Famous birthdays for Jan. 16: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Debbie Allen

Famous birthdays for Jan. 16: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Debbie Allen
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Jan. 16 (UPI) — Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.

They include:

— Andre Michelin, the French industrialist who first mass-produced rubber automobile tires, in 1853

— Canadian poet Robert Service in 1874

— Former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1901

— Inventor Frank Zamboni in 1901

— Olympic runner/Christian missionary Eric Liddell in 1902

— Singer Ethel Merman in 1909

— Zoologist Dian Fossey in 1932

— Writer Susan Sontag in 1933

— Opera singer Marilyn Horne in 1934 (age 87)

— Race car driver A.J. Foyt in 1935 (age 86)

— Producer/singer Rene Angelil in 1942

— Country singer Ronnie Milsap in 1943 (age 78)

— Radio talk show host Laura Schlessinger in 1947 (age 74)

— Film director John Carpenter in 1948 (age 73)

— Choreographer/actor/director Debbie Allen in 1950 (age 71)

— Nigerian singer Sade Adu in 1959 (age 62)

— British television host James May in 1963 (age 58)

— British model Kate Moss in 1974 (age 47)

— Singer Aaliyah in 1979

— Baseball star Albert Pujols in 1980 (age 41)

— Actor/playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda in 1980 (age 41)

— Actor Birgitte Hjort Sorensen in 1982 (age 39)

— Singer FKA Twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, in 1988 (age 33)

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