Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 16
Births
[edit]- 1387 - King Henry V of England, (pictured) (d. 1422)
- 1858 - Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 1888 - F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
- 1891 - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
- 1893 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
- 1893 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore (d. 2015)
- 1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1925 - Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
- 1968 - Marc Anthony, American singer
Deaths
[edit]- 307 - Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder)
- 1701 - James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
- 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
- 1977 - Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)