History Births on June 16

Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player

#Alexandre_Giroux

Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager

#Jürgen_Klopp

Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer

#Armend_Dallku

George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece

#George_Papandreou

Eddie Cibrian, American actor

#Eddie_Cibrian

Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor

#Park_Bo-gum

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait

#Sabah_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah

Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002)

#Raymond_Lemieux

Laurie Metcalf, American actress

#Laurie_Metcalf

Valerie Mahaffey, American actress

#Valerie_Mahaffey

Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer

#Gnash_(musician)

Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)

#Murray_Leinster

Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)

#Ariano_Suassuna

Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International

#Younus_AlGohar

Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author

#Can_Dündar

Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer

#Lamont_Dozier

Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player

#Euan_Aitken

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)

#Arthur_Chichester,_1st_Earl_of_Donegall

Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)

#Alexander_Friedmann

Tommy Horton, English golfer (d. 2017)

#Tommy_Horton

José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)

#José_López_Portillo

Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)

#Archie_Carr

Simon Williams, English actor and playwright

#Simon_Williams_(actor)

Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)

#Katharine_Graham

Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (d. 1800)

#Salawat_Yulayev

John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (d. 1557)

#John_Cheke

Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016)

#Vilmos_Zsigmond

Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)

#Edward_Davy

Jerry Petrowski, American politician and farmer

#Jerry_Petrowski

Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Gino_Vannelli

Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)

#Arthur_Arz_von_Straußenburg

Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut

#Jodi_Rell

John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician

#John_Astor,_3rd_Baron_Astor_of_Hever

Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor

#Ian_Buchanan

Tom Harrell, American trumpet player and composer

#Tom_Harrell

Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author

#Ralph_Mann

Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)

#Axel_Oxenstierna

Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter

#Billy_"Crash"_Craddock

The Sandman, American wrestler

#The_Sandman_(wrestler)

Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager

#Mark_Crossley

Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)

#Cushman_Kellogg_Davis

John Linnell, English painter and engraver (d. 1882)

#John_Linnell_(painter)

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria

#Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

John Newman, English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

#John_Newman_(singer)

May Andersen, Danish model and actress

#May_Andersen

Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet (d. 2017)

#Torgny_Lindgren

Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer (d. 1996)

#Tupac_Shakur

Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer

#Joseph_Schooling

Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)

#Mumtaz_Hamid_Rao

Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)

#Juan_Velasco_Alvarado

Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach

#Rick_Adelman

Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer

#Tom_Malone_(musician)

Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (d. 1955)

#Alan_Fairfax

Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist

#Ola_Kvernberg

Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence

#Grete_Faremo

Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher

#Eleanor_Sokoloff

Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)

#Aurelio_Lampredi

Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)

#Mark_Ritts

Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician

#Mithun_Chakraborty

Danny Burstein, American actor and singer

#Danny_Burstein

Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer

#Per_Ciljan_Skjelbred

John Cleveland, English poet and educator (d. 1658)

#John_Cleveland

Richard Madaleno, American politician

#Richard_Madaleno

Jim Dine, American painter and illustrator

#Jim_Dine

Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress

#Missy_Peregrym

Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer

#Joey_Yung

Michael Richard Lynch, Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy

#Michael_Richard_Lynch

Margus Metstak, Estonian basketball player and coach

#Margus_Metstak

Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)

#Barbara_McClintock

Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908)

#Old_Tom_Morris

Diana DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Diana_DeGarmo

Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (d. 1939)

#Francisco_León_de_la_Barra

The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (d. 2014)

#The_Ultimate_Warrior

Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)

#Julius_Plücker

Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)

#Jack_Albertson

Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic

#Shami_Chakrabarti

M?ris ?aklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003)

#M?ris_?aklais

Fish Leong, Malaysian singer

#Fish_Leong

Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician

#Duncan_Hames

Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist

#Kiko_Loureiro

Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor

#Arnold_Vosloo

Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer

#Ulrike_Tauber

Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)

#Otto_Jahn

Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)

#Arthur_Meighen

Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer

#Vladimir_Morozov_(swimmer)

Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher

#Henri_Richelet

Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (d. 1910)

#Wesley_Merritt

Kerry Wood, American baseball player

#Kerry_Wood

Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager

#Giacomo_Agostini

Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer

#Fernando_Muslera

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman (d. 1699)

#James_Bertie,_1st_Earl_of_Abingdon

Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon

#Neil_Goldschmidt

Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Craig_Fitzgibbon

Karen Dunnell, English statistician and academic

#Karen_Dunnell

Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic

#Artemy_Troitsky

Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)

#Jean_de_Thévenot

Jermaine Gresham, American football player

#Jermaine_Gresham

Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Iain_Matthews

Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer

#Christian_Tshimanga_Kabeya

Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Derek_Sanderson

Darrell Griffith, American basketball player

#Darrell_Griffith

Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kevin_Bieksa

Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999)

#Faith_Domergue

Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer

#Roberto_Durán

Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)

#Irving_Penn

Ian Mosley, English drummer

#Ian_Mosley

Phil Mickelson, American golfer

#Phil_Mickelson

Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (d. 2018)

#Efraín_Ríos_Montt

Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (d. 2017)

#Jean_d'Ormesson

Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)

#Mohammad_Mosaddegh

Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)

#Frederic_Archer

Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player

#Rick_Nash

Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player

#Akira_Ioane

Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)

#Adam_Smith

Benjamin Becker, German tennis player

#Benjamin_Becker

Daniel Brühl, Spanish-German actor

#Daniel_Brühl

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)

#Joseph_Solomon_Delmedigo

Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet

#Joyce_Carol_Oates

Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player

#Dainius_Zubrus

Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager

#Ron_LeFlore

Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)

#Germanos_Karavangelis

Clifton Collins Jr., American actor

#Clifton_Collins_Jr.

Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (d. 1965)

#Stan_Laurel

Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)

#Enoch_Powell

Neil MacGregor, Scottish historian and curator

#Neil_MacGregor

Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player

#Matt_Moylan

Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer

#Urby_Emanuelson

Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and coach

#Jan_Železný

Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer

#Martin_Stranzl

Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter

#Joe_McElderry

Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Erich_Segal

Anthony Carter, American basketball player and coach

#Anthony_Carter

Geronimo, American tribal leader (d. 1909)

#Geronimo

Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Tom_Graveney

Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)

#Ernst_Laas

Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager

#Cobi_Jones

Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

#Eddie_Levert

Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach

#Wally_Joyner

Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer

#Steven_Whittaker

Aleksandr Aksyonov, Russian footballer

Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler

Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer

Keshia Chante, Canadian singer

Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer

Dan Ryckert, American writer and entertainer

Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer

Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee

Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player

Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player

Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer

Adam Schmitt, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Charalambos Andreou, Cypriot footballer

Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales

Olivier Roumat, French rugby player

Mark Occhilupo, Australian surfer

Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer

Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player

Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer

Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician

Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge

Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist

Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (d. 2014)

Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist

Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician

Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer

Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Al Cowlings, American ex-NFL player and close friend of O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson

Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012)

Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada

Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Rosalind Baker, Australian author

Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general

Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)

Eileen Atkins, English actress and screenwriter

Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013)

Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)

Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (d. 2002)

Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999)

Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (d. 1998)

John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)

Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)

George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)

Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano (d. 1972)

Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)

Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941)

Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)

Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)

Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic (d. 1919)

Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913)

Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)

Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875)

Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher (d. 1816)

Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)

Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670)

Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar (d. 1701)

Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517)

Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382)

Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)