Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 16
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[edit] Births
- 1387 - King Henry V of England, (pictured) (d. 1422)
- 1858 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 1888 - F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
- 1891 - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
- 1893 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
- 1893 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore
- 1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress
- 1925 - Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Peter Falk, American actor
- 1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
- 1968 - Marc Anthony, American singer
[edit] Deaths