16 August Births

Published : 16 Aug 2018, 10:40

Jagoroniya Desk

August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1355 – Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382)
1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1401 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436)
1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (d. 1602)
1565 – Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1637)
1573 – Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
1637 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1706)
1645 – Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (d. 1696)
1650 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
1682 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
1744 – Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
1761 – Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
1816 – Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (d. 1820)
1820 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
1821 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
1831 – John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901)
1832 – Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
1842 – Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
1848 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1855 – James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
1856 – Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German author (d. 1927)
1860 – Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
1860 – Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (d. 1887)
1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
1865 – Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (d. 1962)
1868 – Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)
1877 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
1882 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher (d. 1967)
1888 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (d. 1935)
1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
1892 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982)
1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
1894 – George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)
1895 – Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1981)
1895 – Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
1900 – Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976)
1902 – Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
1902 – Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright (d. 1934)
1904 – Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1908 – Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
1908 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000)
1909 – Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
1910 – Gloria Blondell, American actress (d. 1986)
1910 – Mae Clarke, American actress (d. 1992)
1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
1912 – Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
1913 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
1915 – Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (d. 2001)
1916 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
1917 – Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
1917 – Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)
1919 – Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014)
1920 – Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)
1922 – James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1923 – Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
1924 – Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010)
1924 – Inez Voyce, American baseball player
1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1925 – Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (d. 2002)
1927 – Lois Nettleton, American actress (d. 2008)
1928 – Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
1928 – Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist
1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1928 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist (d. 2018)
1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997)
1930 – Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
1930 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (d. 2014)
1933 – Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator
1933 – Tom Maschler, English author and publisher
1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress
1933 – Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994)
1934 – Donnie Dunagan, American actor and soldier
1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011)
1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1934 – John Standing, English actor
1934 – Dave Thomas, English-Welsh golfer and architect (d. 2013)
1934 – Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer
1935 – Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
1935 – Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
1936 – Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
1936 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1937 – David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
1937 – David Behrman, American composer and producer
1937 – Ian Deans, Canadian politician (d. 2016)
1937 – Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
1939 – Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
1939 – Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist
1940 – Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
1942 – Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
1942 – Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1942 – Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2010)
1943 – Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
1944 – Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1945 – Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer
1945 – Russell Brookes, English race car driver
1945 – Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator
1945 – Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016)
1946 – Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
1948 – Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician (Golden Earring)
1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician
1948 – Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player (NRBQ)
1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (d. 2014)
1949 – Paul Pasqualoni, American football player and coach
1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes)
1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
1950 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian film and stage actor and director.
1951 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
1955 – James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
1956 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014)
1957 – Laura Innes, American actress and director
1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015)
1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress
1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
1958 – Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
1958 – Diane Dodds, Northern Irish educator and politician
1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager
1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director
1960 – Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor and director
1960 – Paul van Ass, Dutch field hockey coach
1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player
1961 – Angela Smith, English academic and politician
1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
1963 – Christine Cavanaugh, American voice artist (d. 2014)
1964 – Jimmy Arias, American tennis player and sportscaster
1964 – Nigel Redman, English rugby player
1964 – Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist
1966 – Eddie Olczyk, American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
1967 – Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
1968 – Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
1968 – Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist and sportscaster
1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor and producer
1970 – Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
1971 – Stefan Klos, German footballer
1972 – Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
1972 – Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
1973 – Damian Jackson, American baseball player
1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
1974 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
1975 – Didier Agathe, French footballer
1975 – Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
1975 – Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
1975 – George Stults, American model and actor
1975 – Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
1975 – Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
1977 – Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
1978 – Ben Galea, Australian rugby league player and referee
1979 – Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
1979 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012)
1979 – Ian Moran, Australian cricketer
1980 – Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1980 – Bob Hardy, English bass player (Franz Ferdinand)
1980 – Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
1980 – Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
1982 – Joleon Lescott, English footballer
1983 – Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
1984 – Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
1984 – Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player
1984 – Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
1985 – Cristin Milioti, American actress
1986 – Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
1987 – Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
1989 – Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
1989 – Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
1990 – Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
1991 – José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
1992 – Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
1996 – Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
1997 – Greyson Chance, American musician[2]
1999 – Karen Chen, American figure skater

Source: wikipedia

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