Today's Birthdays, 16 October

French philosopher

Israeli politician. He was the 1st Prime Minister of Israel

Swiss painter and sculptor

Born Dino Buzzati Traverso, writer, journalist, and playwright. He wrote The Tartar Steppe 

German author, poet, playwright and artist born Günter Wilhelm Grass, in the Free City of Danzig, now Gdańsk in Poland. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999. He wrote The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, and Dog Years

Albanian politician and dictator. He was the 1st Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.

English actress. best known for her role as Jessica Fletcher, in the TV series Murder, She Wrote. She won an Honorary Oscar in 2014

American playwright, screenwriter, and film director

American musician

Brazilian actress

American playwright of Irish descent, born Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. He wrote Long Day's Journey into Night

American actor and film director. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood

Australian motorcycle racer

Danish DJ

Irish author, poet and playwright, born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. He wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Salome