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François Mitterrand
21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)

Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)

Camilo José Cela
Spanish writer (1916–2002)

Gregory Peck
American actor (1916–2003)
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
Harold Wilson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976 (1916–1995)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000
Aldo Moro
Italian politician (1916-1978)
Vitaly Ginzburg
Russian physicist (1916–2009)
Olivia de Havilland
British actress (1916–2020)
Ahmad ibn Billah
President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965
Edward Heath
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 (1916–2005)

Alexander Prokhorov
Soviet and Russian physicist (1916-2002)
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)

Herbert Simon
American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)
Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist (1916–1995)

Walter Cronkite
American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
Gough Whitlam
Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1916–2014)
Yehudi Menuhin
American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)
Zail Singh
President of India from 1982 to 1987
João Havelange
Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916–2016)
P. W. Botha
South African prime minister (1916–2006)

Hans Eysenck
British psychologist (1916–1997)
Paul Keres
Estonian chess player and sportsperson (1916–1975)

Peter Finch
British-Australian actor (1916–1977)

Jackie Gleason
American comedian and actor (1916–1987)

Jean Dausset
French immunologist (1916-2009)

Frederick Chapman Robbins
American doctor

C. Wright Mills
American sociologist (1916–1962)

Robert F. Furchgott
American biochemist (1916-2009)

Glenn Ford
Canadian-American actor (1916–2006)
Ferruccio Lamborghini
Italian industrialist, founder of Automobili Lamborghini (1916–1993)

Natalia Ginzburg
Italian writer (1916–1991)
Michael Gough
English actor (1916–2011)
Mercedes McCambridge
American actress (1916-2004)

Hans-Ulrich Rudel
German World War II Stuka pilot and neo-Nazi activist (1916–1982)

Dino Risi
Italian film director (1916-2008)

Peter Weiss
Swedish-German playwright and author (1916–1982)
Betty Grable
American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)
Abdul Rahman Arif
President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968

Ruth Handler
American businesswoman
Bernard Lewis
British-American historian (1916–2018)

Rafael Caldera
president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 kai from 1994 to 1999
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
President of Djibouti (1916-2006)
Shirley Jackson
American writer (1916-1965)

Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Japanese marine engineer (1916–2010)
Sterling Hayden
American actor (1916–1986)

Jacque Fresco
American futurist and self-described social engineer
Kristján Eldjárn
Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)

Jack Vance
American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916–2013)

Dinah Shore
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Penelope Fitzgerald
British writer and poet (1916–2000)
Pietro Rava
Italian footballer and manager (1916–2006)

Pierre Messmer
83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007)
Harold Robbins
American novelist (1916–1997)
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Prime Minister and President of Mongolia (1916-1991)
Diori Hamani
President of Niger from 1960 to 1974 (1916-1989)