Famous Births on 16 Mar

Famous Births on 16 Mar

1338 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
1445 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 - Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)
1631 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1654 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1750 - Caroline Herschel, German-born English astronomer (d. 1848)
1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1773 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1774 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of the coasts of Australia (d. 1814)
1789 - Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)
1794 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1805 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1834 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)
1839 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922)
1839 - René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1840 - Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
1846 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927)
1851 - Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
1856 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, called Napoleon IV, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879)
1857 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)
1859 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
1865 - Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1953)
1869 - F. A. Forbes, Scottish author (d. 1936)
1877 - Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1941)
1878 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946)
1883 - Ethel Anderson, Australian poet (d. 1958)
1889 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
1890 - Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
1892 - César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
1892 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. 1984)
1897 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)
1901 - Edward Pawley, American actor (d. 1988)
1902 - Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
1903 - Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)
1905 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist (d. 1986)
1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998)
1906 - Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer
1908 - René Daumal, French Surrealist writer (d. 1944)
1908 - Robert Rossen, American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
1911 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German, accused Nazi war criminal (d. 1979)
1911 - Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician
1912 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
1916 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 - Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1918 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1920 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (d. 2002)
1920 - Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary (d. 2002)
1920 - John Addison, British composer (d. 1998)
1920 - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
1920 - Sid Fleischman, American author
1922 - Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright
1925 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
1926 - Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987)
1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
1927 - Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 2003)
1927 - Olga San Juan, American comedian
1928 - Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
1928 - Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor
1929 - Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
1930 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (d. 2001)
1931 - Betty Johnson, American singer
1932 - Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1932 - Walter Cunningham, American astronaut
1933 - Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist
1934 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002)
1935 - Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
1936 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996)
1939 - Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
1940 - Jan Pronk, Dutch politician
1940 - Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM) and painter
1941 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1941 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host
1942 - James Soong, Taiwanese politician
1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
1942 - Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1996)
1943 - Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
1943 - Ursula Goodenough, Evolutionary Scholar, Cell Biologist
1946 - Michael Basman, English chess master
1946 - Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
1947 - Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
1948 - Richard Desjardins, Quebec singer, songwriter and film director
1948 - Margaret Weis, American author
1948 - Michael Bruce, American musician. Guitarist and keyboard player for Alice Cooper
1949 - Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor
1949 - Elliott Murphy, American Singer-Songwriter
1949 - Victor Garber, Canadian actor
1950 - Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
1951 - Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
1952 - Philippe Kahn, French-American entrepreneur
1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
1953 - Richard Stallman, American free software activist
1954 - Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer
1954 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer, and actress (Heart)
1955 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1955 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
1958 - Kate Worley, American comic book writer (d. 2004)
1958 - Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
1959 - Flavor Flav, American rapper
1959 - Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
1960 - Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Todd McFarlane, Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur
1961 - Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league footballer
1963 - Jimmy Degrasso, American musician, drummer
1963 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)
1964 - Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
1964 - Gore Verbinski, American movie director
1964 - Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
1965 - Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer
1965 - Belén Rueda, Spanish actress
1967 - Lauren Graham, American actress
1968 - Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
1970 - Paul Oscar (Páll Ã"skar Hjálmtýsson), Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey
1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor
1973 - Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss)
1974 - Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer
1974 - Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1975 - Sienna Guillory, English actress
1976 - Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Paul Schneider, American actor
1976 - Nick Spano, American actor
1977 - Donal Ã"g Cusack, Irish hurler
1978 - Brooke Burns, American actress
1979 - Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1979 - Rashad Moore, National Football League player
1979 - Edison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 - Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1980 - Todd Heap, American football player
1981 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1981 - Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
1981 - Yoav Ziv, Israeli footballer
1983 - Brandon League, American baseball player
1984 - Levi Brown, American football player
1985 - Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel
1986 - Ken Doane, American professional wrestler
1986 - T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
1989 - Peaches Geldof, English Dosser
1989 - Theo Walcott, English footballer
1989 - Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician
1994 - Sierra McClain, American actress and singer