What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every June birthday · battle June 16 against another date · all rankings
Who shares June 16
Share of the 45 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Actor
1971–1996 · United States
Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America.
State of California DMV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1967 · Germany
Jürgen Norbert Klopp is a German football manager, executive, and former player who is the head coach of the Germany national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1955 · United States
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress and comedian.
LaurieMetcalfFeb08.jpg: John Harrison derivative work: Rossrs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
American scientist and cytogeneticist
1902–1992 · United States
Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927.
Smithsonian Institution/Science Service; Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1965 · United States
Andrea Mia Ghez is an American astrophysicist. She shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with Reinhard Genzel "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy". This object is generally recognized to be a black hole.
BorderlineRebel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1934 · United States
William Forsyth Sharpe is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Founder · National Iranian Oil Company · energy
1882–1967 · Pahlavi Iran
Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis.
International News Photos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1917–2001 · United States
Katharine Meyer Graham was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
File:Katharine Graham 927-9432 (cropped).jpg: Unknown / Anefo derivative work: Der Angemeldete, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1955 · Russia
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais is a Russian-Israeli politician and economist who was responsible for privatization in Russia as an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s.
Press Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Founder · National Archives of Sweden
1583–1654 · Sweden
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death.
After Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1951 · United States
Daniel J. McKee is an American politician and businessman serving since 2021 as the 76th governor of Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2015 to 2021 as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor.
Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1793–1837 · Chile
Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales y Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman, military figure and entrepreneur.
Camilo Domeniconi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
June 16 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Politician
1950 · India
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor, film producer, entrepreneur and politician. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 350 films, mostly in Hindi and Bengali languages, and a few in Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Tamil, Kannada, and Punjabi.
Doniyor Sharipov, Dilbar Rahmonova and others, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1978 · Spain
Daniel César Martín Brühl González is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award.
Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1912–1998 · United Kingdom
John Enoch Powell was a British politician, scholar, soldier and writer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 and the MP for South Down for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from October 1974 to 1987.
Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1990 · South Korea
Park Bo-gum is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained recognition for his work in film and television and is the youngest actor to be named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year twice. He is also the first actor to top the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list.
티비텐 TV10 (TenAsia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1980 · Germany
Sibel Kekilli is a German actress. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On. She won two Lolas, the most prestigious German film award, for her performances in Head-On and When We Leave (2010).
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1962 · United States
Arnold Vosloo is a South African and American actor. He began his career as a stage actor and starring in South African films like Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984).
The Nerd Machine at YouTube, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1972 · United States
John Yo-Han Cho is an American actor. As a performer, he is noted for his subtle and understated style of acting.
Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1890–1965 · United Kingdom
Stan Laurel was an English actor, comedian, director and writer who was in the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles.
US Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1938 · United States
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1867–1951 · Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was a Finnish military commander and statesman.
sa-kuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1986 · Uruguay
Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes.
Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1907–1981 · United States
Harold "Jack" Albertson was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor, which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 actors who have been awarded the "Triple Crown of Acting".
N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1858–1950 · Sweden
Gustaf V was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
2000 · Canada
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the WTA. Andreescu has won three WTA Tour–level singles titles: the 2019 Indian Wells Open, the 2019 Canadian Open, and a major title at the 2019 US Open.
JazzyJoeyD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1998 · Japan
Ritsu Dōan is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Japan national team.
El Loko Foto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1943 · United States
Joan Martha Van Ark is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park.
Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1929–2020 · Kuwait
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1973 · Italy
Federica Mogherini is an Italian politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019.
Christophe Licoppe - European Union, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1952 · United States
George Andreas Papandreou is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for PASOK-Kinima Allagis.
Basilis Filis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1901–1991 · France
Henri Lefebvre was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for furthering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the social production of space, and for his work on dialectical materialism, alienation, and…
Creator
1930–2016 · Hungary
Vilmos Zsigmond was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement.
Politician
1874–1960 · Canada
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and from 1941 to 1942.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1888–1925 · Soviet Union
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1937–2010 · United States
Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its film adaptation.
Joop van Bilsen for Anefo / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1754–1800 · Russian Empire
Salawat Yulayulı, Russianized to Salavat Yulayev was a Bashkir national hero who helped lead the Pugachev's Rebellion. He was also a poet and singer.
Gummy-beer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1896–1975 · United States
Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles.
Jacket design by I. Heilbron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1925–2017 · France
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist.
Studio Harcourt., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1915–1990 · Italy
Mariano Rumor was an Italian politician and statesman. A member of the Christian Democracy (DC), he served as the 39th prime minister of Italy from December 1968 to August 1970 and again from July 1973 to November 1974.
Camera dei Deputati, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1897–1987 · Germany
Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979.
Entrepreneur
1941 · Switzerland
Hans-Peter Wild is a German-born Swiss businessman and lawyer. Wild is the owner and chairman of Capri-Sun a fruit juice manufacturer based in Zug, Switzerland.
Christian Borth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 45 people born on June 16, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on June 16. Read the full methodology.
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