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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1351]] – [[Gian Galeazzo Visconti]], first Duke of Milan (d. 1402) *[[1396]] – [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English admiral (d. 1450) *[[1430]] – [[James II of Scotland]] (d. 1460) *[[1483]] – [[Gasparo Contarini]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1542) *[[1535]] – [[Niwa Nagahide]], Japanese samurai (d. 1585) *[[1588]] – [[Luke Wadding]], Irish Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy]], French writer and composer (d. 1677) *[[1620]] – [[Pierre Paul Puget]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1694) *[[1678]] – [[Anna Waser]], Swiss painter (d. 1714) *[[1679]] – [[Jan Dismas Zelenka]], Czech [[viol]] player and composer (d. 1745) *[[1710]] – [[András Hadik]], Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790) *[[1714]] – [[Giovanni Arduino (geologist)|Giovanni Arduino]], Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795) *[[1726]] – [[Daniel Chodowiecki]], Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801) *[[1729]] – [[Pierre van Maldere]], Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768) *[[1752]] – [[Johann Gottfried Eichhorn]], German theologian and academic (d. 1827) *[[1754]] – [[Morgan Lewis (governor)|Morgan Lewis]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1844) *[[1758]] – [[Noah Webster]], American lexicographer (d. 1843) *[[1762]] – [[Paul Hamilton (politician)|Paul Hamilton]], American soldier and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 1816) *[[1789]] – [[William Burton (governor)|William Burton]], American physician and politician, 39th [[Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1866) *[[1795]] – [[William Buell Sprague]], American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876) *[[1802]] – [[Isaac Murphy]], American educator and politician, 8th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (d. 1882) *[[1803]] – [[Robert Stephenson]], English railway and civil engineer (d. 1859) *[[1804]] – [[Benjamin Russell (artist)|Benjamin Russell]], American painter and educator (d. 1885) *[[1806]] – [[William P. Fessenden]], American lawyer and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1869) *[[1815]] – [[Francis Lubbock]], American colonel and politician, 9th [[Governor of Texas]] (d. 1905) *[[1818]] – [[William Forster (Australian politician)|William Forster]], Indian-Australian politician, 4th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1882) *[[1819]] – [[Austin F. Pike]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1886) *[[1827]] – [[Arnold Böcklin]], Swiss painter (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/more-on-this-day/October-16 | title=More on this Day - October, 16 | Britannica }}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)|Lucy Stanton]], American activist (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jessie Carney|last1=Smith|first2=Shirelle|last2=Phelp|title=Notable Black American Women Book 2|location=New York|publisher=Gale Research|year=1996|page=589|isbn=978-0-81034-749-6}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Vicente Riva Palacio]], Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896) *[[1840]] – [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], Japanese general and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1900) *[[1841]] – [[Itō Hirobumi]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1909) *[[1847]] – [[Maria Pia of Savoy]] (d. 1911) *[[1852]] – [[Carl von In der Maur]], Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913) *[[1854]] – [[Karl Kautsky]], Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938) * 1854 – [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar Wilde |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/oscar-wilde |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Samad bey Mehmandarov]], Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd [[Ministry of Defense (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Minister of Defense]] (d. 1931) *[[1861]] – [[J. B. Bury]], Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927) * 1861 – [[Richard Sears (tennis)|Richard Sears]], American tennis player (d. 1943) *[[1863]] – [[Austen Chamberlain]], English businessman and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1937) *[[1867]] – [[Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa]] (d. 1963) *[[1869]] – [[Claude H. Van Tyne]], American historian and author (d. 1930) *[[1872]] – [[Walter Buckmaster]], English polo player and businessman, co-founded [[Buckmaster & Moore]] (d. 1942) *[[1876]] – [[Jimmy Sinclair]], South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913) *[[1881]] – [[William R. Orthwein|William Orthwein]], American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955) *[[1884]] – [[Rembrandt Bugatti]], Italian sculptor (d. 1916) *[[1886]] – [[David Ben-Gurion]], Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1973) *[[1888]] – [[Eugene O'Neill]], American playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1953) * 1888 – [[Paul Popenoe]], American founder of [[relationship counseling]] (d. 1979) *[[1890]] – [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], Irish general and politician, 2nd [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Irish Minister for Finance]] (d. 1922) * 1890 – [[Maria Goretti]], Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902) * 1890 – [[Paul Strand]], American photographer and director (d. 1975) *[[1897]] – [[Louis de Cazenave]], French soldier (d. 2008) *[[1898]] – [[William O. Douglas]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980) *[[1900]] – [[Edward Ardizzone]], Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) * 1900 – [[Primo Conti]], Italian painter and poet (d. 1988) * 1900 – [[Goose Goslin]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Cecile de Brunhoff]], French author and pianist (d. 2003) * 1903 – [[Big Joe Williams]], American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982) *[[1904]] – [[Björn Berglund]], Swedish actor (d. 1968) *[[1905]] – [[Ernst Kuzorra]], German footballer and manager (d. 1990) *[[1906]] – [[León Klimovsky]], Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996) *[[1907]] – [[Richard Titmuss]], English sociologist and academic (d. 1973) *[[1908]] – [[Olivia Coolidge]], English-American author and educator (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Bernice E. | last1=Cullinan | first2=Diane Goetz | last2=Person | title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature | location=London | publisher=Continuum | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-8264-1778-7 | page=193}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Enver Hoxha]], Albanian general and politician, [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (d. 1985) *[[1911]] – [[Otto von Bülow]], German commander (d. 2006) *[[1912]] – [[Clifford Hansen]], American rancher and politician, 26th [[Governor of Wyoming]] (d. 2009) *[[1918]] – [[Louis Althusser]], Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990) * 1918 – [[Abraham Nemeth]], American mathematician and academic (d. 2013) * 1918 – [[Tony Rolt]], English race car driver and engineer (d. 2008) *[[1919]] – [[Kathleen Winsor]], American journalist and author (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite book | first1=James | last1=Vinson | first2=Daniel Lane | last2=Kirkpatrick | title=Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers | location=London | publisher=Macmillan | year=1982 | isbn=978-0-3333-2138-6 | page=706}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Paddy Finucane]], Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (d. 1942) *[[1921]] – [[Matt Batts]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) * 1921 – [[Sita Ram Goel]], Indian historian, publisher and writer (d. 2003) * 1921 – [[MacKenzie Miller]], American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010) *[[1922]] – [[Max Bygraves]], English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012) * 1922 – [[Leon Sullivan]], American minister and activist (d. 2001) *[[1923]] – [[Linda Darnell]], American actress (d. 1965) * 1923 – [[Bert Kaempfert]], German conductor and composer (d. 1980) * 1923 – [[Bill McLaren]], Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010) *[[1924]] – [[Gerard Parkes]], Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Daniel J. Evans]], American politician, 16th [[Governor of Washington]] (d. 2024)<ref name=cong-bio>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000236 Congressional Biography], accessed online August 13, 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-21 |title=Dan Evans, former Republican governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dan-evans-dead-washington-governor-obituary-095b013c7e23413583496e998be9631c |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Angela Lansbury]], English-American actress, singer, and producer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite book | first=Colin | last=Larkin | title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals | location=London | publisher=Virgin with Muse | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-7535-0375-1 | page=[https://archive.org/details/virginencycloped0081unse/page/358 358] | url=https://archive.org/details/virginencycloped0081unse/page/358 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/arts/angela-lansbury-dead.html|title=Angela Lansbury, Star of Film, Stage and 'Murder, She Wrote,' Dies at 96|last=Lewis|first=Daniel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 11, 2022|access-date=October 11, 2022}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Charles Dolan]], American businessman, founded [[Cablevision]] and [[HBO]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Charles Dolan, Cablevision and HBO Founder, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/business/charles-dolan-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241229175334/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/business/charles-dolan-dead.html |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |access-date=December 30, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Ed Valigursky]], American illustrator (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Valigursky, Ed|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=January 27, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/valigursky_ed}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Günter Grass]], German novelist, poet, playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015) * 1927 – [[Rosa Rosal]], Filipino actress *[[1928]] – [[Mary Daly]], American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite book | first=Anne-Marie | last=Korte| chapter=Mary Daly | editor-first1=Graham | editor-last1=Oppy | editor-first2=Nick N. | editor-last2=Trakakis | title=Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion | location=London | publisher=Routledge | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-3157-2959-6 | page=245}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]], American actress (d. 2016) *[[1929]] – [[Fernanda Montenegro]], Brazilian actress *[[1930]] – [[John Polkinghorne]], English physicist, theologian and priest (d. 2021) * 1930 – [[Carmen Sevilla]], Spanish actress (d. 2023) *[[1931]] – [[Charles Colson]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2012) * 1931 – [[Valery Klimov (violinist)|Valery Klimov]], Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2022) * 1931 – [[P. W. Underwood]], American football player and coach (d. 2013) *[[1932]] – [[John Grant (British politician)|John Grant]], English journalist and politician (d. 2000) * 1932 – [[Henry Lewis (musician)|Henry Lewis]], American bassist and conductor (d. 1996) * 1932 – [[Lucien Paiement]], Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013) *[[1933]] – [[Nobuyo Ōyama]], Japanese voice actress (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/11/asia/nobuyo-oyama-doraemon-actor-dies-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Nobuyo Oyama, voice of beloved 'Doraemon,' dies aged 90|publisher=CNN|first1=Jessie|last1=Yeung|access-date=17 October 2024 |date=11 October 2024|last2=Asada|first2=Yumi}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Peter Ashdown]], English race car driver *[[1936]] – [[Peter Bowles]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2022) * 1936 – [[Andrei Chikatilo]], Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994) * 1936 – [[Mladen Koščak]], Croatian footballer (d. 1997) * 1936 – [[Akira Machida]], Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th [[List of Chief Justices of Japan|Chief Justice of Japan]] (d. 2015) *[[1937]] – [[Emile Ford]], Saint Lucia-born British singer and first [[Black British]] musician to sell over one million copies of a single (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/02/emile-ford-obituary | title=Emile Ford obituary | newspaper=The Guardian | date=2 May 2016 | last1=Laing | first1=Dave }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soundrevelation.co.uk/emile.htm | title=Sound Revelation Services - Mastering, Music Downloads and More! }}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Carl Gunter, Jr.]], American politician (d. 1999) * 1938 – [[Nico]], German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988) *[[1940]] – [[Barry Corbin]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1940 – [[Dave DeBusschere]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2003) * 1940 – [[Ivan Della Mea]], Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009) *[[1941]] – [[Mel Counts]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel Counts |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76458/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Tim McCarver]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023) * 1941 – [[Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne]], English computer programmer and politician *[[1943]] – [[Fred Turner (musician)|Fred Turner]], Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" /> *[[1944]] – [[Kaizer Motaung]], South African footballer and manager * 1944 – [[Elizabeth Loftus]], American psychologist<ref name="Zagorski">{{Cite journal| last1 = Zagorski | first1 = N.| title = Profile of Elizabeth F. Loftus| doi = 10.1073/pnas.0506223102| journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences| volume = 102| issue = 39| pages = 13721–13723| year = 2005| pmid = 16172386| pmc =1236565| bibcode = 2005PNAS..10213721Z| doi-access = free}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Stefan Buczacki]], English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host * 1945 – [[Roger Hawkins (drummer)|Roger Hawkins]], American session drummer (d. 2021) * 1945 – [[Paul Monette]], American author and poet (d. 1995) *[[1946]] – [[Geoff Barnett (footballer)|Geoff Barnett]], English footballer (d. 2021) * 1946 – [[Suzanne Somers]], American actress and producer (d. 2023)<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 16, 2022 includes celebrities Flea, Tim Robbins |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-16-2022-includes-celebrities-flea-tim-robbins.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 October 2023 |date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Nicholas Day (actor)|Nicholas Day]], English actor * 1947 – [[Terry Griffiths]], Welsh snooker player and coach (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2024 |title=Terry Griffiths: Former world snooker champion dies after lengthy battle with dementia |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12040/13265097/terry-griffiths-former-world-snooker-champion-dies-after-lengthy-battle-with-dementia |access-date=December 2, 2024 |work=[[Sky Sports]]}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Bob Weir]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[David Zucker (filmmaker)|David Zucker]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1948]] – [[Alison Chitty]], English production designer and costume designer * 1948 – [[Bruce Fleisher]], American golfer (d. 2021) * 1948 – [[Hema Malini]], Indian actress, director, producer, and politician * 1948 – [[Leo Mazzone]], American baseball player and coach *[[1950]] – [[Angry Grandpa]], American internet personality (d. 2017) * 1950 – [[Károly Horváth]], Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015) *[[1952]] – [[Christopher Cox]], American lawyer and politician * 1952 – [[Cordell Mosson]], American bass player (d. 2013) * 1952 – [[Crazy Mohan]], Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2019) * 1952 – [[Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton]], English politician *[[1953]] – [[Tony Carey]], American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer * 1953 – [[Paulo Roberto Falcão]], Brazilian footballer and manager * 1953 – [[K. S. Kugathasan]], Sri Lankan politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Directory of Members: K. S. Kugathasan |url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3458 |publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] |access-date=21 August 2024 |location=Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Brinsley Forde]], British singer and actor <ref>{{cite web | url=https://lukesmithmusic.net/artists/brinsley-forde/ | title=Brinsley Forde }}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Lorenzo Carcaterra]], American author and blogger * 1954 – [[Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean]], Scottish politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * 1954 – [[Serafino Ghizzoni]], Italian rugby player * 1954 – [[Corinna Harfouch]], German actress *[[1955]] – [[Kieran Doherty (hunger striker)|Kieran Doherty]], [[Irish Republican]] hunger striker and politician (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bobbysandstrust.com/hungerstrikers/kieran%20doherty/ |title=Kieran Doherty,Died August 2nd, 1981 |website=www.bobbysandstrust.com}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Ellen Dolan]], American actress *[[1956]] – [[Marin Alsop]], American violinist and conductor * 1956 – [[John Chavis (American football)|John Chavis]], American football player and coach * 1956 – [[Meg Rosoff]], American-English author * 1956 – [[Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah]], Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992) *[[1957]] – [[Priidu Beier]], Estonian poet and educator *[[1958]] – [[Roy McDonough]], English footballer and manager * 1958 – [[Tim Robbins]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1959]] – [[Kevin Brennan (politician)|Kevin Brennan]], Welsh journalist and politician * 1959 – [[Brian Harper]], American baseball player * 1959 – [[Gary Kemp]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Philip Maini]], Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford * 1959 – [[Tessa Munt]], English lawyer and politician * 1959 – [[Jamie Salmon]], English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster * 1959 – [[Erkki-Sven Tüür]], Estonian flute player and composer * 1959 – [[John Whittingdale]], English politician *[[1960]] – [[Guy LeBlanc (keyboardist)|Guy LeBlanc]], Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015) * 1960 – [[Bob Mould]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1961]] – [[Chris Doleman]], American football player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Doleman |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/chris-doleman/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Marc Levy]], French author * 1961 – [[Scott O'Hara]], American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d. 1998) * 1961 – [[Randy Vasquez]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1962]] – [[Manute Bol]], Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010) * 1962 – [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Dmitri Hvorostovsky]], Russian opera singer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dmitri Hvorostovsky obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/22/dmitri-hvorostovsky-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en |date=22 November 2017}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Nico Lazaridis]], German footballer * 1962 – [[Tamara McKinney]], American skier *[[1963]] – [[Brendan Kibble]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1963 – [[Timothy Leighton]], English physicist and academic *[[1964]] – [[Shawn Little]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012) * 1964 – [[James Thompson (author)|James Thompson]], American-Finnish author (d. 2014) *[[1965]] – [[Kang Kyung-ok]], South Korean illustrator * 1965 – [[German Titov (ice hockey)|German Titov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=German Titov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/german-titov-8459672 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Tom Tolbert]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1966]] – [[Olof Lundh]], Swedish journalist * 1966 – [[Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]], American voice actress, singer, and director *[[1967]] – [[Michael Laffy]], Australian footballer * 1967 – [[Davina McCall]], English television host and actress *[[1968]] – [[Randall Batinkoff]], American actor and producer * 1968 – [[Mark Lee (Singaporean actor)|Mark Lee]], Singaporean actor and singer * 1968 – [[Francesco Libetta]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor * 1968 – [[Todd Stashwick]], American actor and writer * 1968 – [[Elsa Zylberstein]], French actress *[[1969]] – [[Roy Hargrove]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 2018) * 1969 – [[Takao Omori]], Japanese wrestler * 1969 – [[Terri J. Vaughn]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – [[Wendy Wilson]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1970]] – [[Kazuyuki Fujita]], Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist * 1970 – [[Mehmet Scholl]], German footballer and manager *[[1971]] – [[Frank Cuesta]], Spanish television presenter * 1971 – [[Chad Gray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1971 – [[Paul Sparks]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1972]] – [[Adrianne Frost]], American comedian, actress, and author * 1972 – [[Darius Kasparaitis]], Lithuanian-American ice hockey player and coach * 1972 – [[Kordell Stewart]], American football player and radio host *[[1973]] – [[Justin Credible]], American wrestler * 1973 – [[David Unsworth]], English footballer and manager *[[1974]] – [[Aurela Gaçe]], Albanian singer * 1974 – [[Paul Kariya]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1975]] – [[Ernesto Noel Aquino]], Honduran footballer * 1975 – [[Brynjar Gunnarsson]], Icelandic footballer * 1975 – [[Jacques Kallis]], South African cricketer * 1975 – [[Kellie Martin]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1977]] – [[John Mayer]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[Björn Yttling]], Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, producer and member of [[Peter, Bjorn and John]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/artists/Bjorn-yttling | title=Björn Yttling }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Sue Bird]], Israeli-American basketball player<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 16: Flea, Naomi Osaka |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-16-Flea-Naomi-Osaka/3521665844109/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=15 October 2023 |date=16 October 2022}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Jeremy Jackson]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 – [[Caterina Scorsone]], Canadian-American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 – [[Timana Tahu]], Australian rugby league player *[[1981]] – [[Brea Grant]], American actress and writer<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Grant |first=Brea |user=breagrant |number=1184467472713474048 |date=16 October 2019 |title=It's my birthday... |access-date=16 October 2019 |link=https://twitter.com/breagrant/status/1184467472713474048 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016135729/https://twitter.com/breagrant/status/1184467472713474048 |archive-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Martin Halle]], Danish footballer * 1981 – [[Boyd Melson]], American boxer * 1981 – [[Anthony Reyes]], American baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Alan Anderson (basketball)|Alan Anderson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Anderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101187/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Frédéric Michalak]], French rugby player * 1982 – [[Cristian Riveros]], Paraguayan footballer * 1982 – [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]], Indian actor, singer, and producer *[[1983]] – [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]], German tennis player * 1983 – [[Loreen]], Swedish singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Loreen? Meet Sweden's Eurovision 2023 entry |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/talent-shows/eurovision-2023-sweden-entry-loreen-profile-instagram/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=14 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Kenny Omega]], Canadian wrestler *[[1984]] – [[François Pervis]], French track cyclist * 1984 – [[Rachel Reilly]], American talk show host and actress *[[1985]] – [[Jay Beagle]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 – [[Alexis Hornbuckle]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexis Hornbuckle |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201487/alexis-hornbuckle |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Verena Sailer]], German sprinter * 1985 – [[Casey Stoner]], Australian motorcycle racer * 1985 – [[Peter Wallace (rugby league)|Peter Wallace]], Australian rugby league player *[[1986]] – [[Nicky Adams]], English-Welsh footballer * 1986 – [[Derk Boerrigter]], Dutch footballer * 1986 – [[Inna]], Romanian singer<ref name="libertatea">{{cite news|url=http://www.libertatea.ro/subiect/inna|title=Subiect – Inna|newspaper=[[Libertatea]]|language=ro|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313043433/http://www.libertatea.ro/subiect/inna|archive-date=13 March 2017}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Zoltán Stieber]], Hungarian footballer *[[1989]] – [[Dan Biggar]], Welsh rugby player *[[1991]] – [[Jonathan Schoop]], Curaçaoan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Schoop |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jonathan-schoop-570731 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Shardul Thakur]], Indian cricketer<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/475281.html ESPNcricinfo</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Kostas Fortounis]], Greek footballer * 1992 – [[Viktorija Golubic]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association – Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316296/viktorija-golubic |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Bryce Harper]], American baseball player * 1992 – [[Stuart Lightbody]], Irish badminton player<ref>{{cite web|title= Players: Stuart Lightbody |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/72687/stuart-lightbody |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Jovit Baldivino]], Filipino singer and actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dumaual |first=Mario |date=9 December 2022 |title=Singer Jovit Baldivino passes away |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/09/22/singer-jovit-baldivino-passes-away |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en, fil |quote=Jovit Baldivino, who rose to fame as the first grand winner of ABS-CBN’s nationwide talent-reality show “Pilipinas Got Talent” in 2010, died Friday in Batangas City... He just turned 29 last October 16 [2022].}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Caroline Garcia]], French tennis player *[[1994]] – [[Adam Elliott]], Australian rugby league player * 1994 – [[Halimah Nakaayi]], Ugandan middle-distance runner<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halimah Nakaayi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131923 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Aliou Dieng]], Malian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Charles Leclerc]], Monégasque racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/charles-leclerc |access-date=October 17, 2024 |title=Charles Leclerc - F1 Driver for Ferrari |website=formula1.com}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Naomi Osaka]], Japanese tennis player<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1999]] – [[Aaron Nesmith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Nesmith |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630174/aaron-nesmith |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year; just link the first occurrence.-->
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