Famous people born on 16 September

• Kuan Yew Lee1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore · 1923–2015
  91 yrs
• Trajan13th Roman Emperor · AD 53–117
  63 yrs
• Lauren BacallAmerican actress · 1924–2014
  89 yrs
• Karl DönitzGerman admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 · 1891–1980
  89 yrs
• Frans Eemil SillanpääFinnish writer · 1888–1964
  75 yrs
• Albert Szent-GyörgyiHungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 · 1893–1986
  93 yrs
• Mikhail KutuzovField Marshal of the Russian Empire · 1747–1813
  65 yrs
• Bonar LawPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 · 1858–1923
  65 yrs
• Albrecht Kossel ↗German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics · 1853–1927
  73 yrs
• Peter Falk ↗American actor · 1927–2011
  83 yrs
• Jean Arp ↗Alsatian sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist · 1886–1966
  79 yrs
• Yuan Shikai ↗Chinese military and government official · 1859–1916
  56 yrs
• Karen Horney ↗American-German psychoanalyst · 1885–1952
  67 yrs
• Nadia Boulanger ↗French musician, conductor, and teacher · 1887–1979
  92 yrs
• Pedro V of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861 · 1837–1861
  24 yrs
• Daoguang Emperor ↗Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor · 1782–1850
  67 yrs
• Elgin Baylor ↗American basketball player, coach, and executive · 1934–2021
  86 yrs
• Emilia Pardo Bazán ↗Spanish author, editor · 1851–1921
  69 yrs
• Guy Hamilton ↗English film director · 1922–2016
  93 yrs
• Alexander Korda ↗British film director · 1893–1956
  62 yrs
• Bernardino of Siena ↗Italian Franciscan and saint · 1380–1444
  63 yrs
• Breyten Breytenbach ↗South African writer and painter · 1939–2024
  85 yrs
• M. S. Subbulakshmi ↗Indian Carnatic classical vocalist · 1916–2004
  88 yrs
• Anne Francis ↗American actress · 1930–2011
  80 yrs
• Beverly Aadland ↗American film actress · 1942–2010
  67 yrs
• Carl Andre ↗American artist · 1935–2024
  88 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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