Births on 16 October
2000s
Scott Ogden
2003
British motorcycle racer
Willian Pacho
2001
Ecuadorian footballer (born 2001)
1900s
Aaron Nesmith
1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Nicolò Bulega
1999
Italian motorcycle racer
Aliou Dieng
1997
Malian footballer (born 1997)
Charles Leclerc
1997
Monégasque racing driver (born 1997)
Naomi Osaka
1997
Japanese tennis player (born 1997)
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
1996
Turkish motorcycle racer (born 1996)
Andrea Locatelli (motorcyclist)
1996
Italian motorcycle racer
Adam Elliott
1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Halimah Nakaayi
1994
Ugandan middle-distance runner (born 1994)
Jovit Baldivino
1993
Filipino singer and actor (1993–2022)
Caroline Garcia
1993
French tennis player (born 1993)
Kostas Fortounis
1992
Greek footballer (born 1992)
Viktorija Golubic
1992
Swiss tennis player (born 1992)
Bryce Harper
1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Jonathan Schoop
1991
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1991)
Shardul Thakur
1991
Indian cricketer (born 1991)
Dan Biggar
1989
Welsh rugby union player (born 1989)
Zoltán Stieber
1988
Hungarian footballer
Nicky Adams
1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Franco Armani
1986
Argentine footballer (born 1986)
Derk Boerrigter
1986
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Inna
1986
Romanian singer (born 1986)
Jay Beagle
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Alexis Hornbuckle
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Verena Sailer
1985
German sprinter
Casey Stoner
1985
Australian motorcycle racer (born 1985)
Peter Wallace (rugby league)
1985
Former Scotland international rugby league footballer
François Pervis
1984
French cyclist (born 1984)
Rachel Reilly
1984
American actress and television personality
Philipp Kohlschreiber
1983
German tennis player (born 1983)
Loreen
1983
Swedish singer (born 1983)
Kenny Omega
1983
Canadian-born professional wrestler
Alan Anderson (basketball)
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Frédéric Michalak
1982
French rugby union footballer
Cristian Riveros
1982
Paraguayan footballer (born 1982)
Prithviraj Sukumaran
1982
Indian actor, director and producer (born 1982)
Brea Grant
1981
American actress
Martin Halle
1981
Danish footballer (born 1981)
Boyd Melson
1981
American boxer (born 1981)
Anthony Reyes
1981
American baseball player (born 1981)
Sue Bird
1980
American basketball player (born 1980)
Jeremy Jackson
1980
American actor and singer (born 1980)
Caterina Scorsone
1980
Canadian actress
Timana Tahu
1980
Australia dual-code rugby international footballer
John Mayer
1977
American musician (born 1977)
Björn Yttling
1977
Swedish musician and producer
Ernesto Aquino
1975
Honduran footballer (born 1975)
Brynjar Gunnarsson
1975
Icelandic footballer
Jacques Kallis
1975
South African cricketer (born 1975)
Kellie Martin
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Aurela Gaçe
1974
Albanian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1974)
Paul Kariya
1974
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1974)
Justin Credible
1973
American wrestler (born 1973)
David Unsworth
1973
English footballer (born 1973)
Adrianne Frost
1972
American comedian, author, and actress (born 1978)
Darius Kasparaitis
1972
Lithuanian ice hockey player (born 1972)
Kordell Stewart
1972
American football player (born 1972)
Frank Cuesta
1971
Spanish TV host
Chad Gray
1971
American singer (born 1971)
Paul Sparks
1971
American actor (born 1971)
Kazuyuki Fujita
1970
Japanese professional wrestler and MMA fighter (born 1970)
Mehmet Scholl
1970
German footballer (born 1970)
Roy Hargrove
1969
American jazz trumpeter (1969–2018)
Takao Omori
1969
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1969)
Terri J. Vaughn
1969
American actress, director and producer (born 1969)
Wendy Wilson
1969
American pop singer
Randall Batinkoff
1968
American actor
Mark Lee (Singaporean actor)
1968
Singaporean comedian and entrepreneur (born 1968)
Francesco Libetta
1968
Italian pianist, composer and conductor (born 1968)
Todd Stashwick
1968
American actor (born 1968)
Elsa Zylberstein
1968
French actress (born 1968)
Michael Laffy
1967
Australian rules footballer
Davina McCall
1967
British television presenter (born 1967)
Olof Lundh
1966
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
1966
American voice actress (born 1966)
Kang Kyung-ok
1965
South Korean manhwa artist
German Titov (ice hockey)
1965
Russian ice hockey player
Tom Tolbert
1965
American basketball player (born 1965)
Shawn Little
1964
Canadian municipal politician
James Thompson (crime writer)
1964
American-Finnish crime writer (1964–2014)
Brendan Kibble
1963
Australian musician (born 1963)
Timothy Leighton
1963
Professor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics
Manute Bol
1962
Sudanese-American basketball player (died 2010)
Flea (musician)
1962
Australian-American musician (born 1962)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
1962
Russian baritone (1962–2017)
Nico Lazaridis
1962
German footballer
Tamara McKinney
1962
American alpine skier
Chris Doleman
1961
American football player (1961–2020)
Marc Levy
1961
French writer
Scott O'Hara
1961
American poet
Randy Vasquez
1961
American actor and director
Guy LeBlanc (keyboardist)
1960
Musical artist
Bob Mould
1960
American musician
Kevin Brennan, Baron Brennan of Canton
1959
British politician (born 1959)
Brian Harper
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
Gary Kemp
1959
English actor and musician (born 1959)
Philip Maini
1959
Northern Irish mathematician (born 1959)
Tessa Munt
1959
British politician (born 1959)
Jamie Salmon
1959
England & NZ international rugby union player
Erkki-Sven TĂĽĂĽr
1959
Estonian composer
John Whittingdale
1959
British Conservative politician
Roy McDonough
1958
English football player and manager (born 1958)
Tim Robbins
1958
American actor (born 1958)
Priidu Beier
1957
Estonian poet and teacher
Marin Alsop
1956
American conductor (born 1956)
John Chavis (American football)
1956
American football player and coach (born 1956)
Meg Rosoff
1956
American novelist (born 1956)
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
1956
Bangladeshi poet (1956–1991)
Kieran Doherty (hunger striker)
1955
Irish republican hunger striker and politician (1955–1981)
Ellen Dolan
1955
American actress
Lorenzo Carcaterra
1954
American writer of Italian descent
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean
1954
British politician (born 1954)
Serafino Ghizzoni
1954
Italy international rugby union player
Corinna Harfouch
1954
German actress
Tony Carey
1953
American-born musician
Paulo Roberto FalcĂŁo
1953
Brazilian footballer and manager
K. S. Kugathasan
1953
Sri Lankan politician (born 1953)
Brinsley Forde
1953
English singer and actor (born 1953)
Christopher Cox
1952
American lawyer and politician (born 1952)
Cordell Mosson
1952
American bassist (1952–2013)
Crazy Mohan
1952
Indian actor (1952–2019)
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton
1952
British politician (born 1952)
Angry Grandpa
1950
American YouTube personality (1950–2017)
Károly Horváth
1950
Musical artist
Alison Chitty
1948
British costume designer
Bruce Fleisher
1948
American professional golfer (1948–2021)
Hema Malini
1948
Indian actress and politician (born 1948)
Leo Mazzone
1948
American baseball coach (born 1948)
Nicholas Day (actor)
1947
British actor (born 1947)
Terry Griffiths
1947
Welsh snooker player (1947–2024)
Bob Weir
1947
American musician (1947–2026)
David Zucker
1947
American film director (born 1947)
Geoff Barnett (footballer)
1946
English footballer (1946–2021)
Suzanne Somers
1946
American actress (1946–2023)
Stefan Buczacki
1945
British horticulturist
Roger Hawkins (drummer)
1945
American drummer (1945–2021)
Paul Monette
1945
American author, poet, and activist (1945 – 1995)
Kaizer Motaung
1944
South African football icon (born 1944)
Elizabeth Loftus
1944
American cognitive psychologist
Fred Turner (musician)
1943
Canadian musician
Mel Counts
1941
American basketball player (born 1941)
Tim McCarver
1941
American baseball player and announcer (1941–2023)
Emma Nicholson
1941
British politician, life peer (born 1941)
Barry Corbin
1940
American actor (born 1940)
Dave DeBusschere
1940
American athlete (1940–2003)
Ivan Della Mea
1940
Musical artist
Carl Gunter Jr.
1938
American politician (1938–1999)
Nico
1938
German singer and actress (1938–1988)
Emile Ford
1937
Musical artist
Peter Bowles
1936
English actor (1936–2022)
Andrei Chikatilo
1936
Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)
Mladen Košćak
1936
Croatian footballer
Akira Machida
1936
Peter Ashdown
1934
British racing driver (born 1934)
Nobuyo ĹŚyama
1933
Japanese actress (1933–2024)
John Grant (British politician)
1932
British politician
Henry Lewis (musician)
1932
American conductor
Lucien Paiement
1932
Charles Colson
1931
American attorney and author (1931–2012)
Valery Klimov (violinist)
1931
Russian musician (1931–2022)
P. W. Underwood
1931
American football player and coach (1931–2013)
John Polkinghorne
1930
Physicist and priest (1930–2021)
Carmen Sevilla
1930
Spanish actress (1930–2023)
Fernanda Montenegro
1929
Brazilian actress (born 1929)
Mary Daly
1928
American feminist philosopher and theologian (1928–2010)
Ann Morgan Guilbert
1928
American actress (1928–2016)
GĂĽnter Grass
1927
German author and artist (1927–2015)
Rosa Rosal
1927
Filipino actress and humanitarian (1928–2025)
Charles Dolan
1926
American billionaire businessman (1926–2024)
Ed Valigursky
1926
Daniel J. Evans
1925
16th governor of Washington (1925–2024)
Angela Lansbury
1925
British-American-Irish actress and singer (1925–2022)
Gerard Parkes
1924
Irish-Canadian actor (1924–2014)
Linda Darnell
1923
American actress (1923–1965)
Bert Kaempfert
1923
German composer (1923–1980)
Bill McLaren
1923
Scottish rugby union player, sports broadcaster & journalist
Max Bygraves
1922
British entertainer (1922–2012)
Leon Sullivan
1922
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (1922–2001)
Matt Batts
1921
American baseball player (1921–2013)
Sita Ram Goel
1921
Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003)
MacKenzie Miller
1921
American racehorse trainer
Paddy Finucane
1920
Irish RAF officer killed in action
Kathleen Winsor
1919
American novelist (1915–2003)
Louis Althusser
1918
French Marxist philosopher (1918–1990)
Abraham Nemeth
1918
American mathematician (1918–2013)
Tony Rolt
1918
British racing driver (1918–2008)
Clifford Hansen
1912
American politician (1912–2009)
Otto von BĂĽlow
1911
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
Olivia Coolidge
1908
British American historical writer
Enver Hoxha
1908
Leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985
Richard Titmuss
1907
British sociologist (1907–1973)
LeĂłn Klimovsky
1906
Argentine film director (1906–1996)
Ernst Kuzorra
1905
German footballer (1905–1990)
Björn Berglund
1904
Swedish actor (1904–1968)
CĂ©cile de Brunhoff
1903
French storyteller
Big Joe Williams
1903
American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1903–1982)
Edward Ardizzone
1900
British artist, children's illustrator and writer
Primo Conti
1900
Goose Goslin
1900
American baseball player (1900–1971)
1800s
William O. Douglas
1898
American jurist (1898–1980)
Louis de Cazenave
1897
French pacifist (1897–2008)
Michael Collins (Irish leader)
1890
Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)
Maria Goretti
1890
Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church
Paul Strand
1890
American photographer (1890–1976)
Eugene O'Neill
1888
American playwright (1888–1953)
Paul Popenoe
1888
American eugenicist (1888–1979)
David Ben-Gurion
1886
Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1953; 1955–1963)
Rembrandt Bugatti
1884
Italian sculptor
William R. Orthwein
1881
American swimmer (1881–1955)
Jimmy Sinclair (cricketer)
1876
South African cricketer
Juho Kekkonen (forester)
1873
Finnish forester and tenant farmer (1873–1928)
Walter Buckmaster
1872
British polo player
Claude H. Van Tyne
1869
American historian
Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa
1867
Prince of Poggio Suasa
Austen Chamberlain
1863
British politician (1863–1937)
J. B. Bury
1861
Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)
Richard Sears (tennis)
1861
American sportsman (1861–1943)
Samad bey Mehmandarov
1855
Azerbaijani general (1855-1931)
Karl Kautsky
1854
Austrian-German Marxist theorist (1854–1938)
Oscar Wilde
1854
Irish writer (1854–1900)
Carl von In der Maur
1852
Governor of Liechtenstein during 1884–1892 and 1897–1913
Maria Pia of Savoy
1847
Queen of Portugal from 1862 to 1889
ItĹŤ Hirobumi
1841
Japanese statesman (1841–1909)
Kuroda Kiyotaka
1840
Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889
Vicente Riva Palacio
1832
Mexican politician
Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)
1831
African-American activist (1831–1910)
Arnold Böcklin
1827
Swiss Symbolist painter (1827–1901)
Austin F. Pike
1819
American politician (1819–1886)
William Forster (Australian politician)
1818
Australian politician
Francis Lubbock
1815
Governor of Texas from 1861 to 1863
William P. Fessenden
1806
American politician (1806–1869)
Benjamin Russell (artist)
1804
American painter
Robert Stephenson
1803
British civil engineer and locomotive designer (1803–1859)
Isaac Murphy
1802
8th Governor of Arkansas
Before 1800
William Buell Sprague
1795
William Burton (governor)
1789
American politician (1789–1866)
Paul Hamilton (politician)
1762
American politician (1762–1816)
Noah Webster
1758
American lexicographer and author (1758–1843)
Morgan Lewis (governor)
1754
American lawyer, politician and military commander (1754–1844)
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
1752
German philologist and historian (1752–1827)
Pieter van Maldere
1729
Flemish violinist and composer
Daniel Chodowiecki
1726
German painter and printmaker (1726–1801)
Giovanni Arduino
1714
Italian geologist (1714–1795)
András Hadik
1710
Hungarian nobleman, military officer and government official
Jan Dismas Zelenka
1679
Czech composer (1679–1745)
Anna Waser
1678
Swiss artist (1678–1714)
Pierre Puget
1620
French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (1620–1694)
Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy
1605
French musician and poet
Luke Wadding
1588
Irish Franciscan friar and historian (1588 – 1657)
Niwa Nagahide
1535
Japanese samurai (1535–1585)
Gasparo Contarini
1483
Italian diplomat, cardinal and Bishop of Belluno
James II of Scotland
1430
King of Scots from 1437 to 1460
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
1396
15th-century English noble
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
1351
First duke of Milan (1351–1402)