BORN 1916
Turning 96 in 2012

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Eldzier Cortor
American painter
01/10/1916
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Edmund Morgan
American historian, "Birth of the Republic"
01/17/1916 |
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Harry Huskey
American computer designer
01/19/1916
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Henri Dutilleux
French
composer
01/22/1916
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David Douglas Duncan
American
photojournalist
01/23/1916
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Arnoldo Foà
Italian actor, "The
Shoes of the Fisherman"
01/24/1916
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Freddy Schmidt
American baseball player
02/09/1916 |
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Denham Harman
American
biogerontologist
02/14/1916
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Jean Erdman
American dancer and choreographer
02/20/1916
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Svend Asmussen
Danish
jazz violinist, "The Fiddling Viking"
02/28/1916
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Lindy Boggs
American politician,
Louisiana representative (1973-1991)
03/13/1916
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Harry Rabinowitz
South African-born British film composer and conductor, "The Talented
Mr. Ripley"
03/26/1916
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Lucille Bliss
American actress and voice artist,
voice of Crusader
Rabbit, Smurfette
03/31/1916
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Beverly Cleary
American children's writer,
the
"Ramona Quimby" series
04/12/1916
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Finn Lied
Norwegian military researcher and government official, Minister of
Industry (1971-1972)
04/12/1916
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Ken Wallis
British autogyros
designer and manufacturer
04/16/1916
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Stanley Kauffmann
American
film and theater critic
04/24/1916
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Dorothy Salisbury Davis
American crime fiction writer
04/26/1916 |
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João Havelange
Brazilian sports
official, FIFA president (1974-1998)
05/08/1916
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Peg Lynch
American radio scriptwriter and
actress, "Ethel and
Albert"
05/11/1916
(Some sources cite 11/25/1916)
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Albert Murray
American
writer, "Stomping the Blues"
05/12/1916
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Owen Chadwick
British
ecclesiastical historian
05/20/1916
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Bernard Lewis
British-born American Islamic and Middle Eastern historian
05/31/1916
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Raúl H. Castro
Mexican-born
American ambassador and politician, Arizona governor (1975-1977)
06/12/1916
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Horacio Salgán
Argentine tango composer and pianist
06/15/1916
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Olivia de Havilland
American Oscar-winning
actress, "To Each His Own", "The Heiress"
07/01/1916
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George C. Stoney
American documentary filmmaker and pioneer of public access television
07/01/1916
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John Kundla
American college and professional basketball coach
07/03/1916
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Fernand Leduc
Canadian
abstract expressionist painter
07/04/1916
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Jean Rouverol
American
actress and screenwriter, "Autumn Leaves"
07/08/1916
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Mortimer Caplin
American tax attorney, educator, and
IRS Commissioner
(1961–1964)
07/11/1916 |
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Gough Whitlam
Australian prime minister (1972–1975)
07/11/1916 |
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Dom Mintoff
Maltese
prime minister (1955-1958, 1971-1984)
08/06/1916
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Jeni LeGon
American actress and dancer, "Broadway Melody of
1936", "Fools for Scandal"
08/14/1916 |
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Neagu Djuvara
Romanian
diplomat, writer, and historian
08/18/1916
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Don Keefer
American
actor, "Sleeper", "Liar Liar"
08/18/1916
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George Rosenkranz
Hungarian-born
Mexican steroid chemist
08/20/1916
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Jack Vance
American fantasy and
science fiction writer
08/28/1916
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Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney
American
tennis player
09/01/1916
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Ed Sabol
American filmmaker and businessman, NFL Films
09/11/1916
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Eric Bentley
British-born American critic and playwright
09/14/1916
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Mary Stewart
British
fantasy writer, "Merlin Trilogy"
09/17/1916
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Richard K. Guy
British
mathematician
09/30/1916
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Julian Kawalec
Polish
novelist and poet
10/11/1916 |
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C. Everett Koop
American public health
official, Surgeon General of the United States (1982-1989)
10/14/1916
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Julian Rotter
American psychologist, developed locus
of control
10/22/1916
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Carl Johan Bernadotte
Swedish royal, great-grandson
of Queen Victoria
10/31/1916
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Louis le Brocquy
Irish
painter
11/10/1916
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Doctor Tangalanga
Argentine
humorist
11/10/1916
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Robert Carr
British politician, Member of Parliament
(1950-1976)
11/11/1916
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Ramón José Velásquez
Venezuelan president (1993-1994)
11/28/1916
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Wan Li
Chinese government official, Chairman of the National People's
Congress (1988-1993)
12/01/1916
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Hilary Koprowski
Polish-born American virologist
and immunologist
12/05/1916
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T. K. Whitaker
Irish economist and civil servant
12/08/1916 |
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Kirk Douglas
American Oscar-nominated actor,
"Champion", "Lust for Life"
12/09/1916
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Last modified:
February 04, 2012