The 289th day of the year, the 290th in a leap year
Born on 16 October
Every 16 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 16 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 October falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,828 babies were born on 16 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 138th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar Wilde | 1854–1900 | Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete |
| Günter Grass | 1927–2015 | German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor |
| David Ben-Gurion | 1886–1973 | Prime Minister of Israel from 1948 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1963 |
| Eugene O'Neill | 1888–1953 | American playwright |
| Enver Hoxha | 1908–1985 | Albanian politician, leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985 |
| Naomi Osaka | 1997– | Japanese tennis player |
| Loreen | 1983– | Swedish singer |
| Louis Althusser | 1918–1990 | French Marxist philosopher |
| Angela Lansbury | 1925–2022 | British-American-Irish actress and singer |
| Itō Hirobumi | 1841–1909 | Prime Minister of Japan four times between 1885 and 1901 |
| Michael Collins | 1890–1922 | Irish revolutionary and politician |
| Hema Malini | 1948– | Indian actress, dancer, and politician |
| Tim Robbins | 1958– | American actor |
| Karl Kautsky | 1854–1938 | Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist |
| Charles Leclerc | 1997– | Monegasque racing driver |
| Austen Chamberlain | 1863–1937 | British politician |
| John Mayer | 1977– | American musician |
| James II of Scotland | 1430–1460 | King of Scotland from 1437 to 1460 |
Died on 16 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Antoinette | 1755–1793 | last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution |
| George C. Marshall | 1880–1959 | American army officer and statesman |
| Martti Ahtisaari | 1937–2023 | President of Finland from 1994 to 2000 |
| Joachim von Ribbentrop | 1893–1946 | German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany |
| Pope Gregory XIV | 1535–1591 | Pope from 1590 to 1591 |
| Moshe Dayan | 1915–1981 | Israeli military leader and politician |
| Wilhelm Keitel | 1882–1946 | German field marshal |
| Alfred Rosenberg | 1893–1946 | Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue |
| Yahya Sinwar | 1962–2024 | Palestinian politician and Hamas leader |
| Deborah Kerr | 1921–2007 | British actress |
| Alfred Jodl | 1890–1946 | German general and convicted war criminal |
| Liam Payne | 1993–2024 | English singer-songwriter |
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