Nov. 16th.
* 42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
* 1436 - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)
* 1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
* 1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
* 1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)
* 1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)
* 1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
* 1758 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)
* 1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
* 1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891)
* 1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)
* 1841 - Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)
* 1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)
* 1862 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
* 1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
* 1885 - Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
* 1873 - W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958)
* 1888 - Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (d. 1957)
* 1889 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
* 1890 - Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
* 1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
* 1892 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953)
* 1895 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
* 1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
* 1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (d. 1984)
* 1896 - Oswald Mosley, British fascist (d. 1980)
* 1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American singer (d. 1960)
* 1897 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
* 1904 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
* 1905 - Eddie Condon, American musician (d. 1973)
* 1908 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
* 1916 - Daws Butler, American voice actor (d. 1988)
* 1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist
* 1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate
* 1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete
* 1928 - Clu Gulager, American actor
* 1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author
* 1930 - Salvatore Riina, Sicilian mafioso
* 1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (d. 2006)
* 1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician
* 1933 - Garnet Mimms, American singer
* 1936 - John Moore, Australian politician
* 1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
* 1941 - Gerry Marshall, British race car driver (d. 2005)
* 1942 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
* 1942 - Joanna Pettet, English-American actress
* 1944 - Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
* 1946 - Terence McKenna, American writer (d. 2000)
* 1947 - Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer
* 1948 - Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
* 1950 - David Leisure, American actor
* 1950 - John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist
* 1951 - Miguel Sandoval, American actor
* 1952 - Robin McKinley, American writer
* 1952 - Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist, Biblioteca Marciana
* 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
* 1953 - Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor
* 1954 - Andrea Barrett, American author
* 1954 - Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
* 1954 - d*** Gross, Australian politician
* 1955 - Pierre Larouche, Canadian National Hockey League player
* 1956 - Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
* 1957 - Jacques Gamblin, French actor
* 1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress
* 1958 - Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
* 1961 - Frank Bruno, British boxer
* 1961 - Corinne Hermès, French singer
* 1962 - Gary Mounfield, English musician (Primal Scream)
* 1962 - Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative)
* 1964 - Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
* 1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer
* 1964 - Harry J. Lennix, American actor
* 1964 - Maeve Quinlan, American actress
* 1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress
* 1965 - Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
* 1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
* 1966 - Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
* 1966 - Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
* 1967 - Craig Arnold, American poet
* 1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress
* 1968 - Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
* 1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress
* 1971 - Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
* 1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
* 1971 - Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka
* 1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer
* 1972 - Missi Pyle, American actress
* 1973 - Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
* 1973 - Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player
* 1974 - Eric Judy, American Musician
* 1974 - Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer
* 1974 - Paul Scholes, British footballer
* 1975 - Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
* 1976 - Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
* 1976 - Danny Wallace, British author
* 1976 - Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
* 1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
* 1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
* 1977 - Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor
* 1978 - Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
* 1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
* 1978 - Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
* 1979 - Tony Frias, American footballer
* 1979 - Bruce Irons, American surfer
* 1980 - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
* 1980 - Nicole Gius, Italian alpine skier
* 1980 - Carol Huynh, 2008 Canadian Gold Medalist,48 kg. wrestling
* 1981 - Allison Crowe, Canadian singer
* 1981 - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
* 1981 - Osi Umenyiora, English-born NFL football player
* 1982 - Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
* 1982 - Amare Stoudemire, American basketball player
* 1982 - Ronald Pognon, French athlete
* 1983 - K, South Korean singer
* 1983 - Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
* 1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer
* 1984 - Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model
* 1984 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
* 1986 - Saeko, Japanese actress
* 1995 - Noah Gray-Cabey, American child actor