November 16 - Births

Births

• 42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
• 1436 – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)
• 1603 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
• 1643 – Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)
• 1717 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)
• 1720 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
• 1753 – James McHenry, American statesman (d. 1816)
• 1758 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)
• 1766 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
• 1836 – King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (d. 1891)
• 1839 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)
• 1841 – Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)
• 1847 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Minnie Hauk, American soprano (d. 1929)
• 1862 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
• 1873 – W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
• 1885 – Monsignor Sir Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
• 1888 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and pianist (d. 1957)
• 1889 – George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Dietrich Kraiß, German Nazi officer (d. 1944)
• 1890 – Elpidio Quirino, 6^th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
• 1892 – Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953)
• 1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
• 1896 – Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
• 1896 – Joan Lindsay, Australian novelist (d. 1984)
• 1896 – Oswald Mosley, British politician and founder of the British Union of Fascists (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
• 1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, American radio interview host (d. 1976)
• 1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1^st President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Eddie Condon, American jazz banjoist and guitarist (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Eddie Chapman, British World War II spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Daws Butler, American voice actor (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist
• 1922 – José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Mel Patton, American sprinter
• 1928 – Clu Gulager, American actor
• 1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelis, poet and academic
• 1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian Mafia leader
• 1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf's band)
• 1933 – Garnet Mimms, American singer
• 1935 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-born Lebanese Shiite Muslim cleric and Hezbollah mentor (d. 2010)
• 1935 – Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
• 1936 – John Moore, Australian politician
• 1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1940 – Donna McKechnie, American actress and dancer
• 1941 – Gerry Marshall, British race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
• 1942 – Joanna Pettet, English actress
• 1944 – Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
• 1946 – Terence McKenna, American writer and public speaker (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Jo Jo White, American basketball player
• 1947 – Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer
• 1948 – Horst Bertram, German footballer
• 1948 – Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
• 1949 – Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (d. 2010)
• 1950 – David Leisure, American actor
• 1950 – John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist
• 1951 – Miguel Sandoval, American actor
• 1952 – Robin McKinley, American novelist
• 1952 – Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist in Biblioteca Marciana, essayist and translator
• 1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
• 1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor
• 1954 – Andrea Barrett, American novelist
• 1954 – Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
• 1954 – Dick Gross, Australian politician
• 1955 – Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
• 1957 – Jacques Gamblin, French actor
• 1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
• 1958 – Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
• 1961 – Frank Bruno, British boxer
• 1961 – Corinne Hermès, French singer
• 1962 – Gary Mounfield, English bassist (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream)
• 1962 – Josh Silver, American keyboardist (Type O Negative)
• 1964 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
• 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer
• 1964 – Harry J. Lennix, American actor
• 1964 – Maeve Quinlan, American actress
• 1964 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress
• 1965 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
• 1965 – Mark Benton, English actor
• 1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
• 1966 – Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
• 1966 – Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
• 1966 – Dave Kushner, American guitarist (Velvet Revolver)
• 1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet
• 1967 – Lisa Bonet, American actress
• 1968 – Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
• 1968 – Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
• 1970 – Martha Plimpton, American actress
• 1970 – Logan Mader, American guitarist (Machine Head)
• 1971 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
• 1971 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
• 1971 – Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka
• 1971 – Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer
• 1972 – Missi Pyle, American actress
• 1973 – Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
• 1973 – Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player
• 1974 – Eric Judy, American bassist (Modest Mouse)
• 1974 – Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer
• 1974 – Paul Scholes, British footballer
• 1975 – Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 – Mario Barravecchia, Belgian singer
• 1976 – Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
• 1976 – Danny Wallace, British author
• 1976 – Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
• 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
• 1977 – Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor
• 1978 – Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
• 1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer (CSS)
• 1979 – Tony Frias, American footballer
• 1979 – Bruce Irons, American surfer
• 1980 – Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
• 1980 – Nicole Gius, Italian alpine skier
• 1980 – Carol Huynh, Canadian freestyle wrestler
• 1981 – Allison Crowe, Canadian singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
• 1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
• 1981 – Osi Umenyiora, English-born American football player
• 1982 – Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
• 1982 – Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
• 1982 – Amar'e Stoudemire, American basketball player
• 1983 – Chris Gocong, American football player
• 1983 – K, South Korean-born Japanese singer
• 1983 – Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
• 1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
• 1984 – Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
• 1986 – Saeko, Japanese actress
• 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor