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July 16 birthdays

252 notable historical figures were born on July 16, and 176 died on this day. Everyone born on July 16 is a Cancer.

17% of July 16 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on July 16

• Gareth Bale (born 1989. Welsh footballer (born 1989))
• Assata Shakur (1947 to 2025. American political activist (1947–2025))
• Katrina Kaif (born 1983. British actress (born 1983))
• Roald Amundsen (1872 to 1928. Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928))
• Clare of Assisi (1194 to 1253. Foundress of the Franciscan Second Order and saint)
• Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 to 1896. Shah of Iran from 1848 to 1896)
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821 to 1910. American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910))
• Tony Kushner (born 1956. American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956))
• Joshua Reynolds (1723 to 1792. English painter (1723–1792))
• Sergio Busquets (born 1988. Spanish footballer (born 1988))
• Choi Kyu-hah (1919 to 2006. President of South Korea from 1979 to 1980)
• Aruna Asaf Ali (1909 to 1996. Indian independence activist (1909–1996))
• Frances Brandon (1517 to 1559. English noblewoman (1517–1559))
• Will Ferrell (born 1967. American actor and comedian (born 1967))
• Reinaldo Arenas (1943 to 1990. Cuban writer (1943–1990))
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 to 1931. Belgian violinist and composer (1858–1931))
• Dick Thornburgh (1932 to 2020. American lawyer and politician (1932–2020))
• Anita Brookner (1928 to 2016. English novelist and art historian (1928–2016))
• Victor Kalashnikov (1942 to 2018. Russian small arms designer)
• Andrea del Sarto (1487 to 1530. Italian painter (1486–1530))
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907 to 1990. American actress (1907–1990))
• Anna Vyrubova (1884 to 1964. Russian Empire lady-in-waiting (1884–1964))
• Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880 to 1951. Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1917 and 1918)
• Frits Zernike (1888 to 1966. Dutch physicist (1888–1966))
• Giuseppe Piazzi (1746 to 1826. Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826))
• Samuel Huntington (1731 to 1796. American Founding Father and politician (1731–1796))
• Stuart Hameroff (born 1947. American anesthesiologist)
• Nino Burjanadze (born 1964. Georgian politician and lawyer (born 1964))
• James MacMillan (born 1959. Scottish composer and conductor)
• Mike Horn (born 1965. South African-Swiss explorer)
• Patricia Churchland (born 1943. Canadian-American analytic philosopher)
• Candice DeLong (born 1950. Former FBI criminal profiler and criminologist)
• Ruth Perry (1939 to 2017. Head of state of Liberia from 1996 to 1997)
• Vasil Kolarov (1877 to 1950. Bulgarian communist politician (1877–1950))
• Rasa von Werder (born 1945. German bodybuilder and author (born 1945))
• Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (born 1984. Bhutanese prince)
• Julius Plücker (1801 to 1868. German mathematician and physicist)
• Ginger Rogers (1911 to 1995. American actress, singer, and dancer (1911–1995))
• Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806 to 1858. Russian painter)
• K. V. Krishna Rao (1923 to 2016. Indian military officer and governor (1923–2016))
• Larry Sanger (born 1968. Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1968))
• Leon Shamroy (1901 to 1974. American cinematographer (1901–1974))
• Cyrus Griffin (1749 to 1810. American lawyer and politician (1748–1810))
• Évariste Kimba (1926 to 1966. Congolese politician (1926–1966))
• Dwijendralal Ray (1864 to 1913. Indian civil servant, poet, playwright, and musician)
• Denis Davydov (1784 to 1839. Russian soldier-poet)
• Bogdanor, Vernon (born 1943. British political scientist (born 1943))
• Dalpalan (born 1966. Musical artist)
• Carl Epting Mundy Jr. (1935 to 2014. United States Marine Corps general)
• Jokha Alharthi (born 1978. Omani writer and academic)
• Peng Daxun (born 1957. Burmese Kokang military leader)
• Irwin Rose (1926 to 2015. American biologist)
• Ahmed Mansour (journalist) (born 1962. Egyptian television presenter)
• Linda Hogan (writer) (born 1947. American poet)
• Georges Rodenbach (1855 to 1898. Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist (1855–1898))
• Suki Lahav (1951 to 2026. Israeli violinist, vocalist and actress (1951–2026))
• Ho Jong-suk (1902 to 1991. North Korean politician (1908–1991))
• Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (born 1949. Kyrgyzstani politician and interim president in March 2005)
• Lucy Shapiro (born 1940. American developmental biologist)
• Margaret Court (born 1942. Australian former tennis player (born 1942))

Died on July 16

• John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960 to 1999. American attorney and magazine publisher (1960–1999))
• Innocent III (1160 to 1216. Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216)
• Ellen G. White (1827 to 1915. American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church)
• John Paul Stevens (1920 to 2019. United States Supreme Court justice from 1975 to 2010)
• Stephen Covey (1932 to 2012. American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker)
• Dora Maar (1907 to 1997. French artist and partner of Pablo Picasso (1907–1997))
• Hilaire Belloc (1870 to 1953. French-English writer (1870–1953))
• Charles I of Hungary (1288 to 1342. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to 1342)
• Julian Schwinger (1918 to 1994. American theoretical physicist (1918–1994))
• Johnny Clegg (1953 to 2019. English and South African musician (1953–2019))
• Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667 to 1740. Queen of Spain from 1689 to 1700)
• Charles Sweeney (1919 to 2004. United States Air Force general (1919 – 2004))
• Stephen Spender (1909 to 1995. English poet and man of letters (1909–1995))
• Alex Colville (1920 to 2013. Canadian artist (1920–2013))
• Isabella de' Medici (1542 to 1576. Italian noblewoman (1542–1576))
• Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720 to 1782. Queen of Sweden from 1751 to 1771)
• Abbas I of Egypt (1816 to 1854. Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1848 to 1854)
• Thomas Kyd (1558 to 1594. 16th-century English dramatist)
• Yi Ku (1931 to 2005. Korean prince (1931–2005))
• Harry Frankfurt (1929 to 2023. American philosopher (1929–2023))
• al-Mu'tazz (847 to 869. 13th Abbasid caliph (r. 866–869))
• C. R. Swart (1894 to 1982. South African politician (1894–1982))
• Michel Micombero (1940 to 1983. 1st President of Burundi (1966–76))
• Emperor Go-Uda (1267 to 1324. Emperor of Japan from 1274 to 1287)
• Herms Niel (1888 to 1954. German composer (1888–1954))
• Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857 to 1932. British Army general (1857–1932))
• Mahbub ul Haq (1934 to 1998. Pakistani economist (1934–1998))
• Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1444 to 1487. Queen of Cyprus from 1458 to 1464)
• Adolf von Thadden (1921 to 1996. German politician (1921–1996))
• Nicolás Guillén (1902 to 1989. Cuban poet, journalist and political activist (1902–1989))

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