Famous Births on 16 Jul

Famous Births on 16 Jul

1194 - Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)
1486 - Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530)
1611 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)
1714 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)
1722 - Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803)
1723 - Joshua Reynolds, English painter (d. 1792)
1796 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875)
1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (d. 1910)
1858 - Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist (d. 1931)
1862 - Ida B. Wells, American civil rights activist (d. 1931)
1870 - Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956)
1872 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (d. 1928)
1883 - Charles Sheeler, American photographer and artist (d. 1965)
1884 - Anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964)
1888 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1888 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
1888 - Percy Kilbride, American actor (d. 1964)
1889 - Larry Semon, American comedian (d. 1928)
1896 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (d. 1968)
1896 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (d. 1969)
1896 - Evelyn Preer, American actress (d. 1932)
1902 - Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977)
1903 - Fritz Bauer, German judge (d. 1968)
1903 - Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993)
1903 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971)
1906 - Vincent Sherman, American film director (d. 2006)
1907 - Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (d. 2001)
1907 - Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman (d. 1995)
1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
1910 - Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
1911 - Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
1911 - Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970)
1912 - Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1915 - Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)
1918 - Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 1989)
1919 - Choi Kyuha, President of South Korea (d. 2006)
1919 - Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (d. 1999)
1920 - Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2002)
1923 - Chris Argyris, American educator
1924 - Bess Myerson, American beauty queen
1925 - Cal Tjader, American musician (d. 1982)
1926 - Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1927 - John Warr, English cricketer
1928 - Anita Brookner, English novelist
1928 - Robert Sheckley, American author (d. 2005)
1928 - David C. Treen, American politician
1928 - Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (d. 1993)
1930 - Michael Bilirakis, American politician
1930 - Guy Béart, Egyptian-born French singer and songwriter
1932 - Dick Thornburgh, American politician
1932 - Max McGee, American football player (d. 2007)
1934 - Don Payne, American politician
1936 - Buddy Merrill, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show)
1936 - Venkatraman Subramanya, Indian cricketer
1937 - Richard Bryan, American politician
1938 - Tony Jackson, English bass player (The Searchers) (d. 2003)
1939 - Corin Redgrave, English actor
1939 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (d. 1995)
1941 - Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician
1941 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican musician (d. 2006)
1942 - Margaret Court, Australian tennis player
1943 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990)
1946 - Barbara Lee, American politician
1946 - Richard LeParmentier, American actor
1946 - Ron Yary, American football player
1947 - Assata Shakur, American activist
1947 - Alexis Herman, 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor
1948 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor
1948 - Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist
1950 - Pierre Paradis, Quebec politician
1950 - Dennis Priestley, English darts player
1950 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay
1951 - Jean-Luc Mongrain, French-Canadian journalist
1952 - Robert David Steele, American spy
1952 - Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police)
1953 - Douglas J. Feith, American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
1954 - Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician
1956 - Jerry Doyle, American actor
1956 - Tony Kushner, American playwright
1957 - Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer
1958 - Mike D. Rogers, American politician
1958 - Pierre Roland Renoir, Canadian artist
1958 - Michael Flatley, Irish-born American dancer
1959 - Gary Anderson, American football player
1959 - Doug Herzog, American television executive
1960 - Terry Pendleton, American baseball player
1963 - Phoebe Cates, American actress
1963 - Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
1964 - Phil Hellmuth, American poker player
1964 - Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist
1965 - Tina Tyler, Canadian porn star
1965 - Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster
1967 - Will Ferrell, American comedian
1967 - Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist
1968 - Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player
1968 - Barry Sanders, American football player
1968 - Larry Sanger, American co-founder of Wikipedia
1969 - Rain Pryor, American actress
1969 - Daryl Mitchell, American actor
1969 - Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netballer
1970 - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director
1971 - Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live)
1971 - Corey Feldman, American actor
1973 - Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist
1973 - Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer
1973 - Tim Ryan, American politician
1973 - Graham Robertson, American filmmaker and author
1974 - Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby league and union footballer
1974 - Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member
1974 - Jeremy Enigk, American singer/songwriter and guitarist (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft)
1975 - Bas Leinders, Belgian racing car driver
1975 - Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress
1975 - Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist
1976 - Tomasz Kuchar, Polish Rally driver
1976 - Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player
1976 - Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguyan footballer
1976 - Bobby Lashley, American Professional Wrestler
1977 - Bryan Budd, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 2006)
1978 - Taj Anwar, model and activist
1979 - Jayma Mays, American actress
1979 - Chris Mihm, American basketball player
1980 - Adam Scott, Australian golfer
1980 - Jesse Jane, American pornographic actress
1982 - Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
1984 - Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress
1984 - Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver
1986 - Calum Gittins, New Zealand actor
1989 - Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
1991 - Randall Bentley, American actor
1994 - Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor