The 136th day of the year, the 137th in a leap year
Born on 16 May
Every 16 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 16 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 May falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,826 babies were born on 16 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 142nd 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Fox | 1986– | American actress and model |
| Pierce Brosnan | 1953– | Irish actor |
| Janet Jackson | 1966– | American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress |
| Henry Fonda | 1905–1982 | American actor |
| Pope Innocent XI | 1611–1689 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689 |
| Maria Gaetana Agnesi | 1718–1799 | Italian mathematician and philanthropist |
| Celâl Bayar | 1883–1986 | 3rd President of the Republic of Turkey |
| Laura Pausini | 1974– | Italian singer |
| Georg Bednorz | 1950– | physicist |
| IU | 1993– | South Korean singer, songwriter and actress |
| William H. Seward | 1801–1872 | American lawyer and politician |
| Juan Rulfo | 1917–1986 | Mexican writer |
| Tucker Carlson | 1969– | American conservative political commentator |
| Krist Novoselic | 1965– | American rock musician |
| Olga Korbut | 1955– | Belarusian gymnast |
| Friedrich Rückert | 1788–1866 | German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 1970– | Argentine tennis player |
| Lionel Scaloni | 1978– | Argentine football coach |
Died on 16 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Fourier | 1768–1830 | French mathematician and physicist |
| Charles Perrault | 1628–1703 | French author |
| I. M. Pei | 1917–2019 | Chinese-American architect |
| Mehmed VI | 1861–1926 | 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1918–1922) |
| Ronnie James Dio | 1942–2010 | American heavy metal singer |
| Heinrich Rohrer | 1933–2013 | Swiss physicist |
| Frederick Gowland Hopkins | 1861–1947 | English biochemist |
| Django Reinhardt | 1910–1953 | Belgian-born French jazz guitarist and composer |
| Bob Hawke | 1929–2019 | Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia |
| Jim Henson | 1936–1990 | American puppeteer |
| Levi P. Morton | 1824–1920 | vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 |
| Modibo Keïta | 1915–1977 | Malian politician and President of Mali |
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