Who Was Born Today – September 16 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 16 | ||
1838 | James J. Hill, railroad builder. | |
1875 | James Cash Penney, founder and owner of the J.C. Penny Company department stores. | |
1885 | Karen Horney, psychoanalyst who exposed the male bias in the Freudian analysis of women. | |
1891 | Karl Doenitz, German Admiral who succeeded Hitler in governing Germany. | |
1893 | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, biochemist who isolated vitamin C. | |
1925 | Charlie Byrd, jazz guitarist. | |
1925 | B.B. King, blues guitarist. | |
1926 | John Knowles, writer; won first-ever William Faulkner Foundation Award (A Separate Peace, 1961). | |
1927 | Peter Falk, actor, best known for his role as detective Columbo in the TV series of the same name. | |
1943 | James Alan McPherson, author; first African American to win Pulitzer Prize for fiction (Elbow Room, 1978). | |
1948 | Rosemary Casals, pro tennis player whose efforts to gain greater equality for women in the sport led to many changes. | |
1950 | Henry Louis Gates Jr., critic and scholar. | |
1952 | Mickey Rourke, actor, screenwriter, professional boxer; won Golden Globe (The Wrestler, 2009). | |
1954 | Earl Klugh, jazz guitarist. | |
1956 | David Copperfield, magician. |
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