On This Day — October 16
4029 noted people were born and 1986 died on October 16 in our archive, including Aikitu Tanakadate, Isa Habibbayli and Robert Smith.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 16
Aikitu Tanakadate
1856 – 1952
Isa Habibbayli
b. 1949
Robert Smith
1689 – 1768
Albrecht von Haller
1708 – 1777
Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov
1904 – 1979
Bjørn Helland-Hansen
1877 – 1957
Daniel J. Evans
1925 – 2024
Faisal Masud
1954 – 2019
Frank Aydelotte
1880 – 1956
Fushimi Hiroyasu
1875 – 1946
Gordon Jennings Laing
1869 – 1945
Hanns Bruno Geinitz
1814 – 1900
Hans Friderichs
1931 – 2025
John Bagnell Bury
1861 – 1927
John Polkinghorne
1930 – 2021
Judith Herrin
b. 1942
Larry Smarr
b. 1948
M. Vijayan
1941 – 2022
Marin Alsop
b. 1956
Nagayo Sensai
1838 – 1902
Nicolas Fiévé
b. 1959
Petro Hryhorenko
1907 – 1987
Pierre Huard
1901 – 1983
Pierre Karl Péladeau
b. 1961
Raoul Aslan
1886 – 1958
Valery Soyfer
1936 – 2024
Volodymyr Bondar
b. 1968
William O. Douglas
1898 – 1980
Wilmot N. Hess
1926 – 2004
Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord
1736 – 1821
Alexandru Proca
1897 – 1955
Alfred Elis Törnebohm
1838 – 1911
Alice Shalvi
1926 – 2023
Andrey Gurulyov
b. 1967
André Leon Talley
1948 – 2022
Anne Hollander
1930 – 2014
Ardeshir Zahedi
1928 – 2021
Arnold Böcklin
1827 – 1901
Arnold Schaefer
1819 – 1883
Austen Chamberlain
1863 – 1937
Beverly Thomas Galloway
1863 – 1938
Bill Nichols
1918 – 1988
Bo Andersson
b. 1955
Bruce William Stillman
b. 1953
Charles Colson
1931 – 2012
Charles Lorin
1866 – 1940
Christopher Cox
b. 1952
Claude Guigue
1832 – 1889
Claude H. Van Tyne
1869 – 1930
Cressida Dick
b. 1960
Daniel Benjamin
b. 1961
Daniella Marques
b. 1979
David Ben-Gurion
1886 – 1973
David E. Bloom
b. 1955
David Neiwert
b. 1956
Divya S. Iyer
b. 1984
Dossibai Patell
1881 – 1960
Edward Ardizzone
1900 – 1979
Edwin Shirley
1948 – 2013
Elizabeth Loftus
b. 1944
Enver Hoxha
1908 – 1985
Esther Hayut
b. 1953
Eugène Fabry
1856 – 1944
F. J. M. Stratton
1881 – 1960
Florentino Asensio Barroso
1877 – 1936
Florentino Torres
1844 – 1927
Franz Ritter von Epp
1868 – 1946
Gillis Bildt
1820 – 1894
Graham Galbraith
b. 1960
Hans Fredrik Dahl
b. 1939
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
1744 – 1803
Inna Meiman-Kitrossky
1932 – 1987
Itō Hirobumi
1841 – 1909
J. Playfair McMurrich
1859 – 1939
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
1797 – 1868
James Fraser Mustard
1927 – 2011
James H. Newman
b. 1956
James Vann Johnston, Jr.
b. 1959
Jan Kanty Steczkowski
1862 – 1929
Jean Spiropoulos
1896 – 1972
Jean Ybarnégaray
1883 – 1956
Jean-Jacques Guillet
b. 1946
Johan Ludwig Lund
1777 – 1867
John Behr
b. 1966
John Michael Klineberg
1938 – 2022
John Whittingdale
b. 1959
Josip Jelačić
1801 – 1859
Katalin Kováts
b. 1957
Katharine Lee Bates
1863 – 1929
Konstantin Dushenko
b. 1946
Kureha Otsuki
b. 1983
Lee Lawrie
1877 – 1963
Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev
1873 – 1922
Loretta Marron
b. 1951
M. Ram Murty
b. 1953
Maciej Wąsik
b. 1969
Maia Panjikidze
b. 1960
Maidie Norman
1912 – 1998
Marietta Stepanyants
b. 1935
Martha Farnsworth Riche
b. 1939
Maurice Maunoury
1863 – 1925
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean
b. 1954
Mikhail Preobrazhensky
1854 – 1930
Moshe Sharett
1894 – 1965
Muhammad al-Fadl ibn Ashur
1909 – 1970
Mustafa Zaidi
1930 – 1970
Muxtar Babayev
b. 1967
Natalia Yakovenko
b. 1942
Neil Mortensen
b. 1949
Nikaidō Susumu
1909 – 2000
Nikolay Strakhov
1828 – 1896
Noah Webster
1758 – 1843
Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik
b. 1957
Ockje Tellegen
b. 1974
Pascuala García Martínez
b. 1970
Patrícia Gonçalves
b. 1971
Paul Durcan
1944 – 2025
Peter Huber
b. 1967
Philip Maini
b. 1959
Qian Sanqiang
1913 – 1992
Ray Anderson
b. 1952
Reid Fred Murray
1887 – 1952
Reinhold Maier
1889 – 1971
Renée Cox
b. 1960
Richard Titmuss
1907 – 1973
Rik Torfs
b. 1956
Robert D. Preus
1924 – 1995
Robert Stephenson
1803 – 1859
Roberto Farinacci
1892 – 1945
Roland Levinsky
1943 – 2007
Ronald Lee Gilman
b. 1942
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan
1865 – 1946
Shen Chang-huan
1913 – 1998
Shirzad Abdullayev
b. 1970
Silvia Arber
b. 1968
Simone Stratigo
1733 – 1824
Suzanne Somers
1946 – 2023
Sylvia Walby
b. 1953
Tibor Benkő
b. 1955
Tibor Czibere
1930 – 2023
Timothy Leighton
b. 1963
Tomaz Salomão
b. 1954
Vilhelm Andersen
1864 – 1953
Vincent Rijmen
b. 1970
William P. Fessenden
1806 – 1869
Xia Younan
b. 1965
Yaakov Ariel
b. 1937
Yoshinori Ohno
1935 – 2023
A. J. Abrams
b. 1986
Aaron Clark
1787 – 1861
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
1919 – 1969
Adarsh Shastri
b. 1973
Adolf Ziegler
1892 – 1959
Adriana Innocenti
1926 – 2016
Ahmed Tlili
1916 – 1967
Aidan O'Brien
b. 1969
Alafair Burke
b. 1969
Alan Anderson
b. 1982
Alan Wheat
b. 1951
Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov
b. 1951
Alexey Schastny
1881 – 1918
Alfred Holt Stone
1870 – 1955
Alfredo Zegarra
b. 1951
Alibek Delimkhanov
b. 1974
Alice Oseman
b. 1994
Alice Pearce
1917 – 1966
Alice Pennefather
1903 – 1983
Amandus Augustus Abendroth
1767 – 1842
Ammar Eloueini
b. 1968
Andrea Carlo Agostino Del Santo
1830 – 1905
Andrejs Žagars
1958 – 2019
Andres Veiel
b. 1959
Andrew Hunter Dunn
1839 – 1914
Andrzej Munk
1921 – 1961
András Hadik
1710 – 1790
André Carson
b. 1974
Andréi Chikatilo
1936 – 1994
Angela Lansbury
1925 – 2022
Angelo Marotta
b. 1937
Anirudh Ravichander
b. 1990
Antoine Joseph Léger
1880 – 1950
Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton
1914 – 1966
Arfiya Eri
b. 1988
Arnold Dodel-Port
1843 – 1908
Arthur Alfred Lynch
1861 – 1934
Ben M. Williamson
1864 – 1941
Benno Elbs
b. 1960
Bernard Gert
1934 – 2011
Bill Green
1929 – 2002
Billy Garrett Jr.
b. 1994
Billye Aaron
b. 1936
Biren Sikdar
b. 1949
Bob Weir
1947 – 2026
Božo Cerar
b. 1949
Božo Petrov
b. 1979
Brinsley Forde
b. 1953
Brock Motum
b. 1990
Bruce Gilden
b. 1946
Bryan Richard Holloway
b. 1977
Bryce Harper
b. 1992
… and 3,829 more
Died on October 16
John Tate
1925 – 2019
Raymond A. Price
1933 – 2024
Alexander Wilson
1714 – 1786
Alexey Ivakhnenko
1913 – 2007
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
1892 – 1946
Carl Romme
1896 – 1980
Charles M. Manly
1876 – 1927
David Shepherd Nivison
1923 – 2014
Edgar Kant
1902 – 1978
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1903 – 1946
Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra
1900 – 1989
Gaston Bachelard
1884 – 1962
Hans Selye
1907 – 1982
Harish-Chandra
1923 – 1983
Henry Martyn Taylor
1842 – 1927
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
1784 – 1859
Joseph Höffner
1906 – 1987
Kiril Bratanov
1911 – 1986
Lionel Edward Gresley Carden
1851 – 1915
Martti Ahtisaari
1937 – 2023
Max Bonnafous
1900 – 1975
Norman Giles
1915 – 2006
Roger Hui
1953 – 2021
Shoichi Sakata
1911 – 1970
Sir Percy Elly Bates, 4th Baronet
1879 – 1946
Walter Friedrich
1883 – 1968
William James
1930 – 2015
Aleksandr Fomin
1867 – 1935
Alfred Rosenberg
1893 – 1946
Alicia Henry
1966 – 2024
Alireza Afshar
1951 – 2025
Allen Forte
1926 – 2014
Anatoly Kirpichnikov
1929 – 2020
Andreas Vesalius
1514 – 1564
Antanas Gustaitis
1898 – 1941
Antanas Poška
1903 – 1992
Bernard Fisher
1918 – 2019
Berthold Leibinger
1930 – 2018
Blake Pelly
1907 – 1990
Christian Krohg
1852 – 1925
Christian Matras
1900 – 1988
Claude-Marie Carnot
1755 – 1836
Cyril Sinelnikov
1901 – 1966
Daphne Caruana Galizia
1964 – 2017
David John Bartholomew
1931 – 2017
Diego de Simancas Simancas
1513 – 1583
Dimitri Salachas
1939 – 2023
Edward Orton, Sr.
1829 – 1899
Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
1894 – 1938
Eugène Lenepveu
1819 – 1898
Francesc de Paula Burguera i Escrivà
1928 – 2015
Frank Moore Cross
1921 – 2012
Frank Timson
1909 – 1960
Fukuzawa Ichiro
1898 – 1992
Gennadios Zervós
1937 – 2020
George Marshall
1880 – 1959
Hans Frank
1900 – 1946
Harold Fowler McCormick
1872 – 1941
Henry Acland
1815 – 1900
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
1801 – 1885
Humphrey O'Leary
1886 – 1953
Ian Kiernan
1940 – 2018
Ignacy Jeż
1914 – 2007
Ioannis Charalambopoulos
1919 – 2014
James A. Michener
1907 – 1997
James Leith
1763 – 1816
Joachim von Ribbentrop
1893 – 1946
Johann Heinrich Ernesti
1652 – 1729
John Hunter
1728 – 1793
John Victor Murra
1916 – 2006
Jon Postel
1943 – 1998
Jorge Bolet
1914 – 1990
Julius Streicher
1885 – 1946
József Nyirő
1889 – 1953
Ken Carpenter
1900 – 1984
Kenzō Kōno
1901 – 1983
Kigeli V of Rwanda
1936 – 2016
Klára Póczy
1923 – 2008
Lee Yong-hui
1931 – 2022
Lisbeth Larsson
1949 – 2021
Louis Gallet
1835 – 1898
Léon Mercier Gouin
1891 – 1983
Ma Lin
1924 – 2017
Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real, 1st Count of Subserra
1762 – 1832
Margaret F. Butler
1861 – 1931
Marjatta Väänänen
1923 – 2020
Mark Krivosheyev
1922 – 2018
Meilė Lukšienė
1913 – 2009
Mel Carnahan
1934 – 2000
Moshe Dayan
1915 – 1981
Muzaffer Şerif
1906 – 1988
Mór Réthy
1846 – 1925
Nick Begich
1932 – 1972
Nils Yngvar Ustvedt
1868 – 1938
Paavo Suomalainen
1907 – 1976
Patrice de MacMahon
1808 – 1893
Paul Bernard Malone
1872 – 1960
Paul Lacroix
1806 – 1884
Paul O'Brien
1954 – 2018
Pierre Salinger
1925 – 2004
Rao Yutai
1891 – 1968
Robert William Strong Sr.
1890 – 1975
Roy Dotrice
1923 – 2017
Samuel Paty
1973 – 2020
Sergey Trofimenko
1899 – 1953
Stanisław Rospond
1906 – 1982
Susan Stamberg
1938 – 2025
Tani Masayuki
1889 – 1962
Tomasz Strzembosz
1930 – 2004
Tony F. Schneider
1917 – 2010
Valentín Paniagua
1936 – 2006
Volodymyr Mulyava
1937 – 2019
Wilhelm Frick
1877 – 1946
William Allen
1532 – 1594
William Sealy Gosset
1876 – 1937
Xianzhou Liu
1890 – 1975
Ye Duzheng
1916 – 2013
Yehezkel Flomin
1935 – 2019
Zeev Ben-Zvi
1904 – 1952
Édouard Depreux
1898 – 1981
Adolph Phalén
1884 – 1931
Alan G. Gross
1936 – 2020
Albrecht Wilhelm Roth
1757 – 1834
Aldo Capitini
1899 – 1968
Alexander Nicolaus Scherer
1771 – 1824
Alexandru Claudian
1898 – 1962
Alice Haskins
1880 – 1971
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1658 – 1730
Antonino di San Giuliano
1852 – 1914
Arthur Davidson
1856 – 1922
Arthur Grumiaux
1921 – 1986
Arthur Kronfeld
1886 – 1941
Augustine Van de Vyver
1844 – 1911
Balys Sruoga
1896 – 1947
Benjamin Alvord
1813 – 1884
Benjamin Civiletti
1935 – 2022
Benjamin F. Randolph
1820 – 1868
Benjamin Huntington
1736 – 1800
Bette E. Landman
1937 – 2025
Calvin Gotlieb
1921 – 2016
Campbell King
1871 – 1953
Carl Warberg
1845 – 1910
Charles Carroll Everett
1829 – 1900
Charles Johnson Noyes
1841 – 1910
Charles W. Milliken
1827 – 1915
Chen Jianchen
1905 – 1989
Chester S. Barnard
1894 – 1952
Chet Jaworski
1916 – 2003
Clifford E. Randall
1876 – 1934
Clyde C. Holloway
1943 – 2016
Cornel Wilde
1912 – 1989
Dean Park Taylor
1902 – 1977
Denis Laskey
1916 – 1987
Dimitrios Maximos
1873 – 1955
Don Carlson
1921 – 2004
Don Eldridge
1919 – 2007
Don Rehfeldt
1927 – 1980
Douglas Campbell
1896 – 1990
Ed Beck
1936 – 2019
Edward Woodruff Seymour
1832 – 1892
Eliyahu Meridor
1914 – 1966
Eliza Maria Mosher
1846 – 1928
Eloise Page
1920 – 2002
Emilio Pettoruti
1892 – 1971
Enrique Larre
1933 – 2024
Ernest Albert Garlington
1853 – 1934
Ernest Edward Galpin
1858 – 1941
Ernest Hoepffner
1879 – 1956
Felipe Cazals
1937 – 2021
Felix Slavik
1912 – 1980
Flora Nwapa
1931 – 1993
Frederick William Cappelen
1857 – 1921
Frederik Due
1796 – 1873
Fritz Sauckel
1894 – 1946
Gaston Henry-Haye
1890 – 1983
George More
1553 – 1632
George Orby Wombwell
1832 – 1913
Gerard de Kruijff
1890 – 1968
Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli
1935 – 2020
Ghulam Bhik Nairang
1876 – 1952
Gotthold Gloger
1924 – 2001
Gregory XIV
1535 – 1591
Gustavo Aliaga
1955 – 2025
Guy Crescent
1920 – 1996
Harold J. Powers
1900 – 1996
Harry Ice
1918 – 1997
Henri Conneau
1803 – 1877
Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst
1927 – 2011
Henry Donnel Foster
1808 – 1880
Henry Ericsson
1898 – 1933
Henry Fowler
1870 – 1938
Henry L. Benson
1854 – 1921
Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman
1829 – 1919
Henry Trimen
1843 – 1896
Herman Landon
1859 – 1948
Huang Shao-ku
1901 – 1996
Hugh Latimer
1485 – 1555
Hyun Jae-myung
1902 – 1960
Hōjō Ujiyuki
1845 – 1919
Iftikhar Hussain Khan
1906 – 1969
… and 1,786 more