| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1355 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Philippa Plantagenet |
Countess of Ulster (d. 1382) |
| 1378 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Hongxi Emperor of China |
American actor |
| 1401 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Jacqueline‚ Countess of Hainaut |
dauphine of France (d. 1436) |
| 1557 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Agostino Carracci |
Italian artist (d. 1602) |
| 1573 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Anna of Austria |
queen of Poland (d. 1598) |
| 1596 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Frederick V |
Elector Palatine (d. 1632) |
| 1637 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
German countess and poet (d. 1706) |
| 1645 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Jean de La Bruy?re |
French writer (d. 1696) |
| 1650 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Vincenzo Coronelli |
Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718) |
| 1682 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Louis‚ duc de Bourgogne |
heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712) |
| 1761 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Yevstigney Fomin |
Russian composer (d. 1800) |
| 1815 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
John Bosco |
Italian priest and educator (d. 1888) |
| 1820 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore |
Canadian politician (d. 1892) |
| 1831 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
John Jones Ross |
Quebec politician (d. 1901) |
| 1832 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Wilhelm Wundt |
German psychologist (d. 1920) |
| 1842 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Jakob Rosanes |
German mathematician (d. 1922) |
| 1845 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Gabriel Lippmann |
French physicist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1921) |
| 1856 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Aparicio Saravia |
Uruguayan politician and military leader (d. 1904) |
| 1858 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Arthur Achleitner |
German writer (d. 1927) |
| 1860 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Jules Laforgue |
French poet (d. 1887) |
| 1860 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Martin Hawke‚ 7th Baron Hawke |
England cricketer (d. 1938) |
| 1862 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Amos Alonzo Stagg |
American coach (d. 1965) |
| 1868 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Bernarr McFadden |
American publisher (d. 1955) |
| 1876 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Ivan Bilibin |
Russian illustrator (d. 1942) |
| 1876 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Julian Ashby Burruss |
American academic (d. 1947) |
| 1882 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Christian Mortensen |
Danish-American supercentenarian (d. 1998) |
| 1884 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Hugo Gernsback |
Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967) |
| 1884 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Walther von Reichenau |
German field marshal (d. 1942) |
| 1888 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
T. E. Lawrence |
English writer and soldier (d. 1935) |
| 1888 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Armand J. Piron |
American musician (d. 1943) |
| 1892 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Otto Messmer |
American cartoonist (d. 1983) |
| 1894 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
George Meany |
American labor union leader (d. 1980) |
| 1895 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Albert Cohen |
Swiss novelist (d. 1981) |
| 1895 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Liane Haid |
Austrian actress (d. 2000) |
| 1902 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Georgette Heyer |
English novelist (d. 1974) |
| 1904 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Wendell Meredith Stanley |
American chemist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1908 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
William Maxwell |
American novelist and editor (d. 2000) |
| 1908 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Orlando Cole |
American classical cellist and educator (d. 2010) |
| 1911 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
E. F. Schumacher |
German economist and statistician (d. 1977) |
| 1912 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Ted Drake |
English footballer (d. 1995) |
| 1913 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Menachem Begin |
6th Prime Minister of Israel ‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1992) |
| 1915 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Al Hibbler |
American singer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Iggy Katona |
American race car driver (d. 2003) |
| 1920 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Charles Bukowski |
American poet (d. 1994) |
| 1922 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Ernie Freeman |
American pianist and arranger (d. 2001) |
| 1923 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Mill?r Fernandes |
Brazilian playwright |
| 1924 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Fess Parker |
American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1925 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Willie Jones |
American baseball player (d. 1983) |
| 1928 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Ann Blyth |
American actress |
| 1929 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Bill Evans |
American jazz pianist (d. 1980) |
| 1929 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Helmut Rahn |
German footballer (d. 2003) |
| 1929 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Wyatt Tee Walker |
American civil rights activist |
| 1929 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Fritz Von Erich |
American professional wrestler (d. 1997) |
| 1930 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Robert Culp |
American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1930 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Frank Gifford |
American football player and announcer |
| 1930 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Tony Trabert |
American former tennis player |
| 1931 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Eydie Gorme |
American singer |
| 1933 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Julie Newmar |
American actress |
| 1933 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Stuart Roosa |
American astronaut (d. 1994) |
| 1934 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Diana Wynne Jones |
British author |
| 1934 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Ketty Lester |
American singer |
| 1934 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Pierre Richard |
French actor |
| 1935 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Andreas Stamatiadis |
Greek footballer and coach |
| 1935 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Cliff Fletcher |
Canadian National Hockey League executive |
| 1937 |
August 16 |
Monday |
David Anderson |
Canadian politician |
| 1939 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Sir Trevor Mcdonald |
Trinidadian-born British television newsreader |
| 1939 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Sean Brady |
Cardinal-Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland |
| 1940 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Bruce Beresford |
Australian film director |
| 1941 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Theoneste Bagosora |
former Rwandan army officer‚ and alleged planner of the Rwandan Genocide |
| 1942 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Barbara George |
American singer and songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1943 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Sharon Baird |
American actress and tap dancer |
| 1945 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Suzanne Farrell |
ballet dancer |
| 1946 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Massoud Barzani |
Iraqi Kurdish politician |
| 1946 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Lesley Ann Warren |
American actress |
| 1946 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Dick Murdoch |
American professional wrestler (d. 1996) |
| 1947 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Carol Moseley Braun |
American politician and lawyer |
| 1947 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Katharine Hamnett |
English fashion designer |
| 1947 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Marc Messier |
Canadian actor |
| 1948 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Mike Jorgensen |
American baseball player |
| 1948 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Pierre Reid |
Canadian politician and teacher |
| 1948 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Barry Hay |
Indian-born Dutch singer (Golden Earring) |
| 1949 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Scott Asheton |
American musician (The Stooges) |
| 1949 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Barbara Goodson |
American voice actress |
| 1950 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Hasely Crawford |
Trinidadian athlete |
| 1950 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Marshall Manesh |
Iranian-born American actor |
| 1950 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Stockwell Day |
Canadian politician |
| 1950 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Jeff Thomson |
Australian cricketer |
| 1951 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Richard Hunt |
American puppeteer (d. 1992) |
| 1951 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Umaru Yar'Adua |
Nigerian politician |
| 1952 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Reginald VelJohnson |
American actor |
| 1952 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Mahes Goonatilleke |
Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 1953 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Kathie Lee Gifford |
American singer and actress |
| 1953 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
"James ""J.T."" Taylor" |
American singer (Kool & The Gang) |
| 1954 |
August 16 |
Monday |
George Galloway |
British politician |
| 1954 |
August 16 |
Monday |
James Cameron |
Canadian film director |
| 1956 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Daniel Willems |
Belgian cyclist |
| 1957 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Tim Farriss |
Australian musician (INXS) |
| 1957 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Randhir Singh |
Indian cricketer |
| 1958 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Angela Bassett |
American actress |
| 1958 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Jose Luis Clerc |
Argentine tennis player |
| 1958 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Oscar Collodo |
Swiss-born Italian rugby player and coach |
| 1958 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Michael Harkin |
American anthropologist |
| 1958 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Madonna |
American singer and actress |
| 1959 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Laura Innes |
American actress |
| 1959 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Marc Sergeant |
Belgian cyclist |
| 1960 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Timothy Hutton |
American actor |
| 1961 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Christian Okoye |
American football player |
| 1961 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Michaela Dornonville de la Cour |
Swedish singer |
| 1962 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Steve Carell |
American actor and comedian |
| 1963 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Christine Cavanaugh |
American voice actress |
| 1964 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Jimmy Arias |
American tennis player |
| 1966 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Barry Lather |
American choreographer‚ musician and actor |
| 1967 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Ulrika Jonsson |
Swedish television personality |
| 1967 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Pamela Smart |
American convicted murderess |
| 1968 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Mateja Svet |
Slovenian alpine skier |
| 1969 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Andy Milder |
American voice actor |
| 1970 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Bonnie Bernstein |
American sportscaster |
| 1970 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Fabio Casartelli |
Italian cyclist (d. 1995) |
| 1970 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Killah Priest |
American rapper |
| 1970 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Manisha Koirala |
Nepalese Bollywood actress |
| 1970 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Saif Ali Khan |
Indian actor |
| 1971 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Rulon Gardner |
American Greco-Roman wrestler |
| 1971 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Stefan Klos |
German footballer |
| 1972 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Stan Lazaridis |
Australian footballer |
| 1972 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Emily Robison |
American country singer |
| 1972 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Frankie Boyle |
Scottish comedian |
| 1972 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
George Stroumboulopoulos |
Canadian television and radio personality |
| 1973 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Damian Jackson |
American baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Roger Cedeno |
Venezuelan baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
Guyanese cricketer |
| 1974 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Krisztina Egerszegi |
Hungarian swimmer |
| 1974 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Ivan Hurtado |
Ecuadorian footballer |
| 1975 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Didier Agathe |
French footballer |
| 1975 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Pantelis Konstantinidis |
Greek footballer |
| 1975 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
George Stults |
American actor |
| 1976 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Jonatan Johansson |
Finnish footballer |
| 1976 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Tiina Kankaanpaa |
Finnish discus thrower |
| 1976 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Dave Ockun |
American concert producer |
| 1977 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Tamer Hosny |
Egyptian singer/actor |
| 1978 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Fu Mingxia |
Chinese female diver |
| 1978 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Thalia Pellegrini |
British children's tv presenter |
| 1978 |
August 16 |
Wednesday |
Eddie Gill |
American basketball player |
| 1979 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Monder Rizki |
Belgian athlete |
| 1979 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Paul Gallacher |
Scottish football player |
| 1980 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Vanessa Carlton |
American singer/songwriter |
| 1980 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Emerson |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1980 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Robert Hardy |
English musician (Franz Ferdinand) |
| 1981 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Roque Santa Cruz |
Paraguayan footballer |
| 1981 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Taylor Rain |
American pornographic actress |
| 1982 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Cam Gigandet |
American actor |
| 1982 |
August 16 |
Monday |
Joleon Lescott |
English footballer |
| 1983 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Colt Brennan |
American football player |
| 1983 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Colin Griffiths |
English TV presenter and DJ |
| 1983 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Nikos Zisis |
Greek basketball player |
| 1984 |
August 16 |
Thursday |
Candice Dupree |
American basketball player |
| 1985 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Agnes Bruckner |
American actress |
| 1986 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Yu Darvish |
Japanese baseball player |
| 1986 |
August 16 |
Saturday |
Shawn Pyfrom |
American actor |
| 1987 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Carey Price |
Canadian Hockey Player |
| 1987 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Evan Berger |
Australian footballer |
| 1987 |
August 16 |
Sunday |
Kyal Marsh |
Australian actor |
| 1988 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Kevin Schmidt |
American actor |
| 1988 |
August 16 |
Tuesday |
Rumer Willis |
American actress |
| 1991 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Evanna Lynch |
Irish actress |
| 1991 |
August 16 |
Friday |
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse |
Canadian actress |
| 1991 |
August 16 |
Friday |
G.E.M. |
Hong Kong singer |
