Birthdays
Born on July 16
Famous people who share July 16 as their birthday, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Their sign: Cancer.
Famous people born on July 16
- Roald AmundsenNorwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole · born 1872
- Larry SangerAmerican former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects · born 1968
- Gareth BaleWelsh association football player · born 1989
- Barbara StanwyckAmerican actress · born 1907
- Katrina KaifBritish actress (1981-present) · born 1983
- Sergio BusquetsSpanish association football player · born 1988
- Ginger RogersAmerican actress and dancer · born 1911
- Will FerrellAmerican actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer · born 1967
- Frits ZernikeDutch physicist · born 1888
- Margaret CourtAustralian tennis player · born 1942
- Irwin RoseAmerican biologist · born 1926
- Mary Baker EddyAmerican founder of Christian Science · born 1821
- Ryozo SuzukiJapanese association football player · born 1939
- Ida B. WellsAmerican journalist and civil rights activist · born 1862
- Mousa DembéléBelgian association football player · born 1987
- Maher ZainSwedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer · born 1981
- Carli LloydAmerican soccer player · born 1982
- Jesse JaneAmerican pornographic actress · born 1980
- Anita BrooknerEnglish novelist and art historian · born 1928
- Dejan JakovicCanadian soccer player · born 1985
- Phoebe CatesAmerican actress, model, and entrepreneur · born 1963
- Jayma MaysAmerican actress · born 1979
- Georges RodenbachBelgian Symbolist poet and novelist · born 1855
- Rosa SalazarAmerican actress · born 1985
- Reinaldo ArenasCuban poet/novelist/playwright · born 1943
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What happened on July 16
- 1955 · Stirling Moss won the British Grand PrixMoss drove a Mercedes-Benz to victory at his home Grand Prix, held at Aintree.
- 1988 · Flo-Jo ran 100 meters in 10.49Florence Griffith Joyner set a women's world record that still stood decades later.
- 2010 · Inception opened in theatersChristopher Nolan's dream heist bent city streets and minds.
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