Famous Birthdays on January 16

1815 Adolph Trube, German organist, teacher and composer, born in Waldenburg, Saxony (d. 1857)
1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, American expert in military studies and Major General (Union Army), born in Oneida County, New York (d. 1872)
1834 Albert Lindley Lee, American lawyer, Kansas State Supreme Court Judge, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Fulton, New York (d. 1907)
1836 King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1837 James Phillip Simms, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1887)
1838 Franz Brentano, German philosopher & psychologist, born in Rhine Province, Germany (d. 1917)
1844 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)

André Michelin (1853-1931)

French industrialist, tire manufacturer (Michelin) and publisher of the Michelin Guide, born in Paris

1853 Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, British actor and theatre director (Kathleen), born in London, England (d. 1937)
1853 Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1900)
1864 Frank Bacon, American playwright, actor and author (Lightnin'), born near Yuba City, California (d. 1922)
1868 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, Czech composer and conductor, born in Rájec nad Svitavou, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1926)
1870 Jimmy Collins, American Baseball HOF 3rd baseman (World Series 1903 Boston Americans; NL HR leader 1898 Boston Beaneaters) and manager (Boston Americans 1901–06), born in Niagara Falls, NY (d. 1943)
1870 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hydrogenated liquid fat creating trans fat), born in Petershagen Germany (d. 1939)
1870 Willie Simms, American jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1893, 94; Kentucky Derby 1896, 98; Preakness Stakes 1898; Belmont Stakes 1893, 94), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1927)
1872 Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), born in Stevenage Hertfordshire, England (d. 1966)
1872 Henri-Paul Büsser, French composer and conductor, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1973)
1873 Boyd Alexander, English explorer and ornithologist (Niger to the Nile), born in Cranbrook, England (d. 1910)
1874 Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1958)
1875 Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
1878 Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Red River), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1947)
1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Polish politician (President of Poland in-exile 1939-47), born in Kutaisi, Georgia, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
1885 Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
1887 John Hamilton, American actor (The Adventures of Superman - "Perry White"), born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1958)
1888 Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1890 Karl Freund, German cinematographer and film director (Dracula; I Love Lucy; The Mummy), born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, Austria-Hungarian Empire (d. 1969)
1890 Lloyd Bacon, American actor (Charlie Chaplin), born in San Jose, California (d. 1955)
1893 Daisy Kennedy, Australian concert violinist, born in Burra-Burra (now Burra), Australia (d. 1981)
1894 Guy Chamberlin, American College/Pro Football HOF end (Uni of Nebraska; 5×NFL C'ship; First-team All-Pro 1920), born in Blue Springs, Nebraska (d. 1967)
1894 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1985)
1895 Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
1896 Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
1897 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet, born in Villahermosa, Tabasco (d. 1977)
1898 Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
1898 Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
1900 Edith Frank, mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1945)
1901 Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)

Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973)

Dictator and President of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59), born in Banes, Cuba

1902 Eric Liddell, Scottish 400m runner (Olympic gold 1924) and Christian missionary in China, born in Tianjin, China (d. 1945)
1902 Evelyn Danzig [Levine], American songwriter ("Scarlet Ribbons"), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1996)
1903 Peter Brocco, American actor blacklisted in the 1950's (Spartacus: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
1904 Max Vredenburg, Dutch composer and music critic, born in Brussels, Netherlands (d. 1976)
1905 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1989)
1906 Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art & Culture), born in New York City (d. 1994)
1906 Diana Wynyard, British actress (Cavalcade), born in London, England (d. 1964)
1907 Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and author (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada (d. 1995)
1907 Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1907 Phillip Vellacott, English classical scholar (Penguin Books classical translations) (d. 1997)

Ethel Merman (1908-1984)

American Tony and Grammy Award-winning stage and screen singer ("There's No Business Like Show Business"), and actress (It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), born in Astoria, New York City

1908 Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
1910 David McCampbell, US Navy captain, fighter pilot, and Medal of Honor recipient (WW II, Pacific theatre, downed 34 Japanese planes), born in Bessemer, Alabama (d. 1996)
1910 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB All-Star 1934–37; World Series & NL MVP 1934 St Louis Cardinals), born in Lucas, Arkansas (d. 1974)
1911 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar (Professor of French) and wartime resister (d. 1995)
1911 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1912 Franz Tumler, Austrian writer (Cloak, Aufruf), born in Gries near Bozen, South Tyrol (d. 1998)
1914 Roger Aubert, Belgian church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX), born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2009)
1914 Roger Wagner, French-American choral director, and educator, was born in Le Puy, France (d. 1992)
1916 Frederick Stewart, Scottish geologist, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2001)
1917 Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
1917 William "Buddy" Lester, American comedian and actor (Barney Miller, Phil Silvers Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
1918 Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007)
1918 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
1918 Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter (In the Heat of the Night, Perry Mason), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1996)
1920 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
1921 Francesco Scavullo, American celebrity photographer, born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2004)
1922 Ernesto Bonino, Italian pop singer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2008)
1923 Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
1923 Gene Feist, American actor, playwright, producer and co-founder of Roundabout Theater Company, born in New York (d. 2014)
1923 Roy Lanham, American western swing and jazz guitarist (The Whippoorwills; Sons of the Pioneers, 1961-86), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 1991)
1923 Willem Aantjes, Dutch political leader (CDA)
1924 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress, 1st Latin actress to win a Golden Globe (High Noon, Broken Lance), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 2002)
1926 John "Jack" Layden, local politician
1928 Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2015)
1928 John William Fozard, aircraft designer
1928 Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, born in El Gancho, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1996)
1928 William Kennedy, American writer
1929 Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
1929 Tage Nielsen, Danish composer, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 2003)
1930 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer, born in Blair, Oklahoma (d. 2006)
1930 Norman Podhoretz, American neoconservative pundit (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
1931 Johannes Rau, German politician, born in Wuppertal, Germany (d. 2006)
1931 Vladimír Škutina, Czechoslovakian writer and actor (Hvezda jede na jih), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
1932 Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1985)
1932 Jim Berry, American cartoonist (Berry's World), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1933 Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3), born in Udomlya, Russia (d. 2003)

Susan Sontag (1933-2004)

American writer, philosopher and political activist (The Benefactor), born in NYC, New York

1934 Marilyn Horne, American mezzo-soprano, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania
1934 Richard Wernick, American composer (1977 Pulitzer Prize: Visions of Terror and Wonder), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1934 William Vollie Alexander Jr., American politician (Rep-D-AR, 1969-93), born in Memphis, Tennessee

A. J. Foyt (88 years old)

1935 American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977; 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1967; Daytona 500, 1972; 24 Hours of Daytona, 1983, 1985; 12 Hours of Sebring 1985), born in Houston, Texas

1935 Udo Lattek, German football striker (VfL Osnabrück) and coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona), born in Boże, Poland (d. 2015)
1936 Michael White, British theater & film producer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Glasgow (d. 2016)
1937 Bob Bogle, American surf rock bassist and guitarist (Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Wagoner, Oklahoma (d. 2009)
1937 Conny Vandenbos [Jacoba Hollestelle], Dutch singer ("My Rose, My Little Rose"), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
1937 Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress, born in Narrandera, Australia
1937 Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2011)
1938 Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1938 Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2021)
1938 Michael Pataki, American actor (Get Christie Love), born in Youngstown, Ohio
1939 Ramon "Ray" Philips, Welsh rock singer (Nashville Teens - "Tobacco Road"), born in Tiger Bay, South Wales
1941 Christine Janes, British tennis player, born in Loughton, United Kingdom
1941 Richard Bohringer, French actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow), born in Paris, France
1942 Barbara Lynn [Ozen], American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist ("You'll Lose A Good Thing"), born in Beaumont, Texas
1942 Billy Francis, American keyboardist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - "Cover of the Rolling Stone"), born in Sacramento, California (d. 2010)
1942 James "Jimmy" Grashow, American sculptor and woodcut artist, born in Brooklyn, New York
1942 René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L'apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, born in Montréal, Québec (d. 2016)
1942 Tony P. Hall, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1979-2002), born in Dayton, Ohio
1943 Brian Ferneyhough, British composer, born in Coventry, United Kingdom
1943 Gavin Bryars, English composer, born in Goole, United Kingdom
1943 Ronnie Milsap [Millsaps], American country singer ("It Was Almost Like a Song"; "Any Day Now"), born in Robbinsville, North Carolina
1944 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer
1944 Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter ("Spiders & Snakes"; "My Girl Bill"), born in Eloise, Florida
1944 Juan Rodríguez Vega, Chilean soccer defender (26 caps; Universidad de Chile, Atlético Español), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2021)
1944 Katherine Anderson, American singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"[ "Don't Mess With Bill"), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2023)
1945 Kabir Bedi, Pakistani actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1945 Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1946 Katia Ricclarelli, Italian soprano and actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot), born in Rovigo, Italy
1946 Michael L. Coats, Capt USN/astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39), born in Sacramento, California
1947 Georgette Mosbacher, American CEO (La Prairie cosmetics), born in Highland, Indiana
1947 Harvey Proctor, British politician, born in Pontefract, United Kingdom
1947 James "Sandy" Pinkard, American country music songwriter, born in Abbeville, Louisiana
1947 Juliet Berto, French actress (Le Sex Shop), born in Grenoble France (d. 1990)
1947 Magdalen Nabb, British author, born in Lancashire, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov, Soviet cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71), born in Riga, Latvia
1948 Cliff Thorburn, Canadian champion snooker player, born in Victoria, British Columbia
1948 Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer, born in Patea, New Zealand (d. 2002)

John Carpenter (75 years old)

1948 American film director (Halloween, The Thing), born in Carthage, New York

1948 Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor, born in Greenwich Village, New York
1949 Caroline Munro, British actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad; Hammer Horror films), and singer ("Tar and Cement"; "Pump Me Up"), born Windsor, England
1950 (Kemji) "Damo" Suzuki, Japanese rock singer (Can; Damo Suzuki's Network), born in Japan
1950 Brian Castro, Australian author, born in Hong Kong
1950 Debbie Allen, American dancer, choreographer, actress (Fame -"Lydia"), producer, and director (A Different World), born in Houston, Texas
1950 Jesse Dizon, American actor, born in Oceanside, California
1951 Richard "Rick" Thompson, American funk-disco guitarist (B. T. Express - "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)")
1952 Fuad II of Egypt, last King of Egypt and Sudan (1952-53), born in Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr., Major USAF/astr (STS 39, 64), born in Savannah, Georgia
1952 Roberta Baskin, American correspondent (48 Hours), born in New York, United States
1953 Mike Henderson, American country, blues, and bluegrass singer-songwriter, and slide guitarist (The Bluebloods; The SteelDrivers), born in Independence, Missouri (d. 2023)
1953 Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi, born in Marfa, Texas (d. 1984)
1954 Morten Meldal, Danish chemist (2022 Nobel Prize for click chemistry), born in Denmark
1955 Jerry M. Linenger, American astronaut (STS 81/84), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan
1956 Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2007)
1956 Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Canada
1956 Martin Jol, Dutch football manager, born in The Hague, Netherlands
1956 Saadeddine Othmani, Moroccan politician and Prime Minister of Morocco (2017-present), born in Inezgane, Morocco
1956 Wayne Daniel, West Indies cricketer (WI fast bowler 1976-84), born in Saint Philip, Barbados
1957 Ricardo Darin, Argentine director and actor (The Secret in Their Eyes), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1958 Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakhstani-Russian mountaineer, born in Korkino, Russia (d. 1997)
1958 Lena Ek, Swedish politician, born in Mönsterås, Sweden
1959 Juanita Bynum, American televangelist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1959 Sade [Helen Folasade Adu], Nigerian-born British singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer ("Soldier of Love"; "Smooth Operator"), born in Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
1960 Richard Elliot, Scottish-born American jazz saxophonist ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1961 Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter ("I Kissed a Girl"), born in Denver, Colorado
1961 Paul Raven, English rock bassist (Killing Joke), born in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1962 Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian Labor Party politician, born in Bellingen, Australia
1962 Kevin Ross, American NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, KC Chiefs), born in Camden, New Jersey
1962 Maxine Jones, American R&B singer (En Vogue), born in Paterson, New Jersey
1962 Paul Webb, English rocker (Talk Talk - ''It's My Life"), born in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
1963 James May, English television presenter, born in Bristol, United Kingdom
1964 Gail Graham, Canadian golfer (2 LPGA Tour titles), born in Vanderhoof, British Columbia
1964 Mark Collins, American NFL cornerback and safety (Super Bowl 1986, 90; First-team All-Pro 1989; New York Giants), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1964 Trevor Barsby, Australian cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85), born in Brisbane, Australia
1966 Anthony Washington, American discus thrower (Olympic 4th 1996), born in Glasgow, Montana
1966 Jack McDowell, American pitcher (NY Yankees, White Sox, Indians), born in Van Nuys, California
1968 David Chokachi, American actor (Baywatch), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts
1969 Roy Jones Jr., American boxer (4 x weight divisions world champion), born in Pensacola, Florida
1970 Don MacLean, American NBA forward (NJ Nets, Denver Nuggets), born in Palo Alto, California
1970 Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author, born in Holywood, United Kingdom
1970 Ron Villone, American pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Englewood, New Jersey
1971 Josh Evans, American actor (Ricochett, The Doors), and film producer, born in New York City
1971 Junior Bryant, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971 Sergei Bruguera, Spanish tennis star, born in Barcelona, Spain
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1972 Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor (How to Be a Serial Killer), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1972 Greg Page, Australian musician and actor (The Wiggles), born in Sydney, Australia
1972 Joe Horn, American NFL wide receiver, 1996-2007 (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and 1 other team), born in New Haven, Connecticut
1972 Richard T. Jones, American actor (Judging Amy; The Rookie), born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
1972 Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner, born in Morocco
1973 Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge, Two and a Half Men), born in Los Angeles, California
1973 Mario Bates, American NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints), born in Victoria, Texas