History Births on February 16

Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (d. 2013)

#Iain_Banks

Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985)

#Wayne_King

Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player

#Hasheem_Thabeet

Armand Guillaumin, French painter (d. 1927)

#Armand_Guillaumin

Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996)

#Bill_Doggett

John Sharp, English archbishop (d. 1714)

#John_Sharp_(bishop)

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (d. 1885)

#Karl_Theodor_Ernst_von_Siebold

Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970)

#Chester_Morris

Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)

#Henry_M._Leland

Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer

#Nicolai_Boilesen

Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer

#Denílson_Pereira_Neves

Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer

#Richard_Ford

Marlene Hagge, American golfer

#Marlene_Hagge

Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1919)

#Ernst_Haeckel

Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer

#Agyness_Deyn

Mahershala Ali, American actor

#Mahershala_Ali

Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player

#Oscar_Schmidt

Rickie Lambert, English footballer

#Rickie_Lambert

Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)

#Katharine_Cornell

Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer

#Kim_Soo-hyun

Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet

#Ian_Clarke_(computer_scientist)

Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830)

#Pierre_Rode

Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)

#Ossian_Everett_Mills

Lupe Fiasco, American rapper

#Lupe_Fiasco

Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach

#Richard_Williams_(tennis_coach)

Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer

#Andrea_Ranocchia

Qyntel Woods, American basketball player

#Qyntel_Woods

Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist

#Tia_Hellebaut

Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Bebeto

Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998)

#Sonny_Bono

Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)

#Giambattista_Bodoni

Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (d. 1982)

#Hugh_Beaumont

Radoje Domanovi?, Serbian journalist and author (d. 1908)

#Radoje_Domanovi?

Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter

#Vincent_Ward_(director)

Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2016)

#Samuel_Willenberg

Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959)

#Jean_Behra

Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)

#Jeffrey_Lynn

Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor

#Eric_Mun

Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer

#Aleksandr_Dmitrijev

John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)

#John_Galbraith_Graham

António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (d. 2016)

#António_Mascarenhas_Monteiro

Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (d. 1406)

#Coluccio_Salutati

Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2007)

#Gretchen_Wyler

Warren Ellis, English author and screenwriter

#Warren_Ellis

Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (d. 1989)

#Georges_Ulmer

Anna Mae Hays, American general (d. 2018)

#Anna_Mae_Hays

Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014)

#Kaiketsu_Masateru

Christopher Eccleston, English actor

#Christopher_Eccleston

Ahman Green, American football player

#Ahman_Green

Katy Dunne, English tennis player

#Katy_Dunne

Sarah Clarke, American actress

#Sarah_Clarke

Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach

#Barry_Foote

John Bradbury, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)

#John_Bradbury_(drummer)

Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer and manager

#Angelo_Peruzzi

Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic

#Yuri_Manin

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014)

#Ahmad_Tejan_Kabbah

Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)

#Henry_Adams

Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor (d. 1978)

#Edgar_Bergen

Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)

#Kim_Jong-il

Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (d. 1529)

#Krishnadevaraya

Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)

#Jean-Charles_Pichegru

Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)

#Pamela_Colman_Smith

Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)

#Luc_Bourdon

Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer (d. 1951)

#Robert_J._Flaherty

Stacy Lewis, American golfer

#Stacy_Lewis

Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1879)

#Peter_Kosler

Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1758)

#Pierre_Bouguer

Des Hasler, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Des_Hasler

Jerome Bettis, American football player and sportscaster

#Jerome_Bettis

Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (d. 1940)

#Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)

Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (d. 1865)

#Heinrich_Barth

Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit

#Michael_Avenatti

Elizabeth Olsen, American actress

#Elizabeth_Olsen

George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)

#George_Kennan_(explorer)

Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)

#Margot_Frank

Craig Laundy, Australian politician

#Craig_Laundy

Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)

#Henry_Wilson

Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player

#Zhang_Jike

Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer

#Wasim_Jaffer

Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (d. 1952)

#Edward_S._Curtis

Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1917)

#Octave_Mirbeau

Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer

#Valentino_Rossi

Ava Max, American singer and songwriter

#Ava_Max

Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (d. 1968)

#Hans_F._K._Günther

Annika Beck, German tennis player

#Annika_Beck

June Brown, English actress

#June_Brown

Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

#Kyo_(musician)

Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic (d. 1935)

#Hugo_de_Vries

Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1895)

#Nikolai_Leskov

Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer

#Longineu_W._Parsons_III

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)

#Nikolaus_Joseph_von_Jacquin

William Katt, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#William_Katt

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1688)

#Frederick_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

Ice-T, American rapper and actor

#Ice-T

Ying Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1067)

#Emperor_Yingzong_of_Song

Carina Witthöft, German tennis player

#Carina_Witthöft

Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer

#Federico_Bernardeschi

George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)

#George_F._Kennan

Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales

#Peter_Hain

Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter

#Cathy_Freeman

John McEnroe, German-American tennis player and sportscaster

#John_McEnroe

Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (d. 1886)

#Joseph_Victor_von_Scheffel

Diego Capel, Spanish footballer

#Diego_Capel

G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (d. 1962)

#G._M._Trevelyan

Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (d. 1572)

#Gaspard_II_de_Coligny

Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Eric_Byrnes

Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Lanny_McDonald

Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster

#Michael_Holding

Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1332)

#Jayaatu_Khan_Tugh_Temür

Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer

#Diego_Godín

Jay Howard, English race car driver

#Jay_Howard

Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (d. 1968)

#Cyril_Vincent

Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (d. 1996)

#Margaux_Hemingway

Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (d. 2014)

#Stephen_Gaskin

Jerry Owens, American baseball player

#Jerry_Owens

Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980)

#Gerhard_Hanappi

Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)

#Vera-Ellen

Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American drummer

#Dave_Lombardo

Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (d. 1902)

#Lars_Hertervig

LeVar Burton, German-born American actor, director, and producer

#LeVar_Burton

Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)

#Nichiren

Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (d. 1911)

#Francis_Galton

Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer

#Bradford_Parkinson

James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)

#James_Ingram

Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer

#Ron_Vlaar

Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1540)

#Eric_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (d. 1560)

#Philip_Melanchthon

Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010)

#Peter_Porter_(poet)

Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess (d. 1859)

#Grand_Duchess_Maria_Pavlovna_of_Russia_(1786-1859)

Simon Francis, English footballer

#Simon_Francis_(footballer)

The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

#The_Weeknd

Kan? Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (d. 1590)

#Kan?_Eitoku

Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player (d. 1944)

#Vera_Menchik

Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach

#Herb_Williams

Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player

#Sofia_Arvidsson

John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1481)

#John_I,_Duke_of_Cleves

Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer

#Oussama_Mellouli

Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)

#Kathleen_Clifford

Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer

#Sergio_Canales

Pardeep Narwal, Indian Kabaddi athlete

Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player

Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer

John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer

Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player

Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress

Zoran ?ampara, Bosnian football player

Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

John Balance, English singer-songwriter (d. 2004)

Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)

Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter

Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster

Natalie Angier, American author

Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment

Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player

Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician

Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)

Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge

John Corigliano, American composer and academic

Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer

Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)

Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (d. 2016)

August Coppola, American author and academic (d. 2009)

Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)

Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)

John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003)

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950)

Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1982)

Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)

Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (d. 1985)

James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948)

Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)

James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1920)

Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher (d. 1866)

Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (d. 1574)