September 16: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is September 16th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on September 16th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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September 16th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

September 16th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Woman in Mourning and Youth), was born on September 16, 1878.

Carl Andre, American Minimalist sculptor (The Bricks, Last Ladder and Lever), was born on September 16, 1935.

Italian Baroque painter Ottavio Vannini (Last Communion of Saint Peter, Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and The Vocation of Saint Andrea and Saint Peter) was born on September 16, 1585.

September 16th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Anatoly Beloglazov, Russian freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on September 16, 1956.

Andree Joly Bunet, French figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1928 and 1932), was born on September 16, 1901.

Dennis W. Conner, American yachtsman (Stars and Stripes) and four-time America's Cup winner (1974, 1980, 1987 and 1988), was born on September 16, 1943.

Orel Hershiser, American baseball pitching star, was born on September 16, 1958.

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved, Russian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1964, 1968 and 1972), was born on September 16, 1937.

Franco Pandolfini, Italian water polo player and Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on September 16, 1920.

Clint Peay, American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1996),was born on September 16, 1973.

Ard Schenk, Dutch speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on September 16, 1944.

Robin Yount, American baseball shortstop and manager, was born on September 16, 1955.

September 16th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists