Born in 1916

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• 1916–1974Lyudmila PavlichenkoSoviet sniperJuly 12
• 1916–2004Francis CrickEnglish physicist and biologistJune 8
• 1916–1978Aldo MoroPrime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976)September 23
• 1916–1973Betty GrableAmerican actress and pin-up girlDecember 18
• 1916–2002Ruth HandlerAmerican business magnate and inventorNovember 4
• 1916–1993Ferruccio LamborghiniItalian industrialist, founder of Automobili LamborghiniApril 28
• 1916–1986Sterling HaydenAmerican actorMarch 26
• 1916–2014Gough WhitlamPrime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975July 11
• 1916–2016João HavelangeBrazilian businessman, athlete and football administratorMay 8
• 1916–2011Michael GoughBritish actorNovember 23
• 1916–2000Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri LankaApril 17
• 1916–2006P. W. BothaSouth African politicianJanuary 12
• 1916–1965Shirley JacksonAmerican novelist, short-story writerDecember 14
• 1916–2004M. S. SubbulakshmiIndian classical vocalistSeptember 16
• 1916–2001Herbert A. SimonAmerican academic and Nobel LaureateJune 15
• 1916–1982Hans-Ulrich RudelGerman military officerJuly 2
• 1916–2010Tsutomu YamaguchiJapanese atomic bombing survivorMarch 16
• 1916–2004Mercedes McCambridgeAmerican actressMarch 16
• 1916–1994Zail SinghPresident of India from 1982 to 1987May 5
• 1916–1999Yehudi MenuhinAmerican-British violinistApril 22
• 1916–2012Ahmed Ben BellaPresident of Algeria from 1963 to 1965December 25
• 1916–2008Van JohnsonAmerican actorAugust 25
• 1916–2001Dorothy McGuireAmerican actressJune 14
• 1916–1986Keenan WynnAmerican actorJuly 27
• 1916–2005Eugene McCarthyAmerican politicianMarch 29
• 1916–1995James HerriotBritish veterinary surgeonOctober 3
• 1916–2004Maurice WilkinsNew Zealand-born British biophysicistDecember 15
• 1916–2008Evelyn KeyesAmerican actressNovember 20
• 1916–2006Bismillah KhanIndian musicianMarch 21
• 1916–1962C. Wright MillsAmerican sociologistAugust 28
• 1916–2013Jack VanceAmerican writerAugust 28
• 1916–2006Jane JacobsAmerican–Canadian journalist, author, and activistMay 4
• 1916–2009Rafael CalderaPresident of Venezuela (1969–1974; 1994–1999)January 24
• 1916–1997Hans EysenckGerman-born British psychologistMarch 4
• 1916–1997Harold RobbinsAmerican authorMay 21
• 1916–2002Camilo José CelaSpanish novelist, poet, essayistMay 11
• 1916–2021Beverly ClearyAmerican writerApril 12
• 1916–1991Ken CurtisAmerican actor and singerJuly 2
• 1916–1994Martha RayeAmerican comic actress and singerAugust 27
• 1916–2006Richard FleischerAmerican film directorDecember 8
• 1916–1990Margaret LockwoodBritish actressSeptember 15
• 1916–1996Masaki KobayashiJapanese film directorFebruary 14
• 1916–1945John BasiloneUS Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Medal of Honor recipientNovember 4
• 1916–2000Penelope FitzgeraldEnglish novelist and biographerDecember 17
• 1916–1986John D. MacDonaldAmerican writerJuly 24
• 1916–2009Vitaly GinzburgRussian physicistOctober 4
• 1916–2002Raf ValloneItalian actor and footballerFebruary 17
• 1916–2009Ephraim KatzirPresident of Israel from 1973 to 1978May 16
• 1916–1983Harry JamesAmerican trumpeter, big band leaderMarch 15
• 1916–1990Walker PercyAmerican writerMay 28
• 1916–1994Rossano BrazziItalian actor and directorSeptember 18
• 1916–2000Giorgio BassaniItalian writerMarch 4
• 1916–1989Pérez PradoCuban bandleader and mambo musicianDecember 11
• 1916–1949Marcel CerdanFrench boxerJuly 22
• 1916–2017Jacque FrescoAmerican futuristMarch 13
• 1916–2012Dom MintoffPrime Minister of Malta (1955–1958, 1971–1984)August 6
• 1916–1974Edward PlattAmerican actorFebruary 14
• 1916–1970James B. DonovanAmerican lawyer and US Navy officerFebruary 29
• 1916–2005Julio César Turbay AyalaPresident of Colombia from 1978 to 1982June 18
• 1916–1988Daws ButlerAmerican voice actorNovember 16