June 16th Birthdays

Billy “Crash” Craddock, American rockabilly singer, was born on this day, as William Wayne Craddock, in Greensboro, NC in 1939

Also born on June 16th:

• 1934
  Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
• 1935
  Bill Cobbs, American actor
  Jim Dine, American artist
• 1937
  Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha last monarch of Bulgaria
• 1938
  James Bolam, English actor
• 1942
  Eddie Levert, American singer
• 1943
  Joan Van Ark, American actress
• 1947
  Tom Wyner, British-American actor, director
• 1948
  Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
• 1951
  Charlie Dominici, American singer
  Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer
• 1952
  Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1953
  Ian Mosley, British drummer
  Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
• 1955
  Laurie Metcalf, American actress
• 1957
  Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
• 1959
  John Franklin, American actor
• 1962
  Wally Joyner, American baseball player
  Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
• 1963
  Jim Fullington (The Sandman), American wrestler
• 1970
  Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
• 1971
  Chris Gomez, American baseball player
• 1977
  Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• 1978
  Lyndsey Marshal, British actress
• 1980
  Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1981
  Ben Kweller, American singer, songwriter
• 1982
  Matt Costa, American singer, songwriter
  Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
• 1984
  Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player
• 1987
  Diana DeGarmo, American singer
• 1988
  Keshia Chante, Canadian singer
• 1991
  Joe McElderry, English singer

June Birthday Calendar

Died on June 16th:

• 1939
  Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (age 34)
• 1959
  George Reeves, American actor and director (age 45)
• 1967
  Reginald Denny, English actor (age 75)
• 1970
  Brian Piccolo, American football player (age 26)
• 1977
  Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist, engineer (age 65)
• 1979
  Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, screenwriter (age 67)
• 1988
  Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor, playwright (age 41)
• 1999
  Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer, activist (age 58)
• 2012
  Susan Tyrrell, American actress (age 67)
• 2017
  Helmut Kohl, 6th Chancellor of Germany (age 87)
• 2023
  Bob “Boomer” Brown, American football player (age 81)
  Paxton Whitehead, English actor (age 85)
• 2024
  Evans Evans, American actress (age 91)