People born on February 16 168
Emperor Yingzong of Song
b. 1032 – d. 1067
Emperor Yingzong of Song (d. 1067)
Nichiren
b. 1222 – d. 1282
Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür
b. 1304 – d. 1332
Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1332)
Coluccio Salutati
b. 1331 – d. 1406
Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (b. 1331)
John I, Duke of Cleves
b. 1419 – d. 1481
John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1481)
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
b. 1470 – d. 1540
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Calenberg (1491-1540) (d. 1540)
Philip Melanchthon
b. 1497 – d. 1560
Philip Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (b. 1497)
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Georg Joachim Rheticus
b. 1514 – d. 1574
Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (d. 1574)
Gaspard II de Coligny
b. 1519 – d. 1572
Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519)
Kanō Eitoku
b. 1543 – d. 1590
Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (d. 1590)
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Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
b. 1620 – d. 1688
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)
John Sharp (bishop)
b. 1643 – d. 1714
John Sharp, English archbishop (d. 1714)
Pierre Bouguer
b. 1698 – d. 1758
Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
b. 1727 – d. 1817
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
Giambattista Bodoni
b. 1740 – d. 1813
Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
Jean-Charles Pichegru
b. 1761 – d. 1804
Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
Pierre Rode
b. 1774 – d. 1830
Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830)
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)
b. 1786 – d. 1859
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
Phineas Quimby
b. 1802 – d. 1866
Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher (d. 1866)
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
b. 1804 – d. 1885
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
Henry Wilson
b. 1812 – d. 1875
Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
Heinrich Barth
b. 1821 – d. 1865
Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (d. 1865)
Francis Galton
b. 1822 – d. 1911
Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (d. 1911)
Peter Kosler
b. 1824 – d. 1879
Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1879)
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
b. 1826 – d. 1886
Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (d. 1886)
Nikolai Leskov
b. 1831 – d. 1895
Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1895)
Ernst Haeckel
b. 1834 – d. 1919
Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1919)
Henry Adams
b. 1838 – d. 1918
Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)
Henry M. Leland
b. 1843 – d. 1932
Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)
George Kennan (explorer)
b. 1845 – d. 1924
George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)
Hugo de Vries
b. 1848 – d. 1935
Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
Octave Mirbeau
b. 1848 – d. 1917
Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
Ossian Everett Mills
b. 1856 – d. 1920
Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)
Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)
b. 1866 – d. 1940
Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (d. 1940)
Edward S. Curtis
b. 1868 – d. 1952
Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (d. 1952)
Radoje Domanović
b. 1873 – d. 1908
Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
G. M. Trevelyan
b. 1876 – d. 1962
G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (d. 1962)
Pamela Colman Smith
b. 1878 – d. 1951
Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)
James Colosimo
b. 1878 – d. 1920
James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
Robert J. Flaherty
b. 1884 – d. 1951
Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
Kathleen Clifford
b. 1887 – d. 1962
Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
Hans F. K. Günther
b. 1891 – d. 1968
Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
Eugénie Blanchard
b. 1896 – d. 2010
Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)
Katharine Cornell
b. 1898 – d. 1974
Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)
Wayne King
b. 1901 – d. 1985
Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
Chester Morris
b. 1901 – d. 1970
Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970)
Cyril Vincent
b. 1902 – d. 1968
Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (d. 1968)
Edgar Bergen
b. 1903 – d. 1978
Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
James Baskett
b. 1904 – d. 1948
James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948)
George F. Kennan
b. 1904 – d. 2005
George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
Vera Menchik
b. 1906 – d. 1944
Vera Menchik, Russian-English chess player (d. 1944)
Hugh Beaumont
b. 1909 – d. 1982
Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
Jeffrey Lynn
b. 1909 – d. 1995
Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)
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Richard McDonald
b. 1909 – d. 1998
Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1909)
Jimmy Wakely
b. 1914 – d. 1982
Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1982)
Bill Doggett
b. 1916 – d. 1996
Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
Georges Ulmer
b. 1919 – d. 1989
Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)
Anna Mae Hays
b. 1920
Anna Mae Hays, American general
Vera-Ellen
b. 1921 – d. 1981
Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
Jean Behra
b. 1921 – d. 1959
Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
John Galbraith Graham
b. 1921 – d. 2013
John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
b. 1922 – d. 1950
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950)
Samuel Willenberg
b. 1923 – d. 2016
Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
Margot Frank
b. 1926 – d. 1945
Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)
John Schlesinger
b. 1926 – d. 2003
John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
June Brown
b. 1927
June Brown, English actress
Gerhard Hanappi
b. 1929 – d. 1980
Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980)
Peter Porter (poet)
b. 1929 – d. 2010
Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
Otis Blackwell
b. 1931 – d. 2002
Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
Ken Takakura
b. 1931 – d. 2014
Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
b. 1932 – d. 2014
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014)
Gretchen Wyler
b. 1932 – d. 2007
Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
August Coppola
b. 1934 – d. 2009
August Coppola, American author and academic (d. 2009)
Marlene Hagge
b. 1934
Marlene Hagge, American golfer
Brian Bedford
b. 1935 – d. 2016
Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (d. 2016)
Sonny Bono
b. 1935 – d. 1998
Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998)
Stephen Gaskin
b. 1935 – d. 2014
Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (b. 1935)
Bradford Parkinson
b. 1935
Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
Kenneth Price
b. 1935 – d. 2012
Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
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Paul Bailey (British writer)
b. 1937
Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
Yuri Manin
b. 1937
Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic
John Corigliano
b. 1938
John Corigliano, American composer and academic
Adolfo Azcuna
b. 1939
Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
Hannelore Schmatz
b. 1940 – d. 1979
Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)
Kim Jong-il
b. 1941 – d. 2011
Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
Richard Williams (tennis coach)
b. 1942
Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
Glyn Davies (British politician)
b. 1944
Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
Richard Ford
b. 1944
Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
António Mascarenhas Monteiro
b. 1944 – d. 2016
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
Kaiketsu Masateru
b. 1948 – d. 2014
Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
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Bob O'Reilly
b. 1949
Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
Peter Hain
b. 1950
Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
Barry Foote
b. 1951
Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach
William Katt
b. 1952
William Katt, American actor, director, and screenwriter
James Ingram
b. 1952
James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer
John Bradbury (drummer)
b. 1953 – d. 2015
John Bradbury, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
Lanny McDonald
b. 1953
Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Roberta Williams
b. 1953
Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
Iain Banks
b. 1954 – d. 2013
Iain Banks, Scottish author (b. 1954)
Margaux Hemingway
b. 1954 – d. 1996
Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (b. 1954)
Michael Holding
b. 1954
Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster
Vincent Ward (director)
b. 1956
Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
LeVar Burton
b. 1957
LeVar Burton, German-American actor, director, and producer
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Natalie Angier
b. 1958
Natalie Angier, American author
Ice-T
b. 1958
Ice-T, American rapper and actor
Oscar Schmidt
b. 1958
Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
Herb Williams
b. 1958
Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
John McEnroe
b. 1959
John McEnroe, German-American tennis player and sportscaster
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Kelly Tripucka
b. 1959
Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster
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Pete Willis
b. 1960
Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter
Des Hasler
b. 1961
Des Hasler, Australian rugby league player and coach
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Liu Kang (football manager)
b. 1961 – d. 2013
Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
Andy Taylor (guitarist)
b. 1961
Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Balance
b. 1962 – d. 2004
John Balance, English singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
Bebeto
b. 1964
Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager
Christopher Eccleston
b. 1964
Christopher Eccleston, English actor
Dave Lombardo
b. 1965
Dave Lombardo, Cuban American drummer
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Keith Gretzky
b. 1967
Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Warren Ellis
b. 1968
Warren Ellis, English author and screenwriter
Craig Laundy
b. 1971
Craig Laundy, Australian politician
Jerome Bettis
b. 1972
Jerome Bettis, American football player and sportscaster
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Zoran Čampara
b. 1972
Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
Sarah Clarke
b. 1972
Sarah Clarke, American actress
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Naomi Nishida
b. 1972
Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
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Darrell Trindall
b. 1972
Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player
Cathy Freeman
b. 1973
Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
Mahershala Ali
b. 1974
Mahershala Ali, actor
Eric Byrnes
b. 1976
Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
Kyo (musician)
b. 1976
Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
Ian Clarke (computer scientist)
b. 1977
Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet
Ahman Green
b. 1977
Ahman Green, American football player
Tia Hellebaut
b. 1978
Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist
Wasim Jaffer
b. 1978
Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
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John Tartaglia
b. 1978
John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
Eric Mun
b. 1979
Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor
Valentino Rossi
b. 1979
Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
Longineu W. Parsons III
b. 1980
Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer
Jay Howard
b. 1981
Jay Howard, English race car driver
Jerry Owens
b. 1981
Jerry Owens, American baseball player
Qyntel Woods
b. 1981
Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
Aleksandr Dmitrijev
b. 1982
Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
Rickie Lambert
b. 1982
Rickie Lambert, English footballer
Lupe Fiasco
b. 1982
Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
Agyness Deyn
b. 1983
Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
Sofia Arvidsson
b. 1984
Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
Oussama Mellouli
b. 1984
Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
Simon Francis (footballer)
b. 1985
Simon Francis, English footballer
Stacy Lewis
b. 1985
Stacy Lewis, American golfer
Ron Vlaar
b. 1985
Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
Luc Bourdon
b. 1987 – d. 2008
Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
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Theresa Goh
b. 1987
Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
Hasheem Thabeet
b. 1987
Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player
Diego Capel
b. 1988
Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
Zhang Jike
b. 1988
Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
Denílson Pereira Neves
b. 1988
Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
Andrea Ranocchia
b. 1988
Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
Kim Soo-hyun
b. 1988
Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
Elizabeth Olsen
b. 1989
Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
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Dunamis Lui
b. 1990
Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
The Weeknd
b. 1990
The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
Sergio Canales
b. 1991
Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
Nicolai Boilesen
b. 1992
Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
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Zsófia Susányi
b. 1992
Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
Annika Beck
b. 1994
Annika Beck, German tennis player
Federico Bernardeschi
b. 1994
Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer
Katy Dunne
b. 1995
Katy Dunne, English tennis player
Carina Witthöft
b. 1995
Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
Pardeep Narwal
b. 1997
Pardeep Narwal, Indian Kabaddi athlete