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BORN 1916

Turning 93 in 2009

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
Billie Burke (1885-1970)

 

Bernard Greenhouse

American cellist
01/03/1916

 

Vic Mizzy

American composer, TV's "The Addams Family", "Green Acres"
01/09/1916 (Some sources claim 1922)

 

Eldzier Cortor

American painter
01/10/1916

  Yuan Baohua
Chinese academic, president of Renmin University (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

 

Rafael Caldera

Venezuelan president (1969-1974, 1994-1999)
01/24/1916

 

Marvin Creamer

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

 

Arnoldo Foà

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

 

Jean Margéot

Mauritian cardinal
02/03/1916

 

John Sweet

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

  Ralph Hodgin
American baseball player

02/10/1916
(Some sources claim 1915)
 

Marcel Bigeard

French general
02/14/1916

 

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

 

Frank Coghlan, Jr.

American actor, "Adventures of Captain Marvel"
03/15/1916

 

Pat Jackson

British TV 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

 

Peter Gowland

American glamour photographer
04/03
/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

 

José Joaquín Trejos Fernández

Costa Rican president (1966-1970)
04/18
/1916

 

Yiannis Moralis

Greek painter
04/23/1916

 

Stanley Kauffmann

American film and theater critic
04/24
/1916

 

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

American crime fiction writer
04/26
/1916

 

George Tuska (aka Carl Larson)

American comic book illustrator, "Captain Marvel", "Iron Man"
04/26
/1916

 

Sif Ruud

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

 

João Havelange

Brazilian sports official, president of FIFA (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 claim 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 historian of the Ottoman Empire
05/26/1916
 

Bernard Lewis

British-born American historian of Islam and the Middle East
05/31
/1916

 

Eddie Joost

American baseball player and manager
06/05
/1916

 

Robert McNamara

American government official, Secretary of Defense (1961-1968)
06/09/1916

 

Raúl H. Castro

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

 

Horacio Salgán

Argentine tango composer and pianist
06/15
/1916

 

William B. Saxbe

American politician, Ohio senator (1969-1974) and Attorney General (1974-1975)
06/24/1916

 

Giuseppe Taddei

Italian opera singer
06/26
/1916

 

Olivia de Havilland

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

 

Lawrence Halprin

American landscape architect
07/01
/1916

 

John Kundla

American college and professional basketball coach
07/03
/1916

 

Fernand Leduc

Canadian abstract expressionist painter
07/04
/1916

 

Wilebaldo Solano

Spanish freedom fighter, journalist, and politician
07/07
/1916

 

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter
07/08
/1916

 

Gough Whitlam

Australian prime minister (1972–1975)
07/11
/1916

 

Phil Cavarretta

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

 

David Brown

American film producer, "Jaws", "Cocoon", "A Few Good Men"
07/28
/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 dancer and dance instructor
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

 

Daniel Schorr

American journalist and broadcaster
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 illustrator of books for children
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

 

Luis Corvalán

Chilean politician and dissident
09/14/
1916

 

Frederick C. Weyand

American general, Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1974-1976)
09/15/1916

 

Mary Stewart

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

 

Richard K. Guy

British mathematician
09/30
/1916

 

Russell W. Peterson

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

 

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian Nobel Prize-winning physicist
10/04
/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

 

Carl Johan Bernadotte

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

 

Walter Cronkite

American journalist and broadcaster, "CBS Evening News" (1962-1981)
11/04/1916

 

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

 

Alvin Schwartz

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

 

P. K. Page

British-born Canadian poet
11/23
/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 TV and film director, "A Night to Remember"
12/19
/1916

 

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

German political scientist
12/19
/1916

 

Michel Chartrand

Canadian union leader and activist
12/20
/1916

 

Robert S. Baker

British film and TV producer and director, "The Saint"
1916 (Exact date of birth is not currently available)

 

Sam Fink

American illustrator and calligrapher
1916 (Exact date of birth is not currently available)

 

Sol Price

American businessman, FedMart and Price Club
1916 (Exact date of birth is not currently available)

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