July 16th Birthdays
If you were born on July 16th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Margaret Court is 80 (nee Margaret Smith)
International Tennis Hall of Fame Australian World #1 ranked women’s tennis player, 1970 women’s singles and 1963 mixed doubles Grand Slam winner (career 24 singles & 21 mixed doubles wins), born July 16, 1942. (Margaret Court 1964 Photo: Eric Koch / Dutch National Archives)
Rubén Blades is 74 (nee Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna)
Grammy-winning Panamanian singer-songwriter (Pedro Navaja; Patria), actor of TV (Daniel Salazar on Fear the Walking Dead; Gideon’s Crossing) & movies (The Milagro Beanfield War; Fatal Beauty; The Two Jakes; Cradle Will Rock; Red Pill; Safe House), born July 16, 1948. (Rubén Blades 2015: Gage Skidmore)
Michael Flatley is 64
Irish-American choreographer, producer, host, personality, & step dancer of stage, TV & films (Lord of the Dance; Riverdance; Celtic Tiger Live; Feet of Flames; Blackbird; Michael Flatley in Feet of Flames Taiwan; Dancing With the Stars; Superstars of Dance), born July 16, 1958. (Michael Flatley 2009: Max Lin)
Phoebe Cates Kline is 59 (nee Phoebe Belle Cates)
American former model, singer, and actress of stage, TV & movies (Princess Caraboo; Drop Dead Fred; Gremlins; Private School; Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Bright Lights, Big City; Shag; Bodies, Rest & Motion; The Anniversary Party), born July 16, 1963. (Phoebe Cates 2009 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
Will Ferrell is 55
American comedian, producer (Succession) & actor of TV (Saturday Night Live) & films (The Other Guys; Old School; Elf; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy; Step Brothers; A Night at the Roxbury; Dick; Bewitched; Talladega Nights; Daddy’s Home), born July 16, 1967. (Will Ferrell 2012: Eva Rinaldi)
American actor of TV (The Bad News Bears) & films (The Lost Boys; The Goonies; Stand By Me; License to Drive; Gremlins; The ‘Burbs; Dream a Little Dream; Friday the 13th movies; We Will Rock You), born July 16, 1971. (Corey Feldman 2010 Photo: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)
(Barbara Stanwyck 1944: Max Factor | Ginger Rogers 1936: Earl Christy)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 16th!
Remembering These July 16th Famous Birthdays
Philece Sampler (nee Philece P. Sampler)
American voice over artist and actress of daytime television soap operas (Renee DuMonde on Days of Our Lives; Lacey Jarrett Gallagher on Rituals; Donna Love Hudson on Another World; The Interior) and movies (The Seniors; Pretty Smart) (born July 16, 1953 – died July 1, 2021; age 67). Philece Sampler died of a heart attack. (Philece Sampler Photo: Used by permission)
George Hilton (nee Jorge Hill Acosta y Lara)
Uruguayan-American actor of movies (Halleluja for Django; The Ruthless Four; A Bullet for Sandoval; Last of the Badmen; The Brute and the Beast; The Battle of El Alamein; Professionals for a Massacre; The Devil with Seven Faces; Two Faces of Fear; Mark of Zorro) (born July 16, 1934 – died July 28, 2019; age 85). George Hilton died after a long illness. (George Hilton 1967 Any Gun Can Play)
Barbara Stanwyck (nee Ruby Catherine Stevens; aka ex-Mrs. Robert Taylor)
American model, dancer, and Emmy Award-winning actress of TV (Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley; The Colbys; The Thorn Birds) and movies (Roustabout; Stella Dallas; Double Indemnity; These Wilder years) (born July 16, 1907 – died Jan. 20, 1990; age 82). Barbara Stanwyck died of COPD & congestive heart failure. (Barbara Stanwyck 1941 Ball of Fire / Samuel Goldwyn Company)
Ginger Rogers (nee Virginia Katherine McMath; aka ex-Mrs. Lew Ayres)
Oscar-winning American dancer-actress (Kitty Foyle; Black Widow; Forever Female; Storm Warning; Magnificent Doll; Roxie Hart; Stage Door; Shall We Dance; Top Hat; Gold Diggers of 1933; The Major and the Minor; harlow) (born July 16, 1911 – died July 17, 1995; age 89). Ginger Rogers died of diabetes complications & a stroke. (Ginger Rogers 1945 Photo: Jack Albin)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (nee Joseph Jefferson Jackson)
American pro baseball player, 1908-1920 MLB outfielder (Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Naps / Indians, Chicago White Sox – 1917 World Series Champions) banned in the 1919 World Series Black Sox Scandal (born July 16, 1887 – died Dec. 5, 1951; age 64). Shoeless Joe Jackson died of a heart attack. (Shoeless Joe Jackson Photo: Chicago Daily News)
Bess Myerson
American model, first Jewish Miss America (1945), Miss New York 1945, celebrity personality & TV game show panelist (The Match Game; I’ve Got a Secret; The Name’s the Same), and Commissioner of New York City (1969-1973; 1983-1987) (born July 16, 1924 – died Dec. 14, 2014; age 90). Bess Myerson had dementia before her death. (Bess Myerson 1957 Photo)
Orville Redenbacher
American businessman, agriculturalist and farmer, entrepreneur and creator of the “RedBow” strain of popcorn, spokesperson & co-founder of the Orville Redenbacher popcorn company and brand (born July 16, 1907 – died Sept. 19, 1995; age 88). Orville Redenbacher had a heart attack in his jacuzzi and drowned. (Orville Redenbacher 1979 Photo: Hunt-Wesson)
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