Famous Birthdays for 16th May 2024

1832 – Philip Danforth Armour, American industrialist (foundered meatpacking firm Armour Foods), born in Stockbridge, New York (d. 1901)
1917 – Geraint Jones, Welsh conductor and organist, born in Porth, Wales (d. 1998)
1923 – Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1929 – John Conyers, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1965-2017), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2019)
1931 – Donald James Martino, American classical composer (Notturno – Pulitzer Prize, 1974), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2005)
1931 – Peter Levi, poet/writer
1931 – Natwar Singh, Indian politician
1936 – Philippe de Montebello, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut), born in Paris, France
1955 – Hazel O’Connor, British singer-songwriter (“Eighth Day”; “Will You?”),and actress (Breaking Glass), born in Coventry, England
1978 – Jim Sturgess, British actor (“Across the Universe”; “The Way Back”), and singer-songwriter, born in Wandsworth, London, England

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