On this day · Leo

August 16 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on August 16, and 201 died on this day. Everyone born on August 16 is a Leo.

18% of August 16 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on August 16

• Madonna (born 1958. American singer and actress (born 1958))
• T. E. Lawrence (1888 to 1935. British Army officer, diplomat and writer (1888–1935))
• James Cameron (born 1954. Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer (born 1954))
• Charles Bukowski (1920 to 1994. American writer (1920–1994))
• Menachem Begin (1913 to 1992. Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983)
• Judith Love Cohen (1933 to 2016. American aerospace engineer (1933–2016))
• John Bosco (1815 to 1888. 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, and writer)
• David Simon (born 1960. American author, journalist, and television writer and producer (born 1960))
• Don Bacon (born 1963. American politician (born 1963))
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763 to 1827. British prince (1763–1827))
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934 to 2011. British writer (1934–2011))
• Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682 to 1712. Heir apparent to the French throne (1682–1712))
• Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951 to 2010. President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010)
• Albert II of Germany (1397 to 1439. King of Hungary 1437–1439, King of the Romans 1438-1439, King of Bohemia 1438-1439)
• Aziz Akhannouch (born 1961. Prime Minister of Morocco since 2021)
• Masoud Barzani (born 1946. President of the Kurdistan Region from 2005 to 2017)
• Al-Albani (1914 to 1999. Albanian Islamic scholar (1914–1999))
• Kevin Ayers (1944 to 2013. English singer-songwriter (1944–2013))
• Francis Crozier (1796 to 1848. Irish naval officer and polar explorer (1796–1848?))
• Georgette Heyer (1902 to 1974. English writer (1902–1974))
• Bruce Beresford (born 1940. Australian filmmaker (born 1940))
• Hugo Gernsback (1884 to 1967. American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967))
• Hongxi (1378 to 1425. Emperor of China from 1424 to 1425)
• Khusrau Mirza (1587 to 1622. Mughal prince (1587–1622))
• Andrei Platonov (1899 to 1951. Russian author)
• Arthur Cayley (1821 to 1895. English mathematician (1821–1895))
• E. F. Schumacher (1911 to 1977. British statistician and economist (1911–1977))
• Hussein Farrah Aidid (born 1962. Somali political leader (born 1962))
• Anne L'Huillier (born 1958. French-Swedish Nobel laureate physicist (born 1958))
• Edward James (1907 to 1984. British poet and arts patron (1907–1984))
• James Michel (born 1944. 3rd President of Seychelles)
• Gabriel Lippmann (1845 to 1921. French physicist (1845–1921))
• Poom Jensen (1983 to 2004. Thai prince (1983–2004))
• Saif Ali Khan (born 1970. Indian actor and film producer (born August 1970))
• Angela Bassett (born 1958. American actress (born 1958))
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904 to 1948. Indian poet)
• Jannik Sinner (born 2001. Italian tennis player (born 2001))
• Christina of Lorraine (1565 to 1637. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1589 to 1609)
• Francis Darwin (1848 to 1925. British naturalist (1848–1925))
• Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573 to 1598. Queen of Poland and Sweden from 1592 to 1598)
• Peter Burke (historian) (born 1937. British historian and professor (born 1937))
• Agostino Carracci (1557 to 1602. Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557–1602))
• Tirimüjgan Kadın (1819 to 1853. Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I)
• Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941 to 2008. President of Sudan from 1986 to 1989)
• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953. Austrian composer (born 1953))
• Steve Carell (born 1962. American actor and comedian (born 1962))
• Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954. American poet and author (born 1954))
• Jules Laforgue (1860 to 1887. Franco-Uruguayan poet)
• Mirko Cvetković (born 1950. Prime Minister of Serbia (2008–2012))
• Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604 to 1639. German general of 30 year's war, serving Sweden and France)
• Pierre Méchain (1744 to 1804. French mathematician and astronomer (1744–1804))
• Maria Celeste (1600 to 1634. Daughter of Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba)
• Manisha Koirala (born 1970. Indian actress (born 1970))
• Bakht Singh of Marwar (1706 to 1752. Maharaja of Marwar from 1751 to 1752)
• Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904 to 1971. American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel laureate (1904–1971))
• Gabriel Pierné (1863 to 1937. French pianist and composer)
• Carl Boberg (1859 to 1940. Swedish poet, preacher and government official)
• F. C. S. Schiller (1864 to 1937. German-born British philosopher (1864-1937))
• Christopher Okigbo (1930 to 1967. Nigerian poet (1932–1967))
• Eddie Gill (born 1978. American basketball player (born 1978))

Died on August 16

• Elvis Presley (1935 to 1977. American singer and actor (1935–1977))
• Aretha Franklin (1942 to 2018. American soul singer (1942–2018))
• Idi Amin (1925 to 2003. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979)
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 to 2018. Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004))
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 to 1997. Pakistani singer, songwriter and music director (1948–1997))
• Wenceslaus (1361 to 1419. King of Bohemia (1378–1419) and Germany (1376–1400))
• William Halsey Jr. (1882 to 1959. United States Navy admiral (1882–1959))
• Alfredo Stroessner (1912 to 2006. Dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989)
• John Diefenbaker (1895 to 1979. Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963)
• Joe Ranft (1960 to 2005. American screenwriter (1960–2005))
• Peter I of Serbia (1844 to 1921. Last king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21))
• Ranavalona I (1788 to 1861. Queen regnant of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861)
• Jacob Bernoulli (1655 to 1705. Swiss mathematician (1655–1705))
• Babe Ruth (1895 to 1948. American baseball player (1895–1948))
• Robert Bunsen (1811 to 1899. German chemist (1811–1899))
• Andrew Marvell (1621 to 1678. English poet and politician (1621–1678))
• Irving Langmuir (1881 to 1957. American chemist and physicist (1881–1957))
• Ervil LeBaron (1925 to 1981. American murderer (1925–1981))
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746 to 1825. American Founding Father and politician (1746–1825))
• H. H. Kung (1881 to 1967. Chinese banker and politician (1880–1967))
• Deposed Queen Yun (1455 to 1482. Queen of Joseon from 1476 to 1479)
• Ramakrishna (1836 to 1886. Indian mystic (1836–1886))
• Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923 to 2010. Greek military dictator (1923–2010))
• Selman Waksman (1888 to 1973. American biochemist and microbiologist (1888–1973))
• John I the Steadfast (1468 to 1532. Elector of Saxony from 1525 to 1532)
• A. K. Chesterton (1896 to 1973. British journalist and far-right politician (1899–1973))
• Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900 to 1986. British socialite and aristocrat (1900–1986))
• Jerry Moss (1935 to 2023. American record executive (1935–2023))
• Ramiro II the Monk (1086 to 1157. King of Aragon from 1134 to 1137/1157)
• Charles Thomson (1729 to 1824. American Founding Father and patriot leader (1729–1824))

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