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March 16 birthdays

297 notable historical figures were born on March 16, and 178 died on this day. Everyone born on March 16 is a Pisces.

17% of March 16 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (68) than any other country.

Born on March 16

• Mark Carney (born 1965. Prime Minister of Canada since 2025)
• James Madison (1751 to 1836. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1809 to 1817)
• Jerry Lewis (1926 to 2017. American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017))
• Maxim Gorky (1868 to 1936. Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936))
• Jens Stoltenberg (born 1959. Norwegian politician (born 1959))
• Francisco Pizarro (1478 to 1541. Spanish conquistador (1478–1541))
• Gabriel Attal (born 1989. Prime Minister of France in 2024)
• Bernardo Bertolucci (1941 to 2018. Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018))
• Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916 to 2010. Japanese atomic bombing survivor)
• Louis-Napoléon (1856 to 1879. Son of Napoleon III (1856–1879))
• Kate Nelligan (born 1950. Canadian actress (born 1950))
• Georg Ohm (1789 to 1854. German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854))
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964. Japanese composer (born 1963))
• Emperor Ninkō (1800 to 1846. Emperor of Japan from 1817 to 1846)
• Xuande (1399 to 1435. Emperor of China from 1425 to 1435)
• Amar Singh I (1559 to 1620. Maharana of Mewar from 1597 to 1620)
• Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687 to 1757. Queen in Prussia from 1713 to 1740)
• Rosa Bonheur (1822 to 1899. French painter and sculptor (1822–1899))
• Caroline Herschel (1750 to 1848. German-British astronomer (1750–1848))
• Amos Tversky (1937 to 1996. Israeli psychologist (1937–1996))
• Alice Hoffman (born 1952. American novelist (born 1952))
• Mark Sykes (1879 to 1919. British politician (1879–1919))
• Phillip Wilcher (born 1958. Australian musician, composer)
• Raymond Damadian (1936 to 2022. American physician and inventor (1936–2022))
• César Vallejo (1892 to 1938. Peruvian writer and poet)
• Peter Kreeft (born 1937. American professor of philosophy (born 1937))
• Sully Prudhomme (1839 to 1907. French poet (1839–1907))
• Sadie Plant (born 1964. British cultural theorist (born 1964))
• David MacMillan (born 1968. Scottish organic chemist (born 1968))
• Malhar Rao Holkar (1693 to 1766. Maharaja of Indore from 1732 to 1766)
• Vanessa Springora (born 1972. French writer and publisher (born 1972))
• James C. McConville (born 1959. Retired American general (born 1959))
• Anita Moorjani (born 1959. British writer)
• Antoine-Jean Gros (1771 to 1835. French painter of historical subjects (1771–1835))
• Theo Walcott (born 1989. English footballer (born 1989))
• Lin Sen (1868 to 1943. Chairman of the National Government of China from 1938 to 1943)
• Josef Mengele (1911 to 1979. Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1911–1979))
• Kabir Suman (born 1949. Indian musician (born 1949))
• Frederick Reines (1918 to 1998. American physicist (1918–1998))
• Anthony Kenny (born 1931. British philosopher (born 1931))
• Kunihiko Kodaira (1915 to 1997. Japanese mathematician (1915–1997))
• Kunigunde of Austria (1465 to 1520. Duchess consort of Bavaria)
• Robert Guéï (1941 to 2002. 1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire)
• Yvette Herrell (born 1964. American politician (born 1964))
• Ferdi Zeyrek (1977 to 2025. Turkish politician (1977–2025))
• Paul Cockshott (born 1952. Scottish computer scientist and economist)
• Richard Stallman (born 1953. American activist and programmer (born 1953))
• Sybille Bedford (1911 to 2006. German-born English non-fiction writer (1911–2006))
• Lucie Rie (1902 to 1995. Austrian-British studio potter (1902–1995))
• Diane Rodríguez (born 1982. Ecuadorian activist and politician (born 1982))
• Henry IV of Saxony (1473 to 1541. Duke of Saxony from 1539 to 1541)
• Kodama Gentarō (1852 to 1906. Japanese general (1852–1906))
• Péter Magyar (born 1981. Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026)
• Camilo Castelo Branco (1825 to 1890. Portuguese writer (1825–1890))
• George Clymer (1739 to 1813. American Founding Father and politician (1739–1813))
• Ngô Quyền (897 to 944. 10th century king of Vietnam)
• Ladi Kwali (1925 to 1984. Nigerian potter (c. 1925–1984))
• Sreekumaran Thampi (born 1940. Indian film director)
• Lota de Macedo Soares (1910 to 1967. Brazilian landscape designer)
• Rafe de Crespigny (born 1936. Australian sinologist and historian (born 1936))

Died on March 16

• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161 to 1185. King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185)
• Tiberius (42 BC to 37 BC. Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37)
• Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786 to 1861. Mother of Queen Victoria (1786–1861))
• Anne Neville (1456 to 1485. Queen of England from 1483 to 1485)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 to 1881. Russian composer (1839–1881))
• Valentinian III (419 to 455. Western Roman emperor from 425 to 455)
• Primo de Rivera (1870 to 1930. Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930)
• John Beaufort (1373 to 1410. English nobleman and politician (c. 1373–1410))
• Émilie Dequenne (1981 to 2025. Belgian actress (1981–2025))
• Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932 to 1993. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988)
• Martin Waldseemüller (1470 to 1520. German cartographer and scholar (c. 1470 – 1520))
• Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 to 1801. Grand Duchess of Russia)
• John Macleod (physiologist) (1876 to 1935. Scottish biochemist and physiologist (1876–1935))
• Hasan ibn Hasan (650 to 716. Islamic scholar and theologian (c. 661–715))
• Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350 to 1405. Countess of Flanders from 1384 to 1405)
• Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929 to 1987. Danish architect (1929–1987))
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 to 1968. Italian-Jewish composer (1895–1968))
• Milena of Montenegro (1847 to 1923. Princess/Queen of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918)
• Joan, Countess of Ponthieu (1220 to 1279. Queen of Castile and León from 1237 to 1252)
• Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621 to 1698. Danish noble and writer (1621–1698))
• Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864 to 1890. Montenegrin princess (1864–1890))
• Moudud Ahmed (1940 to 2021. Bangladeshi politician (1940–2021))
• Rivka Oxman (1948 to 2025. Israeli architect)
• Derek Barton (1918 to 1998. English chemist and Nobel Prize laureate)
• Roger Ducos (1747 to 1816. French revolutionary (1747–1816))
• Park Choong-hoon (1919 to 2001. South Korean politician (1919–2001))
• William Chaloner (1650 to 1699. English counterfeiter and confidence trickster)
• Egon Friedell (1878 to 1938. Austrian actor and cultural historian (1878–1938))
• Yakov Perelman (1882 to 1942. Russian science writer (1882–1942))
• Johnny Cymbal (1945 to 1993. American musician)

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