Famous people born on 16 May

• Henry FondaAmerican actor · 1905–1982
  77 yrs
• Innocent XPope from 1644 to 1655 · 1574–1655
  80 yrs
• Maria Gaetana AgnesiItalian mathematician and philanthropist · 1718–1799
  80 yrs
• Celâl Bayar3rd President of the Republic of Turkey · 1883–1986
  103 yrs
• Marcellus IIPope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555 · 1501–1555
  53 yrs
• William H. Seward ↗American lawyer and politician · 1801–1872
  71 yrs
• Juan Rulfo ↗Mexican writer · 1917–1986
  68 yrs
• Adrienne Rich ↗American poet, essayist and feminist · 1929–2012
  82 yrs
• Friedrich Rückert ↗German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages · 1788–1866
  77 yrs
• Tamara de Lempicka ↗Polish painter · 1898–1980
  81 yrs
• Levi P. Morton ↗Vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 · 1824–1920
  96 yrs
• Nílton Santos ↗Brazilian association football player · 1925–2013
  88 yrs
• Kenji Mizoguchi ↗Japanese film director and screenwriter · 1898–1956
  58 yrs
• Merton Miller ↗American economist · 1923–2000
  77 yrs
• Minamoto no Yoritomo ↗1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate · 1147–1199
  51 yrs
• Pafnuty Chebyshev ↗Russian mathematician · 1821–1894
  73 yrs
• Mario Monicelli ↗Italian film director and screenwriter · 1915–2010
  95 yrs
• Ephraim Katzir ↗Israeli scientist, 4th President of Israel (1973–1978) - · 1916–2009
  93 yrs
• Margaret Sullavan ↗American actress · 1909–1960
  50 yrs
• Dawda Kairaba Jawara ↗1st President of the Gambia · 1924–2019
  95 yrs
• Liberace ↗American pianist · 1919–1987
  67 yrs
• Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ↗French professor of chemistry · 1763–1829
  66 yrs
• George Gaynes ↗American actor · 1917–2016
  98 yrs
• H. H. Holmes ↗American con artist and serial killer · 1861–1896
  34 yrs
• Karl Lehmann ↗German theologian, Bishop of Mainz, catholic Cardinal · 1936–2018
  81 yrs
• Vujadin Boškov ↗Serbian footballer · 1931–2014
  82 yrs
• Desanka Maksimović ↗Serbian writer · 1898–1993
  94 yrs
• Johann Voldemar Jannsen ↗Estonian journalist and cultural activist · 1819–1890
  71 yrs

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