May 16th Birthdays

American singer, Janet Jackson, was born on this day in 1966 in Gary, Indiana

Also born on May 16th:

• 1944
  Billy Cobham, American drummer
  Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1945
  Nicky Chinn, English songwriter
• 1946
  Robert Fripp, English guitarist
  Roger Earl, English rock drummer
• 1947
  Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• 1948
  Adrian Legg, English guitarist
• 1951
  Jonathan Richman, American singer, musician
• 1953
  Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
• 1955
  Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
  Jack Morris, American baseball player
  Hazel O’Connor, English singer
• 1955
  Debra Winger, American actress
• 1957
  Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer
• 1958
  Glenn Gregory, British musician
  Gitane Demone, American singer
• 1959
  Mare Winningham, American actress
• 1961
  Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian, actor
• 1964
  Milton Jones, English comedian, actor
  John Salley, American basketball player
  Boyd Tinsley, American musician
• 1965
  Krist Novoselic, American musician, author
• 1966
  Scott Reeves, American actor, singer
  Thurman Thomas, American football player
• 1968
  Ralph Tresvant, American singer
• 1969
  David Boreanaz, American actor
  Tracey Gold, American actress
• 1970
  Danielle Spencer, Australian singer, actress
• 1971
  Rachel Goswell, English singer, songwriter
• 1972
  Derek Mears, American actor
  Khary Payton, American actor
• 1973
  Special Ed, American rapper
  Tori Spelling, American actress
• 1974
  Sonny Sandoval, American singer
  Adam Richman, American actor
• 1975
  Tonéx, American singer
• 1977
  Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
  Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer, songwriter
• 1978
  David Ford, English singer, songwriter
• 1981
  Jim Sturgess, English actor, singer
• 1984
  Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1986
  Megan Fox, American actress
• 1989
  Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
• 1990
  Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
• 1994
  Miles Heizer, American actor
• 1998
  Ariel Waller, Canadian actress

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 16th:

• 1920
  Levi P. Morton, 22nd U.S. Vice President (age 95)
• 1956
  H. B. Reese, American candy-maker (age 76)
• 1957
  Eliot Ness, American federal agent (age 54)
• 1981
  Ernie Freeman, American pianist, bandleader (age 58)
• 1984
  Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian (age 35)
  Irwin Shaw, American author, playwright, screenwriter (age 71)
• 1985
  Margaret Hamilton, American actress (age 82)
• 1990
  Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, actor (age 64)
  Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director (The Muppets), (age 53)
• 1993
  Marv Johnson, American singer, pianist (age 54)
• 2010
  Ronnie James Dio, American singer, songwriter (age 67)
  Hank Jones, American pianist, bandleader (age 91)
• 2011
  Edward Hardwicke, English actor (age 78)
• 2012
  Chuck Brown, American singer, guitarist (age 75)
• 2018
  Joseph Campanella, American actor (age 93)
• 2024
  Dabney Coleman, American actor (age 92)