Zakaria Paliashvili

Georgian composer (1871–1933).

Born August 16th, 1871 in Kutaisi.

Died October 6th, 1933 at 62 years old in Tbilisi.

Hugo Descat

French handball player.

Born August 16th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Paris.

David Arshakyan

Armenian footballer.

Born August 16th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Kimmo Pohjonen

Finnish musician.

Born August 16th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Viiala.

Filip Kljajić

Serbian association football player.

Born August 16th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Belgrade.

Maxime Poundjé

French footballer.

Born August 16th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Bordeaux.

Andreas Dresen

German film director and screenwriter (born 1963).

Born August 16th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Gera.

Petra Schelm

(1950-1971) political militant, member of rote armee fraktion (raf).

Born August 16th, 1950 in Hamburg.

Died July 15th, 1971 at 20 years old in Hamburg (gunshot wound).

Sebastián Rodríguez

Uruguayan footballer.

Born August 16th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Montevideo.

Wei Te-sheng

Taiwanese film director and screenwriter.

Born August 16th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Tainan.

Dante López

Paraguayan footballer.

Born August 16th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Asunción.

Reiner Kunze

German poet, writer, translator, and gdr dissident (born 1933).

Born August 16th, 1933 (age 92 years) in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge.

Elina Danielian

Armenian chess player.

Born August 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Baku. ^[ref]

Barbara Visser

Dutch politician.

Born August 16th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Šibenik.

Les Hunter

American basketball player (1942–2020).

Born August 16th, 1942 in Nashville.

Died March 27th, 2020 at 77 years old (cancer). ^[ref]

Robert Ameerali

Surinamese politician.

Born August 16th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Paramaribo.

Reiulf Steen

Norwegian politician (1933–2014).

Born August 16th, 1933 in Hurum.

Died June 5th, 2014 at 80 years old in Oslo (disease).

Dennis Koslowski

Olympic wrestler.

Born August 16th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Watertown.

Krzysztof Kołomański

Polish canoeist.

Born August 16th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Opoczno.

Denis Thomalla

German professional footballer.

Born August 16th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Pforzheim.

Ángel Zárraga

Mexican painter (1886-1946).

Born August 16th, 1886 in Victoria de Durango.

Died September 22nd, 1946 at 60 years old in Cuernavaca.

Cyril Saulnier

French tennis player.

Born August 16th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Toulon.

Rajmonda Bulku

Albanian actress and politician.

Born August 16th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Cërrik.

Isaak Mazepa

Ukrainian politician (1884-1952).

Born August 16th, 1884 in Kostobobriv.

Died March 18th, 1952 at 67 years old in Augsburg.

Cyril Mar Baselios

Archbishop (1935–2007).

Born August 16th, 1935 in Pandalam.

Died January 18th, 2007 at 71 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.