Ang Mga Ka-Birthday Ko...

(From historyorb.com)

16/05/1558 - Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)
16/05/1609 - Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
16/05/1641 - Dudley North, financier/economist
16/05/1659 - Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
16/05/1718 - Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xýy=aý(a-y)
16/05/1748 - Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
16/05/1761 - John Opie, artist
16/05/1763 - Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
16/05/1782 - John Sell Cotman, water color artist
16/05/1788 - Friedrich Rckert, poet16/05/1788 - F Rckert, writer
16/05/1801 - William Henry Seward, Sec of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2›/acre)16/05/1804 - Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)
16/05/1806 - George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
16/05/1816 - Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
16/05/1819 - Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898
16/05/1822 - Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor
16/05/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
16/05/1824 - Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)
16/05/1827 - Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
16/05/1831 - David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
16/05/1832 - Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)
16/05/1845 - Dietrich Sch„fer, German historian (Deutsche Hanse)
16/05/1850 - Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
16/05/1857 - Juan Morel Campos, composer
16/05/1858 - Frank Lynes, composer
16/05/1858 - Hanus Trnecek, composer
16/05/1866 - Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)
16/05/1878 - Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)16/05/1880 - Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)
16/05/1887 - Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)
16/05/1887 - J van Hoddis, writer
16/05/1889 - Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
16/05/1892 - Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
16/05/1892 - Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
16/05/1893 - Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
16/05/1893 - Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer
16/05/1897 - Walther Geiser, composer
16/05/1898 - August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
16/05/1902 - Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)
16/05/1904 - Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)
16/05/1904 - Lily Pons, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris)
16/05/1905 - H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
16/05/1905 - Henry Fonda, Grand Is Nebraska, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond)16/05/1906 - Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master
16/05/1906 - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (Australian quickie of late 30's)
16/05/1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)
16/05/1907 - Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932)
16/05/1908 - Hilary Preston, editor
16/05/1908 - Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati)
16/05/1909 - Charles Wislon, principal (Glasgow University)
16/05/1911 - Margaret Sullavan, Norfolk Va, actress (Back Street)
16/05/1911 - Olaff J de Landell, [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
16/05/1912 - Studs Terkel, NYC, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
16/05/1913 - Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)16/05/1916 - Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice16/05/1916 - Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment)
16/05/1916 - Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president (Israel)
16/05/1916 - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer
16/05/1917 - Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
16/05/1917 - George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
16/05/1918 - Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
16/05/1918 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro P ramo)
16/05/1918 - Kevin Skelton, Bishop (Lichfield)
16/05/1919 - Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
16/05/1919 - Richard Mason, author16/05/1919 - [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
16/05/1920 - Martine Carol, [Maryse Mopurer], Saint-Mande France, actress (Nana)
16/05/1921 - Robert Croften Brown, politician16/05/1921 - Harry Carey Jr, Saugus Calif, actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
16/05/1922 - Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
16/05/1922 - Russell Wood, treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
16/05/1924 - Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president (Gambia, 1970-94)
16/05/1924 - Frank F Mankiewicz, NYC, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
16/05/1926 - Jan Zimmer, composer
16/05/1927 - John Walford, solicitor
16/05/1928 - Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
16/05/1928 - Reginald Askew, dean (King's College London)
16/05/1929 - Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer
16/05/1929 - John Conyers Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1965- )
16/05/1929 - Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
16/05/1930 - Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)
16/05/1930 - Don Conicannon, govt minister
16/05/1930 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs)
16/05/1931 - Peter Levi, poet/writer
16/05/1931 - Lowell P Weicker, (Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT)
16/05/1931 - Jack Dodson, Pitts Pa, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
16/05/1931 - Donald James Martino, Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
16/05/1932 - Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
16/05/1934 - Nicholas Goodison, CEO (TSB Group)
16/05/1934 - Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
16/05/1936 - Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
16/05/1936 - Roy Hudd, comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)
16/05/1937 - James Hunt Jr, (Gov-NC)
16/05/1937 - Yvonne Craig, Taylorville Ill, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)
16/05/1938 - Stuart Bell, MP
16/05/1938 - Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
16/05/1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (1900, Last Emperor)
16/05/1940 - Gareth Roberts, chancellor (Sheffield University)
16/05/1941 - Maurice Henry Weddington, composer
16/05/1941 - John McWilliams, MP
16/05/1943 - Dan Coats, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
16/05/1943 - Jon Jost, director (All the Vermeers in NY)
16/05/1944 - Billy Cobham, Panam , jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
16/05/1945 - Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman)
16/05/1945 - James Moran, (Rep-D-Virginia)
16/05/1945 - Brewster H Shaw Jr, Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
16/05/1946 - Jessi B Wilson, Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
16/05/1946 - Roger Earl, rocker (Foghat)
16/05/1947 - Rosie Barnes, MP
16/05/1947 - Bill Smitrovich, actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
16/05/1947 - Barbara Lee, US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine)
16/05/1949 - Jimmy Hood, MP
16/05/1949 - Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
16/05/1949 - William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
16/05/1950 - Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall)
16/05/1950 - Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
16/05/1951 - Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
16/05/1952 - Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor (Remington Steele, Golden Eye)16/05/1953 - Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees)
16/05/1953 - Richard Page, LA Calif, rocker (Mr Mister)
16/05/1953 - David Maclean, British minister of state
16/05/1954 - Janet Maw, actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)
16/05/1954 - [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon Canada, MD/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
16/05/1955 - Olga Korbut, Grodno Belorussia, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1972)
16/05/1955 - Jack Morris, St Paul Minn, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
16/05/1955 - Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass)
16/05/1955 - Debra Winger, Columbus Oh, actress (Officer and Gentleman)
16/05/1957 - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Oly-gold-1984)
16/05/1958 - Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
16/05/1959 - Ty Armstrong, Waxahachie TX, Nike golfer (1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th)
16/05/1959 - Mare Winningham, Phoenix Az, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch)
16/05/1959 - Bob Patterson, Jacksonville FL, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
16/05/1960 - Anne Parillaud, Paris France, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood)
16/05/1961 - Nina Arvesen, White Plains NY, actress (Cassandra-Young and Restless)
16/05/1961 - Kevin Guidry, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
16/05/1962 - Gary Crocker, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
16/05/1963 - Jimmy Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
16/05/1964 - John Salley, NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
16/05/1965 - Brent Jasmer, Portland Oregon, actor (Sly-Bold and Beautiful)
16/05/1965 - Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
16/05/1966 - Thurman Thomas, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
16/05/1966 - Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
16/05/1966 - Scott Reeves, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ryan-Young and Restless)
16/05/1966 - Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
16/05/1968 - Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer (New Editon)
16/05/1969 - Marcel Schewe, cricketer (Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup)
16/05/1969 - Steven Earl Lewis, LA Calif, 4X100/400m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
16/05/1969 - Tracey Gold, NYC, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)
16/05/1969 - Tricia Cast, actress (Nina-Young and Restless)

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