Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 16

Births

 * 1387 - King Henry V of England, (pictured) (d. 1422)
 * 1858 - Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
 * 1888 - F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
 * 1891  - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
 * 1893 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
 * 1893  - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
 * 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore (d. 2015)
 * 1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
 * 1925 - Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
 * 1927 - Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
 * 1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
 * 1968 - Marc Anthony, American singer

Deaths

 * 307 - Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder)
 * 1701 - James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
 * 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
 * 1977 - Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)