January 16 - Births

Births

• 1245 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
• 1409 – René I of Naples (d. 1480)
• 1477 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
• 1501 – Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
• 1616 – François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
• 1626 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
• 1634 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
• 1675 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
• 1728 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
• 1749 – Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (d. 1803)
• 1757 – Richard Goodwin Keats, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1834)
• 1807 – Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877)
• 1815 – Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
• 1821 – John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (d. 1875)
• 1834 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
• 1836 – King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
• 1838 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
• 1844 – Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
• 1853 – Andre Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
• 1853 – Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937)
• 1853 – Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
• 1853 – Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
• 1872 – Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
• 1872 – Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
• 1874 – Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
• 1878 – Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
• 1885 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
• 1886 – John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
• 1893 – Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
• 1896 – Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1897 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
• 1898 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
• 1898 – Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
• 1901 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
• 1901 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
• 1903 – William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945)
• 1905 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
• 1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
• 1911 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director.
• 1916 – Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Clem Jones, Australian Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
• 1920 – Elliott Reid, American actor
• 1921 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
• 1923 – Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
• 1928 – William Kennedy, American author
• 1930 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
• 1931 – Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
• 1933 – Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
• 1935 – A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
• 1937 – Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
• 1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
• 1938 – Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
• 1942 – René Angélil, Canadian music executive
• 1942 – Barbara Lynn, American singer
• 1943 – Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
• 1943 – Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
• 1944 – Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
• 1946 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
• 1947 – Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
• 1947 – Sarah Jane Olson, American political activist
• 1947 – Harvey Proctor, British politician
• 1947 – Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
• 1948 – John Carpenter, American film director
• 1948 – Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
• 1948 – Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
• 1948 – Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
• 1949 – Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1949 – Caroline Munro, British actress
• 1950 – Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
• 1950 – Brian Castro, Australian author
• 1950 – Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
• 1950 – Robert Schimmel, American Comedian
• 1951 – Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
• 1952 – King Fuad II of Egypt
• 1952 – L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
• 1953 – Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
• 1955 – Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut
• 1956 – Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
• 1956 – Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
• 1956 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer
• 1957 – Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
• 1958 – Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
• 1958 – Lena Ek, Swedish politician
• 1959 – Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
• 1959 – Sade, Nigerian-born singer
• 1961 – Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
• 1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician
• 1962 – Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
• 1962 – Tracey Moore, voice actress
• 1963 – James May, English television presenter
• 1965 – Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
• 1965 – Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – David Chokachi, American actor
• 1969 – Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
• 1969 – Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
• 1969 – Neil Back, England rugby player
• 1970 – Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
• 1970 – Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
• 1970 – Ron Villone, American baseball player
• 1971 – Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
• 1972 – Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
• 1972 – Ang Christou, Australian rules footballer
• 1972 – Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
• 1972 – Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
• 1972 – Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
• 1972 – Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
• 1972 – Joe Horn, American football player
• 1972 – Richard T. Jones, American actor
• 1972 – Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
• 1972 – Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
• 1973 – Josie Davis, American actress
• 1974 – Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Kate Moss, English model
• 1975 – Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
• 1975 – Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
• 1976 – Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
• 1976 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
• 1977 – Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
• 1977 – Jeff Foster, American basketball player
• 1978 – Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
• 1979 – Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
• 1979 – Aaliyah, American R&B singer/actress (d. 2001)
• 1979 – Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
• 1980 – Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
• 1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
• 1980 – Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
• 1981 – Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
• 1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer
• 1982 – Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
• 1982 – Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
• 1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
• 1984 – Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
• 1985 – Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
• 1985 – Joe Flacco, American football player
• 1986 – Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
• 1986 – Mason Gamble, American actor
• 1987 – Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
• 1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 1989 – Yvonne Zima, American actress
• 1991 – Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player