The 167th day of the year, the 168th in a leap year
Born on 16 June
Every 16 June birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Moonstone, AlexandriteThe 1912 list gave Pearl and Moonstone.
- Birth flower
- Rose, HoneysuckleUsually taken today to mean love and bonds of affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 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 June in any year.
Which weekday 16 June falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 June falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 June is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,846 babies were born on 16 June in each year of the twenty, making it the 93rd 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 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Smith | 1723–1790 | Scottish moral philosopher and political economist |
| Tupac Shakur | 1971–1996 | American rapper and actor |
| Barbara McClintock | 1902–1992 | American scientist and cytogeneticist |
| Jürgen Klopp | 1967– | German association football manager |
| Geronimo | 1829–1909 | leader of the Bedonkohe Apache |
| Gustaf V | 1858–1950 | King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950 |
| Mohammad Mosaddegh | 1882–1967 | Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 |
| Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 1929–2020 | emir of Kuwait |
| George Papandreou | 1952– | Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011 |
| Stan Laurel | 1890–1965 | English actor |
| Simeon II | 1937– | Bulgarian politician and royal |
| Joyce Carol Oates | 1938– | American author |
| Alexander Friedmann | 1888–1925 | Russian mathematician |
| Daniel Brühl | 1978– | German actor |
| Fernando Muslera | 1986– | Uruguayan footballer |
| Georg Wittig | 1897–1987 | German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize) |
| Salawat Yulayev | 1754–1800 | Russian Bashkir rebel during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773-1775) |
| Jan Železný | 1966– | Czech javelin thrower and sports official |
Died on 16 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Helmut Kohl | 1930–2017 | Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998) |
| Wernher von Braun | 1912–1977 | German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect |
| Imre Nagy | 1896–1958 | Hungarian politician |
| Marc Bloch | 1886–1944 | French historian |
| John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | 1650–1722 | English soldier and statesman; died 16 June in the Julian calendar, which is 27 June in the Gregorian |
| Nicholas Ray | 1911–1979 | American film director |
| Daveigh Chase | 1990–2026 | American actress |
| Jo Cox | 1974–2016 | British politician |
| John Snow | 1813–1858 | English epidemiologist and physician |
| Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis | 1891–1969 | British military commander and field marshal; Governor General of Canada |
| Hugh the Great | 898–956 | Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris |
| Ottmar Walter | 1924–2013 | German footballer |
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