January 16: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

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

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

January 16th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 16th Birthdays: Famous Artists

John Howard Carpenter, American film director (Body Bags, Elvis: The Movie, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York, Halloween, Prince of Darkness, Starman, The Thing and Village of the Damned), was born on January 16, 1948.

Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Creccolini (Martyrdom of St Clement and Miracle of St Vincent Ferrer) was born on January 16, 1675.

Niccolo Piccinni, Italian classical and operatic composer (Atys, Caio Mario, La Cecchina, Didon, Roland and Zenobia), was born on January 16, 1728.

January 16th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara, Dominican professional baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), was born on January 16, 1980.

Canadian professional hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cougars, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rochester Americans, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Braves) and coach (Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues) Lou Angotti was born on January 16, 1938.

David Steven (Dave) Brown, American professional football player (Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks), was born on January 16, 1953.

American professional football player Charles Thomas (Chuck) Crist (New Orleans Saints, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers) was born on January 16, 1951.

Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Dean, American professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals) and television sportscaster (ABC Sports and CBS Sports), was born on January 16, 1911.

Anthony Joseph (A.J.) Foyt, Jr., American race car driver, Daytona 500 winner (1972) and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977), was born on January 16, 1935.