* Fairbanks Fragments ( 1916 – 1918 ) also screenwriter

* Emperor Charles I. of Austria ( 1916 – 1918 ) http :// www. youtube. com / watch? v = jMU9FFzez1A

* Emperor Franz Joseph ( 1848 – 1916 ) http :// www. youtube. com / watch? v = jecUwMPk8pE & feature = related

* 1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1916 – Beverly Cleary, American writer

* 1916 – Russell Garcia, American composer ( d. 2011 )

* 1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist ( d. 2007 )

* 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician ( d. 2001 )

* 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor ( d. 1999 )

* 1916 – Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.

* 1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali ( leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire ) as King Faisal I of Iraq.

* 1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer ( d. 1993 )

* 1916 – Martha Raye, American actress ( d. 1994 )

* 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian ( d. 1970 )

* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1916 – World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.

* 2006 – In Tam, Cambodian politician ( b. 1916 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal

* 1916 – Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist ( d. 2007 )

* Sir Henry Vincent Meredith, 1st Baronet, of Montreal, in the Dominion of Canada ( 1916 ), extinct 1929

A. Norling ( 1922 – 1923 ), Walter Lantz ( 1924 – 1925 ), Vincent Colby ( 1915 ), Flohri ( 1915 ), C. Allen Gilbert ( 1916 ), H. C. Greening ( 1916 ), A. D. Reed ( 1916 ), Hugh M. Shields ( 1916 ), John C. Terry ( 1916 ), Charles Wilhelm ( 1916 ), F. M. Follett ( 1917 ), Sam Lloyd ( 1917 ), Santry ( 1918 ), Raoul Barré ( 1919 ), Pat Sullivan ( 1919 ), Roland Crandall ( 1920 )

* Walter Rheinschild: played for Michigan ( 1904 – 1907 ), head coach for Washington State ( 1908 ), St. Vincent ( CA ) ( 1909 ), Throop ( 1913 ), Occidental ( 1916 – 1917 )

* Vincent Henry Stanton ( 1916 )

* Sydney Gun-Munro ( 1916 – 2007 ), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician

* 27 February-John Vincent Holland, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France ( born 1889 ).

* 1916 – 1920 — Vincenzo " Vincent " Terranova — stepped down becoming underboss

* 1910 – 1916 — Vincenzo " Vincent " Terranova — became boss

* 19 July — John Vincent Holland, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France ( died 1975 ).

* 1916 – 1920 — Vincenzo " Vincent " Terranova — stepped down becoming underboss

* 1909 – 1916 — Vincenzo " Vincent " Terranova — became boss

Early films, including those from the silent era, which feature the station include Traffic in Souls ( 1913 ), which starred Matt Moore ; The Yellow Passport ( 1916 ), starring Clara Kimball Young ; My Boy ( 1921 ), starring Jackie Coogan ; Frank Capra's The Strong Man ( 1926 ), starring Harry Langdon ; We Americans ( 1928 ), starring John Boles ; The Mating Call ( film ), 1928, co-starring Thomas Meighan and Renée Adorée ; Ellis Island ( 1936 ), starring Donald Cook ; Paddy O ' Day ( 1936 ), starring Jane Withers ; Gateway ( 1938 ), starring Don Ameche ; Exile Express ( 1939 ), which starred Anna Sten ; I, Jane Doe ( 1948 ), starring Ruth Hussey and Vera Ralston, and Gambling House ( 1951 ), starring Victor Mature

In addition to his son, Lincoln, he had a daughter, Mary Ellis ( Mel ) Borglum Vhay ( 1916 – 2002 ).

* Sir John Ellis ( physician ) ( 1916 – 1998 ), Dean London Hospital Medical College 1968 – 1980 medical educationalist

By August 29, 1916, Ellis was promoted to Major, a week before United States ' involvement in World War I. Commandant Barnett persuaded Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels for the participation of his Marines of 5th Marines to join General John J. Pershing in the American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ).

Edith Mary Oldham Ellis née Lees ( 1861 – 1916 ) was a British writer and women's rights activist.

Ellis had a nervous breakdown in March of 1916 and died of diabetes that September.

Edwin John Ellis ( 1848 – 1916 ) was a British poet and illustrator, now remembered mostly for the three-volume collection of the works of William Blake he edited with W. B. Yeats.

* Edith Ellis ( 1861 – 1916 ), British author and women's rights activist

* Edward S. Ellis ( 1840 – 1916 ), American author

* Edwin Ellis ( Edwin John Ellis, 1848 – 1916 ), British poet and illustrator

* Merrill Ellis ( 1916 – 1981 ), American electroacoustic composer

* William Ellis ( astronomer ) ( 1828 – 1916 ), English astronomer and meteorologist

" Richard Ellis, Richard Fernicola, and Michael Capuzzo suggest that the 1916 Jersey Shore attacks, Coppleson's rogue shark theory, and the exploits of New York fisherman Frank Mundus inspired Benchley.