Biographies: 2016 People in the News

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

2016 People in the News

A—E | F—L | M—Q | R—Z

• Adele, singer
• Bannon, Steve, businessman, senior adviser to Donald Trump
• Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
• Banksy, artist
• Beyonce, singer, actor
• Justin Bieber, singer, performer
• John Boyega, actor
• Tom Brady, football player
• Chao, Elaine, political figure, Secretary of Commerce under President Trump
• Charlotte, Princess of Cambridge, royalty
• Chris Christie, political figure, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Hillary Clinton, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Amal Clooney, lawyer, human rights activist
• George Clooney, actor
• Ted Cruz, 2016 Presidential Candidate

• Carly Fiorina, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Francis I, Pope, religious figure
• Merrick Garland, Court of Appeals judge nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015
• George, Prince of Cambridge, royalty
• Taraji P. Henson, actor
• Terrence Howard, actor
• Caitlyn Jenner, athlete, TV personality
• Angelina Jolie, actor, director, filmmaker
• Kim Kardashian, socialite, entrepreneur
• John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
• Kushner, Jared, son-in-law to Donald Trump
• Kendrick Lamar, rapper
• Jennifer Lawrence, actor
• Spike Lee, director
• Lorde, singer, songwriter
• Loretta Lynch, 83rd Attorney General of the United States

• Tatiana Maslany, actor
• Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator
• Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
• Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
• Chloë Grace Moretz, actor
• Liam Neeson, actor
• Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, political leader
• Michelle Obama, First Lady, childhood nutrition advocate
• Barack Obama, U.S. President
• Rand Paul, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Mike Pence, 2016 Republican Vice Presidential Candidate
• Sean Penn, actor
• Jada Pinkett Smith, actor
• Brad Pitt, actor
• Priebus, Reince, Donald Trump's Chief of Staff
• Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

• Daisy Ridley, actor
• Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
• Ronda Rousey, martial artist
• Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
• J.K. Rowling, writer
• Marco Rubio, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Paul Ryan, Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives
• Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Amy Schumer, comedian, actor
• Ed Sheeran, songwriter, pop musician
• Sam Smith, singer
• Meryl Streep, actor
• Taylor Swift, singer, songwriter
• Donald Trump, Business and TV personality, 2016 Presidential Candidate
• Barron Trump, son of Donald Trump
• Donald Trump, Jr., son of Donald Trump
• Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump
• Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump
• Kanye West, music producer, rapper
• Prince William, British Royalty
• Janet Yellen, economist