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In the year 1916
697 Notable birthdays
Willie Best
American actor (1916-1962).
Born May 27th, 1916 in Sunflower.
Died February 27th, 1962 at 45 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Marie Wilson
American actress (1916-1972).
Born August 19th, 1916 in Anaheim.
Died November 23rd, 1972 at 56 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Rochelle Hudson
American actress (1916–1972).
Born March 6th, 1916 in Oklahoma City.
Died January 17th, 1972 at 55 years old in Palm Desert (pneumonia).
Stjepan Filipović
Yugoslav partisan (1916-1942).
Born January 27th, 1916 in Opuzen.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 26 years old in Valjevo (hanging to death).
Emil Gilels
Soviet pianist (1916-1985).
Born October 19th, 1916 in Odesa.
Died October 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Prince Carl Johan Bernadotte
Swedish prince (1916-2012); youngest child of gustaf vi adolf of sweden and princess margaret of connaught.
Born October 31st, 1916 in Stockholm.
Died May 5th, 2012 at 95 years old in Ängelholm.
Benson Fong
American actor (1916-1987).
Born October 10th, 1916 in Sacramento.
Died August 1st, 1987 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Milton Babbitt
American composer (1916–2011).
Born May 10th, 1916 in Philadelphia.
Died January 29th, 2011 at 94 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Robert M. Gagné
American psychologist (1916–2002).
Born August 21st, 1916 in North Andover.
Died April 28th, 2002 at 85 years old
Ferdy Mayne
German-british actor (1916–1998).
Born March 11th, 1916 in Mainz.
Died January 30th, 1998 at 81 years old in London (Parkinson's disease).
Mark Stevens
American actor (1916–1994).
Born December 13th, 1916 in Cleveland.
Died September 15th, 1994 at 77 years old in Spain (cancer).
Emil Kapaun
Korean war us army chaplain, pow, medal of honor recipient and venerable (1916–1951).
Born April 20th, 1916 in Pilsen.
Died May 23rd, 1951 at 35 years old in Pyokdong County.
Lucille Bliss
American actress (1916–2012).
Born March 31st, 1916 in New York City.
Died November 8th, 2012 at 96 years old in Costa Mesa (disease). [ref]
Eric Christmas
British actor (1916-2000).
Born March 19th, 1916 in London.
Died July 22nd, 2000 at 84 years old in Camarillo.
I. J. Good
British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009).
Born December 9th, 1916 in London.
Died April 5th, 2009 at 92 years old in Radford. [ref]
David Brown
American film and theatre producer, and writer (1916-2010).
Born July 28th, 1916 in Manhattan.
Died February 1st, 2010 at 93 years old in Manhattan (kidney failure). [ref]
George Hall
Canadian actor (1916-2002).
Born November 19th, 1916 in Toronto.
Died October 21st, 2002 at 85 years old in Hawthorne.
Dom Mintoff
Maltese politician (1916-2012).
Born August 6th, 1916 in Cospicua. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2012 at 96 years old in Tarxien (disease). [ref]
Brion Gysin
British-canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986).
Born January 19th, 1916 in Taplow. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1986 at 70 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Don Keefer
American actor (1916–2014).
Born August 18th, 1916 in Highspire.
Died September 7th, 2014 at 98 years old in Sherman Oaks.
George Sidney
American film director and producer (1916-2002).
Born October 4th, 1916 in Long Island, Queens.
Died May 5th, 2002 at 85 years old in Las Vegas (lymphoma).
Florynce Kennedy
American activist.
Born February 11th, 1916 in Kansas City.
Died December 22nd, 2000 at 84 years old [ref]
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Politician (1916–2008).
Born March 23rd, 1916 in Jalandhar.
Died August 1st, 2008 at 92 years old in Noida (heart failure). [ref]
Shakeel Badayuni
Indian writer (1916-1970).
Born August 3rd, 1916 in Budaun.
Died April 20th, 1970 at 53 years old in Mumbai.
Andrée De Jongh
Belgian resistance member (1916–2007).
Born November 30th, 1916 in Schaerbeek.
Died October 13th, 2007 at 90 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe. [ref]
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