| 118381 | October 16 | Birth | 1888 – Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling (d. 1979) |
| 118382 | October 16 | Birth | 1890 – Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (d. 1922) |
| 118383 | October 16 | Birth | 1890 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902) |
| 118384 | October 16 | Birth | 1890 – Paul Strand, American photographer and director (d. 1975) |
| 118385 | October 16 | Birth | 1897 – Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008) |
| 118386 | October 16 | Birth | 1898 – William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980) |
| 118387 | October 16 | Birth | 1900 – Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) |
| 118388 | October 16 | Birth | 1900 – Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988) |
| 118389 | October 16 | Birth | 1900 – Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) |
| 118390 | October 16 | Birth | 1903 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (d. 2003) |
| 118391 | October 16 | Birth | 1904 – Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968) |
| 118392 | October 16 | Birth | 1905 – Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990) |
| 118393 | October 16 | Birth | 1906 – León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 118394 | October 16 | Birth | 1907 – Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (d. 1973) |
| 118395 | October 16 | Birth | 1908 – Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006) |
| 118396 | October 16 | Birth | 1908 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985) |
| 118397 | October 16 | Birth | 1911 – Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006) |
| 118398 | October 16 | Birth | 1912 – Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009) |
| 118399 | October 16 | Birth | 1912 – Karl Ristikivi, Estonian author and poet (d. 1977) |
| 118400 | October 16 | Birth | 1913 – Gino Bechi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1993) |
| 118401 | October 16 | Birth | 1918 – Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990) |
| 118402 | October 16 | Birth | 1918 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 118403 | October 16 | Birth | 1918 – Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (d. 2008) |
| 118404 | October 16 | Birth | 1919 – Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003) |
| 118405 | October 16 | Birth | 1921 – Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 118406 | October 16 | Birth | 1921 – MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010) |
| 118407 | October 16 | Birth | 1922 – Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012) |
| 118408 | October 16 | Birth | 1922 – Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (d. 2001) |
| 118409 | October 16 | Birth | 1923 – Linda Darnell, American actress and singer (d. 1965) |
| 118410 | October 16 | Birth | 1923 – Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (d. 1980) |