February 16 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 16, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#285 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 16 birthdays
Francis Galton · British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist1822
Ernst Haeckel · German zoologist1834
Henry Adams · American journalist, historian, academic, novelist1838
Octave Mirbeau · French writer, art critic and journalist1848
Radoje Domanović · Serbian writer1873
Robert J. Flaherty · American documentary filmmaker1884
George F. Kennan · American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian1904
Hua Guofeng · 2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party1921
Sonny Bono · American entertainer, musician and politician1935
William Katt · American actor and musician1951
LeVar Burton · American actor, director, and television host1957
Ice-T · American rapper and actor1958
John McEnroe · American former tennis player1959
Bebeto · Brazilian association football player1964
Mahershala Ali · American actor1974
Valentino Rossi · Italian motorcycle racer1979
Diego Godín · Uruguayan association football player1986
Elizabeth Olsen · American actress1989
The Weeknd · Canadian singer and songwriter1990
Ava Max · American singer and songwriter1994
On this day in history
1804First Barbary War: Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a U.S. Navy raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, denying her use to the Barbary States.
1862American Civil War: A Union victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson gave General Ulysses S. Grant the nickname "Unconditional Surrender".
1961The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
2006The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
1945World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1959Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning his decades-long rule over the country.
1960The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1985The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals.
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