Who Was Born Today – October 16 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 16 | ||
1758 | Noah Webster, U.S. teacher, lexicographer and publisher who wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. | |
1797 | Lord Cardigan, leader of the famed Light Brigade. | |
1849 | George Washington Wiliams, historian, clergyman and politician. | |
1854 | Oscar Wilde, dramatist, poet, novelist and critic. | |
1886 | David Ben-Gurion, Israeli statesman. | |
1888 | Eugene O’Neill, Nobel Prize-winning playwright (A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh). | |
1898 | William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. | |
1906 | Cleanth Brooks, Kentucky-born writer and educator. | |
1919 | Kathleen Winsor, writer Forever Amber. | |
1925 | Angela Lansbury, stage, screen, and TV actress | |
1927 | Gunther Grass, novelist, playwright, painter and sculptor best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum. | |
1930 | Dan Pagis, Romanian-born Israeli poet. | |
1931 | Charles “Chuck” Colson, special counsel to Pres. Richard Nixon (1969-73); one of the “Watergate Seven,” he was sentenced to prison for obstruction of justice. | |
1949 | Suzanne Somers, actress (Three’s Company TV series). | |
1958 | Tim Robbins, actor, screenwriter, director, producer; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Mystic River 2003. | |
1969 | Roy Hargrove, jazz trumpeter; won Grammy Awards for albums in 1998 (Habana) and 2002 (Directions in Music). | |
1977 | John Mayer, singer, songwriter, musician, producer; won Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (“Your Body is a Wonderland,” 2003). | |
2003 | Princess Kritika of Nepal. |
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