List of Famous people who born in 1916

Onishi Tetsunosuke was a professor of Waseda University, coach of the Japan national rugby union team and Waseda University Rugby Football Club. He has been described as a Japanese Carwyn James and was a coach of considerable achievements. He also served as a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

Bernard Baily was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman, and a comics publisher, writer, and editor.

Hugo E. Peretti was an American songwriter and record producer.

Muzaffer Ozak was a Muslim cleric and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Muslim Sufi order from Istanbul, Turkey. He was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1966 to 1985. Ozak was well-known in Western countries because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America, where he celebrated public dhikrs with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his ilahis, Sufi religious hymns. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.

Frank O'Rourke was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction. O'Rourke wrote more than 60 novels and numerous magazine articles.

Daniel Paul Arulswamy was an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam. Arulswamy was born in Viragalur. He died on 12 October 2003, at the age of 87.

Jerry Finkelstein was an American publisher, businessman and political insider. Among his publications were The New York Law Journal and The Hill. He was the father of former New York City Council President, Andrew Stein.