Births on 16 May
2000s
Ryan Gravenberch
2002
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Luis García Jr.
2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
1900s
Louisa Chirico
1996
American tennis player (born 1996)
Elizabeth Ralston
1995
Australian soccer player
Kathinka von Deichmann
1994
Liechtenstein tennis player (born 1994)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
1993
Norwegian biathlete (born 1993)
Karol Mets
1993
Estonian footballer
IU (entertainer)
1993
South Korean singer and actress (born 1993)
Jeff Skinner
1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Kirstin Maldonado
1992
American singer-songwriter (born 1992)
Grigor Dimitrov
1991
Bulgarian tennis player (born 1991)
Joey Graceffa
1991
American YouTuber (born 1991)
Ashley Wagner
1991
American figure skater (born 1991)
Amanda Carreras
1990
British tennis player
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
1990
English actor (born 1990)
Darko Šarović
1990
Serbian medical doctor and athlete (born 1990)
Omar Strong
1990
American basketball player
Behati Prinsloo
1989
Namibian model (born 1988)
Jesús Castillo (Mexican footballer)
1988
Mexican footballer (born 1988)
Martynas Gecevičius
1988
Lithuanian basketball player
Jaak Põldma
1988
Estonian tennis player
Tom Onslow-Cole
1987
British racing driver (born 1987)
Megan Fox
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Andy Keogh
1986
Irish footballer (born 1986)
Shamcey Supsup-Lee
1986
Filipino model (born 1986)
Anja Mittag
1985
German footballer (born 1985)
Café (footballer)
1985
Brazilian footballer (born 1985)
Corey Perry
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Darío Cvitanich
1984
Argentine footballer (born 1984)
Tomáš Fleischmann
1984
Czech ice hockey player (born 1984)
Jensen Lewis
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Rick Rypien
1984
Canadian ice hockey player (1984–2011)
Daniel Kerr
1983
Australian rules footballer (born 1983)
Kyle Wellwood
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Łukasz Kubot
1982
Polish tennis player (born 1982)
Ricardo Costa (footballer, born 1981)
1981
Portuguese footballer
Nuria Llagostera Vives
1980
Spanish tennis player (born 1980)
Michael Oberlechner
1979
Austrian politician (born 1979)
Scott Nicholls
1978
British motorcycle speedway rider
Lionel Scaloni
1978
Argentine football manager (born 1978)
Melanie Lynskey
1977
New Zealand actress (born 1977)
Emilíana Torrini
1977
Icelandic singer and songwriter
Dirk Nannes
1976
Australian cricketer
Tony Kakko
1975
Finnish musician (born 1975)
Simon Whitfield
1975
Canadian triathlete (born 1975)
Laura Pausini
1974
Italian singer and songwriter (born 1974)
Sonny Sandoval
1974
American rapper and singer
Tori Spelling
1973
American actress (born 1973)
Christian Califano
1972
France international rugby union player
Matthew Hart
1972
New Zealand cricketer (born 1972)
Phil Clarke
1971
English broadcaster & rugby league footballer (born 1971)
Rachel Goswell
1971
British musician
Gabriela Sabatini
1970
Argentine tennis player (born 1970)
Danielle Spencer (Australian actress)
1970
Australian actress and singer-songwriter (born 1969)
David Boreanaz
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Tucker Carlson
1969
American political activist (born 1969)
Steve Lewis (sprinter)
1969
American track and field athlete
Ralph Tresvant
1968
Musical artist
Doug Brocail
1967
American baseball player and coach (born 1967)
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford
1967
British politician and life peer (born 1967)
Janet Jackson
1966
American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer (born 1966)
Scott Reeves
1966
American actor, musician, and songwriter (born 1966)
Thurman Thomas
1966
American football player (born 1966)
Krist Novoselic
1965
American rock musician (born 1965)
Tanel Tammet
1965
Estonian computer scientist
John Salley
1964
American basketball player (born 1964)
Boyd Tinsley
1964
American musician
Milton Jones
1964
English comedian
Rachel Griffith
1963
British economist (born 1963)
David Wilkinson (theologian)
1963
British theologian
Helga Radtke
1962
German track and field athlete (born 1962)
Kevin McDonald
1961
Canadian actor, comedian and writer (born 1961)
The Godfather (wrestler)
1961
American professional wrestler (born 1961)
Landon Deireragea
1960
Nauruan politician
Bruce Norris (playwright)
1960
American dramatist
S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician)
1960
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and MP (1960–1998)
Mitch Webster
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
Mare Winningham
1959
American actress, singer-songwriter (born 1959)
Joan Benoit
1957
American distance runner (born 1957)
Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
1957
British politician and businessman (born 1957)
Yuri Shevchuk
1957
Soviet-Russian singer (born 1957)
Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso
1957
British peer (born 1957)
Bob Suter
1957
American ice hockey player
Loretta Schrijver
1956
Dutch television presenter (1956–2025)
Olga Korbut
1955
Soviet gymnast; American instructor since 1991
Jack Morris
1955
American baseball pitcher (born 1955)
Hazel O'Connor
1955
English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1954)
Páidí Ó Sé
1955
Kerry Gaelic footballer and manager (1955–2012)
Debra Winger
1955
American actress (born 1955)
Dafydd Williams
1954
Canadian astronaut, physician and public speaker (born 1954)
Pierce Brosnan
1953
Irish actor (born 1953)
Peter Onorati
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Richard Page (musician)
1953
Musical artist
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
1953
Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2015)
David Maclean, Baron Blencathra
1953
United Kingdom Conservative Party politician (born 1953)
Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman
1953
Scottish legal academic (born 1953)
Christian Lacroix
1951
French fashion designer (born 1951)
Jonathan Richman
1951
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Janet Soskice
1951
Canadian-born English theologian
Georg Bednorz
1950
German physicist (born 1950)
Ray Condo
1950
Musical artist
Bruce Coville
1950
American novelist
Rick Reuschel
1949
American baseball player (born 1949)
Jesper Christensen
1948
Danish actor
Judy Finnigan
1948
English television presenter and writer (born 1948)
Enrico Fumia
1948
Italian automobile and product designer (born 1948)
Jimmy Hood
1948
British politician
Emma Rothschild
1948
English historian (born 1948)
Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck
1948
Belgian cyclist
Cheryl Clarke
1947
American lesbian writer, educator and activist (born 1947)
Nazareth (band)
1947
Scottish hard rock band
Roch Thériault
1947
Canadian cult leader and murderer (1947–2011)
John Law (sociologist)
1946
Robert Fripp
1946
English musician (born 1946)
Billy Cobham
1944
Panamanian–American drummer (born 1944)
Antal Nagy (footballer, born 1944)
1944
Hungarian footballer
Friedrich Schorlemmer
1944
German Protestant theologian (1944–2024)
Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews
1943
British Labour politician and life peer (born 1943)
Dan Coats
1943
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
Wieteke van Dort
1943
Dutch actress and singer (1943–2024)
David Penry-Davey
1942
Denis Hart
1941
Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mario Segni
1939
Italian politician (born 1939)
Stuart Bell
1938
British Labour Party politician (1938–2012)
Ivan Sutherland
1938
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
Marco Aurelio Denegri
1938
Peruvian linguist, journalist, television host and sexologist
Yvonne Craig
1937
American actress (1937–2015)
Jim Hunt
1937
American politician (1937–2025)
Karl Lehmann
1936
Catholic clergyman
Floyd Smith (ice hockey)
1935
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Kenneth O. Morgan
1934
Welsh historian and author (born 1934)
Antony Walker
1934
British Army general (1934–2023)
Vujadin Boškov
1931
Yugoslavian footballer and manager (1931–2014)
Hana Brady
1931
Czech Holocaust victim
Lowell Weicker
1931
American politician (1931–2023)
Friedrich Gulda
1930
Austrian pianist and composer (1930–2000)
Betty Carter
1929
American jazz singer-songwriter (1929–1998)
John Conyers
1929
American politician (1929–2019)
Claude Morin (PQ politician)
1929
Canadian politician
Adrienne Rich
1929
American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
Natwar Singh
1929
Indian politician (1931–2024)
Billy Martin
1928
American baseball player and manager (1928–1989)
Glen Michael
1926
British television presenter and entertainer (1926–2025)
Nancy Roman
1925
American astronomer (1925–2018)
Ola Vincent
1925
Nílton Santos
1925
Brazilian footballer (1925–2013)
Barbara Bachmann
1924
American lecturer (1924–1999)
Dawda Jawara
1924
First president of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994
Victoria Fromkin
1923
American linguist
Merton Miller
1923
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1923–2000)
Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)
1923
British parapsychologist (1923–2014)
Harry Carey Jr.
1921
American actor (1921–2012)
Martine Carol
1920
French actress (1920–1967)
Liberace
1919
American musician and actor (1919–1987)
Ramon Margalef
1919
Spanish biologist (1919–2004)
Wilf Mannion
1918
English footballer (1918–2000)
Ben Kuroki
1917
United States Army Air Forces soldier
James C. Murray
1917
American politician (1917-1999)
Juan Rulfo
1917
Mexican writer (1917–1986)
Ephraim Katzir
1916
President of Israel from 1973 to 1978
Mario Monicelli
1915
Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010)
Edward T. Hall
1914
American anthropologist
Gordon Chalk
1913
Australian politician
Woody Herman
1913
American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)
Studs Terkel
1912
American author, historian and broadcaster (1912–2008)
Olga Berggolts
1910
Russian and Soviet poet
Higashifushimi Kunihide
1910
Uncle of Emperor Akihito
Margaret Sullavan
1909
American actress (1909–1960)
Luigi Villoresi
1909
Italian racing driver (1909–1997)
Bob Tisdall
1907
Irish athlete
Ernie McCormick
1906
Australian cricketer
Alfred Pellan
1906
Canadian artist
Arturo Uslar Pietri
1906
Venezuelan writer
Margret Rey
1906
Children's illustrator and writer (1906–1996)
Henry Fonda
1905
American actor (1905–1982)
Charles F. Brannock
1903
American inventor
1800s
Tamara de Lempicka
1898
Polish painter (1894–1980)
Desanka Maksimović
1898
Twentieth-century Serbian poet
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898
Japanese filmmaker (1898–1956)
Zvi Sliternik
1897
Israeli entomologist
Walter Yust
1894
American journalist and writer
Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892)
1892
American actor (1892–1937)
Edith Grace White
1890
American zoologist
Royal Rife
1888
American inventor (1888–1971)
Maria Lacerda de Moura
1887
Brazilian anarcho-feminist journalist (1887–1945)
Celâl Bayar
1883
Turkish politician (1883–1986)
Simeon Price
1882
American golfer
Pierre Gilliard
1879
Swiss tutor to the Russian imperial family (1879–1962)
Fred Conrad Koch
1876
Margaret Fountaine
1862
British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist
Horace Hutchinson
1859
English golfer (1859–1932)
David Edward Hughes
1831
British-American inventor and music professor (1830–1900)
Pierre Cuypers
1827
Dutch architect
Levi P. Morton
1824
Vice President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
Edmund Kirby Smith
1824
Confederate States Army general (1824–1893)
Pafnuty Chebyshev
1821
Russian mathematician (1821–1894)
Johann Voldemar Jannsen
1819
Estonian journalist (1819–1890)
Elizabeth Peabody
1804
American educator (1804–1894)
William H. Seward
1801
American politician (1801–1872)
Before 1800
Friedrich Rückert
1788
German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
1763
French pharmacist and chemist (1763–1829)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
1718
Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718–1799)
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot
1710
British politician (1710–1782)
Dudley North (economist)
1641
English merchant, politician, economist and writer
Pope Innocent XI
1611
Head of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689
John Bulwer
1606
English physician and philosopher (1606–1656)
Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1542
German noblewoman (1542–1580)
Wolfgang I of Oettingen
1455
German nobleman
John II of Cyprus
1418
King of Cyprus from 1432 to 1458