Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1916
621 Notable birthdays
Bismillah Khan
Indian shehnai player (1916–2006).
Born March 21st, 1916 in Dumraon. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2006 at 90 years old in Varanasi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deendayal Upadhyaya
Rss thinker and co-founder of the political party bharatiya jana sangh.
Born September 25th, 1916 in Mathura district.
Died February 11th, 1968 at 51 years old in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Beverly Cleary
American writer of children's books.
Born April 12th, 1916 in McMinnville.
Died March 25th, 2021 at 104 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Michael Gough
English actor (1916–2011).
Born November 23rd, 1916 in Kuala Lumpur. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2011 at 94 years old in Salisbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Virginia Hill
American woman who was a chicago outfit courier (1916-1966).
Born August 26th, 1916 in Lipscomb.
Died March 24th, 1966 at 49 years old in Koppl.
Hal Smith
American actor (1916-1994).
Born August 24th, 1916 in Petoskey.
Died January 28th, 1994 at 77 years old in Santa Monica, Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Shelby Foote
American novelist, historian (1916-2005).
Born November 17th, 1916 in Greenville. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2005 at 88 years old in Memphis (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gough Whitlam
Australian politician, 21st prime minister of australia (1916-2014).
Born July 11th, 1916 in Melbourne.
Died October 21st, 2014 at 98 years old in Sydney.
Maria Altmann
Filed successful lawsuit against government of austria for return of family artwork plundered by the nazis (1916–2011).
Born February 18th, 1916 in Vienna.
Died February 7th, 2011 at 94 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Jane Jacobs
American–canadian journalist, author on urbanism and activist (1916-2006).
Born May 4th, 1916 in Scranton. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2006 at 89 years old in Toronto (stroke). [ref]
birthdays 31 to 40 of 621
Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. Anna Magnani