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In the year 1916
697 Notable birthdays
Eddie Arcaro
American jockey (1916–1997).
Born February 19th, 1916 in Cincinnati.
Died November 14th, 1997 at 81 years old in Miami (liver cancer).
Kanan Devi
Indian actress (1916–1992).
Born April 22nd, 1916 in Howrah.
Died July 17th, 1992 at 76 years old in Kolkata.
Lilian, Princess of Réthy
Second wife of king leopold iii of belgium (1916–2002).
Born November 28th, 1916 in London.
Died June 7th, 2002 at 85 years old in Waterloo.
Christopher Strachey
British computer scientist (1916–1975).
Born November 16th, 1916 in Hampstead.
Died May 18th, 1975 at 58 years old in Oxford.
José López Rega
Argentine politician (1916–1989).
Born October 17th, 1916 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 9th, 1989 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires (diabetes).
Rudolf August Oetker
German businessman, art collector, nazi waffen ss (1916-2007).
Born September 20th, 1916 in Bielefeld.
Died January 16th, 2007 at 90 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Fredy Hirsch
German educationist (1916–1944).
Born February 11th, 1916 in Aachen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1944 at 28 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
William B. Saxbe
American politician (1916–2010).
Born June 24th, 1916 in Mechanicsburg.
Died August 24th, 2010 at 94 years old in Mechanicsburg. [ref]
Walt Whitman Rostow
American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003).
Born October 7th, 1916 in New York City.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 86 years old in Austin.
Tetsuzō Iwamoto
Japanese flying ace (1916–1955).
Born June 15th, 1916 in Sakhalin.
Died May 20th, 1955 at 38 years old in Masuda (sepsis).
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González
Spanish fishery research biologist and oceanographer (1916-2005).
Born October 3rd, 1916 in Serantes.
Died May 29th, 2005 at 88 years old in La Jolla.
John Ciardi
American poet, professor, translator (1916–1986).
Born June 24th, 1916 in Boston.
Died March 30th, 1986 at 69 years old in Edison.
Mika Špiljak
Croatian politician (1916-2007).
Born November 28th, 1916 in Sisak.
Died May 18th, 2007 at 90 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Roy Ward Baker
English film director (1916–2010).
Born December 19th, 1916 in London.
Died October 5th, 2010 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Julian B. Rotter
American psychologist (1916–2014).
Born October 22nd, 1916 in Brooklyn.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 97 years old in Mansfield.
Alexander Prokhorov
Soviet and russian physicist (1916-2002).
Born July 11th, 1916 in Atherton.
Died January 8th, 2002 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Robert Parrish
American film director (1916–1995).
Born January 4th, 1916 in Columbus.
Died December 4th, 1995 at 79 years old in Southampton.
Raúl Héctor Castro
American judge (1916-2015).
Born June 12th, 1916 in Heroica Ciudad de Cananea.
Died April 10th, 2015 at 98 years old in San Diego.
Rong Yiren
Former vice president of the people's republic of china (1916–2005).
Died October 26th, 2005 at 89 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Stan Cullis
English footballer and manager (1916–2001).
Born October 25th, 1916 in Ellesmere Port.
Died February 28th, 2001 at 84 years old in Malvern. [ref]
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
President of sri lanka from 1993 to 1994.
Born February 15th, 1916 in Udunuwara Divisional Secretariat.
Died September 21st, 2008 at 92 years old in Kandy. [ref]
Ole Torvalds
Finnish-swedish journalist and poet from finland (1916-1995).
Born August 4th, 1916 in Ekenäs.
Died February 8th, 1995 at 78 years old in Turku.
Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist (1916–1995).
Born March 26th, 1916 in Monessen.
Died May 14th, 1995 at 79 years old in Randallstown (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Helmut Gröttrup
German engineer and inventor of the smart card (1916-1981).
Born February 12th, 1916 in Cologne.
Died July 4th, 1981 at 65 years old in Munich.
Diori Hamani
President of niger from 1960 to 1974 (1916-1989).
Born June 6th, 1916 in Boboye Department, Soudouré. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1989 at 72 years old in Rabat. [ref]
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