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August 16, 1988 Rumer Willis, child of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore August 16, 1980 Vanessa Carlton, American Musician August 16, 1975 Felicia Zimmermann, born in Rochester, New York, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics August 16, 1974 Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle, Montreal Alouettes August 16, 1974 Krizstina Egerszegi, Hungarian backstroke swimmer, 100/200m WR August 16, 1974 Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers August 16, 1974 Ryan Longwell, NFL kicker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 August 16, 1972 Eddie Goines, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks August 16, 1972 Michael Reed, NFL cornerback for the Carolina Panthers August 16, 1972 Michael Thornberry, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, team handball circle, Oly-1996 August 16, 1972 Zach Wiegert, tackle for the St. Louis Rams August 16, 1971 Nigel Williams, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes August 16, 1971 Troy Alexander, CFL defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders August 16, 1971 Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars August 16, 1970 Adrian Hardy, NFL cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals August 16, 1970 Dena Head, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz August 16, 1970 Eric Swann, NFL defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals August 16, 1970 Lester Smith, CFL safety for the Toronto Argonauts August 16, 1970 Quinton McCracken, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies August 16, 1970 Wilco Hellinga, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen August 16, 1969 Becky Delos Santos, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, April, 1994 August 16, 1969 Ben Coates, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots August 16, 1969 Carl Henkel, born in Torrance, California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics August 16, 1968 Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor/musician, I Shot Andy Warhol August 16, 1968 Eric Jonassen, offensive linesman for the Arizona Cardinals August 16, 1967 Bret Barberie, born in Long Beach, California, infielder for the Chicago Cubs August 16, 1967 Matt Vanderbeek, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins August 16, 1966 Ed Olczyk, Chicago, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets August 16, 1966 Rosey Edeh, born in London, England, Canadian 400m hurdler, Olympics-4-92, 96 August 16, 1966 Terry Shumpert, born in Paducah, Kentucky, infielder for the Chicago Cubs August 16, 1965 Brian McDonough, born in Long Beach, California, points cyclist, Olympics-19th-96 August 16, 1965 Eric van der Luer, soccer player, Roda JC August 16, 1965 Todd McNair, NFL running back/kick returner for the Houston Oilers August 16, 1965 Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur, Texas, pitcher for the Houston Astros August 16, 1964 Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, US Davis Cup team August 16, 1964 Nigel Redman, English rugby international player August 16, 1963 Scott Dunlap, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 South Africa Masters August 16, 1963 Steve Carell, American Actor August 16, 1960 Timothy Hutton, born in Malibu, California, actor, Turk 182, Ordinary People August 16, 1958 Angela Bassett, born in New York City, actress, What's Love Got to Do With It August 16, 1958 Jonathan Prince, born in Beverly Hills, Pennsylvania, actor, Danny-Alice, Pray TV August 16, 1958 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star August 16, 1958 Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City, Michigan, singer and actress, Like a Virgin August 16, 1958 Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS 57, 68, 81/84 August 16, 1957 Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist, INXS-Kiss the Dirt August 16, 1957 Laura Innes, American Actress August 16, 1956 Colleen Walker, born in Jacksonville, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mazda Champions August 16, 1956 Dominic Erban, French rugby international player August 16, 1955 William F. DeVault, American Poet August 16, 1954 James Cameron, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, writer/dir, True Lies, Titanic August 16, 1954 George Galloway, British Politician August 16, 1953 Catlin O'Heaney, born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, actress, Snow White-Charmings August 16, 1953 James Taylor, born in South Carolina, rocker, Kool and The Gang-Joanna August 16, 1953 Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris, Florida, hostess, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee August 16, 1953 Nick Leyva, baseball manager, Phillies 1988-91 August 16, 1952 Gianna Rolandi, New York City, soprano, Der Rosenkavalier August 16, 1952 Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer, Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests August 16, 1952 Reginald Veljohnson, actor, Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard August 16, 1950 Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner 1976 Olympics gold August 16, 1950 Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85 August 16, 1950 Stockwell Day, Canadian Politician August 16, 1949 Bill Spooner, rock guitarist and vocalist, Tubes August 16, 1948 Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist, Golden Earring August 16, 1947 Carol Moseley-Braun, Sen-D Illinois August 16, 1947 John Howard, U.S., speed record, 152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT August 16, 1947 Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician August 16, 1946 Lesley Ann Warren, New York City, actress, Cinderella, Mission Impossible August 16, 1945 Bob Balaban, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, 2010, Girlfriends August 16, 1945 Gary Loizzo, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, American Breed August 16, 1945 Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer, Easybeats August 16, 1945 Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker, Joy of a Toy August 16, 1945 Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor, Absence of Malice, Altered States August 16, 1945 Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, ballerina, Don Quioxote August 16, 1944 Dick Zimmer, Rep-R-New Jersey August 16, 1944 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer, Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test August 16, 1943 Pedro Chappe-Garcia, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze August 16, 1942 John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily August 16, 1940 Bruce Beresford, Austral director, Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies August 16, 1939 Carol Shelley, London, actress, Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple August 16, 1939 Valeri V Ryumin, cosmonaut, Soyuz 25, 32 August 16, 1939 Wim Meijer, Dutch MP, PvdA August 16, 1938 Andras Balczo, Hungary, pentathlete, Olympics gold 1972 August 16, 1938 Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russia, cosmonaut August 16, 1937 David Behrman, composer August 16, 1937 Lorraine Gary, New York City, actress, Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4 August 16, 1936 Anita Gillette, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck August 16, 1936 Gary Clarke, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne August 16, 1935 Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder August 16, 1935 Julie Newmar, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll August 16, 1934 Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week August 16, 1934 Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch foreign min/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94 August 16, 1934 John Standing, born in London, England, actor, Edward-Lime Street August 16, 1934 Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], U.S. singer and actress, Love Letters August 16, 1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Aust, no Test August 16, 1933 Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie August 16, 1933 Reiner Kunze, writer August 16, 1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 August 16, 1932 Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], born in Bronx, New York, singer, Bossa Nova August 16, 1932 Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh August 16, 1930 Frank Gifford, born in California, NFL halfback for the New York Giants/ABC sportscaster August 16, 1930 Marion A. Trabert, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1953 August 16, 1930 Robert Culp, Berkley California, actor, I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice August 16, 1930 Ted Hughes, England, poet laureate, 1984- August 16, 1930 Tony Trabert, tennis pro, 1955 Wimbeldon August 16, 1929 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist August 16, 1928 Ann Blyth, Mt Kisko, New York, actress, Kismet, Mildred Pierce August 16, 1928 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist, Have Mercy August 16, 1925 Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor, Davy Crockett, Old Yeller August 16, 1923 Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd August 16, 1923 Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister August 16, 1922 Louis E Lomax, author August 16, 1920 Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, U.S. writer, Hollywood: A Novel August 16, 1917 Roque Cordero, Panama, composer, Sonata Breve August 16, 1915 Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody August 16, 1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold August 16, 1913 Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1977-83, Nobel 1978 August 16, 1912 Marga AM Klompe, 1st Netherland woman elected minister August 16, 1912 Ted Drake, soccer star August 16, 1909 Paul Smith Callaway, composer August 16, 1907 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer August 16, 1907 Mae Clarke, [Klotz], Philadelphia, actress, Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge August 16, 1906 Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein, 1938-89 August 16, 1904 Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus, Nobel 1946 August 16, 1902 Georgette Heyer, England, novelist, Friday's Child August 16, 1902 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer August 16, 1899 Glenn Strange, Weed, New Mexico, actor, Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke August 16, 1897 Robert Ringling, circus master August 16, 1897 Vicente Ascone, composer August 16, 1895 Jacinto Guerrero, composer August 16, 1895 Lucien Littlefield, San Antonia, Texas, actor, Mr Beasley-Blondie August 16, 1894 George Meany, New York City, labor leader, headed AFL-CIO August 16, 1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant" August 16, 1887 Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony August 16, 1885 Charles Carson, born in London, England, actor, Cry the Beloved Country August 16, 1884 Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser, British Petroleum/Shell August 16, 1884 Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer, 1960 Hugo August 16, 1882 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator August 16, 1882 Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper August 16, 1879 Ethel Barrymore, classic film and stage actress, Pinky, Moonrise August 16, 1877 Karl L Hoschna, composer August 16, 1874 Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada, 1920, 21, 26 August 16, 1871 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer August 16, 1868 Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances August 16, 1868 Charles Sanford Skilton, composer August 16, 1867 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet, Lonely August 16, 1864 Ferdinand C S Schiller, British philosopher, Riddles of the Sphinx August 16, 1863 Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, Metz France, composer, Edith August 16, 1862 Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor, tackling dummy August 16, 1860 Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet, Les Complaintas August 16, 1860 Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts August 16, 1848 Francis Darwin, English Scientist August 16, 1846 Justus van Maurik, Dutch cigar manufacturer/writer/editor, Groene August 16, 1845 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist August 16, 1837 Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer August 16, 1836 John Farmer, composer August 16, 1832 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher August 16, 1831 Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1863 August 16, 1828 Joseph Bradford Carr, Bvt Major General Union volunteers August 16, 1817 Henry Winter Davis, MC, Union, died in 1865 August 16, 1816 Joseph Robinson, composer August 16, 1795 Heinrich August Marschner, composer August 16, 1776 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer August 16, 1769 Jean Aime Vernier, composer August 16, 1763 Frederick of York, English duke/bishop of Osnabruck August 16, 1666 Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz August 16, 1645 Jean de La Bruyere, French author August 16, 1622 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian August 16, 1603 Christianus Schotanus Sterringa, Frisian theologist/historian August 16, 1550 Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar August 16, 1397 Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany |