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
Harold Wilson11th March, British
Former British Prime Minister
Olivia de Havilland1st July, American
Actress
Roald Dahl13th September, British, Welsh
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Gregory Peck5th April, American
Edward Heath9th July, British
Former British Prime Minister
Jackie Gleason26th February, American
Comedian
Robert McNamara9th June, American
Former United States Secretary of Defense
Glenn Ford1st May, Canadian
Actor
Dinah Shore29th February, American
Singer
Betty Grable18th December, American
American actress
Walter Cronkite4th November, American
Broadcaster
Shirley Jackson14th December, American
Author
Lyudmila Pavlichenko12th July, Russian
Sniper
Peter Finch28th September, Australian
Actor
François Mitterrand26th October, French
Former President of France
Van Johnson25th August, American
Actor
Richard Proenneke4th May, American
Naturalist
Sterling Hayden26th March, American
Actor
Virginia Hill26th August, Austrian, American
Criminal
Ferruccio Lamborghini28th April, Italian
Founder of Automobili Lamborghini
Dorothy McGuire14th June, American
Actress
Eugene McCarthy29th March, American
Politician
Claude Shannon30th April, American
Mathematician, Cryptographer
Francis Crick8th June, British
Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA
Keenan Wynn27th July, American
Actor
James Herriot3rd October, British
Writer
M. S. Subbulakshmi16th September, Indian
Carnatic Musician
Gough Whitlam11th July, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Hans-Ulrich Rudel2nd July, German
Pilot
Beverly Cleary12th April, American
Writer
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P. W. Botha12th January, South African
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
James B. Donovan29th February, American
Negotiator
Adriana Caselotti6th May, American
Voice Actor
Shelby Foote17th November, American
Writer
Movita Castaneda12th April, American
Actress
Archie Moore13th December, American
Boxer
Jane Jacobs4th May, Canadian
Journalist, Author, Activist
Mercedes McCambridge16th March, American
Actress
Tokyo Rose4th July, American
Radio Broadcaster
Zail Singh5th May, Indian
President of India
Maria Altmann18th February, Austrian, American
Art Collector
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17th April, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Hans Eysenck4th March, German
Vladimir Demikhov18th July, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer
Ahmed Ben Bella25th December, Algerian
First President of Algeria
Sid Luckman21st November, American
American Football Player
Maurice Wilkins15th December, British
Biophysicist
Virginia Satir26th June, American
American author
Camilo José Cela11th May, Spanish
Writer
Robert F. Furchgott4th June, American
Biochemist
Frederick Chapman Robbins25th August, American
Virologist and Paediatrician
Sune Bergström16th January, Swedish
Biochemist
Herbert Simon15th June, American
Economist, Political scientist, sociologist,
Jean Dausset19th October, French
Immunologist
Vernon Presley10th April, American
Elvis Presley's Father
Christian Anfinsen26th March, American
Biochemist
John Dann MacDonald24th July, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Aleksandr Prokhorov11th July, Russian
Physicist
John Basilone4th November, American
Boxer
Elizabeth Gilbert23rd April, British
Actress
Ken Curtis2nd July, American
Singer
John L. Nelson29th June, American
Musician
Tsutomu Yamaguchi16th March, Japanese
Engineer
Martha Raye27th August, American
Actress
Michael Gough23rd November, Malaysian, British
Actor
Herbert A. Simon15th June, American
Economist, Psychologist, Politician, Sociologist,
Leonard Siffleet14th January, Australian
Kermit Roosevelt16th February, American
Critic
Yehudi Menuhin22nd April, Swiss, British, American
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Chick Hearn27th November, American
Journalist
Harry James15th March, American
American musician
Shobhna Samarth17th November, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actress
Rossano Brazzi18th September, Italian
Actor, Film director, Singer
Aldo Moro23rd September, Italian
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher
Ruth Handler4th November, American
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor
Daws Butler16th November, American
Actor, Dub actor
Jacque Fresco13th March, American
Futurist, Designer, Writer, Architect
C. Wright Mills28th August, American
Sociologist
Evelyn Keyes20th November, American
Actress
Wellington Mara14th August, American
Officer
Sherwood Schwartz14th November, American
Screenwriter, Television Producer
C. Everett Koop14th October, American
Surgeon
Chinmayananda Saraswati8th May, Indian
Philosopher
Bernard Lewis31st May, British
Historian, University teacher
Walker Percy28th May, American
Writer, Novelist, Philosopher
Harold Robbins21st May, American
Author
Elliot Handler9th April, American
Entrepreneur
Dennis Day21st May, American
Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military
Vittorio Mussolini27th September, Italian
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic,
Anton Diffring20th October, German
actor
Jack Vance28th August, American
Writer
Bill Melendez15th November, Mexican, American
Animator
Charlie Christian30th November
Guitarist