| 18331 | February 16 | Birth | 1939 – David Simpson, Irish politician |
| 18332 | February 16 | Birth | 1940 – Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979) |
| 18333 | February 16 | Birth | 1940 – Michael J. Shapiro, American philosopher, author, and academic |
| 18334 | February 16 | Birth | 1941 – Anne Lonsdale, English sinologist and academic |
| 18335 | February 16 | Birth | 1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011) |
| 18336 | February 16 | Birth | 1942 – Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach |
| 18337 | February 16 | Birth | 1943 – Howard Riley, English pianist and composer |
| 18338 | February 16 | Birth | 1944 – Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician |
| 18339 | February 16 | Birth | 1944 – Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer |
| 18340 | February 16 | Birth | 1944 – António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde |
| 18341 | February 16 | Birth | 1945 – Jeremy Bulloch, English actor |
| 18342 | February 16 | Birth | 1946 – Ian Lavender, English actor |
| 18343 | February 16 | Birth | 1948 – Troy Evans, American actor |
| 18344 | February 16 | Birth | 1948 – Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014) |
| 18345 | February 16 | Birth | 1948 – Andy Van Hellemond, Canadian ice hockey player and referee |
| 18346 | February 16 | Birth | 1949 – Bob Didier, American baseball player and coach |
| 18347 | February 16 | Birth | 1949 – Lyn Paul, English singer and actress (The New Seekers) |
| 18348 | February 16 | Birth | 1950 – Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales |
| 18349 | February 16 | Birth | 1950 – Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (Roman and the Four Steps) (d. 2002) |
| 18350 | February 16 | Birth | 1950 – Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese singer |
| 18351 | February 16 | Birth | 1951 – Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach |
| 18352 | February 16 | Birth | 1951 – Yumi Takigawa, Japanese actress and singer |
| 18353 | February 16 | Birth | 1952 – William Katt, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 18354 | February 16 | Birth | 1952 – Terence Kealey, English biochemist and academic |
| 18355 | February 16 | Birth | 1952 – James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 18356 | February 16 | Birth | 1953 – George Martin, American football player |
| 18357 | February 16 | Birth | 1953 – Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
| 18358 | February 16 | Birth | 1953 – Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment |
| 18359 | February 16 | Birth | 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (d. 2013) |
| 18360 | February 16 | Birth | 1954 – Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (d. 1996) |