History Births on January 16

Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (d. 1983)
#Victor_Ciocâltea
Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
#Ethel_Merman

A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
#A._J._Foyt

L. Blaine Hammond, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
#L._Blaine_Hammond

Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
#Brenden_Morrow

Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
#Johannes_Schöner

William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver (d. 1945)
#William_Grover-Williams

Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2004)
#Paul_Nitze

Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
#Kabir_Bedi

Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
#Evripidis_Bakirtzis
Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
#Gavin_Bryars

Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (d. 1949)
#Homer_Burton_Adkins

Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (d. 1945)
#Eric_Liddell

Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator (d. 1781)
#Peter_Scheemakers

Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
#Francesco_Scavullo

Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
#Laura_Schlessinger

Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
#Cliff_Thorburn

Charles Henry Davis, American admiral (d. 1877)
#Charles_Henry_Davis

Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
#Sade_(singer)

Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
#Anthony_Hecht
Rebecca Stead, American author
#Rebecca_Stead

William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)
#William_Hall-Jones

Maxine Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress
#Maxine_Jones

Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
#Nicklas_Bendtner

Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
#Ruth_Reichl

Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
#Chris_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1994)

Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager
#Martin_Jol

Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
#Diana_Wynyard

Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1973)
#Henri_Büsser

Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1716)
#Dorothe_Engelbretsdatter

Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
#Kate_Moss

Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (d. 1872)
#Henry_Halleck

Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (d. 1597)
#Jakobea_of_Baden

Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author (d. 1958)
#Robert_W._Service

Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
#Albert_Pujols

Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (d. 1996)
#Philip_Lucock
Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
#Robert_L._Park

Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
#Clem_Jones

Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (d. 1945)
#Osip_Brik

Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
#Vittorio_Alfieri

Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia (d. 1942)
#Jüri_Jaakson

Francis George, American cardinal (d. 2015)
#Francis_George
Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
#Hannes_Anier
Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)
#Carlos_Pellicer

Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
#Katy_Jurado

Jack McDowell, American baseball player
#Jack_McDowell

Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
#Elliott_Reid

Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (d. 1967)
#Zhou_Zuoren

Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
#Ron_Villone

John Hopoate, Tongan-Australian rugby league player and boxer
#John_Hopoate

Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
#Udo_Lattek

Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
#Cameron_Murray_(rugby_league)
Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist (d. 1981)
#Daisy_Kennedy

Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist
#Jill_Tarter

Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
#Franz_Brentano
Ralph Gibson, American photographer
#Ralph_Gibson

Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (d. 1949)
#Leonor_Michaelis
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)
#Niccolò_Piccinni

Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
#Marilyn_Horne

Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator (d. 1699)
#Lucas_Achtschellinck

Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru (d. 1661)
#Guru_Har_Rai
Johannes Rahn, German footballer
#Johannes_Rahn
René of Anjou, king of Naples (d. 1480)
#René_of_Anjou

Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
#Wolfgang_Schmidt

Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
#Roger_Lapébie

Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator (d. 1978)
#Kiku_Amino

Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist
#Ronnie_Milsap

Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1906)
#Robert_R._Hitt

Gintaras Januševi?ius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
#Gintaras_Januševi?ius

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997)
#Anatoli_Boukreev

Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (d. 1937)
#Johnston_Forbes-Robertson

Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
#Alberto_Crespo

Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1296)
#Edmund_Crouchback

Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
#Wayne_Daniel

Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
#Lin-Manuel_Miranda

Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
#Amandine_Hesse

Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
#Jerry_M._Linenger
Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2004)
#Eddie_Burns

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1755)
#Louis_de_Rouvroy,_duc_de_Saint-Simon

Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
#Charlotte_Henshaw

Preston, English singer-songwriter
#Preston_(singer)

Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
#Andriy_Rusol

Miroslav Radovi?, Serbian footballer
#Miroslav_Radovi?

Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
#Matt_Duchene

Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
#Stevie_Jackson

Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
#Jorge_Torres_Nilo
Joe Flacco, American football player
#Joe_Flacco

Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland (d. 1392)
#Robert_de_Vere,_Duke_of_Ireland

John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
#John_Carpenter

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
#Stanley_Jeyaraja_Tambiah

Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
#Alfredo_Amézaga

René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (d. 2016)
#René_Angélil

Mark Pawsey, English businessman and politician
#Mark_Pawsey
James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (d. 2013)
#James_Robinson_Risner
Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
#Jim_Stafford

James May, British journalist/co-host of Top Gear
#James_May

Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Barbara_Lynn

Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1834)
#Richard_Goodwin_Keats
Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (d. 1992)
#Roger_Wagner

Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 2004)
#Susan_Sontag

Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
#Debbie_Allen

Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
#Harry_Carey_(actor)

Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
#Ricardo_Darín

John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
#John_C._Breckinridge

Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
#Reto_Ziegler

Harvey Proctor, English politician
#Harvey_Proctor

Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (d. 1973)
#Fulgencio_Batista

Jeff Foster, American basketball player
#Jeff_Foster_(basketball)

Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
#Elaine_Murphy,_Baroness_Murphy

Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
#Jake_Epstein

Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
#Jayde_Herrick

Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
#Roy_Jones_Jr.
Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
#Joel_Fitzgibbon

Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
#Lisa_Milroy

Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
#Viktor_Maslov_(racing_driver)

Andris Š??le, Latvian businessman and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Latvia
#Andris_Š??le

Aaliyah, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
#Aaliyah

Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)
#Nat_Schachner

Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
#Wim_Suurbier

Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
#Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_Alexios_I)

Samuel Jones, American high jumper (d. 1954)
#Samuel_Jones_(athlete)
Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
#Emanuel_Pogatetz

Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
#Jamie_Lundmark

André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (d. 1931)
#André_Michelin

Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)
#Eduardo_Frei_Montalva

Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 2010)
#Robert_Schimmel
Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
#Francis_II_of_the_Two_Sicilies

Neil Back, English rugby player and coach
#Neil_Back

Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
#Nel_Benschop

Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (d. 2015)
#Dieter_Moebius
Bayinnaung, king of Burma (d. 1581)
#Bayinnaung

Günther Prien, German captain (d. 1941)
#Günther_Prien

Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Marlon_Anderson
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
#Mikaela_Turik

Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
#Mark_Trumbo

Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
#Sidharth_Malhotra

Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
#Ezra_Hendrickson

Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, 9th Swedish Minister for the Environment
#Lena_Ek

Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
#Anthony_Denny

Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1974)
#Dizzy_Dean

Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th Federal President of Germany (d. 2006)
#Johannes_Rau

Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
#Katia_Ricciarelli

Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
#Alexander_Knox

Julie Anne Peters, American engineer and author
#Julie_Anne_Peters

Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
#Ants_Laaneots

Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
#Stephan_Lichtsteiner