page_title: 1916
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1916 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato de Rafael Caldera en la biblioteca de su residencia, Tinajero.
context_page_description: 1916 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1916, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 1
  Giuseppe Aquari, Italian film cinematographer (d. 1982)
  Italo Viglianesi, Italian trade unionist politician and syndicalist (d. 1995)
  January 2 – Joseph W. Schmitt, American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician (d. 2017)
  January 3
  Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
  Betty Furness, American actress and consumer activist (d. 1994)
  Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (d. 2011)
  Erik Ågren, Swedish boxer (d. 1985)
  Warren King, American cartoonist (d. 1978)
  January 4
  Princess Niloufer (d. 1989)
  Sidney Siegel, American psychologist (d. 1961)
  January 5
  Alfred Ryder, American film, radio and television actor (d. 1995)
  Wilhelm Szewczyk, Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator (d. 1991)
  January 7
  Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1989)
  Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
  January 9 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and WWII code-breaker (d. 2004)
  January 10
  Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)
  Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, and Minister of Culture (d. 2019)
  Richard Münch, German actor (d. 1987)
  January 12
  Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist (d. 2013)
  P. W. Botha, 9th President of South Africa (d. 2006)
  Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx, English poet (d. 2018)
  January 15 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader (d. 1992)
  January 17
  Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American politician (d. 2011)
  Tatyana Karpova, Soviet and Russian actress (d. 2018)
  January 18 – Silviu Brucan, Romanian author and politician (d. 2006)
  January 19 – Harry Huskey, American computer designer (d. 2017)
  January 22 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (d. 2013)
  January 23 – David Douglas Duncan, American photojournalist (d. 2018)
  January 24
  Rafael Caldera, 39th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
  Marvin Creamer, American sailor (d. 2020)
  Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor (d. 2014)
  Daphne Lorraine Gum, Australian educator (d. 2017)
  January 27 – Stjepan Filipović, a People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1942)
  January 28 – Dottie Hunter, Canadian baseball player (d. 2005)
  January 31 – Sangoulé Lamizana, 2nd President and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d. 2005)
caption: Rafael Caldera
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