June 16 - Births

Births

• 1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
• 1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)
• 1514 – John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
• 1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
• 1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Crete-born Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
• 1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish aristocrat and soldier (d. 1675)
• 1612 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
• 1613 – John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
• 1633 – Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
• 1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, French-born Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
• 1713 – Meshech Weare, American Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
• 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
• 1738 – Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
• 1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet (d. 1800)
• 1792 – John Linnell, English landscape painter (d. 1882)
• 1792 – Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855)
• 1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
• 1806 – Edward Davy, English physician, chemist and inventor (d. 1885)
• 1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
• 1820 – Athanase Coquerel, French Protestant preacher (d. 1875)
• 1821 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
• 1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
• 1829 – Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
• 1836 – Wesley Merritt, American general (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
• 1838 – Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
• 1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
• 1858 – King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Arthur Meighen, 9^th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
• 1888 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (d. 1925)
• 1888 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
• 1890 – Stan Laurel, British actor and comedian (d. 1965)
• 1894 – Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1896 – Murray Leinster, American science-fiction and alternate history writer (d. 1976)
• 1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
• 1902 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945)
• 1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Archie Fairley Carr, American biologist (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and President of Peru (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
• 1915 – John Tukey, American statistician (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Katherine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari) (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)
• 1920 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Raymond U. Lemieux, Canadian organic chemist (d. 2002)
• 1920 – José López Portillo, 31^st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (d. 1962)
• 1924 – Faith Domergue, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer
• 1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Speedy O. Long, American politician (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Pauline Yates, English actress
• 1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-born American cinematographer
• 1930 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American artist (d. 1998)
• 1934 – Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
• 1934 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
• 1934 – William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1934 – Elvira Vinogradova, Russian TV personality
• 1935 – Bill Cobbs, American actor
• 1935 – Jim Dine, American artist
• 1937 – Erich Segal, American author (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1938 – James Bolam, English actor
• 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
• 1938 – Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer
• 1939 – Billy Crash Craddock, American country singer
• 1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American Governor of Oregon
• 1941 – Aldrich Ames, American C.I.A. officer and spy
• 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
• 1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist
• 1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
• 1942 – Eddie Levert, American singer (The O'Jays)
• 1943 – Joan Van Ark, American actress
• 1944 – Henri Richelet, French painter
• 1945 – Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician
• 1946 – Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 – Jodi Rell, American politician
• 1946 – Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1946 – Mark Ritts, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1947 – -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
• 1947 – Tom Wyner, British-born American voice actor and writer
• 1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
• 1948 – V. Hanumantha Rao, Indian politician
• 1949 – Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
• 1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
• 1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer (Dream Theater, Dominici)
• 1952 – George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
• 1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1953 – Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion)
• 1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
• 1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
• 1955 – Tree Rollins, American basketball player
• 1957 – Ian Buchanan, Scottish actor
• 1958 – Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
• 1958 – Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr)
• 1958 – Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer
• 1959 – The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
• 1959 – Desirée Rogers, American public relations executive and former Social Secretary for the White House
• 1959 – John Franklin, American actor
• 1960 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player
• 1962 – Femi Kuti, Nigerian afrobeat musician
• 1962 – Arnold Vosloo, South African actor
• 1962 – Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer
• 1963 – Scott Alexander, American screenwriter
• 1963 – Jim Fullington, American professional wrestler
• 1966 – Jan Železný, Czech athlete
• 1969 – Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
• 1970 – Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
• 1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player
• 1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
• 1970 – Younus AlGohar, British spiritualist, author, poet, sufi and humanitarian
• 1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (d. 1996)
• 1971 – Chris Gomez, American baseball player
• 1972 – John Cho, Korean-American actor
• 1972 – Simon Khan, English golfer
• 1972 – Ann Shoket, American magazine editor
• 1973 – Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Paul Lee, British sculptor
• 1975 – Anthony Carter, American basketball player
• 1976 – Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• 1977 – Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster
• 1977 – Kevin Foster, American convicted murderer
• 1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1978 – Daniel Brühl, German actor
• 1978 – Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
• 1978 – Lyndsey Marshal, British actress
• 1980 – Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1980 – Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
• 1980 – Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
• 1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
• 1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
• 1980 – Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
• 1980 – Phil Christophers, German-born English rugby player
• 1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
• 1981 – Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Ben Kweller, American singer and songwriter
• 1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
• 1982 – Fraser Cartmell, British triathlete
• 1982 – Matt Costa, American singer and songwriter
• 1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Chris Wingert, American footballer
• 1982 – Jodi Santamaria, Filipino actress
• 1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
• 1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish Footballer
• 1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player
• 1986 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1986 – Robert Rothbart, Bosnian/Israeli/Serbian basketball player
• 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer
• 1987 – Abby Elliott, American comedienne
• 1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
• 1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer
• 1988 – Keshia Chante, Canadian singer
• 1989 – Elena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
• 1991 – Joe McElderry, X Factor (UK) winner in 2009
• 1994 – Aarya Ambekar, Indian Marathi singer