August 16 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 16, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#29 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 16 birthdays
Wilhelm Wundt · German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor1832
Gabriel Lippmann · Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French1845
Hugo Gernsback · American inventor, writer, editor and publisher1884
T. E. Lawrence · British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat1888
Wendell Meredith Stanley · American biochemist and virologist1904
Menachem Begin · Israeli politician and former Prime Minister1913
Charles Bukowski · German-American writer1920
Ann Blyth · American actress1927
Bill Evans · American jazz pianist1929
Julie Newmar · American actress1933
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua · President of Nigeria1951
James Cameron · Canadian filmmaker and explorer1954
Madonna · American singer1958
Angela Bassett · American actress1958
Timothy Hutton · American actor and director1960
Steve Carell · American actor and comedian1962
Cam Gigandet · American actor1982
Cristin Milioti · American actress1985
Young Thug · American rapper and singer1991
Jannik Sinner · Italian tennis player2001
On this day in history
1777American Revolutionary War: American forces routed British and German troops at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
1977American singer and actor Elvis Presley, often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.
2009At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.
2020The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
1946The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
1962The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.
1964Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1986Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.
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