Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays

Here is a list who born on date 16 February today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for February 16

Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on February 16

Date Name
1222 Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
1304 Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1332)
1331 Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (d. 1406)
1419 John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1481)
1470 Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1540)
1471 Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (d. 1529)
1497 Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (d. 1560)
1514 Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (d. 1574)
1519 Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (d. 1572)
1543 Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (d. 1590)
1620 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1688)
1643 John Sharp, English archbishop (d. 1714)
1698 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1758)
1727 Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
1761 Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
1774 Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830)
1786 Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess (d. 1859)
1802 Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher (d. 1866)
1804 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (d. 1885)
1812 Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
1821 Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (d. 1865)
1822 Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (d. 1911)
1824 Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1879)
1826 Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (d. 1886)
1830 Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (d. 1902)
1831 Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1895)
1834 Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1919)
1838 Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)
1841 Armand Guillaumin, French painter (d. 1927)
1843 Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)
1845 George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic (d. 1935)
1848 Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1917)
1856 Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)
1866 Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (d. 1940)
1868 Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (d. 1952)
1873 Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author (d. 1908)
1876 G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (d. 1962)
1877 Tom Crean, Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer (d. 1938)
1878 Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)
1878 James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1920)
1884 Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (d. 1951)
1886 Andy Ducat, English international footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 1942)
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (d. 1968)
1893 Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)
1896 Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1901 Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985)
1901 Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970)
1902 Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (d. 1968)
1903 Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (d. 1978)
1904 James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948)
1904 George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
1906 Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player (d. 1944)
1909 Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (d. 1982)
1914 Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1982)
1916 Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1919 Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (d. 1989)
1920 Anna Mae Hays, American general (d. 2018)
1921 Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
1921 Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959)
1921 John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)
1922 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950)
1923 Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2016)
1926 Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)
1926 John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003)
1927 June Brown, English actress (d. 2022)
1929 Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980)
1929 Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010)
1931 Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
1931 Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)
1932 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014)
1932 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2007)
1934 August Coppola, American author and academic (d. 2009)
1934 Marlene Hagge, American golfer
1935 Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (d. 2016)
1935 Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998)
1935 Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (d. 2014)
1935 Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
1935 Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1937 Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
1937 Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic
1938 John Corigliano, American composer and academic
1939 Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
1940 Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)
1941 Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
1942 Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
1944 Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
1944 Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
1944 António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (d. 2016)
1947 Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (d. 2020)
1948 Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014)
1950 Peter Hain, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1951 Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach
1952 Peter Kitchen, English footballer
1952 James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1953 John Bradbury, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
1953 Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1953 Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
1954 Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (d. 2013)
1954 Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (d. 1996)
1954 Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster
1956 Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
1957 LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer
1958 Natalie Angier, American author
1958 Ice-T, American rapper and actor
1958 Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
1958 Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
1959 John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster
1959 Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster
1960 Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter
1961 Des Hasler, Australian rugby league player and coach
1961 Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1961 Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist
1961 Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1962 John Balance, English singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1964 Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager
1964 Christopher Eccleston, English actor
1965 Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American drummer
1967 Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 Warren Ellis, English author and screenwriter
1970 Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer and manager
1971 Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit
1971 Craig Laundy, Australian politician
1972 Jerome Bettis, American football player
1972 Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
1972 Sarah Clarke, American actress
1972 Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
1972 Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player
1973 Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
1974 Mahershala Ali, American actor
1974 José Dominguez, Portuguese international footballer and manager
1976 Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
1976 Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1977 Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet
1977 Ahman Green, American football player
1978 Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist
1978 Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
1978 John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
1979 Stéphane Dalmat, French footballer
1979 Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor
1979 Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1980 Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer
1981 Jay Howard, English race car driver
1981 Susanna Kallur, Swedish sprint hurdler
1981 Jerry Owens, American baseball player
1981 Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
1982 Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
1982 Rickie Lambert, English footballer
1982 Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
1983 Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
1984 Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
1984 Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
1985 Simon Francis, English footballer
1985 Stacy Lewis, American golfer
1985 Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
1986 Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer
1987 Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1987 Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
1987 Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player
1988 Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
1988 Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
1988 Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
1988 Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
1988 Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
1989 Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
1990 Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990 The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1991 Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
1992 Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
1992 Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player[43]
1994 Annika Beck, German tennis player
1994 Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer
1994 Ava Max, American singer and songwriter
1995 Katy Dunne, English tennis player
1995 Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
1999 Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
2000 Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and rapper
2001 Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player

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