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1 rankings, and the only one to hold both simultaneously.
Famous Birthdays on February 16
1959 — John McEnroe
American tennis player and sportscaster
February 16 has 195 recorded notable births across history, from 1222 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1945 The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law. Source
- 1940 World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed. Source
- 1942 World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established Source
- 1900 The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier. Source
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The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records and released another album, Power (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
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Carl Celian Icahn is an American businessman and investor.
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Green also played for the Houston Texans, and was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Packers, where he holds the franchise record for rushing yards.
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James Ingram had two number-one singles on the Hot 100: the first, a duet with fellow R&B artist Patti Austin, 1982's "Baby, Come to Me" topped the U.
More major people born on February 16
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1958
Ice-T
American rapper and actor
Tracy Lauren Marrow, known professionally as Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip-hop and heavy metal.
1936
Carl Icahn
American businessman and investor
Carl Celian Icahn is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach,…
1977
Ahman Green
American football player
Ahman Rashad Green is an American former professional football running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1952
James Ingram
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
James Edward Ingram was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song.
1927
June Brown
English actress (died 2022)
June Muriel Brown was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
1878
James Colosimo
Italian-American mob boss (died 1920)
Vincenzo Colosimo, known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal empire in Chicago based on…
1834
Ernst Haeckel
German biologist, physician, and philosopher (died 1919)
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist.
1979
Eric Mun
American-South Korean singer and actor
Eric Mun, birth name Mun Jung-hyuk (Korean: 문정혁, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and actor. He is a member and leader of the South Korean boy band Shinhwa.
1939
Adolfo Azcuna
Filipino lawyer and judge
Adolfo Sevilla Azcuna is a Filipino jurist who was one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution being a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the…
1987
Luc Bourdon
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)
Luc Bourdon was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2006 until 2008.
2000
Carlos Yulo
Filipino artistic gymnast
Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic gold medalist at the floor exercise and vault events.
1761
Jean-Charles Pichegru
French general (died 1804)
Divisional-General Jean-Charles Pichegru was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars.
1914
Jimmy Wakely
American country music singer-songwriter and actor (died 1982)
James Clarence Wakely was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys.
1831
Nikolai Leskov
Russian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1895)
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky.
1620
Frederick William
Elector of Brandenburg (died 1688)
Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688.
1922
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
German soldier and pilot (died 1950)
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare.
1931
Ken Takakura
Japanese actor and singer (died 2014)
Ken Takakura , born Takeichi Oda , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films.
1978
Wasim Jaffer
Indian cricketer
Wasim Jaffer is a retired Indian professional cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right arm off-break bowler.
2000
Coby White
American basketball player
Alec Jacoby "Coby" White is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.