Famous Births on 16 Jan

Famous Births on 16 Jan

1245 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)
1477 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1501 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
1616 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
1626 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
1634 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
1675 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
1728 - Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
1807 - Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d 1877)
1815 - Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
1821 - John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (d. 1875)
1834 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
1836 - King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1838 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1844 - Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
1853 - Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
1853 - Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937)
1853 - Andre Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
1872 - Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
1872 - Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
1874 - Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958)
1875 - Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
1878 - Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
1885 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
1886 - John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
1888 - Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1894 - Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
1895 - Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
1897 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
1898 - Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
1898 - Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
1901 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
1901 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
1902 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
1903 - William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945, by execution)
1905 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1906 - Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964)
1907 - Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
1907 - Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
1908 - Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1911 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d.1982)
1914 - Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
1916 - Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
1917 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
1918 - Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
1918 - Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007)
1918 - Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
1920 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1922 - Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
1923 - Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
1924 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1928 - Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1928 - William Kennedy, American author
1930 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
1930 - Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
1931 - Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
1933 - Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
1935 - A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
1937 - Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
1937 - Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
1938 - Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
1942 - René Angélil, Canadian music executive
1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer
1943 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
1943 - Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
1944 - Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
1946 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
1947 - Harvey Proctor, British politician
1947 - Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
1947 - Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
1948 - Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
1948 - Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
1948 - Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
1948 - John Carpenter, American film director
1949 - Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1950 - Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
1950 - Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
1951 - Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
1952 - King Fuad II of Egypt
1953 - Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
1956 - Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
1956 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
1958 - Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
1958 - Lena Ek, Swedish politician
1959 - Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
1961 - Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
1961 - Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
1962 - Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
1962 - Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian Labor Party politician
1963 - James May, English television presenter
1965 - Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
1968 - David Chokachi, American actor
1969 - Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
1969 - Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
1970 - Ron Villone, American baseball player
1970 - Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
1970 - Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
1972 - Alen Peternac, Croatian soccer player
1972 - Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
1972 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
1972 - Joe Horn, American football player
1972 - Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
1972 - Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian soccer player
1972 - Yuri Drozdov, Russian soccer player
1972 - Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
1972 - Ang Christou, Australian soccer player
1972 - Ruben Bagger, Danish soccer player
1973 - Josie Davis, American actress
1974 - Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
1974 - Kate Moss, English model
1975 - Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
1975 - Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1976 - Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
1976 - Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1978 - Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
1979 - Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
1979 - Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
1980 - Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
1980 - Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
1981 - Bobby Zamora, English footballer
1981 - Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
1982 - Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
1982 - Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
1983 - Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1984 - Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
1985 - Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder
1987 - Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
1988 - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer.