List of Famous people who born in 1916

Lise London was a French Communist politician and activist. She participated in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and the French Resistance during World War II. She was the widow of Artur London, a Czechoslovak communist politician and co-defendant in the Slánský Trial. Following her husband's show trial and imprisonment, she became a strong critic of Stalin and Stalinism.

Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky.

Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly,, was a journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and nephew of Winston Churchill through his wife Clementine Churchill.

Odessa Cowan, known professionally as Ina Ray Hutton, was an American singer, bandleader, and the half-sister of June Hutton. She led one of the first all-female big bands.

Robert Peter Freytag, known professionally as Robert Freitag, was an Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and film director.