History Births on May 16

Omar Strong, American basketball player

#Omar_Strong

Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist

#Boyd_Tinsley

Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic

#Ivan_Sutherland

John Bulwer, British doctor (d. 1656)

#John_Bulwer

Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)

#Woody_Herman

Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)

#Billy_Martin

Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (d. 2018)

#Karl_Lehmann

Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Georg_Bednorz

John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (probable; d. 1458)

#John_II_of_Cyprus

David Boreanaz, American actor

#David_Boreanaz

Ashley Wagner, American figure skater

#Ashley_Wagner

Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (d. 1893)

#Edmund_Kirby_Smith

Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman

#Anthony_St_John,_22nd_Baron_St_John_of_Bletso

Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

#Janet_Jackson

Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)

#Friedrich_Rückert

Helga Radtke, German long jumper

#Helga_Radtke

Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)

#Zvi_Sliternik

Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (d. 2004)

#Bob_Tisdall

Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic

#Tanel_Tammet

Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Mario_Monicelli

Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer

#Scott_Nicholls

Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)

#Rick_Rypien

John Salley, American basketball player and actor

#John_Salley

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor

#Thomas_Brodie-Sangster

Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic

#Emma_Georgina_Rothschild

Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019)

#Dawda_Jawara

Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)

#Studs_Terkel

Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (d. 1975)

#Olga_Bergholz

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972)

#Aleksandr_Ivanovich_Laktionov

Desanka Maksimovi?, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)

#Desanka_Maksimovi?

Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Yuri_Shevchuk

Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)

#Higashifushimi_Kunihide

Danny Trejo, American actor

#Danny_Trejo

Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer

#Enrico_Fumia

Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer

#Robert_Fripp

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (d. 1894)

#Elizabeth_Peabody

Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)

#Alfred_Pellan

Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician

#Susan_Williams,_Baroness_Williams_of_Trafford

Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522)

#Wolfgang_I_of_Oettingen

Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader

#Billy_Cobham

Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player

#Nuria_Llagostera_Vives

Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist

#Tony_Kakko

Thurman Thomas, American football player

#Thurman_Thomas

Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (d. 1991)

#Gordon_Chalk

Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete

#Johannes_Thingnes_Bø

Christian Califano, French rugby player

#Christian_Califano

Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller

#Tucker_Carlson

Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author

#Kenneth_O._Morgan

Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist

#Krist_Novoselic

Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (d. 1960)

#Margaret_Sullavan

Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer

#Dirk_Nannes

?ukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player

#?ukasz_Kubot

Anja Mittag, German footballer

#Anja_Mittag

Karol Mets, Estonian footballer

#Karol_Mets

Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Danielle_Spencer_(Australian_actress)

Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)

#Arturo_Uslar_Pietri

Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Richard_Page_(musician)

Darko Šarovi?, Serbian sprinter

#Darko_Šarovi?

Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)

#Martine_Carol

Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author

#Tori_Spelling

Andy Keogh, Irish footballer

#Andy_Keogh

Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster

#Phil_Clarke

Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)

#Pope_Innocent_XI

Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model

#Behati_Prinsloo

Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)

#Dudley_North_(economist)

Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player

#Amanda_Carreras

Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Rachel_Goswell

Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut

#Dafydd_Williams

Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer

#Christian_Lacroix

Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)

#Simeon_Price

Debra Winger, American actress

#Debra_Winger

Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)

#Ramon_Margalef

Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)

#Pierre_Cuypers

Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)

#Betty_Carter

James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)

#James_C._Murray

Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)

#Levi_P._Morton

Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer

#Daniel_Kerr

Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress

#Melanie_Lynskey

Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980)

#Tamara_de_Lempicka

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)

#Kenji_Mizoguchi

Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (d. 1948)

#Fred_Conrad_Koch

Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player

#Tomáš_Fleischmann

Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971)

#Royal_Rife

Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)

#Pierre_Gilliard

Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

#Louisa_Chirico

Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (d. 1986)

#Celâl_Bayar

Rick Reuschel, American baseball player

#Rick_Reuschel

Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress

#Hazel_O'Connor

Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Jack_Morris

Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)

#Johann_Voldemar_Jannsen

Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer

#Pierce_Brosnan

Jensen Lewis, American baseball player

#Jensen_Lewis

Bruce Coville, American author

#Bruce_Coville

Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

#Milton_Jones

Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

#Stuart_Bell

Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician

#Benjamin_Mancroft,_3rd_Baron_Mancroft

Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (d. 2018)

#Marco_Aurelio_Denegri

Nancy Roman, American astronomer (d. 2018)

#Nancy_Roman

Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jeff_Skinner

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player

#Grigor_Dimitrov

Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter

#Kirstin_Maldonado

Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (d. 2015)

#Yvonne_Craig

Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)

#Henry_Fonda

Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012)

#Adrienne_Rich

Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Kevin_McDonald

Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

#Vujadin_Boškov

Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)

#Wilf_Mannion

Martynas Gecevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player

#Martynas_Gecevi?ius

Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)

#Peter_Underwood_(parapsychologist)

Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)

#Nílton_Santos

Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)

#Ephraim_Katzir

Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany

#Dan_Coats

Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter

#Mare_Winningham

Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)

#Pafnuty_Chebyshev

Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)

#Ernie_McCormick

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player

#Gabriela_Sabatini

Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jonathan_Richman

Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer

#Darío_Cvitanich

Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter

#Emilíana_Torrini

Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist

#Rachel_Griffith

John Conyers, American lawyer and politician

#John_Conyers

Megan Fox, American actress

#Megan_Fox

Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer

#Laura_Pausini

David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)

#David_Edward_Hughes

Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)

#Friedrich_Gulda

Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper

#Sonny_Sandoval

Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach

#Doug_Brocail

Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast

#Olga_Korbut

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)

#Louis_Nicolas_Vauquelin

Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician (d. 2017)

#Jimmy_Hood

Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity

#Joey_Graceffa

Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)

#Liberace

Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player

#Corey_Perry

Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kyle_Wellwood

Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer

#Ralph_Tresvant

Joan Benoit, American runner

#Joan_Benoit

Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)

#Juan_Rulfo

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (d. 2015)

#Kitanoumi_Toshimitsu

Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)

#Luigi_Villoresi

Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver

#Tom_Onslow-Cole

William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)

#William_H._Seward

Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician

#Kay_Andrews,_Baroness_Andrews

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)

#Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi

Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer

Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player

Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer

Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect

Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer

Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer

Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer

Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer

Steve Lewis, American sprinter

Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor

David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic

Charles Wright, American wrestler

S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)

Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament

Mitch Webster, American baseball player

Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)

Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)

Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic

David Maclean, Scottish politician

Peter Onorati, American actor

James Herndon, American psychologist and academic

Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian

Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)

Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist

Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author

Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer

Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)

Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (d. 1999)

John Law, English sociologist and academic

Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer

David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge

Denis Hart, Australian archbishop

Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Antony Walker, English general

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut

K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs

Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)

Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician

Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)

Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)

Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)

Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)

Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)

Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)

Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1992)

Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (d. 1960)

Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (d. 1975)

Margaret Fountaine lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)

William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1782)

Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (d. 1580)