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February 16 birthdays

297 notable historical figures were born on February 16, and 194 died on this day. Everyone born on February 16 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 16 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (71) than any other country.

Born on February 16

• Kim Jong Il (1941 to 2011. Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011)
• Ice-T (born 1958. American rapper and actor (born 1958))
• Iain Banks (1954 to 2013. Scottish writer (1954–2013))
• Luís Montenegro (born 1973. Prime Minister of Portugal since 2024)
• Francis Galton (1822 to 1911. British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911))
• Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919. German zoologist (1834–1919))
• David Packouz (born 1982. American former arms dealer, musician & inventor)
• Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989. American actress (born 1989))
• Roch Thériault (1947 to 2011. Canadian cult leader and murderer (1947–2011))
• Faustina the Younger (125 to 175. Roman empress from 161 to 175)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497 to 1560. German Lutheran reformer and theologian (1497–1560))
• Pamela Colman Smith (1878 to 1951. British occultist, artist and illustrator (1878–1951))
• Gaspard II de Coligny (1519 to 1572. French nobleman and Admiral of France, leader of the Huguenots (1519–1572))
• Brian Bedford (1935 to 2016. English actor (1935–2016))
• Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür (1304 to 1332. Emperor of Yuan dynasty from 1328 to 1332)
• M. A. Wazed Miah (1942 to 2009. Bangladeshi physicist (1942–2009))
• Jan Kerouac (1952 to 1996. American novelist (1952–1996))
• John McEnroe (born 1959. American former tennis player (born 1959))
• Kellie Gerardi (born 1989. American social media influencer and defense professional (born 1989))
• Peter Hain (born 1950. British politician (born 1950))
• Narai (1632 to 1688. 27th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1656–1688))
• The Weeknd (born 1990. Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1990))
• Christopher Gadsden (1724 to 1805. American politician (1724–1805))
• Hans F. K. Günther (1891 to 1968. German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist (1891–1968))
• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932 to 2014. 3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007))
• Orderic Vitalis (1075 to 1142. English monk and historian (1075 – c. 1142))
• Valentino Rossi (born 1979. Italian motorcycle racer (born 1979))
• Hugo de Vries (1848 to 1935. Dutch botanist (1848–1935))
• Heinrich Maier (1908 to 1945. Austrian Roman Catholic priest (1908–1945))
• Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664 to 1753. Mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer (1664–1753))
• Vincent Ward (director) (born 1956. New Zealand film director, screenwriter and artist)
• Martiros Saryan (1880 to 1972. Armenian painter)
• Samuel Willenberg (1923 to 2016. Polish survivor of Treblinka (1923–2016))
• Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802 to 1866. American writer and folk healer, 1802 – 1866)
• Ava Max (born 1994. American singer and songwriter (born 1994))
• Yuri Manin (1937 to 2023. Russian mathematician (1937–2023))
• Máximo Kirchner (born 1977. Argentine politician (born 1977))
• Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761 to 1804. French Army officer (1761–1804))
• Frederick William I the Great Elector (1620 to 1688. Elector of Brandenburg from 1640 to 1688)
• Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789 to 1850. President of Haiti from 1843 to 1844)
• Patricia Wiltshire (born 1942. Forensic ecologist, botanist and palynologist)
• Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514 to 1574. Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1514–1576))
• Joe Frank Harris (born 1936. American politician (born 1936))
• Armand Guillaumin (1841 to 1927. French painter)
• Coluccio Salutati (1331 to 1406. Italian classical scholar and Renaissance humanist (1331–1406))
• Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet) (1866 to 1949. Russian poet and playwright (1866–1949))
• Aharon Appelfeld (1932 to 2018. Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor (1932–2018))
• Maureen Johnson (born 1973. American author of young adult fiction (born 1973))
• Kim Soo-hyun (born 1988. South Korean actor (born 1988))
• Marjorie Rice (1923 to 2017. American amateur mathematician (1923–2017))
• Imad al-Alami (1956 to 2018. Hamas official (1956–2018))
• Géraud Réveilhac (1851 to 1937. French general (1851–1937))
• François-Xavier Ortoli (1925 to 2007. French politician (1925–2007))
• George Kennan (explorer) (1845 to 1924. American journalist (1845–1924))
• Charlie Green (singer) (born 1997. English-Filipino singer)
• Johann Strauss III (1866 to 1939. Austrian composer (1866-1939))
• Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (born 1937. Indian artist)
• Franck Lavaud (1903 to 1986. Haitian politician (1903–1988))
• Carter Ham (born 1952. US Army General)
• Marcello Bacciarelli (1731 to 1818. Italian-born Polish painter (1731–1818))

Died on February 16

• Alexei Navalny (1976 to 2024. Russian opposition leader and activist (1976–2024))
• Keith Haring (1958 to 1989. American artist and social activist (1958–1990))
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922 to 2016. UN Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996 (1922–2016))
• Maria al-Qibtiyya (Concubine of Muhammad)
• Dadasaheb Phalke (1870 to 1944. Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944))
• Chien-Shiung Wu (1912 to 1997. Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997))
• Angela Carter (1940 to 1992. English novelist (1940–1992))
• John V Palaiologos (1332 to 1391. Byzantine emperor (1332–1391))
• Félix Faure (1841 to 1899. President of France from 1895 to 1899)
• Meghnad Saha (1893 to 1956. Indian astrophysicist and politician (1893–1956))
• M. A. G. Osmani (1918 to 1984. Bangladeshi military general & revolutionary (1918–1984))
• Mark Sykes (1879 to 1919. British politician (1879–1919))
• Afonso III (1210 to 1279. King of Portugal from 1248 to 1279)
• Charles Theodore (1724 to 1799. Elector Palatine (1742–1777), Elector of Bavaria (1777–1799))
• Jânio Quadros (1917 to 1992. President of Brazil in 1961)
• Howard da Silva (1909 to 1986. American actor (1909–1986))
• Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817 to 1907. French princess; third daughter of Louis-Philippe I (1817-1907))
• Larry Tesler (1945 to 2020. American computer scientist (1945–2020))
• Mildred Harnack (1902 to 1943. American-German literary historian and anti-Nazi resistance operative (1902–1943))
• Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 to 1579. Spanish conquistador (1509–1579))
• Jay Cooke (1821 to 1905. American financier (1821–1905))
• Josef Hofmann (1876 to 1957. Polish-American pianist (1876–1957))
• Yijing (monk) (635 to 713. Chinese Buddhist monk (635–713 CE))
• Hélène Ahrweiler (1926 to 2026. Greek Byzantinologist (1926–2026))
• Amos Sawyer (1945 to 2022. Interim president of Liberia from 1990 to 1994)
• Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893 to 1957. British politician (1893–1957))
• Miller Reese Hutchison (1876 to 1944. American electrical engineer and inventor (1876–1944))
• Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727 to 1794. 18th-century French politician and bishop)
• Gustavo Noboa (1937 to 2021. President of Ecuador from 2000 to 2003)
• Henry Walter Bates (1825 to 1892. English naturalist and explorer)

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