Famous people born on 16 February

• Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist · 1848–1917
  69 yrs
• Kim Jong-ilSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 · 1941–2011
  70 yrs
• Thomas MoreEnglish statesman, lawyer and philosopher · 1478–1535
  57 yrs
• Ernst HaeckelGerman zoologist · 1834–1919
  85 yrs
• Francis GaltonBritish eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist · 1822–1911
  88 yrs
• Radoje DomanovićSerbian writer · 1873–1908
  35 yrs
• Hua Guofeng2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China · 1921–2008
  87 yrs
• Henry Adams ↗American journalist, historian, academic, novelist · 1838–1918
  80 yrs
• George F. Kennan ↗American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian · 1904–2005
  101 yrs
• Mikhail Tukhachevsky ↗Marshal of the Soviet Union · 1893–1937
  44 yrs
• Nikolai Leskov ↗Russian writer · 1831–1895
  64 yrs
• Hugo de Vries ↗Dutch botanist · 1848–1935
  87 yrs
• Henry Wilson ↗Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875 · 1812–1875
  63 yrs
• Iain Banks ↗Scottish writer · 1954–2013
  59 yrs
• Charles Taze Russell ↗Founder of the Bible Student movement · 1852–1916
  64 yrs
• Frederick William of Brandenburg ↗Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia · 1620–1688
  68 yrs
• John Schlesinger ↗English film and stage director · 1926–2003
  77 yrs
• Heinrich Barth ↗German explorer · 1821–1865
  44 yrs
• Robert J. Flaherty ↗American documentary filmmaker · 1884–1951
  67 yrs
• Sonny Bono ↗American entertainer, musician and politician · 1935–1998
  62 yrs
• Nicolás Joseph Jacquin ↗Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands · 1727–1817
  90 yrs
• Pierre Bouguer ↗French astronomer and mathematician · 1698–1758
  60 yrs
• Ahmed Tejan Kabbah ↗Sierra Leonean President · 1932–2014
  82 yrs
• Armand Guillaumin ↗French painter · 1841–1927
  86 yrs
• Antoine Arnauld ↗French theologian, philosopher, mathematician · 1612–1694
  82 yrs
• Duong Van Minh ↗South Vietnamese commander · 1916–2001
  85 yrs
• Margaux Hemingway ↗American fashion model and actress · 1954–1996
  42 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

← 15 February · All dates · 17 February →