On This Day — November 16

Eugenio Beltrami

1835 – 1900

Norman Feather

1904 – 1978

Paul Michaux

1854 – 1923

Alan Budd

1937 – 2023

Allison Anders

b. 1954

Anatoly Dobrynin

1919 – 2010

Anne Salmond

b. 1945

Antoni Kępiński

1918 – 1972

Barnett Rosenberg

1926 – 2009

David A. Patterson

b. 1947

Edmund Wittbrodt

b. 1947

Edward Tomkins

1915 – 2007

Eleonora Vinogradova

1931 – 2003

Eric P. Hamp

1920 – 2019

Felice Ippolito

1915 – 1997

Fernando Schwartz

b. 1937

Franz Overbeck

1837 – 1905

Frederick Wollaston Hutton

1836 – 1905

Gene Amdahl

1922 – 2015

George Hainl

1807 – 1873

Gerhart Seger

1896 – 1967

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto

1782 – 1859

Glenda Bailey

b. 1958

Guo Moruo

1892 – 1978

Heinrich Ewald

1803 – 1875

Jakub Kumoch

b. 1975

Joseph Nordgren

b. 1947

Jules Van den Heuvel

1854 – 1926

Józef Buzek

1873 – 1936

Magdi Yacoub

b. 1935

Michel Jouvet

1925 – 2017

Neil Turok

b. 1958

Nnamdi Azikiwe

1904 – 1996

Richard Blanton

b. 1943

Robert Amirkhanyan

b. 1939

Roger Moore

1939 – 2019

S. Lane Faison

1907 – 2006

Sanna Marin

b. 1985

Santiago Peña Palacios

b. 1978

Sophie Scott

b. 1966

Viktor Kress

b. 1948

Włodzimierz Karpiński

b. 1961

Aaron Naber

b. 1982

Abdulaziz Komilov

b. 1947

Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar

b. 1970

Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough

1857 – 1945

Aleksandr Popov

b. 1971

Alexander Abrosimov

1948 – 2011

Alexis Kohler

b. 1972

Alfonso Rangel Guerra

1928 – 2020

Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo

1854 – 1927

Anifah Aman

b. 1953

Anne Holt

b. 1958

Anthony Cheetham

b. 1946

Arie Slob

b. 1961

Basílio Horta

b. 1943

Begenç Gündogdyýew

b. 1976

Beth Van Duyne

b. 1970

Brigitte Zypries

b. 1953

Burgess Meredith

1907 – 1997

C. Lee Giles

b. 1946

Carl J. Meade

b. 1950

Carole Taylor

b. 1945

Charles Eliot Norton

1827 – 1908

Charles L. Bennett

b. 1956

Chinua Achebe

1930 – 2013

Chris Laidlaw

b. 1943

Christian August Selmer

1816 – 1889

Chylgychy Ondar

1955 – 2020

Claude Beausoleil

1948 – 2020

Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge

1933 – 2012

Danny Wallace

b. 1976

Daphne Brooks

b. 1968

David Binning Monro

1836 – 1905

Denis Gougeon

b. 1951

Denis Noble

b. 1936

Doak Sheridan Campbell

1888 – 1973

Edmund James Flynn

1847 – 1927

Edvard Carleson

1820 – 1884

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

1750 – 1818

Eivind Kolding

b. 1959

Elpidio Quirino

1890 – 1956

Erica Dambach

b. 1975

Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei

b. 1960

Ferenc Kossuth

1841 – 1914

Filippo Frontera

b. 1941

Franco Roberti

b. 1947

Frank Henkel

b. 1963

Friedrich Martin Berwerth

1850 – 1918

George Joulwan

b. 1939

George Maior

b. 1967

Griff Rhys Jones

b. 1953

Guillermo Lasso

b. 1955

Halil Güven

b. 1956

Hannibal Sehested

1842 – 1924

Harvey Lodish

b. 1941

Henryk Markiewicz

1922 – 2013

Hugo Lederer

1871 – 1940

Ian Horobin

1899 – 1976

Iñaki Anasagasti

b. 1947

Jacques Moreillon

b. 1939

James Balfour Paul

1846 – 1931

James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk

1827 – 1905

Janusz Szrom

b. 1968

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 – 1783

Jerzy Bordziłowski

1900 – 1983

Joaquín Navarro-Valls

1936 – 2017

John Moore

1936 – 2025

John Nicholas Luff

1860 – 1938

Jonathan Weinzapfel

b. 1965

Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.

b. 1957

José Augusto França

1922 – 2021

Julia Przyłębska

b. 1959

Julius Leber

1891 – 1945

Kalvi Kõva

b. 1974

Kalākaua

1836 – 1891

Kamila Magálová

b. 1950

Katharina Sieverding

b. 1941

Kunwer Sachdev

b. 1962

Lauren Newton

b. 1952

Lawrence Tibbett

1896 – 1960

Lev Nikolaev

1937 – 2011

Lothar Späth

1937 – 2016

Louis-Honoré Fréchette

1839 – 1908

Lu Kanru

1903 – 1978

Luciano Floridi

b. 1964

Lynn Hunt

b. 1945

Léon Daudet

1867 – 1942

Marcel Riesz

1886 – 1969

Marg Helgenberger

b. 1958

Maurice Gourdault-Montagne

b. 1953

Michael Billington

b. 1939

Michael Hodgman

1938 – 2013

Michael Zander

b. 1932

Michail Ivanovič Karinskij

1840 – 1917

Michel Daerden

1949 – 2012

Mieczysław Janowski

b. 1947

Mohamed Soltan

b. 1988

Mohammad Rasoulof

b. 1972

Montagu Stopford

1892 – 1971

Morton Beiser

b. 1936

Nicolás Lindley López

1908 – 1995

Nobuhiko Ushiba

1909 – 1984

Oskar Helmer

1887 – 1963

Oswald Mosley

1896 – 1980

Patricia Fortini Brown

b. 1936

Paul Boyle

b. 1964

Paul Hindemith

1895 – 1963

Paula Vogel

b. 1951

Pavlo Sushko

b. 1979

Pete Davidson

b. 1993

Pierre-Michel-François Chevalier

1812 – 1863

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

1894 – 1972

Robert Nozick

1938 – 2002

Rodolfo Terragno

b. 1943

Serik Sapiyev

b. 1983

Seydou Madani Sy

1933 – 2026

Sheryl WuDunn

b. 1959

Shigeru Miyamoto

b. 1952

Shoshana Parsitz

1892 – 1969

Slobodan Šijan

b. 1946

Sooronbay Jeenbekov

b. 1958

Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman

1874 – 1954

Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.

1940 – 2020

Tim Ferguson

b. 1963

Tine Lindhardt

b. 1957

Tsuruyo Kondō

1901 – 1970

Turibius of Mongrovejo

1538 – 1606

Vera Kuzmina

1923 – 2021

Viktor Shershunov

1950 – 2007

Vladimir Demishkan

b. 1949

William Bonner

b. 1963

William Treanor

b. 1957

Włodzimierz Tomaszewski

b. 1956

Yacouba Isaac Zida

b. 1965

Yelena Vavilova

b. 1962

Yevgeny Sverdlov

b. 1938

Zigmantas Balčytis

b. 1953

Zvi Ben-Avraham

b. 1941

Ōta Masahiro

1871 – 1951

Aadu Lüüs

1878 – 1967

Adam Mechler

b. 1971

Adolph F. Bechdolt

1846 – 1938

Adolphe-Hippolyte Couveley

1802 – 1867

Alberto Stefani

b. 1992

Aleksandre Motserelia

b. 1972

Alfred Victor Verville

1890 – 1970

Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst

1684 – 1775

Amar'e Stoudemire

b. 1982

Amazonino Mendes

1939 – 2023

Amelia Valcárcel

b. 1949

Amit Schejter

b. 1961

Amy Lazaro-Javier

b. 1956

Anatol von Lieven

1873 – 1937

Andra Levite

b. 1962

Andrew Cowper

1898 – 1980

Andrew Miller

1870 – 1960

Andrew Morrissey

1860 – 1921

Andrius Bulota

1872 – 1941

Andy Slavitt

b. 1966

Ralph Kronig

1904 – 1995

A. S. Byatt

1936 – 2023

Albert Francis Blakeslee

1874 – 1954

Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit

1920 – 2014

Augustin Bea

1881 – 1968

Britton Chance

1913 – 2010

Bronisław Dembowski

1927 – 2019

Carl von Linde

1842 – 1934

Daniel Nathans

1928 – 1999

Dmitri Skobeltsyn

1892 – 1990

Duarte Pacheco

1900 – 1943

Francisco Calvo Serraller

1948 – 2018

Franciscus Sylvius

1614 – 1672

Gene H. Golub

1932 – 2007

Gerhard Hessenberg

1874 – 1925

Hans Friderichs

1931 – 2025

Helena Swanwick

1864 – 1939

Henryk Gulbinowicz

1923 – 2020

Hosea Williams

1926 – 2000

Johan Henrik Deuntzer

1845 – 1918

Johannes Brøndsted

1890 – 1965

John Campbell Brown

1947 – 2019

John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute

1744 – 1814

Jyrki Kasvi

1964 – 2021

Karl Ernst von Baer

1792 – 1876

Max Abraham

1875 – 1922

Nadrian C. Seeman

1945 – 2021

Pavel Aleksandrov

1896 – 1982

Pehr Kalm

1716 – 1779

Philippe Taquet

1940 – 2025

René Louiche Desfontaines

1750 – 1833

Theodor Vahlen

1869 – 1945

Vicente Lombardo Toledano

1894 – 1968

Walther Meissner

1882 – 1974

Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl

1823 – 1897

Władysław Szafer

1886 – 1970

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

1893 – 1938

Adalberto Giazotto

1940 – 2017

Adolphe Charles Le Flô

1804 – 1887

Alain Colas

1943 – 1978

Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov

1895 – 1975

Ann Wedgeworth

1934 – 2017

Anton Schiefner

1817 – 1879

Arsène Darmesteter

1846 – 1888

Benjamin Arthur Quarles

1904 – 1996

Bryan F. Mahan

1856 – 1923

Charles Gordone

1925 – 1995

Charles Marion

1887 – 1944

Charles Vilain XIIII

1803 – 1878

Daniel de Superville

1696 – 1773

Den Kenjirō

1855 – 1930

Dumanoir

1806 – 1865

Edmund of Abingdon

1174 – 1240

Edward L. Cochran

1929 – 2025

Edward Parmelee Morris

1853 – 1938

Ermek Serkebaev

1926 – 2013

Esther M. Conwell

1922 – 2014

Frederick Gardner Cottrell

1877 – 1948

Frederick Joseph Lawton

1900 – 1975

Gregorij Rožman

1883 – 1959

Gustav Hertzberg

1826 – 1907

Hans Frederick Blichfeldt

1873 – 1945

Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière

1829 – 1908

Henry Taube

1915 – 2005

Ignacio Ellacuría

1930 – 1989

Jadwiga Piłsudska

1920 – 2014

James Barr

1849 – 1938

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

1665 – 1745

James Fraser Mustard

1927 – 2011

James McCosh

1811 – 1894

Javier Azagra Labiano

1923 – 2014

Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge

1904 – 1988

Jerome Sattler

1931 – 2024

Johan Gottschalk Wallerius

1709 – 1785

John Luxton

1946 – 2021

John Sparkman

1899 – 1985

Josef Ertl

1925 – 2000

Josip Šokčević

1811 – 1896

Jovan Ćirilov

1931 – 2014

Julius Hermann Moritz Busch

1821 – 1899

Kamil Durczok

1968 – 2021

Karl Ludwig von Littrow

1811 – 1877

Karl-Gösta Lundmark

1919 – 1995

Lev Davidovich Belkind

1896 – 1969

Louis Riel

1844 – 1885

Louise Cowan

1916 – 2015

Marina Denikina

1919 – 2005

Mario Salmi

1889 – 1980

Matthew H. Kingman

1890 – 1946

Melvin Laird

1922 – 2016

Mikhail Eremets

1949 – 2024

Milton Friedman

1912 – 2006

Nathan Cohn

1907 – 1989

Oscar Lanford

1940 – 2013

Otto Benesch

1896 – 1964

Otto Frederick Hunziker

1873 – 1959

Piotr Lukirsky

1896 – 1954

Piotr Pankanin

1948 – 2022

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1823 – 1902

Raman Osman

1902 – 1992

Raphael Meldola

1849 – 1915

Robert Charles Winthrop

1809 – 1894

Robert Devaney

1948 – 2025

Robert Morier

1826 – 1893

Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe

1938 – 2023

Roy Markham

1916 – 1979

Saftar Jafarov

1900 – 1961

Sam Rayburn

1882 – 1961

Serge von Bubnoff

1888 – 1957

Stuart Babbage

1916 – 2012

Susanto Tirtoprodjo

1900 – 1969

Takao Kondō

1948 – 2023

Theobald Stein

1829 – 1901

Théodore Mozin

1818 – 1850

Tobias Enverga

1955 – 2017

Vladimir Shklyarov

1985 – 2024

Wal Fife

1929 – 2017

William Horwood

1868 – 1943

William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane

1895 – 1969

Yang Lien-sheng

1914 – 1990

Yuri Alexandrovich Popov

1936 – 2016

A. A. Ames

1842 – 1911

Abraham Colles

1773 – 1843

Agi Lindegren

1858 – 1927

Albert Engström

1869 – 1940

Albert Joseph Brown

1861 – 1938

Alexander Arkhangelsky

1846 – 1924

Alfred Ludwig von Degenfeld

1816 – 1888

Alfred von Neipperg

1807 – 1865

Aliu Mahama

1946 – 2012

Amy Bulley

1852 – 1939

André Berthon

1882 – 1962

Anne Demerson

1786 – 1872

Antonio Arrúe Zarauz

1903 – 1976

Antonio Villegas

1928 – 1984

António Lino Neto

1873 – 1961

Arthur Angara

1937 – 2022

Arthur Askey

1900 – 1982

Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon

1824 – 1901

Ashton Calvert

1945 – 2007

Azharul Haque

1940 – 1971

Basudeb DasSarma

1923 – 2007

Bert Carpelan

1895 – 1981

Bill Dodd

1909 – 1991

Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz

1949 – 2019

Boris Aronson

1900 – 1980

Boworadet

1877 – 1953

Carl Sanders

1925 – 2014

Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos

1851 – 1925

Carter Barron

1905 – 1950

Caspar Creuziger

1504 – 1548

Charles Adams Mosher

1906 – 1984

Charles C. Butler

1865 – 1946

Charles Maurras

1868 – 1952

Charles Sargeant Jagger

1885 – 1934

Charles W. Henney

1884 – 1969

Charles Waterhouse

1924 – 2013

Cluny Macpherson

1879 – 1966

Daniel Leab

1936 – 2016

Daniel Prodan

1972 – 2016

David Ralston

1954 – 2022

Diane Loeffler

1953 – 2019

Diodorus Tuldenus

1590 – 1645

Dominique Chaboche

1937 – 2005

Dora Gabe

1885 – 1983

Edvin Tiemroth

1915 – 1984

Edward Woodward

1930 – 2009

Emory Jenison Pike

1876 – 1918

Enevold De Falsen

1755 – 1808

Engelbert Arnold

1856 – 1911

Erik Heinrichs

1890 – 1965

Ernst Herzog

1834 – 1911

Eugen Bracht

1842 – 1921

Eugénie Vergin

1854 – 1941

Evelyn Ashley

1836 – 1907

F. Curtis Dohan, Jr.

1935 – 2021

Florence Prag Kahn

1866 – 1948

Francis Duncan

1836 – 1888

Francis Owen

1745 – 1774

Francis Thomé

1850 – 1909

Francisco Sanches

1550 – 1623

Frank D. Jackson

1854 – 1938

Frank Smithies

1912 – 2002

Frans de Liagre Böhl

1882 – 1976

François Pierre Amey

1768 – 1850

Frederic R. DeYoung

1875 – 1934

Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia

1744 – 1797

Gary Graver

1938 – 2006

Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet

1891 – 1983

George A. Ramsdell

1834 – 1900

George Barham

1836 – 1913

George Frederick Charles Searle

1864 – 1954

George St Patrick Lawrence

1804 – 1884

Georgi Todorov

1858 – 1934

Gerald O'Connor

1890 – 1949

Gilbert Harding

1907 – 1960

Gillis Philip Purcell

1904 – 1987

Giuseppe Volpi

1877 – 1947

Gustav Shpet

1879 – 1937

Gustave Umbdenstock

1866 – 1940