What happened on March 16 ?

1338 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)

1445 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)

1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)

1585 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)

1631 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)

1654 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)

1750 - Caroline Herschel, German-born English astronomer (d. 1848)

1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)

1773 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)

1774 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of the coasts of Australia (d. 1814)

1789 - Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)

1794 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)

1800 - Emperor Ninko of Japan, (d. 1846)

1805 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)

1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)

1834 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)

1839 - René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

1839 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922)

1840 - Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)

1851 - Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)

1856 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, called Napoleon IV, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879)

1857 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)

1877 - Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1941)

1878 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946)

1889 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)

1890 - Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)

1892 - César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)

1892 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. 1984)

1897 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)

1901 - Edward Pawley, American actor (d. 1988)

1902 - Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)

1903 - Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)

1905 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977)

1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist (d. 1986)

1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998)

1908 - René Daumal, French Surrealist writer (d. 1944)

1911 - Josef Mengele, Nazi war criminal (d. 1979)

1911 - Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician

1912 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)

1916 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)

1917 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (d. 1977)

1918 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1920 - Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary (d. 2002)

1920 - Leo McKern, British actor (d. 2002)

1922 - Harding Lemay, television scriptwriter and playwright

1925 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill (d. 2004).

1926 - Charles Goodell, American politician, (d. 1987)

1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian

1927 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (d. 1967)

1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 2003)

1927 - Olga San Juan, American comedian

1928 - Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano

1932 - Don Blasingame, Major League Baseball and Japanese baseball manager (d. 2005)

1932 - Walter Cunningham, astronaut

1933 - Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist

1934 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002)

1936 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996)

1939 - Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach and player

1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director

1941 - Robert Guéï, military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)

1941 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host

1942 - James Soong, Taiwanese politician

1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician

1948 - Margaret Weis, American author

1949 - Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor

1949 - Victor Garber, Canadian actor

1950 - Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress

1952 - Philippe Kahn, French-American entrepreneur

1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress

1953 - Richard Stallman, American free software activist

1954 - Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer

1954 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer, and actress (Heart)

1955 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer

1955 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director

1958 - Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor

1959 - Flavor Flav, American rapper

1959 - Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway

1961 - Todd McFarlane, Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur

1961 - Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player

1963 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)

1964 - Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter

1964 - Gore Verbinski, American movie director

1967 - Lauren Graham, American actress

1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor

1980 - Todd Heap, American football player

1981 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer

1985 - Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel

1986 - Ken Doane, WWE Wrestler

1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model

1989 - Theo Walcott, English football player