On This Day
February 16
| Event | Source | Birth | Death | Name | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| born | bornToday | 1954 | 1996 | Margaux Hemingway | US actor |  |
| born | bornToday | 1942 | 2011 | Kim Jong Il | North Korean Leader |  |
| born | bornToday | 1958 | Ice T | US Musician |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1936 | Carl Icahn | US Businessman |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1834 | 1919 | Ernst Haeckel | German Scientist |  |
| born | bornToday | 1932 | Aharon Appelfeld | Israeli Novelist |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1961 | Andy Taylor | English Musician |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1964 | Christopher Eccleston | English Actor |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1978 | Eric Ladin | US Actor |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1964 | Faran Tahir | Pakistani Actor |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1838 | 1918 | Henry Adams | US Historian |  |
| born | bornToday | 1983 | John Magaro | US Actor |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1950 | Peter Hain | British Politician |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1951 | William Katt | US Actor |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1948 | Eckhart Tolle | Religion & Spirituality edit data Eckhart Tolle , born Ulrich Leonard Tolle, February 16, 1948, is a German-born writer, public speaker, and spiritual teacher. |  | |
| born | bornToday | 1822 | 1911 | Sir Francis Galton | English scientist |  |
| born | bornToday | 1876 | 1962 | G. M. Trevelyan | English historian |  |
| born | bornToday | 1884 | 1951 | Robert Flaherty | US director |  |
| born | bornToday | 1903 | 1978 | Edgar Bergen (as Charlie McCarthy) | US comic, actor |  |
| born | bornToday | 1921 | 1981 | Vera-Ellen | US dancer, actor |  |
| born | bornToday | 1926 | 2003 | John Schlesinger | English director |  |
| born | bornToday | 1935 | 1998 | Sonny Bono | US singer, congressman |  |
| born | bornToday | 1959 | John McEnroe | US tennis ace |  |