Famous Birthdays for March 16th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1399 – The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (d. 1435)
• 1445 – Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (d. 1510)^[34]
• 1465 – Kunigunde of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1520)^[35]
• 1473 – Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
• 1559 – Amar Singh I, successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (d. 1620)
• 1581 – Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and poet (d. 1647)^[36]
• 1585 – Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)^[37]
• 1590 – Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyō (d. 1659)
• 1596 – Ebba Brahe, Swedish countess (d. 1674)^[38]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1609 – Michael Franck, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1667)^[39]
• 1609 – Agostino Mitelli, Italian painter (d. 1660)^[40]
• 1621 – Georg Neumark, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1681)^[41]
• 1631 – René Le Bossu, French literary critic (d. 1680)^[42]
• 1638 – François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary (d. 1702)^[43]
• 1654 – Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar (d. 1704)^[44]
• 1670 – François de Franquetot de Coigny, French general (d. 1759)^[45]
• 1673 – Jean Bouhier, French jurist and scholar (d. 1746)^[46]
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (d. 1757)
• 1693 – Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d. 1766)
• 1701 – Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian (d. 1750)^[47]
• 1729 – Maria Louise Albertine (d. 1818)^[48]
• 1741 – Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (d. 1816)
• 1744 – Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Guadeloupean poet and novelist (d. 1793)^[49][50]
• 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848)^[51]
• 1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1753 – François Amédée Doppet, French general (d. 1799)^[52]
• 1760 – Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer (d. 1832)^[53]
• 1766 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875)^[54]
• 1771 – Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835)^[55]
• 1773 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1836)
• 1774 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (d. 1814)^[56]
• 1789 – Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer (d. 1872)^[57]
• 1789 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (d. 1854)^[58]
• 1794 – Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer (d. 1881)^[59][60]
• 1797 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)^[61]
• 1799 – Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (d. 1871)^[62]
• 1800 – Emperor Ninkō of Japan (d. 1846)
• 1805 – Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (d. 1861)^[63]
• 1806 – Félix De Vigne, Belgian painter (d. 1862)^[64]
• 1808 – Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (d. 1886)^[65]
• 1813 – Gaëtan de Rochebouët, French prime minister (d. 1899)^[66]
• 1819 – José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (d. 1880)
• 1820 – Enrico Tamberlik, Italian tenor (d. 1889)^[67]
• 1821 – Eduard Heine, German mathematician and academic (d. 1881)
• 1822 – Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (d. 1899)^[68]
• 1822 – John Pope, American general (d. 1892)^[69]
• 1823 – William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)^[70]
• 1825 – Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writer (d. 1890)
• 1828 – Émile Deshayes de Marcère, French politician (d. 1918)^[71]
• 1834 – James Hector, Scottish geologist and surgeon (d. 1907)^[72]
• 1836 – Andrew Smith Hallidie, English-American engineer and inventor (d. 1900)^[73]
• 1839 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)^[74]
• 1839 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (d. 1922)^[75]
• 1840 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)^[76]
• 1840 – Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist (d. 1893)^[77]
• 1845 – Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
• 1846 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 1927)^[78]
• 1846 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (d. 1922)^[79]
• 1846 – Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book smuggler (d. 1918)^[80]
• 1848 – Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (d. 1932)^[81]
• 1851 – Otto Bardenhewer, German theologian (d. 1935)^[82]
• 1851 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)^[83]
• 1856 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (d. 1879)^[84]
• 1857 – Charles Harding Firth, English historian (d. 1936)^[85][86]
• 1859 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and inventor (d. 1906)^[87][88]
• 1865 – Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)^[89]
• 1869 – Willy Burmester, German violinist (d. 1933)^[90]
• 1871 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
• 1871 – Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (d. 1932)^[91]
• 1874 – Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (d. 1972)^[92]
• 1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (d. 1946)^[93]
• 1878 – Paul Jouve, French painter (d. 1973)^[94]
• 1881 – Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)^[95]
• 1882 – James Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)^[96]
• 1883 – Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (d. 1958)^[97]
• 1884 – Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 1960)^[98]
• 1885 – Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)^[99]
• 1885 – Sydney Chaplin, English actor (d. 1965)
• 1886 – Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player (d. 1951)^[100]
• 1887 – Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner (d. 1925)
• 1887 – S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)^[101]
• 1889 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)^[102]
• 1892 – César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)^[103]
• 1895 – Ernest Labrousse, French historian (d. 1988)^[104]
• 1897 – Antonio Donghi, Italian painter (d. 1963)
• 1897 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)^[105]
• 1900 – Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)^[106][107]
• 1900 – Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964)^[108]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (d. 2009)^[109]
• 1906 – Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1944)^[110]
• 1906 – Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
• 1908 – René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944)^[111]
• 1908 – Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (d. 1986)
• 1908 – Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1966)^[112]
• 1909 – Don Raye, American songwriter (d. 1985)^[113]
• 1910 – Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (d. 1952)
• 1911 – Pierre Harmel, former Prime Minister, later foreign minister of Belgium (d. 2009)^[114]
• 1911 – Josef Mengele, German physician, captain and mass-murderer (d. 1979)
• 1911 – Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)^[115]
• 1913 – Rémy Raffalli, French soldier (d. 1952)
• 1915 – Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician (d. 1997)^[116]
• 1916 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)^[117]
• 1916 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)^[118]
• 1917 – Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018)
• 1918 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)^[119]
• 1920 – John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)^[120]
• 1920 – Traudl Junge, German secretary (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2018)^[121]
• 1923 – Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (d. 2004)^[122]
• 1925 – Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)^[123][124]
• 1925 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)^[125]
• 1925 – Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
• 1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)^[126]
• 1927 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
• 1927 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Christa Ludwig, German opera singer (d. 2021)^[127]
• 1929 – Betty Johnson, American singer
• 1929 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015)^[128]
• 1929 – Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress^[129]
• 1930 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)^[130][131]
• 1930 – Minoru Miki, Japanese composer (d. 2011)^[132][133]
• 1931 – Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
• 1931 – John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)^[134][135]
• 1932 – Walter Cunningham, American astronaut^[136]
• 1932 – Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author^[137]
• 1932 – Herbert Marx, Canadian politician (d. 2020)^[138]
• 1933 – Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (d. 2020)
• 1933 – Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist
• 1934 – Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician^[139]
• 1934 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
• 1935 – Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress
• 1935 – Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter (d. 1987)^[140]
• 1936 – Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (d. 2022)
• 1936 – Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
• 1937 – David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author
• 1937 – Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
• 1937 – Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996)
• 1938 – Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1939 – Yvon Côté, Canadian politician and teacher^[141]
• 1940 – Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
• 1940 – Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
• 1940 – Keith Rowe, English guitarist
• 1941 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2018)^[142]
• 1941 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality
• 1942 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1996)^[143]
• 1942 – Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
• 1942 – Jean-Pierre Schosteck, French politician
• 1942 – James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
• 1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
• 1943 – Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
• 1943 – Hans Heyer, German race car driver
• 1943 – Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
• 1944 – Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
• 1946 – Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
• 1946 – Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
• 1946 – J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
• 1946 – Guesch Patti, French singer
• 1948 – Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
• 1948 – Catherine Quéré, French politician
• 1949 – Erik Estrada, American actor
• 1949 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
• 1949 – Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1950 – Peter Forster, English bishop
• 1950 – Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
• 1950 – Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
• 1951 – Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
• 1951 – Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
• 1951 – Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
• 1951 – Alexandre Gonzalez, French long-distance runner
• 1953 – Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
• 1953 – Isabelle Huppert, French actress
• 1953 – Rainer Knaak, German chess player
• 1953 – Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1954 – David Heath, English politician
• 1954 – Colin Ireland, English serial killer (d. 2012)^[144]
• 1954 – Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1954 – Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
• 1955 – Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1955 – Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
• 1955 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Linda Lepomme, Belgian actress and singer
• 1955 – Bob Ley, American sports anchor and reporter
• 1955 – Andy Scott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
• 1956 – Ozzie Newsome, American football player and manager
• 1956 – Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
• 1956 – Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
• 1958 – Kate Worley, American author (d. 2004)^[145]
• 1958 – Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author^[146]
• 1959 – Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
• 1959 – Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
• 1959 – Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
• 1959 – Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
• 1959 – Charles Hudson, American baseball player
• 1959 – Steve Marker, American musician
• 1959 – Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
• 1960 – John Hemming, English businessman and politician^[147]
• 1960 – Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
• 1961 – Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 – Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
• 1962 – Franck Fréon, French race car driver
• 1962 – Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
• 1963 – Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
• 1963 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
• 1964 – Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress
• 1964 – Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
• 1964 – Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Steve Armstrong, American wrestler
• 1965 – Cindy Brown, American basketball player
• 1965 – Mark Carney, Canadian-English economist and banker
• 1965 – Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress
• 1966 – H.P. Baxxter, German musician^[148]
• 1966 – Chrissy Redden, Canadian cross-country cyclist^[149]
• 1967 – Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
• 1967 – John Darnielle, American musician and novelist
• 1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and producer
• 1967 – Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
• 1967 – Heidi Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
• 1968 – Trevor Wilson, American basketball player and police officer
• 1969 – Judah Friedlander, American comedian and actor
• 1969 – Ottis Gibson, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 1969 – Alina Ivanova, Russian athlete
• 1969 – Evangelos Koronios, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Franck Comba, French rugby player
• 1971 – Alan Tudyk, American actor
• 1972 – Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
• 1973 – Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
• 1973 – Vonda Ward, American boxer
• 1974 – Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
• 1974 – Anne Charrier, French actress
• 1974 – Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1975 – Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
• 1975 – Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
• 1975 – Lionel Torres, French archer
• 1976 – Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1976 – Leila Lejeune, French handballer
• 1976 – Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist
• 1976 – Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 – Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster
• 1977 – Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer
• 1977 – Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
• 1978 – Brooke Burns, American fashion model, television personality, and actress
• 1978 – Annett Renneberg, German actress and singer
• 1979 – Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian
• 1979 – Rashad Moore, American football player
• 1979 – Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player
• 1979 – Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1979 – Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer
• 1980 – Todd Heap, American football player
• 1980 – Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
• 1981 – Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
• 1981 – Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
• 1981 – Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
• 1981 – Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
• 1982 – Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1982 – Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
• 1982 – Brian Wilson, American baseball player
• 1983 – Stephen Drew, American baseball player
• 1983 – Brandon League, American baseball player
• 1983 – Nicolas Rousseau, French road bicycle racer
• 1983 – Tramon Williams, American football player
• 1984 – Levi Brown, American football player
• 1984 – Aisling Bea, Irish comedienne and actress
• 1984 – Sharon Cherop, Kenyan long-distance runner
• 1984 – Michael Ennis, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Brandon Prust, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Teddy Atine-Venel, French athlete
• 1985 – Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Aleksei Sokirskiy, Russian hammer thrower
• 1986 – Alexandra Daddario, American actress
• 1986 – Toney Douglas, American basketball player
• 1986 – Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
• 1986 – T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
• 1986 – Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
• 1986 – Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
• 1987 – Fabien Lemoine, French football player
• 1988 – Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater^[150]
• 1988 – Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1989 – Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 – Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1989 – Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
• 1989 – Theo Walcott, English footballer
• 1990 – Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 – Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 – George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 – Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
• 1994 – Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1995 – Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1997 – Florian Neuhaus, German football player^[151]
• 1999 – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canadian baseball player^[152]