February 16: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is February 16th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on February 16th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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February 16th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Giambattista Bodoni, Italian printmaker and typeface designer, was born on February 16, 1740.

French Impressionist painter Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (La Place Valhubert and Sunset at Ivry) was born on February 16, 1841.

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

French Formula One race car driver Jean Marie Behra was born on February 16, 1921.

Jerome Bettis, American professional football player (Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams), was born on February 16, 1972. Jerome Bettis has been called "The Bus."

American professional baseball player Arthur Lee (Bobby) Darwin (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins) was born on February 16, 1943.

Ahman Green, American professional football player (Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks), was born on February 16, 1977.

Marlene Bauer Hagge, American professional golfer, was born on February 16, 1934.

Trina Marie Jackson, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on February 16, 1977.

American professional football player George Dwight Martin (New York Giants) was born on February 16, 1953.

American tennis player and author (You Cannot Be Serious) John McEnroe was born on February 16, 1959. Known as "Johnny Mac," John McEnroe was married to actress Tatum O'Neal.

Brigman (Brig) Owens, American professional football player (Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins), was born on February 16, 1943.

Fermin Cacho Ruiz, Spanish runner and Olympic gold medalist (1992 and 1996), was born on February 16, 1969.

Aleksandr Shaparenko, Russian kayaker and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on February 16, 1946.

American professional football player Theodore Bernard (Ted) Washington, Sr. (Houston Oilers), was born on February 16, 1948. Ted Washington's son is professional football player Ted Washington, Jr. (Cleveland Browns).

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American novelist (Independence Day, The Lay of the Land, A Piece of My Heart, The Sportswriter, The Ultimate Good Luck and Wildlife) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1995) Richard Ford was born on February 16, 1944.

George Frost Kennan, American diplomat, historian, author (American Diplomacy, At a Century's Ending, Nuclear Delusion, Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin, Sketches from a Life and Soviet-American Relations) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1956 and 1967), was born on February 16, 1904. George Frost Kennan was instrumental in the establishment of Cold War policies and the development of the Marshall Plan.

Philipp Melanchthon, German Lutheran Reformer, theologian and author (De Dialecta Libri, Erotemata Dialectices, Ethicae Doctrinae Elementa, Initia Doctrinae Physicae and Liber de Anima), was born on February 16, 1497. Philipp Melanchthon was a close friend of Protestant Reformer Martin Luther.

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American automotive engineer and entrepreneur Henry Martyn Leland was born on February 16, 1843. Henry Martyn Leland created the Cadillac and Lincoln automobile lines.

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American pop singer Patricia Marie (Patty) Andrews (The Andrews Sisters) was born on February 16, 1918. Patty Andrews was sister to singers La Verne Sophie Andrews and Maxene Angelyn Andrews.

Eugene Hugh Beaumont, American actor (City Detective, The Human Duplicators, Leave It to Beaver and To the Shores of Tripoli) and Methodist preacher, was born on February 16, 1909. Hugh Beaumont married actress Kathryn Adams.

Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist, cartoonist (Mortimer & Charlie), radio personality (The Edgar Bergen Show), television personality (Do You Trust Your Wife) and actor (Captain China, Don't make Waves, Fun and Fancy Free, The Goldwyn Follies, Here We Go Again, I Remember Mama, Look Who's Laughing, The Muppet Movie, Stage Door Canteen and You Can't Cheat an Honest Man),was born on February 16, 1903. Edgar Bergen, who often appeared with his puppet pal, Charlie McCarthy, received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1938. Edgar Bergen's daughter is model and actress Candice Bergen.

Salvatore Philip (Sonny) Bono, American comedian, pop singer (Sonny and Cher), actor (Airplane II: The Sequel, Hairspray, Men in Black and Troll), television personality (The Sonny and Cher Show), Palm Springs, California, mayor and U.S. Congressman (R-CA), was born on February 16, 1935. Sonny Bono was married to pop singer Cher.

British actor Jeremy Bullock (Can You Keep It Up for a Week, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, Robin of Sherwood, The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Summer Holiday) was born on February 16, 1945.

American actor (Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Roots, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: Nemesis and Star Trek: The Next Generation), film director (Blizzard) and television personality (Reading Rainbow) LeVar Burton was born on February 16, 1957.

Katherine Cornell, American actress (The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Candida, Dear Liar, The Doctor's Dilemma, The Green Hat, Saint Joan and The Three Sisters) and author (Me and Kit), was born on February 16, 1893. Theater critic Alexander Woollcott called Katherine Cornell "The First Lady of the American Theater." Katherine Cornell married film director Guthrie McClintic.

William Ballard (Bill) Doggett, American R&B and jazz pianist and keyboardist (The Bill Doggett Trio, The Ink Spots and Tympany Five), was born on February 16, 1916.

American rock drummer Oliver Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders) was born on February 16, 1972.

Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (Bad Love, Dangerous Cargo, Deadly Conspiracy, Deadly Rivals, Double Obsession, Inner Sanctum, Killer Fish and Lipstick), was born on February 16, 1955. Margaux Hemingway is sister to actress Mariel Hemingway. Her grandfather was novelist Ernest Hemingway.

James Ingram, American soul singer ("Baby Come to Me," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" and "Just Once"), was born on February 16, 1957. James Ingram plays bass, drums, piano and other instruments.

Wasalu Muhammad (Lupe Fiasco) Jaco, American hip hop singer, was born on February 16, 1982.

American twin brothers and pop singers Harold Kalin and Herbert Kalin (The Kalin Twins) were born on February 16, 1939.

American actor William Katt (Carrie, The Greatest American Hero, Perry Mason, Rattled and Tollbooth) was born on February 16, 1951.

Harold Wayne King, American saxophonist, singer and bandleader (The Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Wayne King & Orchestra), was born on February 16, 1901. Known as "The Waltz King," Wayne King married silent film actress Dorothy Janis.

Cuban-American heavy metal drummer Dave Lombardo (Fantomas, Grip Inc., Slayer and Testament) was born on February 16, 1965.

American actress Lisa Loring (The Addams Family, As the World Turns and The Pruitts of Southampton) was born on February 16, 1958. Lisa Loring married actors Jerry Butler and Doug Stevenson.

American rap artist and actor Tracy Lauren (Ice-T) Marrow (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) was born on February 16, 1958.

John (Chester Morris) Chester Brooks Morris, American actor (Boston Blackie, Five Came Back, Frankie and Johnny, The Great White Hopeand Wagon's Westward), was born on February 16, 1901.

Peter William (Pete) Postlethwaite, British actor (Alien 3, Amistad, The Constant Gardener, Distant Voices Still Lives, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Professionals, Romeo and Juliet, The Shipping News, The Usual Suspects and When Saturday Comes), was born on February 16, 1946.

American actor (Absence of Malice, Boxcar Bertha, Cagney and Lacey, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Guilty by Suspicion, Heartland and Night Games) and film director (Mistress) Barry Primus was born on February 16, 1938.

Andy Taylor, British rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Duran Duran and The Power Station), was born on February 16, 1961.

American country music singer (The Bell Boys, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals and The Jimmy Wakely Trio), radio personality (Melody Ranch) and actor (Heart of the Rio Grande, I'm from Arkansas, Saga of Death Valley, Slippin' Around and Wedding Bells) Jimmy Wakely was born on February 16, 1914.

Michael Andrew (Mike) Weinberg, American actor (Home Alone 4, Life as a House and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), was born on February 16, 1993. Mike Weinberg is brother to actor Matt Weinberg.

Gretchen Patricia (Gretchen Wyler) Wienecke, American dancer, television personality (Step This Way) and actress (Dallas, The Devil's Brigade, Lady of Joy, The Marrying Man, Private Benjamin and Somerset), was born on February 16, 1932. Gretchen Wyler is founder of The Ark Trust, an animal welfare organization, which is now part of the U.S. Humane Society.

February 16th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

German explorer and author Heinrich Barth (Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa) was born on February 16, 1821.

Robert Joseph Flaherty, Canadian-American explorer and film producer (Elephant Boy, The Land, Louisiana Story, Moana and Nanook of the North), was born on February 16, 1884.

February 16th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

North Korean President Kim Chong-Il was born on February 16, 1942.

Karoly Earl Khuen-Hedervary, Hungarian Premier, was born on February 16, 1918.

Henry Wilson, U.S. Senator (R-MA) and 18th U.S. Vice President (18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant), was born on February 16, 1812.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on February 16th?

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Happy Birthday, February 16th.

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