Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 16

Births

 * 1728 - Niccola Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
 * 1821 - John C. Breckenridge, Former American Vice President (d. 1875) (pictured)
 * 1901 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
 * 1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress/singer (d. 1984)
 * 1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
 * 1963 - James May, British co-host of Top Gear
 * 1974 - Kate Moss, English model

Deaths

 * 1794 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737)
 * 1815 - Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (b. 1765)
 * 1917 - George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)
 * 1942 - Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
 * 1957 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)