Famous birthdays for July 16: Tony Kushner, Luke Hemmings

July 16 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.

They include

-- Journalist/civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett in 1862

-- Explorer Roald Amundsen in 1872

-- Baseball great/"Black Sox" scandal figure "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in 1887

-- First U.N. Secretary-General Trygva Lie in 1896

-- Businessman Orville Redenbacher in 1907

-- Actor Barbara Stanwyck in 1907

-- Actor/dancer Ginger Rogers in 1911

-- Actor Corin Redgrave in 1939

-- International Tennis Hall of Fame member Margaret Court in 1942 (age 84)

-- Football Hall of Fame member Jimmy Johnson in 1943 (age 83)

-- Musician Stewart Copeland (Police) in 1952 (age 73)

-- Writer Tony Kushner in 1956 (age 70)

-- Dancer Michael Flatley in 1958 (age 68)

-- Actor Phoebe Cates in 1963 (age 63)

-- Actor Daryl "Chill" Mitchell in 1965 (age 61)

-- Actor Will Ferrell in 1967 (age 58)

-- Football Hall of Fame member Barry Sanders in 1968 (age 58)

-- Actor Rain Pryor in 1969 (age 57)

-- Actor Corey Feldman in 1971 (age 55)

-- Musician Ed Kowalczyk (Live) in 1971 (age 55)

-- Actor Jayma Mays in 1979 (age 47)

-- Actor Rosa Salazar in 1985 (age 41)

-- Musician/actor James Maslow (Big Time Rush) in 1990 (age 36)

-- Actor Alexandra Shipp in 1991 (age 35)

-- Actor Mark Indelicato in 1994 (age 32)

-- Actor Cooper Koch in 1996 (age 30)

-- Musician Luke Hemmings (5 Seconds of Summer) in 1996 (age 30)