November 16

November 16 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian automobile racer (d. 1994)
1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
1905 – Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player (d. 1973)
1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1909 – Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (d. 1982)
1912 – George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997)
1912 – W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995)
1913 – Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (d. 2015)
1914 – Eddie Chapman, English spy (d. 1997)
1915 – Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author (d. 2017)
1916 – Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (d. 1996)
1916 – Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (d. 1988)
1916 – Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983)
1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (d. 2015)
1922 – José Saramago, Portuguese novelist (d. 2010)
1924 – Sam Farber, American businessman (d. 2013)
1924 – Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (d. 2014)
1927 – Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
1928 – Clu Gulager, American actor and director
1929 – Peter Boizot, English businessman
1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. (d. 2013)
1930 – Paul Foytack, American baseball player
1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss
1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
1931 – Bob Gibson, American musician (d. 1996)
1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
1933 – Garnet Mimms, American R&B singer
1935 – Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
1935 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (d. 2010)
1935 – Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
1936 – John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
1937 – Alan Budd, English economist and academic
1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002)
1938 – Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1938 – Walter Learning, Canadian actor
1938 – Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
1939 – Michael Billington, English author and critic
1940 – Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
1941 – Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
1941 – Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (d. 2005)
1941 – Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
1942 – Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
1944 – Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic
1945 – Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
1945 – Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
1946 – Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter
1946 – Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach
1947 – Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
1948 – Tihomir “Pop” Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer
1948 – Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
1948 – Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1948 – Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
1948 – Ken James, Australian actor
1950 – Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
1951 – Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
1954 – Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
1954 – Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
1955 – Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 – Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1955 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
1956 – Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
1957 – Jacques Gamblin, French actor
1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
1958 – Boris Krivokapić, Serbian author and academic
1959 – Glenda Bailey, English journalist
1959 – Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (d. 2014)
1961 – Frank Bruno, English boxer
1962 – Darwyn Cooke, Canadian writer and artist (d. 2016)
1962 – Mani, English bass player
1963 – Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer
1963 – William Bonner, Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
1963 – Zina Garrison, American tennis player
1964 – Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
1964 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
1964 – Maeve Quinlan, American actress
1965 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
1965 – Mark Benton, English actor
1966 – Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1966 – Stephen Critchlow, English actor
1966 – Dave Kushner, American guitarist
1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player
1966 – Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
1966 – Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet and academic (d. 2009)
1967 – Lisa Bonet, American actress and director
1968 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (d. 2014)
1968 – Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
1970 – Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer
1970 – Martha Plimpton, American actress
1971 – Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
1971 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
1971 – Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
1971 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
1971 – Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1972 – Missi Pyle, American actress and singer
1973 – Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager
1973 – Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1974 – Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
1975 – Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
1975 – Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
1976 – Dan Black, English singer-songwriter
1976 – Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
1976 – Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater
1977 – Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
1977 – Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
1978 – Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
1978 – Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner
1978 – Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer
1979 – Tony Frias, American soccer player
1979 – Bruce Irons, American surfer
1980 – Moris Carrozzieri, Italian footballer
1980 – Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
1980 – Nicole Gius, Italian skier
1980 – Carol Huynh, Canadian wrestler
1980 – Hasan Üçüncü, Turkish footballer
1981 – Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 – Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter
1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
1981 – Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
1981 – Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
1982 – Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
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 – Kool A.D., American rapper
1983 – Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
1984 – Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
1984 – Mark Bunn, English footballer
1984 – Tamawashi Ichiro, Mongolian sumo wrestler
1985 – Aditya Roy Kapur, Indian film actor
1986 – Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov, Russian footballer
1986 – Maxime Médard, French rugby player
1987 – Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
1987 – Jordan Walden, American baseball player
1989 – Iamsu!, American rapper and producer
1990 – Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
1990 – Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player
1991 – Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
1992 – George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
1992 – Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
1993 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
1994 – Brandon Larracuente, American actor
1994 – Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
1996 – Brendan Murray, Irish singer