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August 16th

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564 Notable birthdays

Hal Foster

Canadian-american illustrator (1892–1982).

Born August 16th, 1892 in Halifax.

Died July 25th, 1982 at 89 years old in Winter Park.

Dominic Stricker

Swiss tennis player.

Born August 16th, 2002 (age 23 years) in Münsingen.

Seth Peterson

American actor.

Born August 16th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Harlem.

Rocco Granata

Italian-belgian singer and accordionist.

Born August 16th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Figline Vegliaturo.

Francis Darwin

British naturalist and son of charles darwin (1848-1925).

Born August 16th, 1848 in Down House.

Died September 19th, 1925 at 77 years old in Cambridge.

Dmitri Kharine

Russian footballer.

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

Dmitry Ulyanov

Russian revolutionary (1874-1943).

Born August 16th, 1874 in Ulyanovsk.

Died July 16th, 1943 at 68 years old in Gorki Leninskiye.

Koray Günter

German-turkish footballer.

Born August 16th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Höxter. [ref]

Enzo Roco

Chilean footballer.

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

Bunta Sugawara

Japanese actor (1933–2014).

Born August 16th, 1933 in Sendai.

Died December 28th, 2014 at 81 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer).

Tony Trabert

American tennis player (1930–2021).

Born August 16th, 1930 in Cincinnati.

Died February 3rd, 2021 at 90 years old in Ponte Vedra Beach. [ref]

Iván Hurtado

Ecuadorian footballer and politician.

Born August 16th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Esmeraldas.

Didier Agathe

French footballer (born 1975).

Born August 16th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Saint-Pierre.

Elsie Inglis

Scottish doctor.

Born August 16th, 1864 in Nainital.

Died November 26th, 1917 at 53 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne (colorectal cancer).

Grim Natwick

American artist, animator, and film director (1890-1990).

Born August 16th, 1890 in Wisconsin Rapids.

Died October 7th, 1990 at 100 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, heart disease).

Ventura Alvarado

American soccer player.

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

John F. Tefft

U.s. foreign service officer.

Born August 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Madison.

Konstantin Vassiljev

Estonian footballer (born 1984).

Born August 16th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Tallinn.

Anna Gasser

Austrian snowboarder.

Born August 16th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Villach.

Kurt Lischka

Ss lieutenant colonel & gestapo chief assigned to paris (1909-1989).

Born August 16th, 1909 in Wrocław.

Died April 5th, 1989 at 79 years old in Brühl.

Noam Murro

Israeli film director.

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

Otto Messmer

American animator (1892-1983).

Born August 16th, 1892 in West Hoboken.

Died October 28th, 1983 at 91 years old in Fort Lee, Teaneck (myocardial infarction).

Julia Vysotskaya

Russian actress and television presenter.

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

Eili Harboe

Norwegian actress.

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

Peter Burke

British historian (b. 1937).

Born August 16th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Stanmore.

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