Births on the 16th of August in history

Births

Date	Type	Text
16 Aug 1355	birth	Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382)
16 Aug 1378	birth	Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
16 Aug 1397	birth	Albrecht II von Habsburg: King of Bohemia / Hungary / Germany
16 Aug 1401	birth	Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436)
16 Aug 1550	birth	Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan]: Dutch lawyer / pastor / vicar
16 Aug 1557	birth	Agostino Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1602)
16 Aug 1573	birth	Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
16 Aug 1596	birth	Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632)
16 Aug 1622	birth	Tsjerk H de Vries: Fleet guardian
16 Aug 1637	birth	Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1706)
16 Aug 1645	birth	Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher (d. 1696)
16 Aug 1650	birth	Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
16 Aug 1682	birth	Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
16 Aug 1744	birth	Pierre Méchain, French astronomer (d. 1804)
16 Aug 1761	birth	Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
16 Aug 1769	birth	Jean Aime Vernier: Composer
16 Aug 1776	birth	Philipp Jakob Riotte: Composer
16 Aug 1795	birth	Heinrich August Marschner: Composer
16 Aug 1815	birth	John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
16 Aug 1816	birth	Joseph Robinson: Composer
16 Aug 1817	birth	Henry Winter Davis: MC (Union), died in 1865
16 Aug 1820	birth	Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
16 Aug 1828	birth	Joseph Bradford Carr: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
16 Aug 1831	birth	Edward Payson Chapin: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
16 Aug 1831	birth	John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901)
16 Aug 1832	birth	Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
16 Aug 1836	birth	John Farmer: Composer
16 Aug 1837	birth	Emile A H Seipgens: Dutch priest / beer brewer
16 Aug 1842	birth	Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
16 Aug 1845	birth	Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
16 Aug 1846	birth	Justus van Maurik: Dutch cigar manufacturer / writer / editor (Groene)
16 Aug 1848	birth	Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
16 Aug 1856	birth	Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
16 Aug 1858	birth	Arthur Achleitner, German author (d. 1927)
16 Aug 1860	birth	Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
16 Aug 1860	birth	Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet (d. 1887)
16 Aug 1862	birth	Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
16 Aug 1863	birth	Gabriel Piern
16 Aug 1864	birth	Ferdinand C S Schiller: British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx)
16 Aug 1868	birth	Charles Sanford Skilton: Composer
16 Aug 1868	birth	Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
16 Aug 1868	birth	Bernard MacFadden publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)
16 Aug 1871	birth	Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili: Composer
16 Aug 1874	birth	Arthur Meighen Canada, PM of Canada (1920,1,6)
16 Aug 1876	birth	Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)
16 Aug 1877	birth	Karl L Hoschna: Composer
16 Aug 1877	birth	Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
16 Aug 1878	birth	Léon Binoche, French rugby player (d. 1962)
16 Aug 1882	birth	Pierre H Ritter, Jr.: Dutch literary / head (Utrecht Newspaper)
16 Aug 1882	birth	Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
16 Aug 1882	birth	Christian Mortensen, Danish-American super-centenarian (d. 1998)
16 Aug 1884	birth	Adrian S Oppenheim: Dutch lawyer / adviser (British Petroleum / Shell)
16 Aug 1884	birth	Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American publisher (d. 1967)
16 Aug 1885	birth	Charles Carson: London, England -- Actor (Cry the Beloved Country)
16 Aug 1887	birth	Nadia Boulanger: Conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony)
16 Aug 1888	birth	T. E. Lawrence, Welsh colonel (d. 1935)
16 Aug 1888	birth	Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
16 Aug 1892	birth	Harold Foster: Cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
16 Aug 1892	birth	Hal Foster, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1982)
16 Aug 1892	birth	Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
16 Aug 1894	birth	George Meany, American labor leader (d. 1980)
16 Aug 1895	birth	Jacinto Guerrero: Composer
16 Aug 1895	birth	Albert Cohen, Swiss author (d. 1981)
16 Aug 1895	birth	Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
16 Aug 1895	birth	Lucien Littlefield San Antonio Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie)
16 Aug 1897	birth	Vicente Ascone: Composer
16 Aug 1897	birth	Robert Ringling circus master
16 Aug 1899	birth	Glenn Strange: Weed, New Mexico -- Actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke)
16 Aug 1902	birth	Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski: Composer
16 Aug 1902	birth	Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
16 Aug 1902	birth	Wallace Thurman, American author (d. 1934)
16 Aug 1903	birth	August Lass, Estonian footballer (d. 1962)
16 Aug 1904	birth	Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
16 Aug 1904	birth	Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
16 Aug 1904	birth	Wendell Stanley biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel '46)
16 Aug 1906	birth	Franz Josef II prince of Liechtenstein (1938- )
16 Aug 1907	birth	Alexander Uriah Boskovich: Composer
16 Aug 1908	birth	Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
16 Aug 1908	birth	William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American author (d. 2000)
16 Aug 1909	birth	Paul Smith Callaway: Composer
16 Aug 1909	birth	Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
16 Aug 1910	birth	Gloria Blondell, American actress (d. 1986)
16 Aug 1910	birth	Mae Clarke, American actress (d. 1992)
16 Aug 1911	birth	E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
16 Aug 1912	birth	Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
16 Aug 1913	birth	Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
16 Aug 1914	birth	Tullio Pandolfini: Italy -- Water polo (1948 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
16 Aug 1915	birth	Al Hibbler, American singer (d. 2001)
16 Aug 1916	birth	Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
16 Aug 1917	birth	Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
16 Aug 1917	birth	Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)
16 Aug 1919	birth	Karl-Heinz Euling, German SS officer (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1920	birth	Charles Bukowski, German-American author and poet (d. 1994)
16 Aug 1922	birth	Louis E Lomax: Author
16 Aug 1922	birth	Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
16 Aug 1923	birth	Joe Hutton: Northumbrian piper / shepherd
16 Aug 1923	birth	Shimon Peres: Israeli Labor Party leader / Prime Minister
16 Aug 1923	birth	Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
16 Aug 1924	birth	Fess Parker, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
16 Aug 1924	birth	Inez Voyce, American baseball player
16 Aug 1925	birth	Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
16 Aug 1926	birth	Ronnie Bowlby, English bishop
16 Aug 1927	birth	Lois Nettleton, American actress (d. 2008)
16 Aug 1928	birth	Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
16 Aug 1928	birth	Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
16 Aug 1928	birth	Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
16 Aug 1929	birth	Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
16 Aug 1929	birth	Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
16 Aug 1929	birth	Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1997)
16 Aug 1929	birth	Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist
16 Aug 1930	birth	Marion A Trabert: Tennis champ (US Open-1953)
16 Aug 1930	birth	Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
16 Aug 1930	birth	Frank Gifford, American football player and sportscaster
16 Aug 1930	birth	Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1930	birth	Tony Trabert, American tennis player and sportscaster
16 Aug 1930	birth	Ted Hughes England, poet laureate (1984- )
16 Aug 1932	birth	Jon Lindbergh: 2nd Son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
16 Aug 1932	birth	Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova)
16 Aug 1933	birth	Jan van Ginkel: Graphic artist / publisher (Perscombinatie)
16 Aug 1933	birth	Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa: Durango, Colorado -- Colonel USAF / Astronaut (Apollo 14)
16 Aug 1933	birth	Reiner Kunze, German writer
16 Aug 1933	birth	Tom Maschler, English author and publisher
16 Aug 1933	birth	Julie Newmar, American actress, singer, and dancer
16 Aug 1933	birth	Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994)
16 Aug 1934	birth	Ed van Thijn: (Jewish) Dutch Foreign Minister / Mayor (Amsterdam, 1983-94)
16 Aug 1934	birth	Donnie Dunagan, American actor and soldier
16 Aug 1934	birth	Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011)
16 Aug 1934	birth	Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
16 Aug 1934	birth	Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
16 Aug 1934	birth	John Standing, English actor
16 Aug 1934	birth	Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer (d. 2013)
16 Aug 1935	birth	Betsy von Furstenberg: Nelheim, Germany -- Actress (Machine Calls it Murder)
16 Aug 1935	birth	Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
16 Aug 1935	birth	Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
16 Aug 1936	birth	Gary Clarke: Los Angeles, California -- Actor (Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne)
16 Aug 1936	birth	Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
16 Aug 1937	birth	David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
16 Aug 1937	birth	David Behrman, American composer and producer
16 Aug 1937	birth	Lorraine Gary, American actress
16 Aug 1937	birth	Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
16 Aug 1938	birth	Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko: Russia -- Cosmonaut
16 Aug 1938	birth	Andr
16 Aug 1939	birth	Carol Shelley: London, England -- Actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple)
16 Aug 1939	birth	Wim Meijer: Dutch MP (PvdA)
16 Aug 1939	birth	Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
16 Aug 1939	birth	Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
16 Aug 1939	birth	Carol Shelly London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple)
16 Aug 1939	birth	Valeri V Ryumin cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32)
16 Aug 1940	birth	Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
16 Aug 1941	birth	Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan soldier
16 Aug 1942	birth	Barbara George, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
16 Aug 1943	birth	Sharon Baird, American actress and dancer
16 Aug 1943	birth	Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
16 Aug 1944	birth	Dick Zimmer: (Rep-R-New Jersey)
16 Aug 1944	birth	Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine) (d. 2013)
16 Aug 1945	birth	Gary Loizzo: Chicago, Illinois -- Rock guitarist (American Breed)
16 Aug 1945	birth	Gordon "Snowy" Fleet: Merseyside -- Rock drummer (Easybeats)
16 Aug 1945	birth	Bob Balaban, American actor, producer, director and author
16 Aug 1945	birth	Russell Brookes, English race car driver
16 Aug 1945	birth	Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina
16 Aug 1945	birth	Robert Balaban Chicago, actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States)
16 Aug 1946	birth	Masoud Barzani, Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
16 Aug 1946	birth	Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (d. 1996)
16 Aug 1946	birth	Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
16 Aug 1947	birth	Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
16 Aug 1947	birth	Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
16 Aug 1947	birth	Marc Messier, Canadian actor
16 Aug 1947	birth	John Howard (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT)
16 Aug 1948	birth	Barry Hay, Indian-Dutch singer-songwriter (Golden Earring)
16 Aug 1948	birth	Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
16 Aug 1948	birth	Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician
16 Aug 1949	birth	Scott Asheton, American drummer (The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1949	birth	Barbara Goodson, American voice actress
16 Aug 1949	birth	Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes)
16 Aug 1950	birth	Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
16 Aug 1950	birth	Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
16 Aug 1950	birth	Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
16 Aug 1950	birth	Neda Ukraden, Serbian singer
16 Aug 1951	birth	Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 1992)
16 Aug 1951	birth	Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
16 Aug 1952	birth	Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
16 Aug 1952	birth	Gianna Rolandi, American soprano
16 Aug 1952	birth	Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
16 Aug 1953	birth	Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
16 Aug 1953	birth	Catlin O'Heaney Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings)
16 Aug 1953	birth	James Taylor rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna)
16 Aug 1953	birth	Nick Leyva baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91)
16 Aug 1954	birth	James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
16 Aug 1954	birth	George Galloway, Scottish-born politician and broadcaster
16 Aug 1955	birth	James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
16 Aug 1956	birth	Colleen Walker: Jacksonville, Florida -- LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda Champions)
16 Aug 1956	birth	Dominic Erban: French rugby international player
16 Aug 1956	birth	Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1956	birth	Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
16 Aug 1957	birth	Roberta Blackman-Woods, Northern Irish academic; British politician
16 Aug 1957	birth	Tim Farriss, Australian guitarist (INXS)
16 Aug 1957	birth	Laura Innes, American actress and director
16 Aug 1957	birth	R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015)
16 Aug 1957	birth	Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
16 Aug 1958	birth	Jose Luis: Clerc, Argentina -- Tennis star
16 Aug 1958	birth	Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff: Norfolk, Virginia -- PhD / Astronaut (STS 57, 68, 81 / 84)
16 Aug 1958	birth	Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
16 Aug 1958	birth	Angela Bassett, American actress, singer, and producer
16 Aug 1958	birth	José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player
16 Aug 1958	birth	Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
16 Aug 1958	birth	Jonathan Prince Beverly Hills Pa, actor (Danny-Alice)
16 Aug 1958	birth	Madonna (Ciccone) Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin)
16 Aug 1959	birth	Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
16 Aug 1960	birth	Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director
16 Aug 1960	birth	Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor
16 Aug 1961	birth	Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers)
16 Aug 1961	birth	Christian Okoye, American football player
16 Aug 1961	birth	Angela C. Smith, English politician
16 Aug 1962	birth	Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
16 Aug 1962	birth	Manfred Hellmann, German footballer
16 Aug 1963	birth	Scott Dunlap: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Canadian Tour golfer (1995 South African Masters)
16 Aug 1963	birth	Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1964	birth	Jimmy Arias: Buffalo, New York -- Tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
16 Aug 1964	birth	Nigel Redman: English rugby international player
16 Aug 1964	birth	Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist
16 Aug 1965	birth	Brian McDonough: Long Beach, California -- Points cyclist (1996 Olympics - 19th Place)
16 Aug 1965	birth	Eric van der Luer: Soccer player (Roda JC)
16 Aug 1965	birth	Todd McNair: NFL running back / kick returner (Houston Oilers)
16 Aug 1965	birth	Xavier Hernandez: Port Arthur, Texas -- Pitcher (Houston Astros)
16 Aug 1966	birth	Ed Olczyk: Chicago, Illinois -- NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
16 Aug 1966	birth	Rosey Edeh: London, England -- Canadian 400m hurdler (1992, 96 Olympics - 4th Place)
16 Aug 1966	birth	Terry Shumpert: Paducah, Kentucky -- Infielder (Chicago Cubs)
16 Aug 1967	birth	Bret Barberie: Long Beach, California -- Infielder (Chicago Cubs)
16 Aug 1967	birth	Matt Vanderbeek: NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
16 Aug 1967	birth	Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
16 Aug 1968	birth	Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
16 Aug 1968	birth	Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
16 Aug 1968	birth	Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
16 Aug 1969	birth	Becky Delos Santos: Boston, Massachusetts -- Playmate (April, 1994)
16 Aug 1969	birth	Ben Coates: NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
16 Aug 1969	birth	Carl Henkel: Torrance, California -- Beach volleyballer (1996 Olympics)
16 Aug 1969	birth	Kate Higgins, American voice actress
16 Aug 1970	birth	Adrian Hardy: NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Dena Head: WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Eric Swann: NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Lester Smith: CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Quinton McCracken: Wilmington, North Carolina -- Outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Wilco Hellinga: Soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist
16 Aug 1970	birth	Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
16 Aug 1970	birth	Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
16 Aug 1970	birth	Manisha Koirala, Nepalese-Indian actress
16 Aug 1971	birth	Nigel Williams: CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
16 Aug 1971	birth	Troy Alexander: CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
16 Aug 1971	birth	Willie Jackson: NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
16 Aug 1971	birth	Rulon Gardner, American wrestler
16 Aug 1971	birth	Stefan Klos, German footballer
16 Aug 1972	birth	Eddie Goines: NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
16 Aug 1972	birth	Michael Reed: NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
16 Aug 1972	birth	Michael Thornberry: Virginia Beach, Virginia -- Team handball circle (1996 Olympics)
16 Aug 1972	birth	Zach Wiegert: Tackle (St. Louis Rams)
16 Aug 1972	birth	Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
16 Aug 1972	birth	Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
16 Aug 1972	birth	Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds)
16 Aug 1972	birth	George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian radio and television host
16 Aug 1973	birth	Damian Jackson, American baseball player
16 Aug 1974	birth	Bryan Chiu: CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
16 Aug 1974	birth	Krizstina Egerszegi: Hungarian backstroke swimmer (100 / 200m WR)
16 Aug 1974	birth	Roger Cedeno: Valencia Edo, Venezuela -- Outfielder (LA Dodgers)
16 Aug 1974	birth	Ryan Longwell: NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers - Super Bowl 31)
16 Aug 1974	birth	Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
16 Aug 1974	birth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
16 Aug 1974	birth	Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
16 Aug 1974	birth	Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
16 Aug 1975	birth	Felicia Zimmermann: Rochester, New York -- Fencer-foil (1996 Olympics)
16 Aug 1975	birth	Magic, American rapper (504 Boyz and Body Head Bangerz) (d. 2013)
16 Aug 1975	birth	Didier Agathe, French footballer
16 Aug 1975	birth	Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
16 Aug 1975	birth	Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
16 Aug 1975	birth	George Stults, American actor
16 Aug 1975	birth	Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
16 Aug 1976	birth	Tiina Kankaanpää, Finnish discus thrower
16 Aug 1977	birth	Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
16 Aug 1978	birth	Fu Mingxia, Chinese diver
16 Aug 1979	birth	Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
16 Aug 1979	birth	Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012)
16 Aug 1979	birth	Monder Rizki, Belgian runner
16 Aug 1980	birth	Hwangbo, South Korean rapper and actress (Chakra)
16 Aug 1980	birth	Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
16 Aug 1980	birth	Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
16 Aug 1980	birth	Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
16 Aug 1980	birth	Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
16 Aug 1981	birth	Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
16 Aug 1982	birth	Cam Gigandet, American actor
16 Aug 1982	birth	Tomohiro Ito, Japanese sprinter
16 Aug 1982	birth	Joleon Lescott, English footballer
16 Aug 1983	birth	Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
16 Aug 1984	birth	Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
16 Aug 1984	birth	Candice Dupree, American basketball player
16 Aug 1984	birth	Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
16 Aug 1985	birth	Cristin Milioti, American actress
16 Aug 1986	birth	Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
16 Aug 1986	birth	Kim Oh-Sung, South Korean footballer
16 Aug 1986	birth	Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
16 Aug 1987	birth	Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
16 Aug 1987	birth	Kyal Marsh, Australian actor and gymnast
16 Aug 1987	birth	Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
16 Aug 1988	birth	Rumer Willis child of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
16 Aug 1989	birth	Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
16 Aug 1990	birth	Kōki Uchiyama, Japanese actor
16 Aug 1991	birth	G.E.M., Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
16 Aug 1991	birth	José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
16 Aug 1991	birth	Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
16 Aug 1991	birth	Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (Ladies' Code) (d. 2014)
16 Aug 1992	birth	Islam Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer
16 Aug 1992	birth	Diego Sebastián Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
16 Aug 1993	birth	Cameron Monaghan, American actor
16 Aug 1997	birth	Greyson Chance, American singer-songwriter and pianist

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