On this day · Gemini

June 16 birthdays

282 notable historical figures were born on June 16, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on June 16 is a Gemini.

16% of June 16 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (64) than any other country.

Born on June 16

• Tupac Shakur (1971 to 1996. American rapper and actor (1971–1996))
• Enoch Powell (1912 to 1998. British politician (1912–1998))
• Jürgen Klopp (born 1967. German football manager (born 1967))
• Amaal Mallik (born 1991. Indian music director ,composer , background scorer, producer ,lyricist, singer)
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938. American author (born 1938))
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 to 1375. Italian author and poet (1313–1375))
• Gustaf V (1858 to 1950. King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950)
• Henrietta of England (1644 to 1670. English and French princess (1644–1670))
• Mike Lynch (businessman) (1965 to 2024. British businessman (1965–2024))
• Barbara McClintock (1902 to 1992. American scientist and cytogeneticist (1902–1992))
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929 to 2020. Emir of Kuwait from 2006 to 2020)
• George Papandreou (born 1952. Greek politician, president of the Socialist International (born 1952))
• Alice Bailey (1880 to 1949. American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880–1949))
• Femi Kuti (born 1962. Nigerian musician and singer-songwriter (born 1962))
• Henri Lefebvre (1901 to 1991. French philosopher and sociologist (1901–1991))
• Raheel Sharif (born 1956. 9th Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan)
• Efraín Ríos Montt (1926 to 2018. 38th President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983)
• Bronislav Kaminski (1899 to 1944. Russian Axis collaborator and military commander)
• Arthur Meighen (1874 to 1960. Prime Minister of Canada (1920–1921; 1926))
• Kerry Wood (born 1977. American baseball player (born 1977))
• Andrea M. Ghez (born 1965. American astronomer (born 1965))
• John Tukey (1915 to 2000. American mathematician (1915–2000))
• Alexander Friedmann (1888 to 1925. Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician (1888–1925))
• Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910 to 1977. President of Peru from 1968 to 1975)
• William F. Sharpe (born 1934. American economist)
• Sarit Thanarat (1908 to 1963. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1959 to 1963)
• John Shelby Spong (1931 to 2021. American bishop (1931–2021))
• Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906 to 1945. Soviet military commander)
• Gerónimo (1829 to 1909. Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829–1909))
• Salawat Yulayev (1754 to 1800. Bashkir national hero (1756–1800))
• Francisco León de la Barra (1863 to 1939. President of Mexico in 1911)
• Simeon II (born 1937. Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937))
• Isabella, Countess of Bedford (1332 to 1382. English princess (1332–1379/1382))
• Gizikis (1917 to 1999. Greek military officer (1917–1999))
• Mark Lewisohn (born 1958. English author and historian (born 1958))
• Yulia Latynina (born 1966. Russian writer and journalist (born 1966))
• Emperor Konoe (1139 to 1155. Emperor of Japan from 1142 to 1155)
• Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (born 1936. Catholic cardinal)
• Alison Gopnik (born 1955. American psychologist (born 1955))
• Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1983) (born 1983. Sheikha)
• Wesley Merritt (1836 to 1910. American politician and general (1836–1910))
• Jean d'Ormesson (1925 to 2017. French novelist, writer and public figure (1925–2017))
• Murray Leinster (1896 to 1975. American science fiction writer)
• Ivan Lins (born 1945. Brazilian musician and songwriter)
• Paja Jovanović (1859 to 1957. Serbian painter (1859–1957))
• Donald F. McGahn II (born 1968. American government official (born 1968))
• David Popper (1843 to 1913. Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913))
• Mariano Rumor (1915 to 1990. Italian politician and statesman (1915–1990))
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978. German-Spanish actor (born 1978))
• Cat Smith (born 1985. British Labour politician)
• Paul Cain (minister) (1929 to 2019. American minister (1929–2019))
• Masaya Matsuura (born 1961. Japanese video game designer and musician)
• John Russell (Australian painter) (1858 to 1930. Australian painter (1858–1930))
• Napoléon Louis Joseph Jérôme Bonaparte (1864 to 1932. Prince Napoléon)
• Kōdō Sawaki (1880 to 1965. Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher)
• Abdul Qayyum Khan (1901 to 1981. 20th-century Pakistani politician)
• John Cheke (1514 to 1557. English classical scholar and statesman (1514–1557))
• Lucy Dawidowicz (1915 to 1990. American historian and writer (1915–1990))
• Nae Ionescu (1890 to 1940. Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor and journalist)
• Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (1454 to 1517. Queen consort of Naples)

Died on June 16

• Wernher von Braun (1912 to 1977. German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977))
• Helmut Kohl (1930 to 2017. Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998)
• Robert Thurman (1941 to 2026. American Buddhist writer and academic (born 1941))
• Imre Nagy (1896 to 1958. Hungarian politician and leader of the 1956 revolution (1896–1958))
• John Snow (1813 to 1858. English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858))
• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891 to 1969. British field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891–1969))
• Marc Bloch (1886 to 1944. French historian (1886–1944))
• Hugh the Great (898 to 956. Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956))
• Angela Thorne (1939 to 2023. English actress (1939–2023))
• Louise Elisabeth of Orléans (1709 to 1742. Queen consort of Spain in 1724)
• Chittaranjan Das (1870 to 1925. Indian politician, poet, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870–1925))
• Empress Nagako (1903 to 2000. Empress of Japan from 1926 to 1989)
• Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861 to 1944. Bengali chemist, educationist, nationalist, industrialist and philanthropist)
• Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777 to 1848. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 to 1848)
• Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. (1935 to 2020. Filipino politician and businessman (1935–2020))
• Thanom Kittikachorn (1911 to 2004. Prime Minister of Thailand (1958; 1963–1973))
• Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910 to 1998. Iranian politician (1912–1998))
• Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931 to 1979. Head of State of Ghana from 1972 to 1978)
• Charles Correa (1930 to 2015. Indian architect and urban planner (1930–2015))
• Ronald Neame (1911 to 2010. English filmmaker and cinematographer (1911–2010))
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 to 1986. French classical composer and organist (1902–1986))
• Charles Sturt (1795 to 1869. Australian explorer (1795–1869))
• Louise Françoise, Princess of Condé (1673 to 1743. Princess of Condé; legitimized daughter of Louis XIV)
• Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal (1838 to 1901. Begum of Bhopal (1838–1901))
• Aleksei Antonov (1896 to 1962. Soviet general (1896–1962))
• Pál Maléter (1917 to 1958. 20th-century Hungarian military officer and leader of the 1956 revolution)
• Aris Velouchiotis (1905 to 1945. Greek resistance fighter (1905–1945))
• François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818 to 1900. French prince; third son of Louis Philippe I (1818-1900))
• Norman Powell (1934 to 2021. American television executive (1934–2021))
• Doquz Khatun (1210 to 1265. Keraite princess and consort to Hulegu (died 1265))

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