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

Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer

Tuncay, Turkish footballer

Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer

Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer

Joe Horn, American football player and coach

Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager

Ang Christou, Australian footballer

Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer

Jonathan Mangum, American actor

Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor

Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach

Marinus Bester, German footballer

Gail Graham, Canadian golfer

Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)

Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager

Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist

Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2015)

Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (d. 1984)

Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian race car driver and manager

Fuad II, King of Egypt

Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic

Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's

Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)

Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster

Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic

Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)

Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (d. 2016)

Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player (d. 2009)

Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (d. 1985)

John Enderby, English physicist and academic

Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author

Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1996)

William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist

Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic

Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (d. 2014)

Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012)

Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)

Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009)

Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008)

Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)

Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1979)

Clement Greenberg, American art critic (d. 1994)

Sammy Crooks, English footballer (d. 1981)

Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)

Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)

Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945)

Irving Rapper, American film director and producer (d. 1999)

Margaret Booth, American producer and editor (d. 2002)

T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1966)

Irving Mills, American publisher (d. 1985)

Margaret Wilson, American author (d. 1973)

Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)

Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (d. 1947)

François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (d. 1669)

Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1031)