Famous Births on 16 Oct

Famous Births on 16 Oct

1396 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)
1430 - King James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
1483 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
1535 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)
1663 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)
1710 - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)
1714 - Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)
1726 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
1751 - Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia (d. 1805)
1752 - Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (d. 1827)
1754 - Morgan Lewis, Governor of New York (1804-07) (d. 1844)
1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)
1762 - Paul Hamilton, Governor of South Carolina (1804-06) and U.S. Secretary of Navy (1809-12) (d. 1816)
1789 - William Burton, Governor of Delaware (1859-63) (d. 1866)
1795 - William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (d. 1876)
1802 - Isaac Murphy, Governor of Arkansas (1864-68) (d. 1882)
1806 - William Pitt Fessenden, U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1864-65) (d. 1869)
1815 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
1819 - Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (d. 1886)
1840 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
1841 - Prince Hirobumi Ito, Japanese governor of Korea (d. 1909)
1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (d. 1900)
1854 - Karl Kautsky, Marxist theoretician (d. 1938)
1855 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)
1861 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927)
1863 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)
1878 - Maxey Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
1883 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (d. 1973)
1884 - Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)
1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)
1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1888 - Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979)
1890 - Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)
1890 - Maria Goretti, Italian saint (d. 1902)
1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)
1897 - Louis de Cazenave, France's oldest living man
1898 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1980)
1900 - Edward Ardizzone, artist and illustrator (d. 1979)
1900 - Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
1900 - Goose Goslin, American baseball player (d. 1971 )
1903 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (d. 2003)
1906 - León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (d. 1996)
1908 - Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator (d. 1985)
1914 - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
1917 - Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)
1918 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher (d. 1990)
1919 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (d. 2003)
1922 - Max Bygraves, English singer/songwriter
1922 - Leon Sullivan, American civil rights leader and pastor (d. 2001)
1923 - Linda Darnell, American film actress (d. 1965)
1923 - Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter (d. 1980)
1925 - Angela Lansbury, English-born actress
1927 - Günter Grass, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Mary Daly, American feminist
1928 - Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress
1929 - Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
1930 - Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress
1931 - Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress and humanitarian
1931 - Charles Colson, American Watergate conspirator
1932 - John Grant, British politician (d. 2000)
1932 - Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (d. 1996)
1934 - Peter Ashdown, British racing driver
1936 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
1936 - Akira Machida, Japanese judge
1936 - Peter Bowles, English actor
1937 - Tom Monaghan, founder of Dominos pizza
1938 - Carl Gunter Jr, Louisiana State Representative (d. 1999)
1938 - Nico (born Christa Päffgen; singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress) (d. 1988)
1940 - Barry Corbin, American actor
1940 - Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (d. 2003)
1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball player and commentator
1943 - Fred Turner, Canadian bass player (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
1946 - Suzanne Somers, American actress
1947 - David Zucker, American film director
1947 - Bob Weir, American musician (Grateful Dead)
1947 - Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player
1948 - Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
1948 - Hema Malini, Indian Actress
1952 - Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)
1952 - Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
1953 - Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer
1953 - Tony Carey, American-born rock keyboardist, producer (Rainbow, Planet P Project)
1954 - Stephen Mellor, American actor
1956 - Johnny Chavis, American football coach
1958 - Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and writer
1958 - Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek singer
1959 - Gary Kemp, British musician and actor
1959 - Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer
1959 - Brian Harper, baseball player
1960 - Bob Mould, American musician
1961 - Randy Vasquez, American actor
1961 - Marc Levy, French novelist
1962 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone
1962 - Manute Bol, Sudanese-born basketball player for the NBA
1962 - Flea, Australian musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1965 - Steve Lamacq, British journalist and disc jockey
1967 - Davina McCall, British television presenter
1968 - Randall Batinkoff, American actor
1968 - Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
1969 - Wendy Wilson, American pop singer (Wilson Phillips)
1969 - Terri J. Vaughn, American actress
1969 - Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter
1970 - Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
1970 - Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
1971 - Chad Gray, American singer
1972 - Tomas Lindberg, Swedish musician (At the Gates)
1972 - Darius Kasparaitis, Russian Super League player
1972 - Kordell Stewart, American football player
1973 - David Unsworth, English professional footballer
1973 - Peter Polaco, American professional wrestler
1974 - Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
1974 - Deo Grech, Maltese television presenter, songwriter
1975 - Kellie Martin, American actress
1975 - Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
1975 - Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer
1976 - Ryan Fitzgerald, Australian football (AFL) player and media personality
1977 - John Mayer, American musician
1978 - Ethan Luck, American musician (The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Relient K)
1979 - Erin Brown, American B-movie actress, model, filmmaker, former softcore erotic actress, and musician
1980 - Sue Bird, American basketball player
1980 - Jeremy Jackson, American actor
1980 - Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League player
1981 - Martin Halle, Danish footballer
1981 - Anthony Reyes, starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
1981 - Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
1982 - Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer
1982 - Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
1984 - Trevor Blumas, Canadian actor
1984 - Melissa Lauren, French pornographic actress
1984 - Shayne Ward, UK singer, winner of The X Factor, series 2005
1985 - Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer and 2007 MotoGP World Champion
1988 - Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer