List of Famous people who born in 1916

Sophia Maria "Fiep" Westendorp was a Dutch illustrator who became popular due to her long collaboration with writer Annie M.G. Schmidt with their creation of Jip and Janneke.

Frank Lisle (1916–1986) was a British painter and art teacher, who numbered a young David Hockney among his pupils when he was Head of Art at Bradford College of Art.

Eugène Moke Motsüri was a Democratic Republic of the Congo prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of the oldest living bishops and the oldest bishop in Africa until his death on 6 April 2015.

Bai Tamia Johnson Moore, commonly known by his pen name Bai T. Moore, was a Liberian poet, novelist, folklorist and essayist. He held various cultural, educational and tourism posts both for the Liberian government and for UNESCO. He was the founder of Liberia's National Cultural Center. He is best known for his novella Murder in the Cassava Patch (1968), the tale of a crime passionnel in a traditional Liberian setting. It became such a classic in Liberian literature that it is still taught in high schools.

Knud John Peter Wadum Jensen was the founder of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Between 1936 and 1938, Knud W. Jensen studied language and commerce in Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom before he joined his farther's company, Ost en gros, in 1939.

Agustinus Adisutjipto, posthumously promoted as Air vice-marshal was born in Salatiga, Central Java on 3 July 1916 and raised Roman Catholic. He was killed in action in Bantul, Yogyakarta on 29 July 1947. He was an air commodore and an Indonesian national hero.

Benny Lee was a Scottish comedy actor and singer. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a television and film career.