Famous Birthdays for May 16th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1418 – John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (probable;^[20] d. 1458)
• 1455 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522)
• 1542 – Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (d. 1580)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1606 – John Bulwer, British doctor (d. 1656)
• 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)^[21]
• 1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)^[22]
• 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1782)
• 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)^[23]
• 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
• 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
• 1801 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
• 1804 – Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (d. 1894)
• 1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)
• 1824 – Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
• 1824 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)
• 1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
• 1859 – Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (d. 1932)^[24]
• 1862 – Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 – Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (d. 1948)^[25]
• 1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (d. 1986)
• 1887 – Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (d. 1945)^[26]
• 1888 – Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (d. 1975)^[27]
• 1892 – Osgood Perkins, American actor (d. 1937)
• 1894 – Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1906 – Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (d. 1991)^[28]
• 1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)
• 1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
• 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999)^[29]
• 1924 – Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019)
• 1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1929 – John Conyers, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1931 – K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1934 – Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
• 1934 – Antony Walker, English general
• 1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (d. 2018)
• 1937 – Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic
• 1938 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Mario Segni, Italian professor and politician
• 1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
• 1942 – David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
• 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
• 1943 – Wieteke van Dort, Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist
• 1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
• 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1946 – John Law, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
• 1947 – Cheryl Clarke, American writer^[30]
• 1947 – Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
• 1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
• 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
• 1948 – Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer
• 1948 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician (d. 2017)
• 1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
• 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
• 1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author
• 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
• 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
• 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
• 1953 – Peter Onorati, American actor
• 1953 – Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (d. 2015)
• 1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician
• 1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
• 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 1955 – Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
• 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
• 1956 – Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor
• 1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner
• 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
• 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
• 1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player
• 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament
• 1960 – Bruce Norris, playwright^[31]
• 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler
• 1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper
• 1963 – Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
• 1963 – David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
• 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist
• 1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
• 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter actress^[32]
• 1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
• 1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician
• 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer
• 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
• 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
• 1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1972 – Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
• 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
• 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper
• 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
• 1975 – Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete^[33]
• 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
• 1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
• 1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
• 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
• 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect
• 1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
• 1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
• 1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
• 1990 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
• 1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
• 1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player
• 1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 – Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 – Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1993 – IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress^[34][35]
• 1994 – Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player^[36][37]
• 1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player^[38]
• 2000 – Luis Garcia, Dominican-American baseball player ^[39]