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May 16 Birthdays in History - May 16 Deaths - May 16 Events
May 16, 1981 Jessica Ponzo, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1996
May 16, 1979 Evan Ferrante, actor, Owen-Swan's Crossing
May 16, 1978 Vincent Larusso, Livingston, New Jersey, actor, Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3
May 16, 1974 Conal Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics
May 16, 1974 Keith Thibodeaux, cornerback for the Washington Redskins
May 16, 1973 Tori Spelling, American Actress
May 16, 1972 Keith Burns, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
May 16, 1972 Matthew Hart, cricketer, NZ lefty spinner 1994-
May 16, 1971 Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback, BC Lions, Scottish Claymores
May 16, 1970 Eric Lynch, NFL running back, Detroit Lions
May 16, 1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver
May 16, 1969 Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup
May 16, 1969 Steven Earl Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, 4X100/400m runner 1988 Olympics gold
May 16, 1969 Tracey Gold, New York City, actress, Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday
May 16, 1969 Tricia Cast, actress, Nina-Young and Restless
May 16, 1969 Tucker Carlson, American Journalist
May 16, 1969 David Boreanaz, American Actor
May 16, 1968 Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer, New Editon
May 16, 1966 Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control
May 16, 1966 Scott Reeves, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Ryan-Young and Restless
May 16, 1966 Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner 1996 Olympics
May 16, 1966 Thurman Thomas, NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills
May 16, 1965 Brent Jasmer, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Sly-Bold and Beautiful
May 16, 1965 Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher 1996 Olympics
May 16, 1965 Krist Novoselic, American Musician
May 16, 1964 John Salley, NBA star, Detroit Pistons
May 16, 1963 Jimmy Osmond, rocker, Osmond Brothers
May 16, 1962 Gary Crocker, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman
May 16, 1961 Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless
May 16, 1961 Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian
May 16, 1960 Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood
May 16, 1960 Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist
May 16, 1959 Bob Patterson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
May 16, 1959 Mare Winningham, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, St. Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch
May 16, 1959 Ty Armstrong, Waxahachie, Texas, Nike golfer, 1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th
May 16, 1958 Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist, Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams
May 16, 1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner, Oly-gold-1984
May 16, 1955 Debra Winger, Columbus, Ohio, actress, Officer and Gentleman
May 16, 1955 Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass
May 16, 1955 Jack Morris, St. Paul, Minnesota, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
May 16, 1955 Olga Korbut, Grodno, Belorussia, gymnist, Olympic-2 golds-1972
May 16, 1955 Jon Porter, American Politician
May 16, 1954 Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge
May 16, 1954 [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS 90
May 16, 1953 David Maclean, British minister of state
May 16, 1953 Richard Page, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Mr Mister
May 16, 1953 Rick Rhoden, pitcher, New York Yankees
May 16, 1952 Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye
May 16, 1951 Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae
May 16, 1950 Jock Bartley, rocker, Firefall
May 16, 1950 Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987
May 16, 1949 Jimmy Hood, MP
May 16, 1949 Rick Reuschel, pitcher, New York Yankees
May 16, 1949 William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist, Grateful Dead, Tubes
May 16, 1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine
May 16, 1947 Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice
May 16, 1947 Rosie Barnes, MP
May 16, 1947 Bob Edwards, American Journalist
May 16, 1946 Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
May 16, 1946 Roger Earl, rocker, Foghat
May 16, 1945 Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astro, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28
May 16, 1945 James Moran, Rep-D-Virginia
May 16, 1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman
May 16, 1945 James P. Moran, American Politician
May 16, 1944 Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love
May 16, 1943 Dan Coats, Rep-R-IN, 1981-
May 16, 1943 Jon Jost, director, All the Vermeers in New York
May 16, 1943 Elizabeth Andrews, British Politician
May 16, 1941 John McWilliams, MP
May 16, 1941 Maurice Henry Weddington, composer
May 16, 1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor
May 16, 1940 Gareth Roberts, chancellor, Sheffield University
May 16, 1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
May 16, 1938 Stuart Bell, MP
May 16, 1938 John Walters, British Musician
May 16, 1937 James Hunt, Jr., Gov-NC
May 16, 1937 Yvonne Craig, Taylorville, Illinois, actress, Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin
May 16, 1936 Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut
May 16, 1936 Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood
May 16, 1936 Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman
May 16, 1935 Carol Shields, Canadian Author
May 16, 1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
May 16, 1934 Nicholas Goodison, CEO, TSB Group
May 16, 1932 Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd
May 16, 1931 Donald James Martino, Plainfield, New Jersey, composer, Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974
May 16, 1931 Jack Dodson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show
May 16, 1931 Lowell P. Weicker, Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT
May 16, 1931 Peter Levi, poet/writer
May 16, 1930 Desmond Langley, Governor, Bermuda
May 16, 1930 Don Conicannon, government minister
May 16, 1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs
May 16, 1930 Betty Carter, American Musician
May 16, 1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich, born in Baltimore, Maryland, feminist writer, Diamond Cutters
May 16, 1929 John Conyers, Jr., Rep-D-MI, 1965-
May 16, 1929 Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer
May 16, 1929 John Conyers, American Politician
May 16, 1928 Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's
May 16, 1928 Reginald Askew, dean, King's College London
May 16, 1927 John Walford, solicitor
May 16, 1926 Jan Zimmer, composer
May 16, 1926 Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist
May 16, 1924 Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president, Gambia, 1970-94
May 16, 1924 Frank F. Mankiewicz, New York City, columnist, Perfectly Clear
May 16, 1923 Merton Miller, American Economist
May 16, 1922 Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
May 16, 1922 Russell Wood, treasurer, Queen Elizabeth
May 16, 1921 Harry Carey, Jr., Saugus California, actor, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
May 16, 1921 Robert Croften Brown, politician
May 16, 1920 Martine Carol, [Maryse Mopurer], Saint-Mande France, actress, Nana
May 16, 1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman
May 16, 1919 Richard Mason, author
May 16, 1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
May 16, 1918 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
May 16, 1918 Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, Pedro Paramo
May 16, 1918 Kevin Skelton, Bishop, Lichfield
May 16, 1917 George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor, Henry-Punky Brewster
May 16, 1917 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
May 16, 1916 Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice
May 16, 1916 Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor, All Night Lone, Full Treatment
May 16, 1916 Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president, Israel
May 16, 1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer
May 16, 1914 Edward T. Hall, American Scientist
May 16, 1913 Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds
May 16, 1912 Studs Terkel, New York City, author/host, Stud's Place, Working
May 16, 1911 Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street
May 16, 1911 Olaff J de Landell, [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
May 16, 1909 Charles Wislon, principal, Glasgow University
May 16, 1909 David Brock, American Author
May 16, 1908 Hilary Preston, editor
May 16, 1908 Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister, Linggadjati
May 16, 1907 Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold
May 16, 1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister, Lanzas Coloradas
May 16, 1906 Ernie McCormick, cricketer, Australian quickie of late 30's
May 16, 1906 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master
May 16, 1905 H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist, Feast for July, Love for Lydia
May 16, 1905 Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond
May 16, 1904 Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold
May 16, 1904 Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris
May 16, 1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie
May 16, 1898 August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP
May 16, 1897 Walther Geiser, composer
May 16, 1893 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, 1925-30
May 16, 1893 Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer
May 16, 1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary
May 16, 1892 Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
May 16, 1889 Joan Collette, Dutch, male, painter, New Church, Delft
May 16, 1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory
May 16, 1887 J van Hoddis, writer
May 16, 1880 Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment
May 16, 1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely
May 16, 1866 Ernest Watson Burgess, U.S. sociologist, ecological school
May 16, 1858 Frank Lynes, composer
May 16, 1858 Hanus Trnecek, composer
May 16, 1857 Juan Morel Campos, composer
May 16, 1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
May 16, 1845 Dietrich Schafer, German historian, Deutsche Hanse
May 16, 1832 Philip Danforth Armour, founder, Armour Foods
May 16, 1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter
May 16, 1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station
May 16, 1824 Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, General Confederate Army, died in 1893
May 16, 1824 Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. VP, 1889-93
May 16, 1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor
May 16, 1819 Daniel Ammen, Capt Union Navy, died in 1898
May 16, 1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1886
May 16, 1806 George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1879
May 16, 1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder, US kindergarten
May 16, 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-69, buys Alaska at 2 cents /acre
May 16, 1801 William H. Seward, American Statesman
May 16, 1788 F Ruckert, writer
May 16, 1788 Friedrich Ruckert, poet
May 16, 1782 John Sell Cotman, water color artist
May 16, 1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium
May 16, 1761 John Opie, artist
May 16, 1748 Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
May 16, 1718 Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y
May 16, 1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
May 16, 1641 Dudley North, financier/economist
May 16, 1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
May 16, 1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands, 1598-1600



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