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.
Francis Crick(Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA Molecule, Nobel Prize Winner)
8th June
British
Herbert Simon(Economist, Political scientist, sociologist, psychologist, and professor)
15th June
American
Edward Heath(Politician, Military personnel, Journalist, Conductor)
9th July
British
John Basilone(Boxer)
4th November
American
Dennis Day(Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military personnel, Radio personality)
21st May
American
Claude Shannon(Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist, Engineer, Sport cyclist, University teacher)
30th April
American
Shelby Foote(Historian, Novelist, Writer, University teacher, Author)
17th November
American
Ferruccio Lamborghini(Entrepreneur, Engineer, Mechanic, Racecar driver)
28th April
Italian
Tsutomu Yamaguchi(Engineer)
16th March
Japanese
James Herriot(Writer, Veterinarian, Autobiographer, Children's writer)
3rd October
British
Hans-Ulrich Rudel(Aviator, Writer, Mountaineer, Officer)
2nd July
German
P. W. Botha(Politician)
12th January
South African
Michael Gough(Actor)
23rd November
Malaysian,British
Herbert A. Simon(Economist, Psychologist, Politician, Sociologist, University teacher, Computer scientist)
15th June
American
James B. Donovan(Lawyer)
26th February
American
Yehudi Menuhin(Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz musician, Writer)
22nd April
Swiss,British,American
Vittorio Mussolini(Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic, Journalist, Racecar driver)
27th September
Italian
Tokyo Rose(Radio Personality)
4th July
American
Ruth Handler(Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor)
4th November
American
Archie Moore(Professional boxer)
13th December
American
Harry James(American musician)
15th March
American
Aldo Moro(Politician, Diplomat, University teacher)
23rd September
Italian
Jacque Fresco(Futurist, Designer, Writer, Architect)
13th March
American
Daws Butler(Actor, Dub actor)
16th November
American
Rossano Brazzi(Actor, Film director, Singer)
18th September
Italian
Chick Hearn(Journalist)
27th November
American
C. Wright Mills(Sociologist)
28th August
American
Bernard Lewis(Historian, University teacher)
31st May
British
Leonard Siffleet14th January
Australian
Sherwood Schwartz(Screenwriter, Television Producer)
14th November
American
Walker Percy(Writer, Novelist, Philosopher)
28th May
American
Chiang Wei-kuo(Politician)
6th October
Charlie Christian(Guitarist)
30th November
Chinmayananda Saraswati(Philosopher)
8th May
Indian
Rafael Caldera(President)
24th January
Venezuelan
Horton Foote(Screenwriter, Playwright, Actor)
14th March
American
Hilary Koprowski(Virologist, Immunologist)
5th December
Polish,American
Walt Whitman Rostow(Economist, University teacher)
7th October
American
Jagjit Singh Aurora(General)
31st January
Indian
Sudirman(Military personnel)
24th January
Indonesian
Richard Hofstadter(Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University teacher)
6th August
American
Wellington Mara(Officer)
14th August
American
Anton Diffring(actor)
20th October
German
Judy Campbell(Actor, Playwright)
31st May
British
João Havelange(Swimmer, Water polo player, Lawyer)
8th May
Brazilian
Anton Rupert(Entrepreneur)
4th October
South African
William Rosenberg(Entrepreneur)
10th June
American
Emil Gilels(Pianist)
19th October
Russian
Raf Vallone(Actor, Association football player, Journalist, Stage actor)
17th February
Italian
Masaki Kobayashi(Film director, Film producer, Writer, Screenwriter)
14th February
Japanese
Florynce Kennedy(Autobiographer, Lawyer)
11th February
American
Robert Stanford Tuck(Fighter pilot)
1st July
British
Brion Gysin(Writer, Poet, Painter, Choreographer, Novelist)
19th January
American