On This Day — August 16
4172 noted people were born and 1878 died on August 16 in our archive, including Gabriel Lippmann, Pierre Méchain and Alexandre Vachon.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 16
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 – 1921
Pierre Méchain
1744 – 1804
Alexandre Vachon
1885 – 1953
Ann Claire Williams
b. 1949
Arthur Cayley
1821 – 1895
Carl Frederik von Breda
1759 – 1818
Christine Langenfeld
b. 1962
David Spiegelhalter
b. 1953
Donald Maitland
1922 – 2010
Ed van Thijn
1934 – 2021
Frances Buss
1827 – 1894
Francis Darwin
1848 – 1925
Francisco Bernis
1916 – 2003
Frederick Kipping
1863 – 1949
Gerhard Hessenberg
1874 – 1925
Helene D. Gayle
b. 1955
Henri Wassenbergh
1924 – 2014
Jean de La Bruyère
1645 – 1696
John F. Tefft
b. 1949
John P. Burrows
b. 1954
Juho Sunila
1875 – 1936
Louis-Benjamin Francoeur
1773 – 1849
Marian Rejewski
1905 – 1980
Martinus Tels
1926 – 2008
Mitch Landrieu
b. 1960
Peggy Koopman-Boyden
1943 – 2025
Peter Burke
b. 1937
Phil Murphy
b. 1957
Rakhim Azimov
b. 1964
Ralph B. D'Agostino Sr.
1940 – 2023
Rudolf Schulten
1923 – 1996
Rutledge Dennis
b. 1939
Soledad Becerril
b. 1944
Steve Sem-Sandberg
b. 1958
Teodor Tarnavschi
1859 – 1914
Thomas Sutherland
1834 – 1922
Umberto Puppini
1884 – 1946
Warren S. Warren
b. 1955
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1904 – 1971
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 – 1920
Đuro Kurepa
1907 – 1993
Adam Martyniuk
b. 1950
Akbar Khan
b. 1962
Aleh Śližewski
b. 1972
Alessandro De Angelis
b. 1959
Alessandro Mendini
1931 – 2019
Alexis Michaud
b. 1975
Alfred Ollivant
1798 – 1882
Allen G. Debus
1926 – 2009
Anatoliy Avdiyevsky
1933 – 2016
Andy Wilman
b. 1962
Ann Blyth
1927 – 2026
Anne L'Huillier
b. 1958
Ara Güler
1928 – 2018
Armida Alisjahbana
b. 1960
Arthur Rose Eldred
1895 – 1951
Arvind Kejriwal
b. 1968
Atsuyuki Okabe
b. 1945
Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Farhan
b. 1985
Barbara Visser
b. 1977
Barend Joseph Stokvis
1834 – 1902
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
1954 – 2026
Bernard Lecache
1895 – 1968
Bill Ratliff
1936 – 2025
Bill Woodcock
b. 1971
Bob McKenzie
b. 1956
Britt Bager
b. 1976
Camara Phyllis Jones
b. 1955
Carol Moseley Braun
b. 1947
Carol W. Hunstein
b. 1944
Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans
1915 – 1988
Charles John Vaughan
1816 – 1897
Christos Papadimitriou
b. 1949
Courtauld Courtauld-Thomson, 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson
1866 – 1954
David Anderson
b. 1937
David Behrman
b. 1937
David Simon
b. 1960
Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona
1599 – 1653
Dmitry Rovinsky
1824 – 1895
Domenico Giani
b. 1962
Dominik Semashko
1878 – 1932
Don Bacon
b. 1963
Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside
1879 – 1958
Edward Ochab
1906 – 1989
Edward Schunck
1820 – 1903
Elsie Inglis
1864 – 1917
Emil Eftimov
b. 1961
Ethel Robertson Macia
1881 – 1964
Eugen Petersen
1836 – 1919
Evar Saar
b. 1969
Fess Parker
1924 – 2010
Francisco Cabrera
b. 1955
Franciszek Bujak
1875 – 1953
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
1906 – 1989
G.E.M.
b. 1991
Georg Friedrich Haas
b. 1953
George Whitecross Paton
1902 – 1985
Grim Natwick
1890 – 1990
Guido De Philippis
b. 1985
Hans Staudinger
1889 – 1980
Harold Bernard St. John
1931 – 2004
Henry Dyer
1848 – 1918
Hisao Tanabe
1883 – 1984
Holden Thorp
b. 1964
Howard Robertson
1888 – 1963
Hussein Farrah Aidid
b. 1962
Igor Simonenko
1935 – 2008
Ijeoma Uchegbu
b. 1960
Ion Nistor
1876 – 1962
Irina Belykh
b. 1964
Isaak Mazepa
1884 – 1952
Ivan Nikolaevich Gorozhankin
1848 – 1904
Jacek Karnowski
b. 1963
Jacques Mairesse
b. 1940
Jakob Rosanes
1842 – 1922
James Walker
1794 – 1874
James Wilson
1835 – 1920
Jan Łopata
b. 1954
Jean Emile Laboureur
1877 – 1943
Johan Kjeldahl
1849 – 1900
Johann Graf
1852 – 1918
John A. Bensel
1863 – 1922
John Rinne
1923 – 2010
Joseph Tilly
1837 – 1906
Joshua Bolten
b. 1954
Jukka Mönkkönen
b. 1959
Julia Vysotskaya
b. 1973
Kingo Machimura
1900 – 1992
Kyung Joo Kwon-Chung
b. 1933
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland
1844 – 1929
Leonid Beda
1920 – 1976
Leslie Manigat
1930 – 2014
Luis Maria Kreckler
b. 1954
Manisha Koirala
b. 1970
Marga Klompé
1912 – 1986
Martin Wolf
b. 1946
Menachem Begin
1913 – 1992
Michael Grunwald
b. 1970
Micheál Martin
b. 1960
Minoru Genda
1904 – 1989
Monique de Vries
b. 1947
Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch
1802 – 1896
Nikolay Valerianovich Bibikov
1842 – 1923
Olivier Dussopt
b. 1978
Onésimo Díaz Hernández
b. 1966
Pamela Silva Conde
b. 1981
Patrick Balkany
b. 1948
Paul Kato Lubwama
1970 – 2023
Paul Olum
1918 – 2001
Peter Wisoff
b. 1958
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
1763 – 1827
R. R. Patil
1957 – 2015
Rafael Karsten
1879 – 1956
Reinhard Klimmt
b. 1942
René Ballet
1928 – 2017
Richard Cleaver
1917 – 2006
Richard Potts
b. 1953
Richard Thurmond Chatham
1896 – 1957
Richard Zimmer
1944 – 2025
Robert Sproull
1918 – 2014
Roberta Blackman-Woods
b. 1957
Ronald Montagu Burrows
1867 – 1920
Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra
b. 1946
Ross Lovegrove
b. 1958
Rudolf Trümpy
1921 – 2009
Samantha B. Joye
b. 1965
Samuel Yin
1950 – 2026
Sarah Stewart
1905 – 1976
Shikhali Gurbanov
1925 – 1967
Shobhana Narasimhan
b. 1963
Siegmund von Hausegger
1872 – 1948
Simha Arom
b. 1930
Stefan Bolesław Poradowski
1902 – 1967
Stockwell Day
b. 1950
Stuart Roosa
1933 – 1994
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
b. 1946
Suzanne Farrell
b. 1945
T. E. Lawrence
1888 – 1935
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
1939 – 2025
Victor Velculescu
b. 1970
Walancin Sukała
b. 1942
William Johnstone Hope
1766 – 1831
Wolfgang Tillmans
b. 1968
Yu Min
1926 – 2019
Zdeněk Matějček
1922 – 2004
Aage Friis
1870 – 1949
Abdirahman Omar Osman- Eng Yarisow
1965 – 2019
Achmad Djajadiningrat
1877 – 1943
Adam August Müller
1811 – 1844
Ahmed al-Mirghani
1941 – 2008
Akiko Okamoto
b. 1964
Al Hibbler
1915 – 2001
Albert Cohen
1895 – 1981
Albert II of Germany
1397 – 1439
Alexander von Siebold
1846 – 1911
Alexandru Hurmuzaki
1823 – 1871
Alfons Zgrzebniok
1891 – 1937
Alfonso Gómez Méndez
b. 1949
Aliaksandr Ulasaw
1874 – 1941
Amanda Gefter
b. 1980
… and 3,972 more
Died on August 16
Aleksey Shakhmatov
1864 – 1920
Robert Bunsen
1811 – 1899
Crawford S. Holling
1930 – 2019
Deanna B. Marcum
1946 – 2022
Dominique Alexandre Godron
1807 – 1880
Ewart Grogan
1874 – 1967
Faisal Masud
1954 – 2019
Fushimi Hiroyasu
1875 – 1946
Helio Gelli Pereira
1918 – 1994
Henri Desgrange
1865 – 1940
Irving Langmuir
1881 – 1957
Jacob Bekenstein
1947 – 2015
Jean-Martin Charcot
1825 – 1893
John Wordsworth
1843 – 1911
Martin Deutsch
1917 – 2002
Mohamed Oufkir
1920 – 1972
Moshe Zilberg
1900 – 1975
Nicola Cabibbo
1935 – 2010
Nikolai Gubenko
1941 – 2020
Paul Yü Pin
1901 – 1978
Peter Scholl-Latour
1924 – 2014
Thomas Ypsilantis
1928 – 2000
Walter Schultze
1894 – 1979
Woodbine Parish
1796 – 1882
A. James Hudspeth
1945 – 2025
Abune Paulos
1935 – 2012
Alexander Izvolsky
1856 – 1919
Alfred Merz
1880 – 1925
Alfredo Stroessner
1912 – 2006
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
1888 – 1978
Allan Bromley
1947 – 2002
Andrej Hlinka
1864 – 1938
Anna Świderkówna
1925 – 2008
Auguste Geffroy
1820 – 1895
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot
1817 – 1882
Bachir Yellès
1921 – 2022
Barbara Doherty
1931 – 2020
Benjamin Pickman, Jr.
1763 – 1843
Brooke Benjamin
1929 – 1995
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
1900 – 1975
Charles H. Wesley
1891 – 1987
Charles Hyde Warren
1876 – 1950
Charles Lenepveu
1840 – 1910
David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort
1928 – 2017
Donald A. B. Lindberg
1933 – 2019
Donald E. Edwards
1937 – 2018
Dorothy West
1907 – 1998
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
1872 – 1950
Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau
1855 – 1937
Elliott Cutler
1888 – 1947
Esther Shemitz
1900 – 1986
Francis Kosier Newcomer
1889 – 1967
Frederick Andrew Inderwick
1836 – 1904
Friedrich Gottlob Haase
1808 – 1867
Frère Roger
1915 – 2005
Gennady Zhidko
1965 – 2023
Georg Hellmesberger
1800 – 1873
George Walter Stewart
1876 – 1956
Georges Picot
1838 – 1909
György Kósa
1897 – 1984
H. H. Kung
1881 – 1967
Harald Fritzsch
1943 – 2022
Harry Dexter White
1892 – 1948
Henry Leach
1870 – 1936
Henry Wade Rogers
1853 – 1926
Howard S. Becker
1928 – 2023
Jacob Bernoulli
1655 – 1705
Jan Stankievič
1891 – 1976
Janusz Bardach
1919 – 2002
Jean Touzet du Vigier
1888 – 1980
Jean de Selys Longchamps
1912 – 1943
Jerry Moss
1935 – 2023
Joachim Grubich
1935 – 2025
Johannes Buxtorf II
1599 – 1664
John Diefenbaker
1895 – 1979
John White
1937 – 2023
João Havelange
1916 – 2016
Julius von Haast
1822 – 1887
Józef Jeżowski
1793 – 1855
Kamil Krofta
1876 – 1945
Kira Golovko
1919 – 2017
Lute Pease
1869 – 1963
Lynde D. McCormick
1895 – 1956
Matti Lehtinen
1922 – 2022
Max Roach
1924 – 2007
Miguel Junyent Rovira
1871 – 1936
Mikhail Chernyayev
1828 – 1898
Muhammad Ma Jian
1906 – 1978
Nicolai Reimer Rump
1834 – 1900
Norman Lockyer
1836 – 1920
Othon Riemann
1853 – 1891
Otto Kahn-Freund
1900 – 1979
Oveta Culp Hobby
1905 – 1995
Paul Georges Dieulafoy
1839 – 1911
Peter I of Serbia
1844 – 1921
Richard Alleyn
1835 – 1883
Richard Johnston
1917 – 1997
Richard Williams
1933 – 2019
Rodolphe Reuss
1841 – 1924
Roman Paszkowski
1914 – 1998
Ronald Whittam
1925 – 2023
Royal Meeker
1873 – 1953
Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness
1894 – 1968
Sasagu Arai
1930 – 2024
Selman Abraham Waksman
1888 – 1973
Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin
1827 – 1867
Wanda Landowska
1879 – 1959
William Henry Moore
1872 – 1960
William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
1885 – 1957
William Wand
1885 – 1977
Adolph Murie
1899 – 1974
Ahmad Fardid
1909 – 1994
Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
1878 – 1942
Akiko Futaba
1915 – 2011
Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
1829 – 1905
Alfred D. Barksdale
1892 – 1972
Alfredo Demarchi
1857 – 1937
Alison Jean Laurie
Andrei Mironov
1941 – 1987
Andrej Bajuk
1943 – 2011
Andrew Marvell
1621 – 1678
Andrius Bulota
1872 – 1941
Anna Mani
1918 – 2001
Aretha Franklin
1942 – 2018
Arthur Goodwin
1590 – 1643
Arturo Pérez Palavecino
1936 – 2009
Avraham Yaakov Pam
1913 – 2001
B. V. Naik
1929 – 2008
Babken Arakelyan
1912 – 2004
Bahaedin Adab
1945 – 2007
Barbara Lauwers
1914 – 2009
Benjamin Harvey Hill
1823 – 1882
Benjamin Markley Boyer
1823 – 1887
Benny Andersen
1929 – 2018
Bernard F. Fisher
1927 – 2014
Bill Murdoch
1945 – 2022
Bob Simpson
1936 – 2025
C. Achutha Menon
1913 – 1991
Carl Mydans
1907 – 2004
Carl Pollock
1903 – 1978
Caroline Freeman
1856 – 1914
Charles Carmin Noble
1916 – 2003
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
1746 – 1825
Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
1770 – 1800
Charles Grandison Finney
1792 – 1875
Charles Richmond Mitchell
1872 – 1942
Charles Warren
1868 – 1954
Charles des Jamonières
1902 – 1970
Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec
1719 – 1781
Chetan Chauhan
1947 – 2020
Chevalier Jackson
1865 – 1958
Christian Ludwig Nitzsch
1782 – 1837
Christian Martin Frähn
1782 – 1851
Christian Sørenssen
1765 – 1845
Christine Swane
1876 – 1960
Clyde Austin
1957 – 2025
Creed Black
1925 – 2011
Daniel Clark
1766 – 1813
David Brearley
1745 – 1790
David Glass
1936 – 2014
David Layzer
1925 – 2019
David Lewis Macpherson
1818 – 1896
David Rees
1918 – 2013
Dimitrios Ioannidis
1923 – 2010
Edward Loughlin O'Malley
1842 – 1932
Elvis Presley
1935 – 1977
F. Ryan Duffy
1888 – 1979
Felton Hervey
1712 – 1773
Fernand St Germain
1928 – 2014
Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate
1777 – 1841
Floyd Spence
1928 – 2001
Francis Ayscough
1700 – 1763
Francisco Camprodón
1816 – 1870
Frank Wesley Fenno Jr.
1902 – 1973
Franklin Upshur
1875 – 1965
Françoise de Veyrinas
1943 – 2008
Friedrich Joseph Haass
1780 – 1853
Gavriil Gorelov
1880 – 1966
Georg Gürich
1859 – 1938
George E. Lounsbury
1838 – 1904
George Hunt
1916 – 2011
Georges Oltramare
1896 – 1960
Gotthelf Bergsträsser
1886 – 1933
Guillermo Edwards Matte
1889 – 1945
Gustavo Barreiro
1959 – 2019
Hayden Panettiere
1989 – 2026
Heinrich Simon
1805 – 1860
Henry Black
1798 – 1873
Henry Daglish
1866 – 1920
Herschel V. Johnson
1812 – 1880
Ho Hon
1885 – 1951
Horace Parnell Tuttle
1837 – 1923
Hormoz Farhat
1929 – 2021
Howie Shannon
1923 – 1995
Idi Amin
1925 – 2003
Ignatius von Senestréy
1818 – 1906
Irène de Lipkowski
1898 – 1995
Jacob D. Beam
1908 – 1993
Jacob M. Lomakin
1904 – 1958
James B. Longley
1924 – 1980
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