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Actors Born on May 16

  • 1878 Taylor Holmes, American actor (Sleeping Beauty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1959)
  • 1880 Julius Tannen, American vaudeville comedian (Great Moment), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1965)
  • 1887 Bull Montana [Luigi Montagna], Italian actor (Brass Buttons, Victory, The Son of the Sheik), born in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1950)
  • 1891 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1948)
  • 1902 Jan Kiepura, Polish vocalist and actor (Her Wonderful Lie; Give Us This Night), born in Sosnowiec, Poland (d. 1966)

Henry Fonda (1905-1982)

American stage and screen actor (Mr. Roberts; 12 Angry Men; On Golden Pond), born in Grand Island, Nebraska

  • 1908 John Holland, American actor (My Fair Lady, Chinatown), born in Fremont, Nebraska (d. 1993)
  • 1909 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades, The Shop Around the Corner), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1960)
  • 1916 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
  • 1916 Bernard Braden, Canadian-born British broadcaster and actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1993)

Liberace (1919-1987)

American Emmy Award-winning pianist, showman (The Liberace Show), and actor (Batman -"Evil Chandell"), born in West Allis, Wisconsin

  • 1920 Martine Carol [Maryse Mopurer], French actress (Lola Montèsm, Trente et quarante), born in Saint-Mandé, Seine (d. 1967)
  • 1921 Harry Carey Jr, American actor (Back to the Future Part III, Gremlins), born in Saugus, California (d. 2012)
  • 1929 Osmo Lindeman, Finnish jazz pianist, film score composer, pedagogue, and electronic music pioneer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1987)
  • 1931 Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director (The Plouffe Family), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1931 Jack Dodson, American character actor (he Andy Griffith Show - "Howard Sprague"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
  • 1935 Jimmy LIndley, English jockey (2,000 Guineas 1963, 66; St Leger 1964) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England (d. 2022)
  • 1936 Roy Hudd, British comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 2020)
  • 1937 Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 2015)
  • 1943 (Louisa) "Wieteke" van Dort, Dutch-Indonesian comic actress (Tante Lien), and singer, born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies
  • 1944 Danny Trejo, American actor
  • 1947 Bill Smitrovich, American character actor (Crime Story; Miami Vice; Life Goes On), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • 1948 Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress

Pierce Brosnan (71 years old)

1953 Irish actor (Remington Steele, the 5th James Bond, 1995-2004), born in Drogheda, Ireland

  • 1954 Janet Maw, English actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge), born in UK
  • 1955 Debra Winger, American actress (Terms of Endearment, Officer & Gentleman), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • 1955 Hazel O'Connor, British singer-songwriter ("Eighth Day"; "Will You?"), and actress (Breaking Glass), born in Coventry, England
  • 1959 Mare Winningham, American Emmy Award-winning actress (St Elmo's Fire; Turner & Hooch), and singer-songwriter, born in Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1960 Anne Parillaud, French actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood), born in Paris, France
  • 1961 Charles Wright, American professional wrestler known as "The Godfather"
  • 1961 Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
  • 1961 Nina Arvesen, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless), born in White Plains, New York
  • 1963 Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
  • 1965 Brent Jasmer, actor (Sly-Bold & Beautiful), born in Portland, Oregon

Janet Jackson (58 years old)

1966 American pop singer (Control, "Nasty"), sister of Michael, born in Gary, Indiana

  • 1966 Scott Reeves, American actor (The Young and the Restless, 1991-2001 - "Ryan"; General Hospital, 2009-13 - "Steven Webber"), and country music singer-songwriter, born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1968 Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress (Naked Killer), born in Hong Kong
  • 1969 Danielle Spencer, Australian actress, and singer-songwriter ("Blast Off"), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1969 David Boreanaz, American actor (Angel, Bones), born in Buffalo, New York
  • 1969 Tracey Gold, American actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday), born in New York City

Tucker Carlson (55 years old)

1969 American television commentator (Tucker Carlson Tonight), born in San Francisco, California

  • 1972 Khary Payton, American actor (The Walking Dead; Bobbleheads:The Movie), born in Augusta, Georgia
  • 1973 Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality
  • 1973 Tori Spelling, American actress and reality TV star (90210), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1974 Adam Richman, American TV personality (Man v Food), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1974 Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer-songwriter ("Tra te e il mare"; "Surrender"), and television personality (La Voz; La Banda; Factor X), born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • 1977 Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress (Yellowjackets), born in New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • 1978 Jim Sturgess, British actor ("Across the Universe"; "The Way Back"), and singer-songwriter, born in Wandsworth, London, England
  • 1978 Vincent Larusso, American actor (Mighty Ducks; D2; D3), born in Livingston, New Jersey
  • 1979 Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak horror movie actress (Hostel), born in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
  • 1979 Evan Ferrante, American actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing), born in Armonk, New York
  • 1982 Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
  • 1983 Nancy Ajram, Lebanese Arab-pop singer ("Betfakkar Fe Eih" (What Are You Thinking About); "Mitagalak"), and television personality (Arab Idol; The Voice Kids), born in Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
  • 1984 Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
  • 1984 Pania Rose, Australian fashion model, born in Perth, Western Australia
  • 1985 Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor

Megan Fox (38 years old)

1986 American actress (Transformers) and model, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

  • 1990 Thomas Sangster, British actor (Love Actually - "Sam"; Nanny McPhee; The Queen's Gambit), born in Southwark, London, England
  • 1998 Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress