The 320th day of the year, the 321st in a leap year
Born on 16 November
Every 16 November birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- Topaz, CitrineThe 1912 list gave Topaz.
- Birth flower
- ChrysanthemumUsually taken today to mean loyalty.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 November in any year.
Which weekday 16 November falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 November falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 November is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,782 babies were born on 16 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 272nd 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 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Guillermo Lasso | 1955– | 55th President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023 |
| José Saramago | 1922–2010 | Portuguese novelist |
| Tiberius | 42 BC–37 AD | second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD |
| Jean Le Rond d'Alembert | 1717–1783 | French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist |
| Sanna Marin | 1985– | Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 |
| Alexander Kolchak | 1874–1920 | Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement |
| Paul Scholes | 1974– | English association football player |
| Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi | 1894–1972 | Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher |
| Burgess Meredith | 1907–1997 | American actor |
| Robert Nozick | 1938–2002 | American political philosopher |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895–1963 | German composer |
| Marcelo Brozović | 1992– | Croatian association football player |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe | 1904–1996 | first President of Nigeria |
| Nélson Semedo | 1993– | Portuguese footballer |
| Jeanne d'Albret | 1528–1572 | Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 |
| Oswald Mosley | 1896–1980 | British aristocrat and fascist politician |
| Bruno Guimarães | 1997– | Brazilian footballer |
| Salvatore Riina | 1930–2017 | Sicilian mafia boss |
Died on 16 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Milton Friedman | 1912–2006 | American economist and statistician |
| Clark Gable | 1901–1960 | American actor |
| Ibn Arabi | 1165–1240 | Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher |
| Henry III of England | 1207–1272 | King of England from 1216 to 1272 |
| Sofonisba Anguissola | 1532–1629 | Italian painter |
| Mustafa IV | 1779–1808 | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808 |
| Henry Taube | 1915–2005 | Canadian-born American chemist |
| Frederick William II of Prussia | 1744–1797 | King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797 |
| Daniel Nathans | 1928–1999 | American microbiologist |
| Alan Watts | 1915–1973 | British American author and lecturer |
| Louis Riel | 1844–1885 | Métis leader in Canada |
| Christiaan Hendrik Persoon | 1761–1836 | German mycologist |
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