Michael Venus

New zealand tennis player.

Born October 16th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Auckland.

Luis Jesús Rioja González

Spanish association football player.

Born October 16th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Las Cabezas de San Juan.

Ray Anderson

American jazz trombonist.

Born October 16th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Chicago.

Armend Dallku

Albanian footballer (born 1983).

Born October 16th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Pristina, Vushtrri.

Samad bey Mehmandarov

Azerbaijani general (1856–1931).

Born October 16th, 1855 in Lankaran.

Died February 12th, 1931 at 75 years old in Baku.

Aurel Popovici

Romanian politician (1863-1917).

Born October 16th, 1863 in Lugoj.

Died February 9th, 1917 at 53 years old in Geneva.

Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet

Scottish mountaineer (1856-1919).

Born October 16th, 1856 in London.

Died March 19th, 1919 at 62 years old in Tarascon (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).

Ratko Radovanović

Serbian basketball player.

Born October 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Sarajevo.

Pamela C. Rasmussen

American ornithologist.

Born October 16th, 1959 (age 66 years).

Stephanie

South korean-american singer and actress.

Born October 16th, 1987 (age 38 years) in San Diego.

Seiya Maikuma

Japanese association football player.

Born October 16th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya

Russian painter and memoirist (1864-1950).

Born October 16th, 1864 in Yasnaya Polyana.

Died September 21st, 1950 at 85 years old in Rome.

Danko Cvjetićanin

Croatian basketball player.

Born October 16th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Zagreb.

François Pervis

French cyclist.

Born October 16th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Château-Gontier.

Henri Vernes

Belgian writer (1918–2021).

Born October 16th, 1918 in Ath.

Died July 25th, 2021 at 102 years old in Brussels. ^[ref]

Geert De Vlieger

Belgian footballer.

Born October 16th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Dendermonde.

Harry Rapf

American film producer (1882–1949).

Born October 16th, 1882 in New York City.

Died February 6th, 1949 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.

Fouad Chafik

Moroccan and french footballer.

Born October 16th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Pierrelatte.

Geoff Barnett

English footballer (born 1946).

Born October 16th, 1946 in Northwich.

Died January 15th, 2021 at 74 years old in Fort Myers (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Irfan Smajlagić

Croatian handball player.

Born October 16th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Banja Luka.

Gary Miller

American politician.

Born October 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Huntsville.

Phyllis Dalton

British costume designer (1925–2025).

Born October 16th, 1925 in Chiswick. ^[ref]

Died January 9th, 2025 at 99 years old in Somerset. ^[ref]

Dan Pagis

Israeli writer (1930–1986).

Born October 16th, 1930 in Rădăuți.

Died June 29th, 1986 at 55 years old in Jerusalem (cancer). ^[ref]

Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar

Mongol boxer.

Born October 16th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Tsetserleg.

Melissa Belote

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, swimming coach.

Born October 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Washington, D.C..