Famous People Born in 1916 (Part 3)

Birthdays 401 - 509 of 509

James Herriot (1916-1995)

Oct 3 British veterinarian and novelist (All Creatures Great and Small), born in Sunderland, County Durham

Oct 3 María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish marine biologist and oceanographer, born in El Ferrol, Spain (d. 2005)
Oct 3 Shelby Storck, American television producer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1969)
Oct 4 George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
Oct 4 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
Oct 4 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer
Oct 5 Douglas Ranger, British surgeon, born in Furness, Lancashire (d. 1997)
Oct 7 Walt Rostow, American economist and political theorist (The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)
Oct 8 Spark Matsunaga, United States Senator from Hawaii (1977-90), born in Kukuiula, Hawaii (d. 1990)
Oct 10 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
Oct 10 Scott Huston, American composer, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1991)
Oct 12 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
Oct 13 David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone singer (Dutch Radio Chorus), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 2001)
Oct 14 C. Everett Koop, 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
Oct 15 Al Killian, American big band and swing jazz trumpeter, and occasional bandleader, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1950)
Oct 16 George Turner, Australian author (d. 1997)
Oct 17 Robert Lowery [Hank], American stage and screen actor (Batman and Robin (1949); Circus Boy - "Big Tim"; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1971)
Oct 17 Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, Polish organist and composer, born in Sierpc, Poland (d. 1998)
Oct 18 Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
Oct 19 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
Oct 19 Emil Gilels, Soviet concert pianist (Brussels Competition - 1st prize, 1938), born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1985)
Oct 19 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), born in Växjö, Sweden (d. 1968)
Oct 19 Toby Rowland, theatrical manager
Oct 21 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1974)
Oct 21 Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Japanese composer and educator, born in Tokyo (d. 1991)
Oct 22 Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)
Oct 22 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, (d. 2004)
Oct 24 Pierre Sancan, French composer (Sonatine for flute and piano; La Légende de Icare), pianist, conductor, and teacher (Conservatoire de Paris, 1956-85), born in Mazamet, France (d. 2008)

François Mitterrand (1916-1996)

Oct 26 21st President of France (1981-95), born in Jarnac, France

Oct 27 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
Oct 27 Kazimierz Brandys, Polish essayist and writer, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2000)
Oct 28 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
Oct 30 Leon Day, American Baseball HOF pitcher (9 x NgL All Star; NgL World Series 1946; Brooklyn/Newark Eagles, Baltimore Elite Giants), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1995)
Oct 31 Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2012)
Oct 31 Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50, 7x All-Star (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
Nov 2 Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), born in Kos, Greece (d. 1998)
Nov 4 John Basilone, US Marine (Medal of Honor at the Battle for Henderson Field), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1945)
Nov 4 Ruth Handler [née Mosko], American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2002)

Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

Nov 4 American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), born in St Joseph, Missouri

Nov 5 Jim Tabor, American MLB 3rd baseman (2 x grand slams in one game), born in New Hope, Alabama (d. 1953)
Nov 5 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Northwich, England (d. 2002)
Nov 6 Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (Ray Conniff Singers), born in Attleboro, Massachusetts (d. 2002)
Nov 7 Joe Bushkin, American jazz pianist (Bunny Berigan; Tommy Dorsey; Bing Crosby), composer ("Oh! Look At Me Now"), and TV host (A Couple of Joes), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Nov 8 Frank McGuire, American basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Nov 8 Peter Weiss, German author and playwright (Marat/Sade), born in Nowawes, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1982)
Nov 10 Billy May, American orchestra leader and composer (The Green Hornet, Mod Squad, Batman), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
Nov 10 Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2010)
Nov 12 Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
Nov 12 Liam Dunn, American actor (Koska & his Family), born in New Jersey (d. 1976)
Nov 12 Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
Nov 14 George Fierstone, British jazz and session drummer (The Skyrockets), born in London, England (d. 1984)
Nov 14 Sherwood Schwartz, American television screenwriter and producer (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2011)
Nov 15 Ruth Nita Barrow, 1st female Governor-General of Barbados (1990-95), born in Saint Lucy, Barbados (d. 1995)
Nov 16 Daws Butler, American animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1988)
Nov 17 Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), born in Harmony, Mississippi (d. 2004)
Nov 18 James L. Lyons, American jazz promoter (founder of the Monterey Jazz Festival) (d. 1994)
Nov 20 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
Nov 20 Ferdinand Alphons Marie van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter, born in Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1944)
Nov 20 John Elwyn, British painter, born in Adpar, Wales (d. 1997)
Nov 20 Robert A. Bruce, American cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2004)
Nov 21 Sid Luckman, American College-Pro Football HOF quarterback (Columbia University; 4 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43, 46; NFL MVP 1943; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
Nov 23 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (d. 2011)
Nov 24 Forrest J. Ackerman, American literary agent and writer who invented the term "sci-fi (Famous Monsters of Filmland), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 208)
Nov 26 Bob Elliott, MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves), born in San Francisco (d. 1966)
Nov 26 Mareo Ishiketa, Japanese composer, born in Wakayama, Japan (d. 1996)
Nov 27 Chick Hearn, American NBA broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 2002)
Nov 28 Lilian Baels, Princess of Réthy, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III, born in London (d. 2002)
Nov 29 Frances "Fran" Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
Nov 29 Valentino Bucchi, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1976)
Nov 30 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Village of Damned, Question 7), born in Bath, England (d. 1976)
Dec 1 Wan Li, Chinese reform politician, born in Dongping County, Shandong province (d. 2015)
Dec 2 Charlie Ventura [Venturo], American jazz tenor saxophonist and band leader (Bop for the People), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
Dec 2 John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
Dec 4 Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Dec 4 Lew Jenkins, American boxer (World Lightweight Champion 1940-41), born in Milburn, Texas (d. 1981)
Dec 5 Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1977)
Dec 6 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer ("Shout"; "Twistin' The Night Away"), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
Dec 7 Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler, born in Lévis, Quebec (d. 1988)
Dec 8 Richard Fleischer, American film director (Doctor Dolittle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)

Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)

Dec 9 American actor (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), born in Amsterdam, New York

Dec 9 Merrill Ellis, American classical and experimental music composer, and performer (Kaleidoscope; Mutations), born in Cleburne, Texas (d. 1981)
Dec 9 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German-Swiss architect and writer (Mozart biog), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)
Dec 13 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1994)

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)

Dec 14 American writer (Road Through the Wall), born in San Francisco, California

Dec 15 (Edwin) "Buddy" Cole, American jazz and session pianist, Hammond organist, orchestra leader, and composer ("Truth Or Consequences"), born in Irving, Illinois (d. 1964)
Dec 15 Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born English physicist whose X-ray diffraction studies of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) with Rosalind Franklin, proved crucial to discovery of DNA’s molecular structure by James Watson and Francis Crick (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1962), born in Pongaroa, New Zealand (d. 2004) [1] [2]
Dec 16 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter and set designer (d. 1994)
Dec 16 Udom Patpongsiri, Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry), (d. 1996)
Dec 17 Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (d. 2000)
Dec 17 Toon Hermans, Dutch poet (Kolderliedjes), born in Sittard, Netherlands (d. 2000)

Betty Grable (1916-1973)

Dec 18 American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Dec 19 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea), born in Venray, Netherlands (d. 2003)
Dec 19 Hal Hastings, American orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)
Dec 19 Merv Wallace, New Zealand cricketer (13 Tests for NZ, latterly as captain), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2008)
Dec 20 Michel Chartrand, French Canadian union activist, born in Outremont, Quebec (d. 2010)
Dec 21 Eve Perrick, British journalist (The Daily Mail) (d. 1995)
Dec 21 John Boon, British publisher (Mills and Boon), born in King's Lynn, Norfolk (d. 1996)
Dec 23 Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2008)
Dec 24 (Eduardo) "Lalo" Guerrero, American guitarist, Chicano singer-songwriter (Los Carlistas), and women's rights activist, born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 2005)
Dec 25 Daniel Devoto, Argentine folklorist, musicologist, and poet, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2001)
Dec 26 Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, born in Linz (d. 2005)
Dec 27 Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (d. 1953)
Dec 28 Nelly Adamson Landry, French tennis player (French C'ships 1948), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 2010)
Dec 28 Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1999)
Dec 31 Suzy Delair, French actress (The Murderer Lives at Number 21; Utopia; White Paws), and singer, born in Paris, France (d. 2020)

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