Anniversaries 16 June

Birth

John Cheke1

English politician and scholar 1514–1557

John Cleveland4

English poet 1613–1658

Jacques Ozanam10

French mathematician 1640–1718

Geronimo7

leader of the Bedonkohe Apache 1829–1909

Kodo Sawaki9

Japanese zen Buddhist monk 1880–1965

Alice A. Bailey109

esoteric, theosophist, writer 1880–1949

Murray Leinster38

Novelist, short story writer 1896–1975

Henri Lefebvre17

French philosopher 1901–1991

Barbara McClintock2

American scientist and cytogeneticist 1902–1992

George Gaylord Simpson4

American paleontologist 1902–1984

Archie Carr3

American university professor, zoologist, herpetologist, co… 1909–1987

Enoch Powell155

British politician 1912–1998

John Tukey3

American mathematician 1915–2000

Katharine Graham4

American publisher 1917–2001

John Howard Griffin1

American race activist 1920–1980

Idries Shah33

writer and Sufi teacher 1924–1996

R. C. O. Matthews4

British economist 1927–2010

Robert Kraft (astronomer)2

American astronomer 1927–2015

Donald N. Levine2

sociologist 1931–2015

John Shelby Spong12

American bishop 1931

William F. Sharpe4

American economist 1934

Erich Segal22

American writer 1937–2010

Joyce Carol Oates89

American author 1938

Ellen Bass1

American writer 1947

Roberto Durán11

Panamanian boxer 1951

Jacek Tylicki6

American artist 1951

Lou Sullivan1

American author and activist known for his work on behalf o… 1951–1991

Beth Moore27

American evangelist 1957

Michael Francis Burbidge1

American Catholic bishop 1957

Isobelle Carmody9

Australian writer 1958

Kenneth Zinck2

Fijian politician 1959

Arnold Vosloo2

South African-American actor 1962

Deb Caletti86

American writer 1963

Scott Alexander1

American writer, director and producer 1963

Phil Vischer22

American puppeter 1966

Jürgen Klopp7

German association football player and manager 1967

Maylis de Kerangal4

French writer 1967

Robert Hurt1

Virginia politician 1969

Tommy Tiernan1

Irish comedian 1969

Tupac Shakur154

rapper and actor 1971–1996

Andy Weir1

American writer 1972

Federica Mogherini5

Italian politician 1973

Chad Kultgen2

American writer 1976

Marjorie M. Liu7

American writer 1979

Teal Swan230

American spiritual teacher 1984

Ryan Holiday2

businessperson and writer 1987

Keshia Chante21

Canadian actor and musician 1988

Lauren Southern10

Canadian libertarian commentator 1995

Death

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough1

English soldier and statesman 1650–1722

Norman MacLeod (1812–1872)3

Scottish clergyman and author (1812–1872) 1812–1872

Edwin Percy Whipple2

American writer 1819–1886

Ernst Schröder1

German mathematician 1841–1902

Rufus M. Jones17

American writer 1863–1948

Chittaranjan Das12

Indian politician and leader of the Swaraj Party 1870–1925

George W. Joseph1

American politician (1872-1930) 1872–1930

Holbrook Jackson6

British journalist 1874–1948

Marc Bloch9

French historian, medievalist, and historiographer 1886–1944

Harold Alexander1

British military commander and field marshal; Governor Gene… 1891–1969

Diana Cooper4

English social figure, actress and memoirist 1892–1986

Dal Stivens1

Australian writer 1911–1997

Wernher von Braun22

German, later an American, aerospace engineer and space arc… 1912–1977

Jacob Talmon1

Polish-born Israeli historian; Professor of Modern History;… 1916–1980

Francis Parker Yockey13

American writer 1917–1960

Helmut Kohl19

former chancellor of West Germany (1982-1990) and then the … 1930–2017

Peter Redgrove1

English writer 1932–2003

Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud2

Saudi Arabian former crown prince 1933–2012

Pierre Bourgault4

Canadian politician 1934–2003

Benjamin W. Lee1

Korean American physicist 1935–1977

Miguel Piñero3

Puerto Rican writer 1946–1988

Jo Cox61

UK politician 1974–2016