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History Births on October 16


Tessa Munt
Tessa Munt, English lawyer and politician

#Tessa_Munt

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian flute player and composer

#Erkki-Sven_Tüür

Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

#Eugene_O'Neill

Linda Darnell
Linda Darnell, American actress (d. 1965)

#Linda_Darnell

Justin Credible
Justin Credible, American wrestler

#Justin_Credible

Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)

#Big_Joe_Williams

Ismail Qemali
Ismail Qemali, Albanian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919)

#Ismail_Qemali

Giovanni Arduino (geologist)
Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795)

#Giovanni_Arduino_(geologist)

Zoltán Stieber
Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer

#Zoltán_Stieber

Paul Kariya
Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player

#Paul_Kariya

Karl Kautsky
Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938)

#Karl_Kautsky

Olof Lundh
Olof Lundh, Swedish journalist

#Olof_Lundh

Takao Omori
Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler

#Takao_Omori

Maria Pia of Savoy
Maria Pia of Savoy (d. 1911)

#Maria_Pia_of_Savoy

Chad Gray
Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chad_Gray

Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1859)

#Robert_Stephenson

Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)

#Enver_Hoxha

Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)
Lucy Stanton, American activist (d. 1910)

#Lucy_Stanton_(abolitionist)

Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager

#Roy_McDonough

Rachel Reilly
Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress

#Rachel_Reilly

Paul Hamilton (politician)
Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1816)

#Paul_Hamilton_(politician)

Tim McCarver
Tim McCarver, American baseball player, sportscaster, and singer

#Tim_McCarver

András Hadik
András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790)

#András_Hadik

Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902)

#Maria_Goretti

Jay Beagle
Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jay_Beagle

Nicola Blackwood
Nicola Blackwood, South African-English politician

#Nicola_Blackwood

Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)

#Dave_DeBusschere

Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese tennis player

#Naomi_Osaka

Rembrandt Bugatti
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)

#Rembrandt_Bugatti

Nico
Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)

#Nico

Tom Tolbert
Tom Tolbert, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Tom_Tolbert

Elsa Zylberstein
Elsa Zylberstein, French actress

#Elsa_Zylberstein

Hema Malini
Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician

#Hema_Malini

Anna Waser
Anna Waser, Swiss painter (d. 1714)

#Anna_Waser

Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer

#Dmitri_Hvorostovsky

Leo Mazzone
Leo Mazzone, American baseball player and coach

#Leo_Mazzone

Louis de Cazenave
Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008)

#Louis_de_Cazenave

Günter Grass
Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

#Günter_Grass

Charles Colson
Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

#Charles_Colson

Björn Berglund
Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968)

#Björn_Berglund

Goose Goslin
Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)

#Goose_Goslin

Loreen (singer)
Loreen, Swedish singer and producer

#Loreen_(singer)

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (d. 1827)

#Johann_Gottfried_Eichhorn

Marc Levy
Marc Levy, French author

#Marc_Levy

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress, singer, and director

#Mary_Elizabeth_McGlynn

Nicky Adams
Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer

#Nicky_Adams

Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer

#Angela_Lansbury

Benjamin Russell (artist)
Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator (d. 1885)

#Benjamin_Russell_(artist)

Michael Collins (Irish leader)
Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (d. 1922)

#Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)

Wendy Wilson
Wendy Wilson, American singer-songwriter

#Wendy_Wilson

Timothy Leighton
Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic

#Timothy_Leighton

Jedward
Jedward, Irish twin singers

#Jedward

Richard Sears (tennis)
Richard Sears, American tennis player (d. 1943)

#Richard_Sears_(tennis)

Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch, German actress

#Corinna_Harfouch

Priidu Beier
Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator

#Priidu_Beier

Philip Maini
Philip Maini ,Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford

#Philip_Maini

Morgan Lewis (governor)
Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York (d. 1844)

#Morgan_Lewis_(governor)

William P. Fessenden
William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1869)

#William_P._Fessenden

Kostas Fortounis
Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer

#Kostas_Fortounis

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (d. 1450)

#William_de_la_Pole,_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992)

#Rudra_Mohammad_Shahidullah

William Buell Sprague
William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876)

#William_Buell_Sprague

Edward Ardizzone
Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979)

#Edward_Ardizzone

Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer

#Suzanne_Somers

David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)

#David_Ben-Gurion

Walter Buckmaster
Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (d. 1942)

#Walter_Buckmaster

Daniel Chodowiecki
Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801)

#Daniel_Chodowiecki

Cristian Riveros
Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer

#Cristian_Riveros

Inna
Inna, Romanian singer

#Inna

John Mayer
John Mayer, American singer-songwriter, rapper, guitarist, and producer

#John_Mayer

François Pervis
François Pervis, French track cyclist

#François_Pervis

Guy LeBlanc
Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)

#Guy_LeBlanc

J. B. Bury
J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927)

#J._B._Bury

It? Hirobumi
It? Hirobumi, Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1909)

#It?_Hirobumi

Bob Mould
Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Bob_Mould

Derk Boerrigter
Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer

#Derk_Boerrigter

Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer

#Roy_Hargrove

Richard Titmuss
Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)

#Richard_Titmuss

Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player

#Philipp_Kohlschreiber

Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress

#Fernanda_Montenegro

Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer

#Casey_Stoner

Francis Lubbock
Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (d. 1905)

#Francis_Lubbock

Paul Popenoe
Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling (d. 1979)

#Paul_Popenoe

Noah Webster
Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)

#Noah_Webster

William Forster (Australian politician)
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1882)

#William_Forster_(Australian_politician)

Mehmet Scholl
Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager

#Mehmet_Scholl

Bob Weir
Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bob_Weir

Henry Lewis (musician)
Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)

#Henry_Lewis_(musician)

Adam Elliott
Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player

#Adam_Elliott

Brian Harper
Brian Harper, American baseball player

#Brian_Harper

Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)

#Oscar_Wilde

Samad bey Mehmandarov
Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (d. 1931)

#Samad_bey_Mehmandarov

Verena Sailer
Verena Sailer, German sprinter

#Verena_Sailer

Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor

#Marin_Alsop

Peter Wallace
Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player

#Peter_Wallace

Aurela Gaçe
Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer

#Aurela_Gaçe

Kazuyuki Fujita
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

#Kazuyuki_Fujita

John Whittingdale
John Whittingdale, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

#John_Whittingdale

Austin F. Pike
Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)

#Austin_F._Pike

Károly Horváth
Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015)

#Károly_Horváth

Sue Bird
Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player

#Sue_Bird

William Burton (governor)
William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (d. 1866)

#William_Burton_(governor)

Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (d. 2016)

#Ann_Morgan_Guilbert

Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff, American-English author

#Meg_Rosoff

Niwa Nagahide
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (d. 1585)

#Niwa_Nagahide

Jimmy Sinclair
Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913)

#Jimmy_Sinclair

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper, American baseball player

#Bryce_Harper

Frank Cuesta
Frank Cuesta, Spanish television presenter

#Frank_Cuesta

Frédéric Michalak
Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player

#Frédéric_Michalak

Crazy Mohan
Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright

#Crazy_Mohan

Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

#Austen_Chamberlain

Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin, American actor and producer

#Barry_Corbin

Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)

#Gian_Galeazzo_Visconti

Christopher Cox
Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician

#Christopher_Cox

Vicente Riva Palacio
Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896)

#Vicente_Riva_Palacio

James II of Scotland
James II of Scotland (d. 1460)

#James_II_of_Scotland

Anthony Reyes
Anthony Reyes, American baseball player

#Anthony_Reyes

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician

#Emma_Nicholson,_Baroness_Nicholson_of_Winterbourne

Darius Kasparaitis
Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-Russian ice hockey player and coach

#Darius_Kasparaitis

Ernst Kuzorra
Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990)

#Ernst_Kuzorra

Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician

#Glenys_Thornton,_Baroness_Thornton

Carl von In der Maur
Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913)

#Carl_von_In_der_Maur

Paul Strand
Paul Strand, American photographer and director (d. 1975)

#Paul_Strand

Tony Carey
Tony Carey, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Tony_Carey

Fred Turner (musician)
Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player

#Fred_Turner_(musician)

Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian actor, singer, and producer

#Prithviraj_Sukumaran

Luke Wadding
Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657)

#Luke_Wadding

Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer

#Jacques_Kallis

Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia, French tennis player

#Caroline_Garcia

Todd Stashwick
Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer.

#Todd_Stashwick

John Polkinghorne
John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest

#John_Polkinghorne

Kenny Omega
Kenny Omega, Canadian professional wrestler

#Kenny_Omega

John Chavis (American football)
John Chavis, American football player and coach

#John_Chavis_(American_football)

Clifford Hansen
Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009)

#Clifford_Hansen

Carmen Sevilla
Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress

#Carmen_Sevilla

Tony Rolt
Tony Rolt, English racing driver and engineer (d. 2008)

#Tony_Rolt

Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (d. 1980)

#Bert_Kaempfert

Boyd Melson
Boyd Melson, American boxer

#Boyd_Melson

Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Tim_Robbins

David Unsworth
David Unsworth, English footballer and manager

#David_Unsworth

Isaac Murphy
Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1882)

#Isaac_Murphy

Ethan Luck
Ethan Luck, American guitarist and drummer

#Ethan_Luck

Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Gary_Kemp

Dan Biggar
Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player

#Dan_Biggar

Paulo Roberto Falcão
Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Paulo_Roberto_Falcão

Gasparo Contarini
Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1542)

#Gasparo_Contarini

Angry Grandpa
Angry Grandpa, American internet personality (d. 2017)

#Angry_Grandpa

Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa
Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (d. 1963)

#Mario_Ruspoli,_2nd_Prince_of_Poggio_Suasa

Amelia Lily
Amelia Lily, English singer-songwriter

#Amelia_Lily

Matt Batts
Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

#Matt_Batts

Terri J. Vaughn
Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer

#Terri_J._Vaughn

Timana Tahu
Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player

#Timana_Tahu

Flea (musician)
Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor

#Flea_(musician)

Kevin Brennan (politician)
Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician

#Kevin_Brennan_(politician)

William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980)

#William_O._Douglas

Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)

#Kuroda_Kiyotaka

Kellie Martin
Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer

#Kellie_Martin

Davina McCall
Davina McCall, English television host and actress

#Davina_McCall

Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player[circular reference]
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Danish-Icelandic singer
Martin Halle, Danish footballer
Erin Brown, American actress, director, and screenwriter
Laura Wade, English playwright
Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer
Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host
Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author
Paul Sparks, American actor
Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer
Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer
Michael Laffy, Australian footballer
Kang Kyung-ok, South Korean illustrator
James Thompson, American-Finnish author (d. 2014)
Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tamara McKinney, American skier
Nico Lazaridis, German footballer
Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)
Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d. 1998)
Randy Vasquez, American actor, director, and producer
Jamie Salmon, English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Ellen Dolan, American actress
Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger
Cordell Mosson, American bass player (d. 2013)
Bruce Fleisher, American golfer
Alison Chitty, English production designer and costume designer
David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach
Nicholas Day, English actor
Geoff Barnett, English footballer
Paul Monette, American author and poet (d. 1995)
Roger Hawkins, American session drummer
Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host
Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager
Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009)
Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (d. 1999)
Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan
Mladen Koš?ak, Croatian footballer (d. 1997)
Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter
Peter Ashdown, English racing driver
Nobuyo ?yama, Japanese voice actress
Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
John Grant, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress
Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator
Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014)
Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (d. 2001)
Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010)
Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (d. 2003)
Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006)
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006)
León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (d. 2003)
Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988)
William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955)
Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author (d. 1930)
Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer (d. 1745)
Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor (d. 1694)
Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer (d. 1677)