Celebrities Born on November 16
Who was born on November 16?
Famous people born on November 16 include Guillermo Lasso, José Saramago, Chinua Achebe. It is day 320 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Scorpio (Water sign).
Guillermo Lasso
55th President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023
José Saramago
Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)
Sanna Marin
Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023
Jami
Persian poet (1414–1492)
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1977)
Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi
Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
Robert Nozick
American political philosopher (1938–2002)
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020
Paul Hindemith
German composer (1895–1963)
Western Zodiac Sign
People born on November 16 are Scorpio (Water sign, ruled by Pluto).
Full Scorpio guide →Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#320
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
108
days from today
Birthday Number 7 — The Seeker
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 16 → 7). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Analysis · Introspection · Wisdom · Spirituality — To bring wisdom down to earth. The integrated 7 learns that understanding held privately is incomplete — the true seeker…
Full numerology 7 guide →Season
Autumn (Northern Hemisphere) — harvest season, a time of reflection.
Chinese Zodiac
Your Chinese zodiac animal depends on your birth year, not just the day. Find your Chinese zodiac →
November Birthstone — Topaz
Topaz comes in more colors than most people realize. The name has been applied historically to almost any yellow or golden stone, which explains the frequent confusion in ancient texts and medieval chronicles. What we now know as topaz — aluminum silicate with fluorine — ranges from colorless to pal…
Full Topaz guide →Is November 16 YOUR birthday?
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