Famous birthdays
Famous people born on June 16
Short answer
Well-known people born on June 16 include Tupac Shakur (1971), Barbara McClintock (1902), Jürgen Klopp (1967) and Gerónimo (1829). Our list below has 98 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives June 16 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1583 (Axel Oxenstierna) and the most recent is 2003 (Nathaniel Brown). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, writer.
Who was born on June 16?
- Tupac Shakur 1971 American rapper and actor
- Barbara McClintock 1902 American scientist and cytogeneticist
- Jürgen Klopp 1967 German association football manager
- Gerónimo 1829 Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache
- Andrea M. Ghez 1965 American astronomer
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 1929 Emir of Kuwait
- Gustaf V of Sweden 1858 King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
- Giorgos Papandreou 1952 Greek politician, president of the Socialist International
- Joyce Carol Oates 1938 American author
- Stan Laurel 1890 English actor
- Simeon II of Bulgaria 1937 Last King of Bulgaria and 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Federica Mogherini 1973 Italian politician, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs
- Daniel Brühl 1978 German actor
- Alexander Friedmann 1888 Russian mathematician
- Fernando Muslera 1986 Uruguayan footballer
- William F. Sharpe 1934 American economist
- Ritsu Dōan 1998 Japanese association football player
- Georg Wittig 1897 German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)
- Mithun Chakraborty 1950 Indian film actor
- Salawat Yulayev 1754 Russian Bashkir rebel during Pugachev's Rebellion
- Arnold Vosloo 1962 South African actor
- Jan Železný 1966 Czech javelin thrower and sports official
- José López Portillo 1920 58th President of Mexico
- Sibel Kekilli 1980 German actress
- Axel Oxenstierna 1583 Swedish statesman
- Laurie Metcalf 1955 American actress
- Bianca Andreescu 2000 Canadian tennis player
- Mariano Rumor 1915 Italian politician
- Yuichi Maruyama 1989 Japanese association football player
- Katharine Graham 1917 American publisher, editor and author
- Henri Lefebvre 1901 French philosopher
- Park Bo-gum 1990 South Korean actor, singer, and musician
- Arthur Meighen 1874 9th Prime Minister of Canada
- Jack Albertson 1907 American actor
- Robin Sharma 1964 Canadian self-help writer
- John Cho 1972 American actor
- Enoch Powell 1912 British politician
- Michel Pensée 1973 Cameroonian association football player
- Urby Emanuelson 1986 Dutch footballer
- Efraín Ríos Montt 1926 Former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of…
- Anatoly Chubais 1955 Russian politician
- Henrietta of England 1644 English princess, duchesse of Orléans
- Jean d'Ormesson 1925 French novelist
- Aya Sameshima 1987 Japanese association football player
- Juan Velasco Alvarado 1910 50th President of Peru
- Erich Segal 1937 American writer
- Odion Ighalo 1989 Nigerian association football player
- Gaylord Simpson 1902 American paleontologist
- Andy Weir 1972 American writer
- Geoff Pierson 1949 American actor
- Sarit Thanarat 1908 Prime Minister of Thailand
- Cobi Jones 1970 American soccer player
- John Newman 1990 British singer-songwriter
- James Patrick Stuart 1968 American actor
- Bill Cobbs 1934 American actor
- John Tukey 1915 American mathematician
- The Ultimate Warrior 1959 American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
- Joseph Schooling 1995 Singaporean swimmer and Olympic medalist
- Eddie Cibrian 1973 American actor
- Camila Morrone 1997 American actress
- Irving Penn 1917 American photographer and photojournalist
- Anthony Olubunmi Okogie 1936 Catholic cardinal
- Adri van Tiggelen 1957 Dutch footballer
- Nathaniel Brown 2003 German association football player
- Vilmos Zsigmond 1930 Hungarian-American cinematographer
- Roberto Durán 1951 Panamanian boxer
- Joël Dicker 1985 Swiss writer
- Phil Mickelson 1970 American professional golfer
- Annie Cordy 1928 Belgian actress and singer
- Alice Bailey 1880 British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer
- Georg Jellinek 1851 German philosopher
- Francisco León de la Barra 1863 President of Mexico
- Alexandra Marinina 1957 Russian writer of detective stories
- Verónica Echegui 1983 Spanish actress
- Alex Len 1993 Ukrainian basketball player
- Idries Shah 1924 Afghan Sufi teacher
- Luiz Guilherme da Conceição Silva 1986 Brazilian association football player
- Mattia Zaccagni 1995 Italian association football player
- Giacommo Agostini 1942 Italian motorcycle racer
- Ismaël Koné 2002 Canadian soccer player
- Ekaterine Gabashvili 1851 Georgian writer
- Nikos Machlas 1973 Greek footballer
- Thiệu Trị 1807 Third emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- Valerie Mahaffey 1953 American actress
- Jessica McNamee 1988 Australian actress
- Benjamin Becker 1981 German tennis player
- Phaedon Gizikis 1917 Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic
- Murray Leinster 1896 Novelist, short story writer
- Damian Szymański 1995 Polish association football player
- Randy Barnes 1966 American shot putter
- Rashad Sadygov 1982 Association football player from Azerbaijan
- Martin Stranzl 1980 Austrian footballer
- Paulo César Caju 1949 Brazilian footballer
- Missy Peregrym 1982 Canadian actress
- Tobias Wendl 1987 German luger
- Femi Kuti 1962 Nigerian musician
- Torgny Lindgren 1938 Swedish writer
- Thierry Neuville 1988 World Rally Championship driver
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on June 16 share the 16th of June as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.