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BORN 1916

Turning 94 in 2010

 

Bernard Greenhouse

American cellist
01/03/1916

 

Eldzier Cortor

American painter
01/10/1916

  Yuan Baohua
Chinese academic, Renmin University president (1985-1991)
01/13/1916
 

Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.

American politician, New Jersey representative (1953-1975)
01/17/1916

 

Edmund Morgan
American historian, "Birth of the Republic"
01/17/1916

 

Harry Huskey

American computer designer
01/19/1916

 

Henri Dutilleux

French composer
01/22/1916

 

David Douglas Duncan

American photojournalist
01/23/1916

 

Marvin Creamer

American amateur sailor, circled globe without navigational instruments
01/24/1916

 

Arnoldo Foŕ

Italian actor
01/24/1916

 

Bruce Gordon

American actor, TV's "The Untouchables"
02/01/1916

 

Olaf Pooley

British actor, TV's "Dr. Who"
02/02/1916

 

John Sweet

American actor, "A Canterbury Tale"
02/08/1916

  Freddy Schmidt
American baseball player

02/09/1916
 

Denham Harman

American biogerontologist
02/14/1916

 

Maria Altmann

Austrian-born American art heiress
02/18/1916

 

Jean Erdman
American dancer and choreographer

02/20/1916

 

Lauran Paine

American writer of Western fiction, "Utah Summer"
02/25/1916

 

Svend Asmussen

Danish jazz violinist, "The Fiddling Viking"
02/28/1916

 

Monique Mélinand

French actress
03/09/1916

 

Lindy Boggs

American politician, Louisiana representative (1973-1991)
03/13/1916

 

Pat Jackson

British television and film director, "Western Approaches"
03/26/1916

 

Harry Rabinowitz

South African-born British film composer and conductor, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
03/26/1916

 

Peter Geach

British philosopher
03/29
/1916

 

Lucille Bliss

American actress and voice artist, voice of Crusader Rabbit, Smurfette
03/31
/1916

 

Albert H. Ottenweller

American bishop
04/05
/1916

 

Beverly Cleary

American children's writer, "Henry Huggins"
04/12/1916

 

Russell Garcia

American composer, arranger, and trumpeter
04/12
/1916

 

Finn Lied

Norwegian military researcher and government official, Minister of Industry (1971-1972)
04/12
/1916

 

Ken Wallis

British autogyros designer and manufacturer
04/16/1916

 

Stanley Kauffmann

American film and theater critic
04/24
/1916

 

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

American crime fiction writer
04/26
/1916

 

Sif Ruud

Swedish actress, "Wild Strawberries"
05/06
/1916

 

Joăo Havelange

Brazilian sports official, FIFA president (1974-1998)
05/08/1916

 

Milton Babbitt

American composer of serial and electronic music
05/10
/1916

 

Peg Lynch

American radio scriptwriter and actress, "Ethel and Albert"
05/11/1916 (Some sources cite 11/25/1916)

 

Albert Murray

American writer, "Stomping the Blues"
05/12
/1916

 

Vera Gebuhr

Danish actress, "The Tenth Muse"
05/15
/1916

 

Owen Chadwick

British ecclesiastical historian
05/20
/1916

  Halil İnalcık
Turkish Ottoman Empire historian
05/26/1916
 

Sam Fink

American illustrator and calligrapher
05/27/1916

 

Bernard Lewis

British-born American Islamic and Middle Eastern historian
05/31
/1916

 

Eddie Joost

American baseball player and manager
06/05
/1916

 

Peride Celal
Turkish writer
06/10/1916
(Some sources cite 1915)

 

Raúl H. Castro

Mexican-born ambassador and politician, Arizona governor (1975-1977)
06/12
/1916

 

Horacio Salgán

Argentine tango composer and pianist
06/15
/1916

 

Olivia de Havilland

American Oscar-winning actress, "To Each His Own", "The Heiress"
07/01/1916

 

John Kundla

American college and professional basketball coach
07/03
/1916

 

Fernand Leduc

Canadian abstract expressionist painter
07/04
/1916

 

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter, "Autumn Leaves"
07/08
/1916

  Mortimer Caplin
American tax attorney, educator, and
IRS Commissioner (1961–1964)
07/11
/1916
  Gough Whitlam
Australian prime minister (1972–1975)
07/11
/1916
 

Phil Cavarretta

American baseball player, coach, and manager
07/19
/1916

 

Fiorenzo Angelini

Italian cardinal
08/01/1916

 

Dom Mintoff

Maltese prime minister (1955-1958, 1971-1984)
08/06
/1916

 

Buddy Lewis

American baseball player
08/10
/1916

  Jeni LeGon
American actress and dancer, "Broadway Melody of 1936", "Fools for Scandal"
08/14/1916
 

Neagu Djuvara

Romanian diplomat, writer, and historian
08/18
/1916

 

Don Keefer

American actor, "Sleeper", "Liar Liar"
08/18
/1916

 

George Rosenkranz

Hungarian-born Mexican steroid chemist
08/20/1916

 

Hoy Wong

Hong Kong-born American bartender
08/22
/1916

 

Jack Vance

American fantasy and science fiction writer
08/28/1916

 

Danny Litwhiler

American baseball player and coach
08/31
/1916

 

John S. Wold

American politician, Wyoming representative (1969-1971)
08/31
/1916

 

Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney

American tennis player
09/01
/1916

 

Asta Vender
Estonian
children's book illustrator
09/01
/1916

 

Ömer Lütfi Akad

Turkish film director, "Strike the Whore"
09/02
/1916

 

Ed Sabol

American filmmaker and businessman, NFL Films
09/11
/1916

 

Eric Bentley

British-born American critic and playwright
09/14/
1916

 

Mary Stewart

British fantasy and mystery writer
09/17
/1916 (Some sources cite 09/12/1916)

 

Richard K. Guy

British mathematician
09/30
/1916

 

Russell W. Peterson

American politician, Delaware governor (1969-1973)
10/03
/1916

 

Stetson Kennedy

American writer, folklorist, and human rights activist
10/05
/1916

  Julian Kawalec
Polish novelist and poet
10/11/1916
 

C. Everett Koop

American government official, Surgeon General of the United States (1982-1989)
10/14/1916

 

Friedrich Schoenfelder

German actor
10/17
/1916

 

Julian Rotter

American psychologist, developed locus of control
10/22
/1916

 

Carl Johan Bernadotte

Swedish royal, great-grandson of Queen Victoria
10/31
/1916

 

Louis le Brocquy

Irish painter
11/10
/1916

 

Doctor Tangalanga

Argentine humorist
11/10
/1916

 

Robert Carr

British politician, Member of Parliament (1950-1976)
11/11
/1916

 

Sherwood Schwartz

American television producer, "Gilligan's Island", "The Brady Bunch"
11/14/1916

 

Alvin Schwartz

American comic book writer, "Batman", "Superman"
11/17
/1916

 

Ramón José Velásquez

Venezuelan president (1993-1994)
11/28/1916

  Wan Li
Chinese government official, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988-1993)
12/01/1916
 

Hilary Koprowski

Polish-born American virologist and immunologist
12/05/1916

  T. K. Whitaker
Irish economist and civil servant
12
/08/1916
 

Kirk Douglas

American Oscar-nominated actor, "Champion", "Lust for Life"
12/09/1916

 

Birgitta Valberg

Swedish actress, "The Virgin Spring"
12/16
/1916

 

Roy Ward Baker

British television and film director, "A Night to Remember"
12/19/1916

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