Famous People Born in 1916

Famous people born in 1916

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)

British writer

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (1916 - 2020)

American actor

Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary (1916 - 2021)

American writer

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1916 - 2003)

American actor

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland (1916 - 2020)

British-American actress

Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson (1916 - 1995)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916 - 2010)

Japanese businessman, and survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings

Edward Heath

Edward Heath (1916 - 2005)

English politician

Francis Crick

Francis Crick (1916 - 2004)

English biologist

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009)

American journalist

Betty Grable

Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

American actress

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford (1916 - 2006)

Canadian actor

Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore (1916 - 1994)

American singer and actress

John Basilone

John Basilone (1916 - 1945)

American marine

Richard Proenneke

Richard Proenneke (1916 - 2003)

American naturalist

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand (1916 - 1996)

French politician

Peter Finch

Peter Finch (1916 - 1977)

English-Australian actor

M. S. Subbulakshmi

M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916 - 2004)

Indian singer

Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam (1916 - 2014)

Australian Prime Minister

Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon (1916 - 2001)

American engineer and mathematician

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (1916 - 1987)

American actor and singer

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden (1916 - 1986)

American actor

Van Johnson

Van Johnson (1916 - 2008)

American actor

Hans-Ulrich Rudel

Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916 - 1982)

German pilot

Ferruccio Lamborghini

Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916 - 1993)

Italian industrialist and automobile manufacturer, created Lamborghini

James Herriot

James Herriot (1916 - 1995)

English surgeon and author

Michael Gough

Michael Gough (1916 - 2011)

English actor

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999)

American-Russian violinist and conductor

Hans Eysenck

Hans Eysenck (1916 - 1997)

German-English psychologist

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson (1916 - 1965)

American author

Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs (1916 - 2006)

American-Canadian author and activist

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire (1916 - 2001)

American actress

Moondog

Moondog (1916 - 1999)

American composer, musician, and poet

Martha Raye

Martha Raye (1916 - 1994)

American comic actress and singer

Reg Varney

Reg Varney (1916 - 2008)

English actor

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn (1916 - 1986)

American actor

Aldo Moro

Aldo Moro (1916 - 1978)

Italian politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy

Eugene McCarthy

Eugene McCarthy (1916 - 2005)

American politician

Adriana Caselotti

Adriana Caselotti (1916 - 1997)

American actress and singer

Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis (1916 - 2018)

English-American historian

Ruth Handler

Ruth Handler (1916 - 2002)

President of Mattel, Inc.

Archie Moore

Archie Moore (1916 - 1998)

American boxer

Harry James

Harry James (1916 - 1983)

American musician and bandleader

Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn (1916 - 2002)

American sportscaster

Dom Mintoff

Dom Mintoff (1916 - 2012)

Maltese Prime Minister

Jack Vance

Jack Vance (1916 - 2013)

American author

Rafael Caldera

Rafael Caldera (1916 - 2009)

Venezuelan politician, 65th President of Venezuela

Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes (1916 - 2008)

American actress

Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir (1916 - 1988)

American psychotherapist and author

Harold Robbins

Harold Robbins (1916 - 1997)

novelist

João Havelange

João Havelange (1916 - 2016)

Brazilian industrialist

Daws Butler

Daws Butler (1916 - 1988)

American voice actor