Birthdays Date 1916 June | History by KabAstro

Francis Crick (1916-2004)

Jun 8 English molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA's structure, with James Watson (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1962), born in Northampton, England [1] [2]

Jun 8 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), born in Salò, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2007)
Jun 8 Richard Pousette-Dart, American abstract expressionist artist, sculptor, and photographer, born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1992)

Robert McNamara (1916-2009)

Jun 9 American United States Secretary of Defense (1961-68), played major role in US escalation in Vietnam, born in San Francisco, California

Jun 10 Bill Waddington, British actor and comedian (Percy-Coronation Street), born in Oldham, England (d. 2000)
Jun 12 Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1991)
Jun 12 Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983)
Jun 14 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2001)
Jun 14 Karl-Rudi Griesbach, German composer, born in Breckerfeld, Germany (d. 2000)

Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001)

Jun 15 American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978; Turing Award, 1975), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Jun 15 Marshall Field IV, American newspaper publisher (owned Chicago Daily News), born in New York City (d. 1965)
Jun 16 Angelo "Hank" Luisetti, American collegiate basketball forward (Stanford, 1935-38), 1st to use a one-handed shot, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2002)
Jun 16 Francis Lopez, Basque-French chanson and operetta composer (La Belle de Cadiz; Andalousie; The Three Musketeers), born in Montbeliard, France (d. 1995)
Jun 17 Einar Englund, Finnish composer, born in Gotland, Sweden (d. 1999)
Jun 17 Ted Atkinson, American jockey (US Champion 1944, 46), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
Jun 17 Victor Lord, American fictional character on TV soap opera "One Life to Live" (d. 1976)
Jun 18 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
Jun 18 Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, born in Kõo Parish, Viljandi, Estonia, Russian Empire (d. 2018)
Jun 19 George Pravda, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
Jun 19 Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
Jun 20 Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 21st Premier of Quebec (1968-70), born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada (d. 1973)
Jun 20 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster and actor (Once in a Lifetime), born in Newport, Wales (d. 1999)
Jun 20 William Balchin, English geographer, born in Aldershot, England (d. 2007)
Jun 21 Buddy O'Connor, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens; Hart Memorial Trophy & Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1948), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
Jun 21 Joe Bamford, British manufacturer and multi-millionaire, born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England (d. 2001)
Jun 22 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
Jun 23 Irene Worth [Hattie Abrams], American actress (Nicolas & Alexandra), born in Fairbury, Nebraska (d. 2002)
Jun 23 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), born in Fulneck, Pudsey, England (d. 1990)
Jun 24 John Ciardi, American poet, translator (Dante's "Divine Comedy"), and literary commentator, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
Jun 24 Ruth Shaw Wylie, American composer (Spring Madness; Psychogram; Nova), and educator (Wayne State University, 1949-69), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1989)
Jun 25 Philip Toynbee, British journalist and writer (Savage Days, Barricade), born in Oxford, England (d. 1981)
Jun 27 Arthur Walter Lucas, first Chief Restorer of the National Gallery, London, born in London (d. 1996)
Jun 27 Hallvard Olav Johnsen, Norwegian composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2003)
Jun 27 Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, born in Borge, Østfold, Norway (d. 1998)
Jun 29 David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland, born in Chryston, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1996)
Jun 29 Ruth Warrick, American actress (Citizen Kane; All My Children, 1970-2005 - "Phoebe"), civil rights and political activist, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 2005)