Who are famous people born on August 16?

Famous people born on August 16 include Arthur Cayley (1821), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), T. E. Lawrence (1888), James Cameron (1954), Madonna (1958).

What star sign is someone born on August 16?

Someone born on August 16 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 16?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 16?

In the US, August 16 is the No. 29 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,146 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 16

Famous people born on August 16, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 29 of 366

Born on August 16

August 16 in history

2020The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
2010AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
1987Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
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.
1946The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
1930The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
1920Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1914German admiral Wilhelm Souchon hands over the two warships under his command to the Ottomans and becomes commander of the Turkish navy, leading later to the entry of the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
1896Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1859The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
1812War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
1717Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): An imperial coalition army under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats an Ottoman army under Haji Halil Pasha, leading to the surrender of the Ottoman garrison of Belgrade a few days later.
1513Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French forces who are then forced to retreat.
-1Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.

Holidays and observances

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
Children's Day (Paraguay)
Christian feast day: Ana Petra Pérez Florido
Christian feast day: Armel (Armagillus)
Christian feast day: Diomedes of Tarsus
Christian feast day: Roch
Christian feast day: Stephen I of Hungary
Christian feast day: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

August 16 in every year

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Questions about August 16 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 16?: Famous people born on August 16 include Arthur Cayley (1821), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), T. E. Lawrence (1888), James Cameron (1954), Madonna (1958).
What star sign is someone born on August 16?: Someone born on August 16 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 16?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 16?: In the US, August 16 is the No. 29 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,146 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).