According to Gregory calendar, on May 16, the day number in a year is 137 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 138. Find List of Famous People Born on May 16 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on May 16 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.
Famous People's Birthdays on May 16 😀
| Birth Year | Name/Category/Country/Lived |
|---|---|
| 1418 | John II of Cyprus / King / Cyprus |
| 1641 | Dudley North / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1710 | William Talbot / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1763 | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin / Chemist / France |
| 1788 | Friedrich Rückert / Poet / Germany |
| 1801 | William H. Seward / Politician / United States of America |
| 1804 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody / Educator / United States of America |
| 1819 | Johann Voldemar Jannsen / Poet / Estonia |
| 1821 | Pafnuty Chebyshev / Mathematician / Russia |
| 1824 | Levi P. Morton / Politician / United States of America |
| 1824 | Edmund Kirby Smith / General / United States of America |
| 1827 | Pierre Cuypers / Architect / Netherlands |
| 1831 | David Edward Hughes / Physicist / United States of America |
| 1845 | Élie Metchnikoff / Biologist / Ukraine |
| 1857 | Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar / Politician / India |
| 1879 | Pierre Gilliard / Author / Switzerland |
| 1882 | Simeon Price / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1883 | Celâl Bayar / Politician / Turkey |
| 1888 | Royal Rife / Biologist / United States of America |
| 1897 | Zvi Sliternik / Academic / Israel |
| 1898 | Tamara de Lempicka / Painter / United States of America |
| 1898 | Desanka Maksimović / Poet / Serbia |
| 1898 | Kenji Mizoguchi / Writer / Japan |
| 1903 | Charles F. Brannock / Inventor / United States of America |
| 1905 | Henry Fonda / Actor / United States of America |
| 1905 | Premlata Agrawal / Mountaineer / India |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1906 | Alfred Pellan / Painter / Canada |
| 1906 | Arturo Uslar Pietri / Journalist / Venezuela |
| 1906 | Margret Rey / Author / Germany |
| 1907 | Bob Tisdall / Hurdler / Ireland |
| 1909 | Margaret Sullavan / Actress / United States of America |
| 1909 | Luigi Villoresi / Racing Car Driver / Italy |
| 1910 | Olga Bergholz / Poet / Russia |
| 1910 | Higashifushimi Kunihide / Educator / Japan |
| 1910 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov / Painter / Russia |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel / Author / United States of America |
| 1913 | Woody Herman / Singer / United States of America |
| 1914 | Edward T. Hall / Author / United States of America |
| 1915 | Mario Monicelli / Writer / Italy |
| 1916 | Ephraim Katzir / Politician / Israel |
| 1917 | Ben Kuroki / Pilot / United States of America |
| 1917 | James C. Murray / Politician / United States of America |
| 1917 | Juan Rulfo / Author / Mexico |
| 1918 | Wilf Mannion / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1919 | Liberace / Pianist / United States of America |
| 1919 | Ramon Margalef / Biologist / Spain |
| 1920 | Martine Carol / Actress / France |
| 1921 | Harry Carey / Actor / United States of America |
| 1923 | Victoria Fromkin / Academic / United States of America |
| 1923 | Merton Miller / Academic / United States of America |
| 1923 | Peter Underwood / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1925 | Nancy Roman / Astronomer / United States of America |
| 1925 | Ola Vincent / Banker / Nigeria |
| 1925 | Nílton Santos / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1928 | Billy Martin / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1929 | Betty Carter / Writer / United States of America |
| 1929 | John Conyers / Politician / United States of America |
| 1929 | Claude Morin / Politician / Canada |
| 1929 | Adrienne Rich / Poet / United States of America |
| 1930 | Friedrich Gulda / Pianist / Austria |
| 1931 | Vujadin Boškov / Footballer / Serbia |
| 1931 | K. Natwar Singh / Politician / India |
| 1931 | Lowell P. Weicker / Politician / United States of America |
| 1934 | Kenneth O. Morgan / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1934 | Antony Walker / General / United Kingdom |
| 1935 | Floyd Smith / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1936 | Karl Lehmann / Cardinal / Germany |
| 1937 | Yvonne Craig / Actress / United States of America |
| 1938 | Stuart Bell / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1941 | Denis Hart / Bishop / Australia |
| 1942 | David Penry-Davey / Lawyer / United Kingdom |
| 1943 | Kay Andrews / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1943 | Dan Coats / Politician / United States of America |
| 1944 | Billy Cobham / Drummer / United States of America |
| 1944 | Antal Nagy / Footballer / Hungary |
| 1944 | Danny Trejo / Actor / United States of America |
| 1946 | John Law / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Barbara Lee / Singer / United States of America |
| 1947 | Darrell Sweet / Drummer / Scotland |
| 1947 | Roch Thériault / Religious Leader / Canada |
| 1948 | Jesper Christensen / Actor / Denmark |
| 1948 | Judy Finnigan / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1948 | Enrico Fumia / Product Designer / Italy |
| 1948 | Emma Georgina Rothschild / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1948 | Staf Van Roosbroeck / Cyclist / Belgium |
| 1949 | Rick Reuschel / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1949 | Churchill Alemao / Politician / India |
| 1950 | Georg Bednorz / Academic / Germany |
| 1950 | Ray Condo / Singer / Canada |
| 1950 | Bruce Coville / Author / United States of America |
| 1951 | Christian Lacroix / Fashion Designer / France |
| 1951 | Jonathan Richman / Writer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Janet Soskice / Philosopher / Canada |
| 1952 | James Herndon / Academic / United States of America |
| 1953 | Pierce Brosnan / Actor / United States of America |
| 1953 | Richard Page / Writer / United States of America |
| 1953 | Kitanoumi Toshimitsu / Wrestler / Japan |
| 1953 | David Maclean / Politician / Scotland |
| 1953 | Stephen Woolman / Academic / Scotland |
| 1954 | Dafydd Williams / Physician / Canada |
| 1955 | Jack Morris / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1955 | Hazel O'Connor / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1955 | Páidí Ó Sé / Footballer / Ireland |
| 1955 | Debra Winger / Actress / United States of America |
| 1957 | Joan Benoit / Runner / United States of America |
| 1957 | Benjamin Mancroft / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1957 | Yuri Shevchuk / Writer / Russia |
| 1957 | Anthony St John / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 1957 | Bob Suter / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 1959 | Mitch Webster / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1959 | Mare Winningham / Actress / United States of America |
| 1960 | Landon Deireragea / Politician / Nauru |
| 1960 | S. Shanmuganathan / Politician / Sri Lanka |
| 1961 | Kevin McDonald / Actor / Canada |
| 1961 | Charles Wright / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1962 | Jimmy Hood / Politician / Scotland |
| 1962 | Helga Radtke / Jumper / Germany |
| 1963 | Chitra Ramakrishna / Business Woman / India |
| 1963 | Rachel Griffith / Economist / United States of America |
| 1963 | David Wilkinson / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1964 | John Salley / Actor / United States of America |
| 1964 | Boyd Tinsley / Writer / United States of America |
| 1964 | Milton Jones / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1965 | Krist Novoselic / Writer / United States of America |
| 1965 | Tanel Tammet / Engineer / Estonia |
| 1966 | Janet Jackson / Actress / United States of America |
| 1966 | Scott Reeves / Actor / United States of America |
| 1966 | Thurman Thomas / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1967 | Doug Brocail / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1967 | Susan Williams / Politician / Britain |
| 1968 | Ralph Tresvant / Singer / United States of America |
| 1969 | David Boreanaz / Actor / United States of America |
| 1969 | Tucker Carlson / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1969 | Steve Lewis / Sprinter / United States of America |
| 1970 | Gabriela Sabatini / Tennis Player / Argentina |
| 1970 | Danielle Spencer / Writer / Australia |
| 1971 | Phil Clarke / Rugby Player / United Kingdom |
| 1971 | Rachel Goswell / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1972 | Christian Califano / Rugby Player / France |
| 1972 | Matthew Hart / Cricketer / New Zealand |
| 1973 | Tori Spelling / Actress / United States of America |
| 1974 | Laura Pausini / Writer / Italy |
| 1974 | Sonny Sandoval / Writer / United States of America |
| 1975 | Tony Kakko / Musician / Finland |
| 1976 | Dirk Nannes / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1977 | Melanie Lynskey / Actress / New Zealand |
| 1977 | Emilíana Torrini / Singer / Iceland |
| 1978 | Scott Nicholls / Motorcycle Racer / United Kingdom |
| 1978 | Lionel Scaloni / Footballer / Argentina |
| 1980 | Nuria Llagostera Vives / Tennis Player / Spain |
| 1981 | Ricardo Costa / Footballer / Portugal |
| 1983 | Daniel Kerr / Footballer / Australia |
| 1983 | Kyle Wellwood / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1984 | Darío Cvitanich / Footballer / Argentina |
| 1984 | Tomáš Fleischmann / Ice Hockey Player / Czech Republic |
| 1984 | Jensen Lewis / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1984 | Rick Rypien / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1985 | Anja Mittag / Footballer / Germany |
| 1985 | Rodrigo Peters Marques / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1985 | Corey Perry / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1986 | Megan Fox / Actress / United States of America |
| 1986 | Andy Keogh / Footballer / Ireland |
| 1986 | Shamcey Supsup / Model / Philippines |
| 1987 | Sonal Chauhan / Actress / India |
| 1987 | Tom Onslow-Cole / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
| 1988 | Jesús Castillo / Footballer / Mexico |
| 1988 | Martynas Gecevičius / Basketball Player / Lithuania |
| 1988 | Jaak Põldma / Tennis Player / Estonia |
| 1990 | Thomas Brodie-Sangster / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1990 | Darko Šarović / Sprinter / Serbia |
| 1990 | Omar Strong / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1991 | Grigor Dimitrov / Tennis Player / Bulgaria |
| 1991 | Ashley Wagner / Skater / United States of America |
| 1992 | Jeff Skinner / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1993 | Johannes Thingnes Bø / Athlete / Norway |
| 1993 | Karol Mets / Footballer / Estonia |
| 1995 | Elizabeth Ralston / Footballer / Australia |
| 1996 | Louisa Chirico / Tennis Player / United States of America |
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