Births and Deaths on 16 January
- 1904
- Ivie Anderson(Big Butter And Egg Man) was born in California, US
- 1934
- Bob Bogle(The Ventures) was born in Oklahoma, US
- 1939
- Mac Curtis(If I Had Me A Woman) was born in Texas, US
- Raymond Philips(The Nashville Teens) was born in Wales, UK
- 1942
- Barbara Lynn(You'll Lose A Good Thing) was born in Texas, US
- Billy Francis(Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) was born in California, US
- 1943
- Ronnie Milsap(Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes)) was born in North Carolina, US
- 1944
- Katherine Anderson(The Marvelettes) was born in Michigan, US
- Jim Stafford(Spiders & Snakes) was born in Florida, US
- 1945
- Lally Stott(Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep) was born in England, UK
- 1950
- Damo Suzuki(Can) was born in Japan
- 1956
- Greedy Smith(Mental As Anything) was born in Australia
- 1959
- Sade(No Ordinary Love) was born in Nigeria
- 1961
- Paul Raven(Killing Joke/Prong/Ministry) was born in England, UK
- Jill Sobule(I Kissed A Girl) was born in Colorado, US
- 1962
- Maxine Jones(En Vogue) was born in New Jersey, US
- Paul Webb(Talk Talk) was born in England, UK
- Kane Roberts(Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore) was born in Unknown
- 1966
- SaFire(Made Up My Mind) was born in Puerto Rico
- 1969
- Stevie Jackson(Belle & Sebastian/The Vaselines) was born in Scotland, UK
- 1970
- Brendan O'Hare(Teenage Fanclub/Mogwai) was born in Scotland, UK
- 1972
- David Seville(Witch Doctor) died in California, US
- 1973
- Clara Ward(The Right Direction) died in California, US
- 1976
- Stuart Fletcher(The Seahorses) was born in England, UK
- 1979
- Rashawn Ross(Dave Matthews Band) was born in US Virgin Islands
- Aaliyah(Back & Forth) was born in Michigan, US
- 1980
- Lin-Manuel Miranda(Found - Tonight) was born in New York, US
- 1981
- Nick Valensi(The Strokes) was born in New York, US
- 1982
- Preston(Ordinary Boys) was born in England, UK
- 1988
- FKA Twigs(Stay With Me) was born in England, UK
- 1989
- Kiesza(Hideaway) was born in Canada
- 1995
- Kate Stewart(Ain't Nobody) was born in England, UK
- 2000
- Will 'Dub' Jones(The Coasters/The Cadets) died in California, US
- 2007
- James 'Pookie' Hudson(The Spaniels) died in Maryland, US
- 2010
- Carl Smith(Hey Joe) died in Tennessee, US
- 2012
- Jimmy Castor(It's Just Begun) died in Nevada, US
- 2019
- Lorna Doom(The Germs) died in California, US
- 2021
- Phil Spector(Bumbershoot) died in California, US
- 2023
- Johnny Powers(Rock Rock) died in Michigan, US
- 2026
- Tony Dallara(Come Prima) died in Italy