Celebrities Born on August 16
Who was born on August 16?
Famous people born on August 16 include Madonna, Charles Bukowski, Menachem Begin. It is day 228 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Leo (Fire sign).
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
Menachem Begin
Israeli politician and former Prime Minister (1913–1992)
Gabriel Lippmann
Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
Wilhelm Wundt
German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920)
John Bosco
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)
Jean de La Bruyère
17th-century French writer and philosopher (1645–1696)
Steve Carell
American actor and comedian (born 1962)
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
President of Nigeria (1951-2010)
Wendell Meredith Stanley
American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946)
Saif Ali Khan
Actor
Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Tum, Omkaara, Love Aaj Kal, Sacred Games, Go Goa Gone
Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#228
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
17
days from today
Birthday Number 7 — The Seeker
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 16 → 7). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Analysis · Introspection · Wisdom · Spirituality — To bring wisdom down to earth. The integrated 7 learns that understanding held privately is incomplete — the true seeker…
Full numerology 7 guide →Season
Summer (Northern Hemisphere) — long days, full energy, peak sun.
Chinese Zodiac
Your Chinese zodiac animal depends on your birth year, not just the day. Find your Chinese zodiac →
August Birthstone — Peridot
Peridot is the one gemstone that glows in the dark — or rather, it glows with a warm yellowish-green light that ancient Egyptians believed was the trapped radiance of the sun. They mined it exclusively on the island of Zabargad in the Red Sea, a volcanic island that was a guarded state secret for ce…
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