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
Jackie Gleason26th February, American
Comedian
Harold Wilson11th March, British
Former British Prime Minister
Robert McNamara9th June, American
Former United States Secretary of Defense
Glenn Ford1st May, Canadian
Actor
Dinah Shore29th February, American
Singer
Walter Cronkite4th November, American
Broadcaster
Beverly Cleary12th April, American
Writer
Betty Grable18th December, American
American actress
Van Johnson25th August, American
Actor
Lyudmila Pavlichenko12th July, Russian
Sniper
Richard Proenneke4th May, American
Naturalist
Shirley Jackson14th December, American
Author
François Mitterrand26th October, French
Former President of France
Sterling Hayden26th March, American
Actor
Peter Finch28th September, Australian
Actor
Gough Whitlam11th July, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Keenan Wynn27th July, American
Actor
Francis Crick8th June, British
Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA
M. S. Subbulakshmi16th September, Indian
Carnatic Musician
Virginia Hill26th August, Austrian, American
Criminal
Maria Altmann18th February, Austrian, American
Art Collector
Dorothy McGuire14th June, American
Actress
Eugene McCarthy29th March, American
Politician
Movita Castaneda12th April, American
Actress
Zail Singh5th May, Indian
President of India
Jane Jacobs4th May, Canadian
Journalist, Author, Activist
Adriana Caselotti6th May, American
Voice Actor
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17th April, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Mercedes McCambridge16th March, American
Actress
Ahmed Ben Bella25th December, Algerian
First President of Algeria
Vladimir Demikhov18th July, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer
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Hans Eysenck4th March, German
Maurice Wilkins15th December, British
Biophysicist
Virginia Satir26th June, American
American author
Camilo José Cela11th May, Spanish
Writer
Vernon Presley10th April, American
Elvis Presley's Father
Robert F. Furchgott4th June, American
Biochemist
Frederick Chapman Robbins25th August, American
Virologist and Paediatrician
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
Dennis Day21st May, American
Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military
Edward Heath9th July, British
Politician, Military personnel, Journalist,
John Basilone4th November, American
Boxer
Shelby Foote17th November, American
Historian, Novelist, Writer, University teacher,
Claude Shannon30th April, American
Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist,
Ferruccio Lamborghini28th April, Italian
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Mechanic, Racecar driver
James Herriot3rd October, British
Writer, Veterinarian, Autobiographer, Children's
Tsutomu Yamaguchi16th March, Japanese
Engineer
Hans-Ulrich Rudel2nd July, German
Aviator, Writer, Mountaineer, Officer
Michael Gough23rd November, Malaysian, British
Actor
James B. Donovan26th February, American
Lawyer
P. W. Botha12th January, South African
Politician
Herbert A. Simon15th June, American
Economist, Psychologist, Politician, Sociologist,
Yehudi Menuhin22nd April, Swiss, British, American
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Archie Moore13th December, American
Professional boxer
Harry James15th March, American
American musician
Jacque Fresco13th March, American
Futurist, Designer, Writer, Architect
Rossano Brazzi18th September, Italian
Actor, Film director, Singer
Tokyo Rose4th July, American
Radio Personality
Vittorio Mussolini27th September, Italian
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic,
Aldo Moro23rd September, Italian
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher
Chick Hearn27th November, American
Journalist
Ruth Handler4th November, American
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor
Daws Butler16th November, American
Actor, Dub actor
Leonard Siffleet14th January, Australian
C. Wright Mills28th August, American
Sociologist
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
Chiang Wei-kuo6th October
Politician
Chinmayananda Saraswati8th May, Indian
Philosopher
Charlie Christian30th November
Guitarist
Horton Foote14th March, American
Screenwriter, Playwright, Actor
Hilary Koprowski5th December, Polish, American
Virologist, Immunologist
Rafael Caldera24th January, Venezuelan
President
João Havelange8th May, Brazilian
Swimmer, Water polo player, Lawyer
Walt Whitman Rostow7th October, American
Economist, University teacher
Anton Diffring20th October, German
actor
Richard Hofstadter6th August, American
Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University
Judy Campbell31st May, British
Actor, Playwright
Wellington Mara14th August, American
Officer
Sudirman24th January, Indonesian
Military personnel
William Rosenberg10th June, American
Entrepreneur
Raf Vallone17th February, Italian
Actor, Association football player, Journalist,
Anton Rupert4th October, South African
Entrepreneur
Emil Gilels19th October, Russian
Pianist
Robert Stanford Tuck1st July, British
Fighter pilot