August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining.
- 1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, physicist (+ 1921)
- 1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, college sports coach (football, basketball and baseball) (+ 1965)
- 1868 - Bernarr McFadden, publisher
- 1884 - Hugo Gernsback, editor and publisher
- 1888 - T. E. Lawrence, writer, soldier
- 1894 - George Meany, labor union activist (+ 1980)
- 1902 - Georgette Heyer, novelist (+ 1975)
- 1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli soldier and politician (+ 1992)
- 1920 - Charles Bukowski, poet (+ 1994)
- 1925 - Fess Parker, actor
- 1928 - Ann Blyth, actress
- 1930 - Frank Gifford, pro football player, sports announcer
- 1930 - Robert Culp, actor
- 1931 - Eydie Gorme, singer
- 1940 - Bruce Beresford, film director
- 1946 - Lesley Ann Warren, actress
- 1954 - James Cameron, director
- 1958 - Angela Bassett, actress
- 1959 - Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone), singer, actress
- 1960 - Timothy Hutton, Academy Award winning actor
- 1982 - The One and Only Jack Schitt
- 1864 - Confederate General John Chambliss
- 1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, chemist
- 1921 - King Peter I of Serbia
- 1938 - Robert Johnson, blues singer and guitarist
- 1948 - Babe Ruth, baseball player
- 1949 - Margaret Mitchell, novelist
- 1956 - Bela Lugosi, actor
- 1977 - Elvis Presley, singer, actor
- 1979 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1989 - Amanda Blake, actress
- 2002 - Martin Deutsch, physicist, discoverer of positronium
See Also:
August 15 - August 17 - July 16 - September 16 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April,May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
