| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Forrest J. Ackerman |
Author |
24-Nov-1916 |
4-Dec-2008 |
Mr. Science Fiction |
| Joseph Alioto |
Politician |
12-Feb-1916 |
29-Jan-1998 |
Mayor of San Franscisco, 1968-76 |
| Irwin Allen |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Jun-1916 |
2-Nov-1991 |
The Master of Disaster |
| Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Molecular structure of proteins |
| Eddie Arcaro |
Jockey |
19-Feb-1916 |
14-Nov-1997 |
Two-time Triple Crown winner |
| Jack Arnold |
Film Director |
14-Oct-1916 |
17-Mar-1992 |
Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
|
Music for Synthesizer |
| Roy Ward Baker |
Film Director |
19-Dec-1916 |
|
A Night to Remember |
| Ian Ballantine |
Publisher |
15-Feb-1916 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Paperback magnate |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Head of State |
17-Apr-1916 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Jerry Barber |
Golf |
25-Apr-1916 |
23-Sep-1994 |
Winner, 1961 PGA Championship |
| David Bates |
Astronomer |
18-Nov-1916 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Atmospheric and interstellar physics |
| Emily Morison Beck |
Editor |
c. 1916 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Editor of Bartlett's Quotations |
| Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
|
The Life of the Drama |
| Sune K. Bergström |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1916 |
15-Aug-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| Edward Binns |
Actor |
12-Sep-1916 |
4-Dec-1990 |
12 Angry Men |
| Bernard Blier |
Actor |
11-Jan-1916 |
29-Mar-1989 |
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe |
| Budd Boetticher |
Film Director |
29-Jul-1916 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Seven Men From Now |
| Lindy Boggs |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
|
Congresswoman from Louisiana, 1973-91 |
| Richard W. Bolling |
Politician |
17-May-1916 |
21-Apr-1991 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83 |
| Tommy Bolt |
Golf |
31-Mar-1916 |
30-Aug-2008 |
Winner, 1958 US Open |
| P. W. Botha |
Head of State |
12-Jan-1916 |
31-Oct-2006 |
President of South Africa, 1984-89 |
| Rossano Brazzi |
Actor |
18-Sep-1916 |
24-Dec-1994 |
South Pacific |
| Phil Brown |
Actor |
30-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Uncle Owen in Star Wars |
| R. Hanbury Brown |
Astronomer |
31-Aug-1916 |
16-Jan-2002 |
Optical intensity interferometer |
| Herb Caen |
Columnist |
3-Apr-1916 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Long running San Francisco columnist |
| Jack M. Campbell |
Politician |
10-Sep-1916 |
14-Jun-1999 |
Governor of New Mexico, 1963-67 |
| LeRoy T. Carlson |
Business |
15-May-1916 |
|
Founder of Telephone and Data Systems |
| Robert Carr |
Politician |
11-Nov-1916 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1972-74 |
| Anthony Caruso |
Actor |
7-Apr-1916 |
4-Apr-2003 |
American character actor |
| Raúl H. Castro |
Politician |
12-Jun-1916 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1975-77 |
| Camilo José Cela |
Author |
11-May-1916 |
17-Jan-2002 |
La familia de Pascual Duarte |
| Roy D. Chapin, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1916 |
5-Aug-2001 |
Former CEO of American Motors |
| Charlie Christian |
Guitarist |
29-Jul-1916 |
2-Mar-1942 |
The original guitar hero |
| John Ciardi |
Poet |
24-Jun-1916 |
30-Mar-1986 |
How Does a Poem Mean? |
| Beverly Cleary |
Author |
12-Apr-1916 |
|
Children's author, Ramona Quimby series |
| James M. Collins |
Politician |
29-Apr-1916 |
21-Jul-1989 |
Congressman from Texas, 1968-83 |
| Shirl Conway |
Actor |
13-Jun-1916 |
7-May-2007 |
Liz Thorpe on The Nurses |
| Laird Cregar |
Actor |
28-Jul-1916 |
9-Dec-1944 |
The Lodger |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1916 |
|
America's most trusted newscaster |
| Ken Curtis |
Actor |
2-Jul-1916 |
29-Apr-1991 |
Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke |
| Roald Dahl |
Author |
13-Sep-1916 |
23-Nov-1990 |
James and the Giant Peach |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
|
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Rupert Davies |
Actor |
22-May-1916 |
22-Nov-1976 |
Inspector Maigret |
| Robert H. Dicke |
Physicist |
6-May-1916 |
4-Mar-1997 |
Dicke radiometer |
| Gloria Dickson |
Actor |
13-Aug-1916 |
10-Apr-1945 |
They Won't Forget |
| William J. B. Dorn |
Politician |
14-Apr-1916 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1947-74 |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| Max Faulkner |
Golf |
29-Jul-1916 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Winner, 1951 British Open |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Peter Finch |
Actor |
28-Sep-1916 |
14-Jan-1977 |
Network |
| John W. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1916 |
|
CEO of Ball Corporation, 1970-81 |
| Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
| Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
| Benson Fong |
Actor |
10-Oct-1916 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Flower Drum Song |
| Shelby Foote |
Author |
17-Nov-1916 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Shiloh |
| Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Jan-1916 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
|
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
| Richard I. Galland |
Attorney |
c. 1916 |
|
Of Counsel, Jones Day |
| Max Geldray |
Jazz Musician |
12-Feb-1916 |
2-Oct-2004 |
Conks of The Goon Show |
| Natalia Ginzburg |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1916 |
7-Oct-1991 |
La strada che va in città |
| Vitaly L. Ginzburg |
Physicist |
4-Oct-1916 |
|
Particle physicist, described superconductivity |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| Henry B. Gonzalez |
Politician |
3-May-1916 |
28-Nov-2000 |
Congressman from Texas, 1961-99 |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Nathan Green Gordon |
Politician |
4-Sep-1916 |
8-Sep-2008 |
Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67 |
| Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
| L. Patrick Gray |
Government |
18-Jul-1916 |
6-Jul-2005 |
Acting FBI Director, 1972-73 |
| Jorge Guinle |
Socialite |
5-Feb-1916 |
5-Mar-2004 |
Brazilian playboy |
| Brion Gysin |
Artist |
19-Jan-1916 |
13-Jul-1986 |
Inventor of the Dreamachine |
| E. R. Haggar |
Business |
18-Sep-1916 |
29-Sep-2004 |
President/CEO of Haggar Clothing Co. |
| Bob Hamilton |
Golf |
10-Jan-1916 |
6-Dec-1990 |
Winner, 1944 PGA Championship |
| Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
| Claude Harmon |
Golf |
14-Jul-1916 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Winner, 1948 Masters Tournament |
| Olivia de Havilland |
Actor |
1-Jul-1916 |
|
Gone With the Wind |
| June Havoc |
Actor |
8-Nov-1916 |
|
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Sterling Hayden |
Actor |
26-Mar-1916 |
23-May-1986 |
Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove |
| Margaret Hayes |
Actor |
5-Dec-1916 |
26-Jan-1977 |
Blackboard Jungle |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Chick Hearn |
Journalist |
27-Nov-1916 |
5-Aug-2002 |
Legendary basketball announcer |
| Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister 1970-74 |
| James Herriot |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1916 |
23-Feb-1995 |
All Creatures Great and Small |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Harry James |
Musician |
15-Mar-1916 |
5-Jul-1983 |
Big Band-era bandleader |
| Paul B. Johnson, Jr. |
Politician |
23-Jan-1916 |
14-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68 |
| Van Johnson |
Actor |
25-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2008 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Stanley Kauffmann |
Critic |
24-Apr-1916 |
|
Film critic for The New Republic |
| Geoffrey Keen |
Actor |
21-Aug-1916 |
3-Nov-2005 |
Sir Fredrick Gray in Bond films |
| Evelyn Keyes |
Actor |
20-Nov-1916 |
4-Jul-2008 |
Gone with the Wind |
| Martin S. Kimmel |
Business |
9-Apr-1916 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Founder of Kimco Realty |
| Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
| Howard W. Koch |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Apr-1916 |
16-Feb-2001 |
The Manchurian Candidate |
| C. Everett Koop |
Government |
14-Oct-1916 |
|
US Surgeon General, 1982-89 |
| Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
| Robert H. Krieble |
Philanthropist |
1916 |
8-May-1997 |
Loctite Corporation |
| John Kundla |
Basketball |
3-Jul-1916 |
|
Minneapolis Lakers Head Coach, 1948-59 |
| Ferruccio Lamborghini |
Business |
28-Apr-1916 |
20-Feb-1993 |
Lamborghini tractors and sports cars |
| Blair Lee III |
Politician |
19-May-1916 |
25-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Maryland, 1977-79 |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| John A. Love |
Politician |
29-Nov-1916 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Colorado, 1963-73 |
| Sid Luckman |
Football |
21-Nov-1916 |
5-Jul-1998 |
Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer |
| Hank Luisetti |
Basketball |
16-Jun-1916 |
17-Dec-2002 |
Invented one-handed shot |
| John D. MacDonald |
Novelist |
24-Jul-1916 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Travis McGee mystery novels |
| Wellington Mara |
Football |
14-Aug-1916 |
25-Oct-2005 |
Owns the New York Giants |
| Leonard H. Marks |
Diplomat |
5-Mar-1916 |
11-Aug-2006 |
Washington lawyer, diplomat |
| Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
| Mercedes McCambridge |
Actor |
17-Mar-1916 |
2-Mar-2004 |
All the King's Men |
| Eugene McCarthy |
Politician |
29-Mar-1916 |
10-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71 |
| Dorothy McGuire |
Actor |
14-Jun-1916 |
13-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Charles Meade |
Religion |
1916 |
|
Meade Ministries, Inc. |
| Bill Melendez |
Cartoonist |
15-Nov-1916 |
2-Sep-2008 |
A Charlie Brown Christmas |
| Yehudi Menuhin |
Violinist |
22-Apr-1916 |
12-Mar-1999 |
Child prodigy violinist, conductor |
| Pierre Messmer |
Head of State |
20-Mar-1916 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1972-74 |
| Jack R. Miller |
Politician |
6-Jun-1916 |
29-Aug-1994 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1961-73 |
| C. Wright Mills |
Sociologist |
28-Aug-1916 |
20-Mar-1962 |
The Power Elite |
| Joseph G. Minish |
Politician |
1-Sep-1916 |
24-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1963-85 |
| François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
| George Montgomery |
Actor |
29-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2000 |
Coney Island |
| Aldo Moro |
Head of State |
23-Sep-1916 |
9-May-1978 |
Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy |
| Peggy Mount |
Actor |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
| Albert L. Murray |
Author |
12-May-1916 |
|
Stomping the Blues |
| Gaylord Nelson |
Politician |
4-Jun-1916 |
3-Jul-2005 |
Founded Earth Day in 1970 |
| Ralph Nelson |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1916 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Father Goose |
| Robert G. Neumann |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1916 |
18-Jun-1999 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73 |
| Virginia Nicholson |
Actor |
c. 1916 |
|
Ex-Wife of Orson Welles |
| C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| Barney Oliver |
Astronomer |
1916 |
23-Nov-1995 |
SETI researcher |
| Robert Parrish |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1916 |
4-Dec-1995 |
Casino Royale |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Walker Percy |
Author |
28-May-1916 |
10-May-1990 |
The Moviegoer |
| Robert O. Peterson |
Business |
1916 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Founder of Jack in the Box |
| Russell W. Peterson |
Politician |
3-Oct-1916 |
|
Governor of Delaware, 1969-73 |
| Edward J. Piszek |
Business |
24-Oct-1916 |
27-Mar-2004 |
Co-founder of Mrs. Paul's frozen foods |
| Edward Platt |
Actor |
14-Feb-1916 |
19-Mar-1974 |
Chief on Get Smart |
| Perez Prado |
Musician |
11-Dec-1916 |
14-Sep-1989 |
Mambo king ("Dilo!") |
| Aleksandr M. Prokhorov |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1916 |
8-Jan-2002 |
Invention of the maser and laser |
| James H. Quillen |
Politician |
11-Jan-1916 |
2-Nov-2003 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1963-97 |
| Martha Raye |
Actor |
27-Aug-1916 |
19-Oct-1994 |
Monsieur Verdoux |
| John J. Rhodes |
Politician |
18-Sep-1916 |
24-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83 |
| Julius B. Richmond |
Government |
26-Sep-1916 |
27-Jul-2008 |
US Surgeon General, 1977-81 |
| George Rieveschl |
Chemist |
9-Jan-1916 |
27-Sep-2007 |
Discovered Benadryl |
| Dino Risi |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1916 |
7-Jun-2008 |
The Easy Life |
| Phil Rizzuto |
Baseball |
25-Sep-1916 |
14-Aug-2007 |
American League MVP, 1950 |
| Frederick C. Robbins |
Scientist |
25-Aug-1916 |
4-Aug-2003 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Harold Robbins |
Novelist |
21-May-1916 |
14-Oct-1997 |
The Carpetbaggers |
| Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. |
Government |
16-Feb-1916 |
8-Jun-2000 |
1953 Iran coup |
| William Rosenberg |
Business |
10-Jun-1916 |
20-Sep-2002 |
Founder of Dunkin' Donuts |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Philanthropist |
2-Jan-1916 |
|
British banker |
| Edward R. Roybal |
Politician |
10-Feb-1916 |
24-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1963-93 |
| R. J. Rushdoony |
Religion |
25-Apr-1916 |
8-Feb-2001 |
Institutes of Biblical Law |
| William B. Saxbe |
Politician |
24-Jun-1916 |
|
US Attorney General, 1974-75 |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
|
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Sherwood Schwartz |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Nov-1916 |
|
Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch |
| John W. Seybold |
Business |
8-Mar-1916 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Computerized typesetting pioneer |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Iosif S. Shklovskii |
Astronomer |
1-Jul-1916 |
3-Mar-1985 |
Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula |
| Leonard Shoen |
Business |
29-Feb-1916 |
4-Oct-1999 |
Founder of U-Haul |
| Dinah Shore |
Singer |
29-Feb-1916 |
24-Feb-1994 |
See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let |
| George Sidney |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1916 |
5-May-2002 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
| Herbert A. Simon |
Economist |
15-Jun-1916 |
9-Feb-2001 |
Administrative Behavior |
| Benjamin A. Smith II |
Politician |
16-Mar-1916 |
6-Sep-1991 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1960-62 |
| Hal Smith |
Actor |
24-Aug-1916 |
28-Jan-1994 |
Prolific voice actor |
| Jack Soo |
Actor |
28-Oct-1916 |
11-Jan-1979 |
Det. Yemana on Barney Miller |
| Herbert Stein |
Economist |
27-Aug-1916 |
8-Sep-1999 |
Economic adviser for Nixon |
| Mark Stevens |
Actor |
13-Dec-1916 |
15-Sep-1994 |
The Snake Pit |
| H. Guyford Stever |
Educator |
24-Oct-1916 |
|
President of CMU, 1965-72 |
| Samuel S. Stratton |
Politician |
27-Sep-1916 |
13-Sep-1990 |
Congressman from New York |
| Porter E. Thompson |
Business |
1916 |
26-Feb-2008 |
President of Bechtel, 1975-83 |
| Bill Todman |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1916 |
29-Jul-1976 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
| Malcolm Toon |
Diplomat |
4-Jul-1916 |
|
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1976-79 |
| Raf Vallone |
Actor |
17-Feb-1916 |
31-Oct-2002 |
The Greek Tycoon |
| Jack Vance |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1916 |
|
The Dying Earth |
| Reg Varney |
Actor |
11-Jul-1916 |
16-Nov-2008 |
On the Buses |
| Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
| Irving Wallace |
Author |
19-Mar-1916 |
29-Jun-1990 |
The Book of Lists |
| David White |
Actor |
4-Apr-1916 |
27-Nov-1990 |
Larry Tate on Bewitched |
| Gough Whitlam |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1916 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1972-75 |
| Maurice Wilkins |
Biologist |
15-Dec-1916 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Took X-ray pictures of DNA |
| Bud Wilkinson |
Football |
23-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63 |
| Harold Wilson |
Head of State |
11-Mar-1916 |
24-May-1995 |
Two-time Prime Minister of Britain |
| Marie Wilson |
Actor |
19-Aug-1916 |
23-Nov-1972 |
My Friend Irma |
| Irene Worth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1916 |
10-Mar-2002 |
Lost in Yonkers |
| Keenan Wynn |
Actor |
27-Jul-1916 |
14-Oct-1986 |
Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove |
| Frank Yerby |
Novelist |
5-Sep-1916 |
29-Nov-1991 |
The Dahomean |
