Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 16
Births[edit]
- 1796 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875)
- 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (d. 1910)
- 1872 - Roald Amundsen (pictured), Norwegian explorer (d. 1928)
- 1889 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951)
- 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1915 - Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1942 - Margaret Court, Australian tennis player
- 1963 - Fatboy Slim, English musician
- 1964 - Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
- 1967 - Will Ferrell, American comedian
- 1971 - Corey Feldman, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 1995 - Stephen Spender, British poet (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
- 2003 - Carol Shields, Canadian author (b. 1935)