Famous People Born on November 16

Famous people born on November 16 include Chinua Achebe (1930), Guillermo Lasso (1955) and José Saramago (1922).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Chinua Achebe

Born 1930 · Literature

Things Fall Apart, landmark of modern African literature

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Guillermo Lasso

1955–present

President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023

José Saramago

1922–2010

Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)

Tiberius

42 BCE–37

Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717–1783

French mathematician (1717–1783)

Sanna Marin

1985–present

Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

Alexander Kolchak

1874–1920

Russian admiral and White movement leader (1874–1920)

Paul Scholes

1974–present

English footballer (born 1974)

Burgess Meredith

1907–1997

American actor (1907–1997)

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi

1894–1972

Politician and philosopher (1894–1972)

Robert Nozick

1938–2002

American political philosopher (1938–2002)

Paul Hindemith

1895–1963

German composer (1895–1963)

Marcelo Brozović

1992–present

Croatian footballer (born 1992)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

1904–1996

President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966 (1904–1996)

Nélson Semedo

1993–present

Portuguese footballer (born 1993)

Jeanne d'Albret

1528–1572

Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

Milton Friedman

1912–2006

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

Clark Gable

1901–1960

American actor (1901–1960)

Ibn Arabi

1165–1240

Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)

Henry III of England

1207–1272

King of England from 1216 to 1272

Mustafa IV

1779–1808

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808

Sofonisba Anguissola

1532–1625

Italian painter (c. 1532–1625)

Henry Taube

1915–2005

Canadian-born American chemist (1915–2005)

Frederick William II of Prussia

1744–1797

King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797

Daniel Nathans

1928–1999

American microbiologist

Alan Watts

1915–1973

British and American writer and lecturer (1915–1973)

Sources

November 16 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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