th April, American
Actress
Adriana Caselotti6th May, American
Voice Actor
Shelby Foote17th November, American
Writer
P. W. Botha12th January, South African
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Archie Moore13th December, American
Boxer
Tokyo Rose4th July, American
Radio Broadcaster
Jane Jacobs4th May, Canadian
Journalist, Author, Activist
Maria Altmann18th February, Austrian, American
Art Collector
Mercedes McCambridge16th March, American
Actress
Tsutomu Yamaguchi16th March, Japanese
Survivor of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Zail Singh5th May, Indian
President of India
James B. Donovan29th February, American
Negotiator
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17th April, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Hans Eysenck4th March, German
Ahmed Ben Bella25th December, Algerian
First President of Algeria
Maurice Wilkins15th December, British
Biophysicist
Virginia Satir26th June, American
American author
Vladimir Demikhov18th July, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer
Sid Luckman21st November, American
American Football Player
Camilo José Cela11th May, Spanish
Writer
Robert F. Furchgott4th June, American
Biochemist
Frederick Chapman Robbins25th August, American
Virologist and Paediatrician
Vernon Presley10th April, American
Elvis Presley's Father
Herbert Simon15th June, American
Economist, Political scientist, sociologist,
Sune Bergström16th January, Swedish
Biochemist
Jean Dausset19th October, French
Immunologist
Christian Anfinsen26th March, American
Biochemist
John Dann MacDonald24th July, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Aleksandr Prokhorov11th July, Russian
Physicist
John Basilone4th November, American
Boxer
Ken Curtis2nd July, American
Singer
Elizabeth Gilbert23rd April, British
Actress
John L. Nelson29th June, American
Musician
C. Everett Koop14th October, American
Surgeon
Michael Gough23rd November, Malaysian, British
Actor
Kermit Roosevelt16th February, American
Critic
Martha Raye27th August, American
Actress
Yehudi Menuhin22nd April, Swiss, British, American
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Herbert A. Simon15th June, American
Economist, Psychologist, Politician, Sociologist,
Fernando Lamas9th January, Argentinian
Actor
Harry James15th March, American
American musician
Aldo Moro23rd September, Italian
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher
Shobhna Samarth17th November, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actress
Florynce Kennedy11th February, American
Autobiographer, Lawyer
Jacque Fresco13th March, American
Futurist, Designer, Writer, Architect
Daws Butler16th November, American
Actor, Dub actor
Evelyn Keyes20th November, American
Actress
Hilary Koprowski5th December, Polish, American
Virologist, Immunologist
Harold Robbins21st May, American
Author
C. Wright Mills28th August, American
Sociologist
Sherwood Schwartz14th November, American
Screenwriter, Television Producer
Vittorio Mussolini27th September, Italian
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic,
Chinmayananda Saraswati8th May, Indian
Philosopher
Rossano Brazzi18th September, Italian
Actor, Film director, Singer
Ruth Handler4th November, American
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor
Walker Percy28th May, American
Writer, Novelist, Philosopher
Anton Diffring20th October, German
actor
Anton Rupert4th October, South African
Entrepreneur
Leonard Siffleet14th January, Australian
Bernard Lewis31st May, British
Historian, University teacher
Ruth Warrick29th June, American
Singer
Jack Vance28th August, American
Writer
Dennis Day21st May, American
Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military