The 197th day of the year, the 198th in a leap year
Born on 16 July
Every 16 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 16 July in any year.
Which weekday 16 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 July falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,874 babies were born on 16 July in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 42nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 16 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Roald Amundsen | 1872–1928 | Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole |
| Larry Sanger | 1968– | American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects |
| Gareth Bale | 1989– | Welsh association football player |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1907–1990 | American actress |
| Katrina Kaif | 1983– | British actress who works in Hindi films |
| Sergio Busquets | 1988– | Spanish association football player |
| Ginger Rogers | 1911–1995 | American actress and dancer |
| Trygve Lie | 1896–1968 | Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1946 to 1952 |
| Yasuo Fukuda | 1936– | Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 |
| Will Ferrell | 1967– | American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer |
| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot | 1796–1875 | French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching |
| Frits Zernike | 1888–1966 | Dutch physicist |
| Joshua Reynolds | 1723–1792 | English painter |
| Clare of Assisi | 1194–1253 | Italian saint |
| Miguel Induráin | 1964– | Spanish cyclist |
| Margaret Court | 1942– | Australian tennis player |
| Andrea del Sarto | 1486–1530 | Italian painter |
| Irwin Rose | 1926–2015 | American biologist |
Died on 16 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Böll | 1917–1985 | German writer |
| Pope Innocent III | died 1216 | Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216 |
| Herbert von Karajan | 1908–1989 | Austrian conductor |
| Julian Schwinger | 1918–1994 | American theoretical physicist |
| Anne of Cleves | 1515–1557 | Queen consort of England |
| Jane Birkin | 1946–2023 | British-French actress and singer |
| Celia Cruz | 1925–2003 | Cuban singer |
| Connie Francis | 1937–2025 | American singer and actress |
| George A. Romero | 1940–2017 | Canadian-American filmmaker |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 1818–1882 | First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 |
| Stephen Covey | 1932–2012 | American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker |
| Kevin Mitnick | 1963–2023 | American hacker |
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