Births on 16 September
2000s
Toby Couchman
2003
Australian rugby league footballer
Avishag Semberg
2001
Israeli female taekwondo practitioner
Sam Howell
2000
American football player (born 2000)
Oliver Skipp
2000
English footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Brady Tkachuk
1999
American ice hockey player (born 1999)
Jackie Young
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Aaron Gordon
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Anthony Mantha
1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Aleksandar Mitrović
1994
Serbian footballer (born 1994)
Mitchell Moses
1994
Australia & Lebanon international rugby league footballer
Metro Boomin
1993
American record producer and songwriter (born 1993)
Sam Byram
1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Bryson DeChambeau
1993
American professional golfer (born 1993)
Joji (musician)
1993
Japanese entertainer
Vytenis Čižauskas
1992
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1992)
Nick Jonas
1992
American singer (born 1992)
Jake Roche
1992
English singer and actor (born 1992)
Chase Stokes
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Alexandra Paul (figure skater)
1991
Canadian ice dancer (1991–2023)
Robbie Grossman
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Braden Holtby
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Salomón Rondón
1989
Venezuelan football player (born 1989)
Dustin Tokarski
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Teddy Geiger
1988
American singer-songwriter (born 1988)
Merve Boluğur
1987
Turkish actress and model
Kyle Lafferty
1987
Northern Irish footballer
Louis Ngwat-Mahop
1987
Cameroonian footballer
Anthony Padilla
1987
American YouTuber (born 1987)
Burry Stander
1987
South African mountain biker
Travis Wall
1987
American dancer and choreographer
Gordon Beckham
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Ian Harding
1986
American actor (born 1986)
Kyla Pratt
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Matt Harrison (baseball)
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Max Minghella
1985
Actor (born 1985)
Madeline Zima
1985
American actress (born 1985)
Sabrina Bryan
1984
American singer (born 1984)
Katie Melua
1984
British singer (born 1984)
John Afoa
1983
NZ international rugby union player
Katerine Avgoustakis
1983
Greek-Belgian singer
Jennifer Blake (wrestler)
1983
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1983)
Kirsty Coventry
1983
President of the IOC since 2025
Brandon Moss
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Leon Knight
1982
English footballer (born 1982)
Michele Rizzo
1982
Italian rugby union player
Fan Bingbing
1981
Chinese actress, model, television producer, and singer
Alexis Bledel
1981
American actress and model (born 1981)
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette
1981
United States Virgin Islands sprinter
Kenny van Weeghel
1980
Dutch Paralympic athlete
Bobby Korecky
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Flo Rida
1979
American rapper (born 1979)
Dan Dickau
1978
American basketball player (born 1978)
Claudia Marx
1978
German sprinter
Sensei (wrestler)
1978
Mexican professional wrestler
Brian Sims
1978
American politician
Greg Ball (politician)
1977
American politician (born 1977)
Musiq Soulchild
1977
American singer and songwriter (born 1977)
Elīna Garanča
1976
Latvian mezzo-soprano
Tina Barrett
1976
English singer and actress (born 1976)
Greg Buckner
1976
American basketball player and coach
Jason Leffler
1975
American racing driver (1975-2013)
Shannon Noll
1975
Australian singer-songwriter (born 1975)
Toks Olagundoye
1975
Nigerian actress (born 1975)
Loona (singer)
1974
Dutch pop singer
Monique Brumby
1974
Musical artist
Joaquin Castro
1974
American politician (born 1974)
Julian Castro
1974
American politician (born 1974)
George Corrie (footballer)
1973
English footballer
Camiel Eurlings
1973
Dutch politician and businessman (born 1973)
Justin Haythe
1973
American novelist
Alexander Vinokourov
1973
Kazakhstani road bicycle racer (born 1973)
Mark Bruener
1972
American football player and executive (born 1972)
Mike Doyle (actor)
1972
American actor (born 1972)
Alessandro Nunziati
1972
Italian musician and writer
Joel Heyman
1971
American actor (born 1971)
Charlie Jacobs
1971
American businessman (b.1971)
Amy Poehler
1971
American actress and comedian (born 1971)
Richard Slinger
1971
American professional wrestler
Shawntel Smith
1971
American beauty pageant contestant (born 1971)
Mark Schultz (musician)
1970
American musician
Justine Frischmann
1969
English musician (born 1969)
Janno Gibbs
1969
Filipino actor, comedian and singer-songwriter (born 1969)
Marc Anthony
1968
American singer (born 1968)
Walt Becker
1968
American filmmaker (born 1968)
Tommy Keane
1968
Irish footballer (1968-2012)
Hiroya Oku
1967
Japanese manga artist (born 1967)
Damon Thayer
1967
American politician
John Bel Edwards
1966
American politician (born 1966)
Wil McCarthy
1966
American science fiction writer (born 1966)
Kevin Young (hurdler)
1966
American athlete (born 1966)
Katy Kurtzman
1965
American actress
Karl-Heinz Riedle
1965
German footballer (born 1965)
Stephen Shareaux
1965
American rock singer
Mary Coustas
1964
Australian actress and comedian
Rossy de Palma
1964
Spanish actress and model
Dave Sabo
1964
American guitarist (born 1964)
Molly Shannon
1964
American actress and comedian (born 1964)
Richard Marx
1963
American singer (born 1963)
Seth (cartoonist)
1962
Cartoonist
Bilinda Butcher
1961
English musician
Phil Lafon
1961
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1961)
Annamária Szalai
1961
Jayne Brook
1960
American actress
Graham Haynes
1960
American jazz musician
Mike Mignola
1960
American comic artist and writer (born 1960)
Peter Keleghan
1959
Canadian actor and writer (born 1959)
Tim Raines
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
Dave Richardson (South African cricketer)
1959
South African cricketer
Victory Tischler-Blue
1959
American musician and filmmaker
Orel Hershiser
1958
American baseball player and analyst (born 1958)
Neville Southall
1958
Welsh footballer (born 1958)
Jennifer Tilly
1958
American-Canadian actress (born 1958)
D. C. Drake
1957
American professional wrestler and promoter
Clara Furse
1957
British-Dutch businesswoman (1957)
Norman Lamb
1957
British politician
David McCreery
1957
Northern Irish football player and manager (born 1957)
Anca Parghel
1957
Romanian musician
Maggie Atkinson
1956
English academic
David Copperfield (illusionist)
1956
American magician (born 1956)
Ross Greenberg
1956
American software developer (1956–2017)
Dave Schulthise
1956
American musician
Kazuharu Sonoda
1956
Japanese professional wrestler (1956-1987)
Ron Brewer
1955
American basketball player
Robin Yount
1955
American baseball player (born 1955)
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
1954
Musical artist
William McKeen
1954
American author and educator
Colin Newman
1954
English musician and record producer
Frank Reed (singer)
1954
American singer-songwriter
Roger Woolley
1954
Australian cricketer
Kurt Fuller
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Alan Barton
1953
British singer (1953–1995)
Nancy Huston
1953
Canadian author, based in France (born 1953)
Earl Klugh
1953
American acoustic guitarist and composer (born 1953)
Mark Malloch Brown
1953
British diplomat and former politician (born 1953)
Jerry Pate
1953
American professional golfer (born 1953)
Manuel Pellegrini
1953
Chilean football manager (born 1953)
Christopher Rich (actor)
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Eric Vail
1953
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)
Tony Cunningham (politician)
1952
British Labour Party politician
Česlovas Laurinavičius
1952
Lithuanian historian and political scientist
Karen Muir
1952
South African swimmer
Mickey Rourke
1952
American actor (born 1952)
Vince Bell
1951
American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Andy Irvine (rugby union)
1951
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Cornelius Sim
1951
Bruneian cardinal (1951–2021)
The Bellamy Brothers
1950
American music duo
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
1950
American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)
Loyd Grossman
1950
American-British journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur (born 1950)
Ed Begley Jr.
1949
American actor and activist (born 1949)
Ron Blair
1948
American musician (born 1948)
Rosie Casals
1948
American tennis player
Julia Donaldson
1948
English writer and playwright (born 1948)
Kenney Jones
1948
English drummer (born 1948)
Susan Ruttan
1948
American actress
Dusty Hughes (playwright)
1947
English playwright, director and television screenwriter
Sonny LeMaire
1946
American singer and bassist
Mike Reynolds (Australian politician)
1946
Australian politician
Camilo Sesto
1946
Spanish singer (1946–2019)
Linda Kaye Henning
1944
American actress and singer (b. 1944)
Betty Kelly
1944
American singer (born 1944)
Wang Houjun
1943
Chinese footballer and coach
James Alan McPherson
1943
American essayist and short-story writer
Bernie Calvert
1942
Musical artist
Susan L. Graham
1942
American computer scientist
Joe Butler
1941
American musician
Richard Perle
1941
American political advisor
Hamiet Bluiett
1940
American jazz musician and composer
Butch Buchholz
1940
American tennis player (born 1940)
Paul White, Baron Hanningfield
1940
British politician (1940–2024)
Breyten Breytenbach
1939
South African writer and painter (1939–2024)
Bill McGill
1939
American basketball player (1939–2014)
Aleksandr Medved
1937
Soviet/Belarussian wrestler (1937–2024)
Vince Naimoli
1937
American businessman (1937-2019)
Carl Andre
1935
American minimalist artist (1935–2024)
Billy Boy Arnold
1935
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (born 1935)
Jules Bass
1935
American director, producer and composer (1935–2022)
Lilia Cuntapay
1935
Filipina actress (1935-2016)
Bob Kiley
1935
Transport executive
Esther Vilar
1935
Argentine-German writer (born 1935)
Helen Williams (model)
1935
American model (1935–2023)
Elgin Baylor
1934
American basketball player (1934–2021)
Ronnie Drew
1934
Irish singer & musician (1934–2008)
Steve Shirley
1933
British businesswoman and philanthropist (1933–2025)
George Chakiris
1932
American actor and dancer (born 1932)
Micky Stewart
1932
English cricketer (born 1932)
K. D. Arulpragasam
1931
Little Willie Littlefield
1931
American pianist and singer (1931–2013)
Anne Francis
1930
American actress (1930–2011)
Jamshid bin Abdullah
1929
Sultan of Zanzibar from 1963 to 1964
Stan Stephens
1929
Canadian-American politician (1929–2021)
Rex Trailer
1928
American television personality
Lady Gwen Thompson
1928
American poet
Patricia Wald
1928
American judge (1928–2019)
Peter Falk
1927
American actor (1927–2011)
Jack Kelly (actor)
1927
American actor (1927–1992)
Sadako Ogata
1927
Japanese diplomat (1927–2019)
Eric Gross
1926
Austrian-Australian musician (1926–2011)
John Knowles
1926
American novelist
Roger McKee
1926
American baseball player (1926-2014)
Robert Schuller
1926
American television evangelist (1926–2015)
Charlie Byrd
1925
American jazz guitarist (1925–1999)
Charles Haughey
1925
Taoiseach (1979–1981, 1982, 1987–1992)
B. B. King
1925
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
Lauren Bacall
1924
American actress (1924–2014)
Raoul Coutard
1924
French cinematographer (1924–2016)
Lee Kuan Yew
1923
Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990
Guy Hamilton
1922
English film director (1922–2016)
Janis Paige
1922
American actress and singer (1922–2024)
Ursula Franklin
1921
Canadian academic and activist (1921–2016)
Jon Hendricks
1921
American jazz lyricist and singer (1921–2017)
Korla Pandit
1921
American musician (1921–1998)
Staryl C. Austin
1920
United States Air Force general
Sheila Quinn
1920
British nurse
Art Sansom
1920
American cartoonist
Bill Daley (American football)
1919
American football player (1919–2015)
Laurence J. Peter
1919
Canadian educator (1919–1990)
Andy Russell (singer)
1919
American singer (1919–1992)
Władysław Kędra
1918
Polish pianist
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw
1916
Saint Kitts and Nevis politician
Frank Farrell (rugby league)
1916
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
M. S. Subbulakshmi
1916
Indian classical vocalist (1916–2004)
Frank Leslie Walcott
1916
Barbadian trade unionist, politician and diplomat
Marie Vieux-Chauvet
1916
Haitian writer (1916-1973)
Raosaheb Gogte
1916
Indian industrialist (1916–2000)
Cy Walter
1915
American café society pianist (1915–1968)
Allen Funt
1914
American television producer (1914–1999)
Wilfred Burchett
1911
Australian journalist
Paul Henning
1911
American producer and screenwriter (1911–2005)
Erich Kempka
1910
Chauffeur for Adolf Hitler (1910–1975)
Karl Kling
1910
German racing driver (1910–2003)
Jack Churchill
1906
British Army officer (1906–1996)
Vladimír Holan
1905
Czech poet and translator
Josef Schächter
1901
Austrian rabbi (1901–1994)
1800s
Hans Swarowsky
1899
Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth
H. A. Rey
1898
Children's illustrator and writer (1898–1977)
Milt Franklyn
1897
American composer and arranger (1897–1962)
Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer)
1895
Malaysian writer and linguist
Alexander Korda
1893
British film director (1893–1956)
Albert Szent-Györgyi
1893
Hungarian biochemist (1893–1986), Nobel Prize winner
Karl Dönitz
1891
German grand admiral (1891–1980)
Stephanie von Hohenlohe
1891
Austrian princess and Nazi agent of influence
Avigdor Hameiri
1890
Hungarian-Israeli author (1890–1970)
W. O. Bentley
1888
English engineer (1888–1971)
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
1888
Finnish writer (1888–1964)
Nadia Boulanger
1887
French musician and teacher (1887–1979)
Jean Arp
1886
German-French sculptor and poet (1886–1966)
T. E. Hulme
1883
English poet (1883–1917)
Clive Bell
1881
English art critic (1881–1964)
Clara Ayres
1880
American nurse
Alfred Noyes
1880
English poet (1880–1958)
Karl Albiker
1878
German sculptor
Jacob Schick
1877
American businessman (1877–1937)
Marvin Hart
1876
American boxer (1876–1931)
James Cash Penney
1875
American businessman (1875–1971)
John Boland (Irish nationalist politician)
1870
Irish politician (1870–1958)
Georg Voigt (politician)
1866
German politician (1866–1927)
Miriam Benjamin
1861
American inventor (1861–1947)
Yuan Shikai
1859
First president of the Republic of China (1859–1916)
Edward Marshall Hall
1858
British barrister (1858–1927)
Bonar Law
1858
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923
Albrecht Kossel
1853
German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
Anna Kingsford
1846
English physician, activist, and feminist
Paul Taffanel
1844
French flautist, conductor and instructor
James J. Hill
1838
American railroad promoter and financier (1838–1916)
Pedro V of Portugal
1837
King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861
Francis Moran (cardinal)
1830
Catholic cardinal (1830–1911)
Per Pålsson
1828
Swedish murderer
Jean Albert Gaudry
1827
French scientist (1827–1908)
Francis Parkman
1823
American historian (1823–1893)
Ludwik Teichmann
1823
Polish anatomist (1823–1895)
Charles Crocker
1822
American railroad executive
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint
1812
Dutch novelist
Before 1800
Daoguang Emperor
1782
Emperor of China from 1820 to 1850
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
1777
German-born British financier (1777–1836)
Mikhail Kutuzov
1745
Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
Nicolas Desmarest
1725
French geologist (1725–1815)
Gabriel Christie (British Army officer)
1722
British Army general
Angelo Maria Amorevoli
1716
Italian opera singer
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
1678
British politician and philosopher (1678–1751)
Antoine Parent
1666
French mathematician
Engelbert Kaempfer
1651
German botanist (1651–1716)
Gregorio Barbarigo
1625
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Heinrich Bach
1615
German organist and composer
Jacques Mauduit
1557
French composer
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
1541
English noble and general (1541-1576)
Jiajing Emperor
1507
Emperor of China from 1521 to 1567
Pietro Pomponazzi
1462
Italian philosopher (1462–1525)
Henry V of England
1386
King of England from 1413 to 1422
Elizabeth de Clare
1295
English heiress (1295–1360)
Emperor Yuan of Liang
508
Emperor of the Liang dynasty from 552 to 555
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