On this day — 16 June

English actor (1890–1965)

American author (born 1938)

German actor

South African actor

Indian film actor

German actress

Swedish statesman (1583-1654)

American actress (born 1955)

South Korean actor, singer, and musician

American publisher, editor and author

American actor (1907–1981)

American actor (born 1972)

French novelist (1925–2017)

American writer (1937-2010)

American writer (born 1972)

British singer-songwriter

American actor

American actor (1934–2024)

American actor (born 1973)

American photographer and photojournalist (1917–2009)

American rapper

American actress (1953–2025)

novelist, short story writer (1896–1975)

Nigerian musician

Swedish writer (1938-2017)

English recording artist; singer, television personality

Canadian actress

American actor

Brazilian guitarist

American actress (born 1943)

French explorer (1633–1667)

Hong Kong singer and actress

Turkish journalist (born 1961)

British actress

American painter, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1935)

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

Indian singer (1920–1989)

Canadian actress

American actress (1924–1999)

American actress

Malaysian singer

American singer-songwriter (1941–2022)

American singer

Canadian singer, songwriter and jazz musician

American musician (1951-2023)

American hurdler (1949–2025)

American musician

Canadian singer, model, actress and songwriter

English drummer

Austrian artist (1925-2013)

British artist (1792–1882)

16th-century English classical scholar and statesman

South Korean singer

Dutch professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Scottish actor

British art historian (born 1946)

British musician

American songwriter

Russian journalist (born 1955)

Brazilian writer (1927–2014)

German philosopher (1837–1885)

American singer (1899–1972)

British singer/songwriter and actress

Hong Kong singer-songwriter

American musician

American actress

British actor

Latvian poet (1940–2003)

English poet

American actor

American puppeteer (1934–2013)

American printer and publisher

Norwegian jazz musician

British actor

French painter (1944-2020)

American football player

American pianist and teacher (1914–2020)

Estonian architect of Baltic German origin (1885–1941)

French theologian & author (1820-1875)

American singer

scholar, author, poet, playwright (1625–1701)

American puppeteer, actor (1946–2009)

American singer

American fiction writer

French-Canadian cartoonist and illustrator (1912–2004)

British musician

Chinese statesman

American singer

Australian rugby league footballer

Irish rock guitarist

American writer, animator, voice actor, puppeteer, and producer

American chemist and historian (1880–1963)

French and Provencal painter (1867-1952)

American professor (1850-1932)

American video game journalist and writer

Leader of Messiah Foundation International

Pakistani newspaper editor (1941-2011)

Polish architect

English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)

American film director (1911-1979)

American actress and singer (1990–2026)

German theologian

American actor (1914–1959)

Bengali lawyer, politician, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870-1925)

Finland Swedish philosopher, professor and member of the Academy of Finland (1916–2003)

English film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director (1911–2010)

French composer and organist

German composer and conductor (1728–1804)

Australian explorer (1795-1869)

American actress (1945–2012)

Indian architect and urban planner (1930–2015)

French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1739–1824)

Italian writer (1921–2008)

American musician (1905–1939)

French poet (1709-1777)

American musician and singer

French writer (1933–2015)

British actor, aviator and businessman (1891–1967)

German artist (1818-1885)

Japanese painter (1788–1878)

Football coach; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Academic Professor (1871–1929)

German theologian and biblical scholar

Estonian writer (1900–1984)

British musician (1956–1982)

Spanish painter (1595-1674)

English diplomat and politician (1608-1666)

Puerto Rican writer (1946–1988)

Bangladeshi writer

English born Australian explorer and politician (1774-1850)

Australian artist (1894-1974)

Austrian lawyer and President of the Constitutional Court (1932–2024)

Scottish clergyman and author (1812–1872)

American actor

Puerto Rican writer

American children's writer (1889-1987)

Romanian engineer, explorer and economist

American actor and director (1942-2021)

Swedish writer

American art dealer and film producer (1935–2024)

British writer, journalist and educationalist