A Monday
Born on August 16, 1976?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
50 years
Famous people born on August 16, 1976
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Nicolás Lapentti
August 13 · Ecuadorian tennis player
Abiy Ahmed
August 15 · Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018
Boudewijn Zenden
August 15 · Dutch association football player (born 1976)
Paraskevas Antzas
August 18 · Greek international footballer (1976–2026)
Mario Muscat
August 18 · Maltese football goalkeeper
Pablo Larraín
August 19 · Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 16, 1976 was a Monday. Someone born on August 16, 1976 is a Leo. Someone born on August 16, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,343 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
Also born on August 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Cayley
1821 · English mathematician

Wilhelm Wundt
1832 · German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor

T. E. Lawrence
1888 · British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat

James Cameron
1954 · Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born )

Madonna
1958 · American singer, songwriter, and actress (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1976
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- Wine from 1976
- Books about 1976
- A newspaper from 1976
- Coin set from 1976
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Questions about August 16, 1976
- What day of the week was August 16, 1976?
- August 16, 1976 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 16, 1976?
- Someone born on August 16, 1976 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1976?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
- How old is someone born on August 16, 1976?
- Someone born on August 16, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,343 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1976?
- People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 16, 1976?
- On August 16, 1976 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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