List of Famous people who born in 1916

Joseph William Kennedy was an American chemist who was a co-discoverer of plutonium, along with Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan and Arthur Wahl. During World War II he was head of the CM Division at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, where he oversaw research onto the chemistry and metallurgy of uranium and plutonium. After the war, he was recruited as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is credited with transforming a university primarily concerned with undergraduate teaching into one that also boasts strong graduate and research programs. He died of cancer of the stomach at the age of 40.

Dr. Lawrence Sidney Thompson (1916–1986) worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Libraries and as a faculty member in the classics department. He wrote extensively on the processes of printing and publication. Dr. Thompson also researched processes for cataloging materials, frequently corresponding with European colleagues.

Hildegard Jadamowitz, was a German communist activist and a member of the German resistance against National Socialism.

Giulio Oggioni (1916–1993) was an Italian prelate who led the Diocese of Bergamo from 1977 to 1991.

Russell Garcia, QSM was a composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast.

Olimpio Bizzi was an Italian racing cyclist, who won 13 stages of Giro d'Italia in 1936–1946, as well as the 1950 Tour du Maroc. He rode the 1947 Tour de France, and placed sixth in the 1947 Paris–Roubaix.

Dino Maiuri was an Italian screenwriter and film director and producer known for such films as Danger: Diabolik, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die and Don't Turn the Other Cheek.