Bruce Beresford

Australian film director.

Born August 16th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Paddington.

Tamer Hosny

Egyptian singer, actor, composer, director and songwriter.

Born August 16th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Al Ahram. ^[ref]

Anita Gillette

American actress.

Born August 16th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Baltimore.

Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist.

Born August 16th, 1934 (age 91 years) in Hope.

Marian Rejewski

Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980).

Born August 16th, 1905 in Bydgoszcz. ^[ref]

Died February 13th, 1980 at 74 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).

Manorama

Indian actress (1926–2008).

Born August 16th, 1926 in Lahore.

Died February 15th, 2008 at 81 years old in Mumbai (cerebrovascular disease).

Pierre Richard

French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian.

Born August 16th, 1934 (age 91 years) in Valenciennes.

E. F. Schumacher

British economist (1911–1977).

Born August 16th, 1911 in Bonn.

Died September 4th, 1977 at 66 years old in Switzerland (myocardial infarction).

Kōki Uchiyama

Japanese voice actor and actor.

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

Ariadne Díaz

Mexican actress and model.

Born August 16th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Guadalajara.

Josip Juranović

Association football player.

Born August 16th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Zagreb.

Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī

Albanian islamic scholar (1914–1999).

Born August 16th, 1914 in Shkodër.

Died October 3rd, 1999 at 85 years old in Amman.

Wolfgang Tillmans

German photographer (born 1968).

Born August 16th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Remscheid.

Rachel Talalay

American screen director and producer.

Born August 16th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Chicago. ^[ref]

Marshall Manesh

American actor.

Born August 16th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Mashhad.

Kevin Schmidt

American actor.

Born August 16th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Andover.

Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer

British countess (1897-1972); paternal grandmother of diana, princess of wales.

Born August 16th, 1897 in Mayfair.

Died December 4th, 1972 at 75 years old in Althorp (brain cancer).

Stuart Baxter

English association football player and manager.

Born August 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Wolverhampton.

Minoru Genda

Japanese politician, imperial japanese navy officer and jsdaf general (1904–1989).

Born August 16th, 1904 in Hiroshima.

Died August 15th, 1989 at 84 years old in Matsuyama.

Tina Modotti

Italian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942).

Born August 16th, 1896 in Udine.

Died January 6th, 1942 at 45 years old in Mexico City (heart failure).

Edward James

British poet and arts patron (1907–1984).

Born August 16th, 1907 in West Dean House.

Died December 2nd, 1984 at 77 years old in Sanremo.

Ummet Ozcan

Turkish-dutch disc jockey and record producer (born 1982).

Born August 16th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Putten.

Earl Blumenauer

American politician (born 1948).

Born August 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Portland.

Suzanne Farrell

American ballerina.

Born August 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Cincinnati.

Joshua Bolten

American lawyer; former director of the office of management and budget.

Born August 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Washington, D.C..