16 October
Notable Births
Willian Pacho
b. 2001
Ecuadorian footballer (born 2001)
Aaron Nesmith
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Nicolò Bulega
b. 1999
Italian motorcycle racer
Aliou Dieng
b. 1997
Malian footballer (born 1997)
Charles Leclerc
b. 1997
Monégasque racing driver (born 1997)
Naomi Osaka
b. 1997
Japanese tennis player (born 1997)
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
b. 1996
Turkish motorcycle racer (born 1996)
Andrea Locatelli (motorcyclist)
b. 1996
Italian motorcycle racer
Adam Elliott
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Halimah Nakaayi
b. 1994
Ugandan middle-distance runner (born 1994)
Jovit Baldivino
b. 1993
Filipino singer and actor (1993–2022)
Caroline Garcia
b. 1993
French tennis player (born 1993)
Kostas Fortounis
b. 1992
Greek footballer (born 1992)
Viktorija Golubic
b. 1992
Swiss tennis player (born 1992)
Bryce Harper
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Jonathan Schoop
b. 1991
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1991)
Dan Biggar
b. 1989
Welsh rugby union player (born 1989)
Zoltán Stieber
b. 1988
Hungarian footballer
Nicky Adams
b. 1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Franco Armani
b. 1986
Argentine footballer (born 1986)
Notable Deaths
Ollie Olsen
d. 2024
Australian musician, composer and sound designer (1958–2024)
Liam Payne
d. 2024
English singer and songwriter (1993–2024)
Yahya Sinwar
d. 2024
Palestinian militant and politician (1962–2024)
Martti Ahtisaari
d. 2023
Finnish politician and diplomat, President of Finland (1937–2023)
Daphne Caruana Galizia
d. 2017
Maltese journalist and blogger (1964–2017)
Roy Dotrice
d. 2017
British actor (1923–2017)
John Dunsworth
d. 2017
Canadian actor and comedian (1946–2017)
Sean Hughes (comedian)
d. 2017
Irish-British comedian, writer and actor (1965–2017)
William James (Australian general)
d. 2015
Soldier and military doctor (1930–2015)
Ioannis Charalambopoulos
d. 2014
Greek Army officer and politician
Allen Forte
d. 2014
American musicologist
Seppo Kuusela
d. 2014
Finnish basketball player/coach and handball player
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
d. 2014
British peer
Ed Lauter
d. 2013
American actor (1938–2013)
Laurel Martyn
d. 2013
Australian ballerina (1916–2013)
Robert Rheault
d. 2013
United States Army colonel (1925–2013)
Frank Moore Cross
d. 2012
American scholar and academic
John A. Durkin
d. 2012
American politician (1936–2012)
Mario Gallegos Jr.
d. 2012
American politician (1950–2012)
Eddie Yost
d. 2012
American baseball player and coach (1926–2012)