List of Famous people who born in 1916

Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen was a Dutch physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics.

Octave John "Johnny" Claes was an English-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.

John Crank was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.

John Young was a Scottish actor. He is the father of the actor Paul Young.

Josef Wagner was a Swiss cyclist.

Joseph Janni was a British film producer best known for his work with John Schlesinger. He was born into a Jewish family in Milan, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university. He emigrated to England in 1939, and once Italy declared war against England was briefly interned in Metropole Camp on the Isle of Man. He soon became involved in the British film industry and worked his way up to producer. He produced the first films of John Schlesinger and Ken Loach.