October 16: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is October 16th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 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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October 16th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Arnold Bocklin, Swiss Symbolist painter (Isle of the Dead and Ulysses and Polypheme), was born on October 16, 1827.

Francis Bruguiere, American photographer (Dinarzade and English Cathedral Abstraction), was born on October 16, 1880.

American photographer Paul Strand (Living Egypt, Un Paese, Time in New England and Tir A'Mhurain) was born on October 16, 1890.

Edmond van Dooren, Flemish Cubic-Futurist painter (Fruits and Vegetables by a Mirror, Maschinenmenschen and Stadtvision), was born on October 16, 1896.

American film director David Zucker (Airplane, Help Wanted, The Naked Gun, Police Squad, Ruthless People and Top Secret) was born on October 16, 1947.

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Mel Counts, American professional basketball player (Boston Celtics, L.A. Lakers and Phoenix Suns) and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on October 16, 1941.

Susan Pedersen, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on October 16, 1953.

Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner and Olympic gold medalist (1908), was born on October 16, 1885.

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Charles (Chuck) Wendell Colson, attorney, American Presidential adviser (to 37^th U.S. President Richard Milhouse Nixon), Prison Fellowship ministry founder, author (The Body: Being Light in Darkness, Born Again, Burden of Truth: Defending the Truth in an Age of Unbelief, A Dance with Deception, Justice That Restores, Kingdoms in Conflict, Life Sentence and Loving God) and radio personality (BreakPoint), was born on October 16, 1931.

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German Protestant Old Testament scholar, was born on October 16, 1752.

Gunter Wilhelm Grass, German author (Dog Years and The Tin Drum) and Nobel Prize winner (1999), was born on October 16, 1927.

Eugene O'Neill, American playwright (Anna Christie, Beyond the Horizon, Desire Under the Elms, The Ice Man Cometh, A Long Day's Journey into Night and Strange Interlude), Nobel Prize winner (1936) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1946), was born on October 16, 1888.

Roger Vailland, French novelist (325,000 Francs, Drole de Jeu, Un Jeune Homme Seul, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, La Loi, Les Mauvais Coups and Le Vice et la Vertu), was born on October 16, 1907. Roger Vailland wrote the screenplay for Dangerous Liaisons.

Noah Webster, American lawyer and lexicographer (The American Dictionary of the English Language, Compendious Dictionary, Elementary Spelling Book, Grammatical Institute of the English Language and Sketches of American Policy), was born on October 16, 1758.

Irish humorist and author Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (), was born on October 16, 1854. Oscar Wilde publishes many works, including An Ideal Husband, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Duchess of Padua, The Happy Prince, The House of Pomegranates, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome, Vera and A Woman of No Importance.

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman and U.S. Congressman (R-CA) Christopher Cox was born on October 16, 1952.

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American hip-hop artist Baron (B-Rock) Agee (B-Rock and the Bizz), was born on October 16, 1971.

Umpeylia (Sugar Pie DeSanto) Balinton, American R&B singer ("Do I Make Myself Clear," "I Want to Know," "In the Basement," "Slip-in Mules," "Soulful Dress" and "Use What You Got"), was born on October 16, 1935.

Michael (Flea) Balzary, bass guitarist (The Red Hot Chili Peppers), was born on October 16, 1962.

American actor Randall Batinkoffx (Black Widow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Christy, For Keeps, Higher Learning, The Player, School Ties, Skip Tracer and The Stepford Children) was born on October 16, 1968.

American actor George Francis (Rex Bell) Beldam (Cowboys and Injuns, Dawn on the Great Divide, Happy Days, The Idaho Kid, Law and Lead, Law of the Sea, Lone Star, The Misfits, Salute, They Had to See Paris, Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die and True to the Navy) was born on October 16, 1905. Rex Bell served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. He was married to actress Clara Bow.

Walter William (Max) Bygraves, British singer ("The Ballad of Davy Crockett," "Bells of Avignon," "Consider Yourself," "Cowpuncher's Cantata," "Deck of Cards," "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be," "Heart of My Heart," "Little Train/Gotta Have Rain," "Meet Me on the Corner," "Mister Sandman," "My Ukelele" and "Out of Town") and television personality (Family Fortunes), was born on October 16, 1922.

American rock keyboardist Tony Carey (Rainbow) was born on October 16, 1953.

Michael Conrad, American actor (Hill Street Blues), was born on October 16, 1921.

Leonard Barrie (Barry) Corbin, American actor (Boone, The Chase, Northern Exposure, Urban Cowboy and Who's Harry Crumb), was born on October 16, 1940.

Lloyd Corrigan, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, The Daughter of the Dragon, The Ghost Chasers, It's a Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad World, The Manchurian Candidate, The Thin Man Goes Home, Tennessee Johnson and Young Tom Edison), was born on October 16, 1900.

American actress Linda Darnell (Anna and the King of Siam, Blackbeard the Pirate, Buffalo Bill, The Dakota Incident, Forever Amber, The Mark of Zorro, Second Chance and Unfaithfully Yours) was born on October 16, 1921.

Ellen Dolan, American actress (As the World Turns, Dancing with Danger, Guiding Light and Mother's Day), was born on October 16, 1955.

American actor William (Wild Bill) Elliott (Beyond the Sacramento, Hellfire, The Kansas Territory, The Maverick and The San Antonio Kid) was born on October 16, 1905.

Daniel Gerroll, British actor (84 Charing Cross Road, Big Business, Chariots of Fire and Sir Henry at Rawlinson End), was born on October 16, 1951.

Brea Grant, American actress (Heroes), was born on October 16, 1981.

American rock guitarist and singer Bob Weir Hall (The Grateful Dead) was born on October 16, 1947.

American jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove (RH Factor) was born on October 16, 1969.

Jeremy Dunn Jackson, American actor (Baywatch, Ring of Darkness, Santa Barbara and Shout), was born on October 16, 1980.

British rock guitarist Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) was born on October 16, 1959. His brother is rocker Martin Kemp.

Berthold Heinrich (Bert) Kaempfert, German bandleader and songwriter ("Danke Schoen," "L-O-V-E," "Moon Over Naples," "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," "Spanish Eyes," "A Swingin' Safari," "Tahitian Sunset," "Tenderly," "That Happy Feeling," "Three O'Clock in the Morning," "Wonderland by Night" and "Wooden Heart"), was born on October 16, 1923.

British actress Angela Lansbury (Beauty and the Beast, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Blackwater Lightship, Blue Hawaii, Death on the Nile, Gaslight, Harlow, The Harvey Girls, The Long Hot Summer, The Manchurian Candidate, Murder She Wrote, National Velvet, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The World of Henry Orient,) was born on October 16, 1925.

Dave Lovelady, British rock drummer (The Fourmost), was born on October 16, 1942.

Suzanne Somers Mahoney, American actress (American Graffiti, Hollywood Wives, Keeping Secrets, She's the Sheriff, Step by Step,Three's Company and Zuma Beach) and Thighmaster^TM spokesmodel, was born on October 16, 1946.

American rock singer John Mayer ("Back to You," "Clarity," "Daughters," "My Stupid Mouth," "Neon," "Wait Until Tomorrow" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland") 1977.

British actor Lee Montague (Holocausts) was born on October 16, 1927.

Bob Mould, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Husker Du), was born on October 16, 1960.

Alice Pearce, American comedienne and actress (Bewitched), was born on October 16, 1913.

Roger (Tony Anthony) Pettito, American actor (Blindman, Comin' at Ya, Get Mean, The Silent Stranger, A Stranger in Town, The Stranger Returns and Treasure of the Four Crowns), was born on October 16, 1937.

Tim Robbins, American actor (Arlington Road, Bob Roberts, Bull Durham, Cadillac man, The Cradle Will Rock, Dead Man Walking, High Fidelity, The Hudsucker Proxy, Jacob's Ladder, Mystic River, The Player, Pret-a-Porter, The Shawshank Redemption, Short Cuts, The Sure Thing, Top Gun and War of the Worlds) and Academy Award winner (2003), was born on October 16, 1958.

Martha Smith, American actress (National Lampoon's Animal House), was born on October 16, 1953.

American actor Todd Stashwick (The Air I Breathe, Live, The Riches, Surfer Dude and You Me and Dupree) was born on October 16, 1968.

Emile Ford Sweetman, British West Indies rocker (Emile Ford and the Checkmates), was born on October 16, 1937.

American singer Abel Talamantez (Menudo) was born on October 16, 1978.

Canadian rock bassist and singer Fred Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) was born on October 16, 1943.

Michael Tylo, American actor (Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless), was born on October 16, 1948.

Scottish actor Robert Urquhart (Dark Avenger, Enemy of the People, Jango, Playing Away and Pride of Miss Jean Brodie) was born on October 16, 1922.

Randy Vasquez, American actor (Acapulco H.E.A.T, Almost an Angel, Beverly Hills Cop, First Monday, JAG, Knots Landing, The Love Boat: The Next Wave, Moonbase and Perceptions), was born on October 16, 1963.

American actress Terri J. Vaughn (8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, All of Us, Black Scorpion, Daddy's Little Girls, Fair Game, Soul Food, The Steve Harvey Show, Stick It and Three Can Play That Game) was born on October 16, 1969.

Johnny Washbrook, Canadian actor (My Friend Flicka), was born on October 16, 1944.

Ford Lee Buck Washington, American jazz musician and entertainer (Buck and Bubbles), was born on October 16, 1903.

Wendy Wilson, American pop-rock singer (Wilson Phillips), was born on October 16, 1969.

October 16th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Albrecht Von Haller, Swiss anatomist, biologist and homeopathic pioneer, was born on October 16, 1708.

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

Israeli statesman and 1^st Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was born on October 16, 1886. David Ben-Gurion wrote many books, including Israel: A Personal History, Israel: Years of Challenge, Israel's Security, The Jews in their Land, Memoirs, My Talks with the Arabs and Rebirth and Destiny of Israel.

Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary and Nobel Prize winner (1925), was born on October 16, 1863.

William Orville Douglas, American jurist and 81st U.S. Supreme Court justice, was born on October 16, 1898. His published works include The Court Years, Go East Young Man, A Living Bill of Rights, Men and Mountains, My Wilderness, Russian Journey, The Three Hundred Year War: A Chronicle of Ecological Disaster and We the Judges.

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