What happened on August 16 ?

1355 - Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster

1378 - Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)

1557 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)

1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)

1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)

1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)

1682 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir to the throne of France (d. 1712)

1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)

1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)

1860 - Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887)

1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)

1868 - Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (d. 1955)

1884 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967)

1884 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)

1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)

1888 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)

1892 - Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)

1894 - George Meany, American labor union leader (d. 1980)

1895 - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)

1895 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)

1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)

1904 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1911 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)

1912 - Ted Drake English footballer (d. 1995)

1913 - Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992)

1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)

1923 - Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian cartoonist and playwright

1924 - Fess Parker, American actor

1925 - Willie Jones, baseball player (d. 1983)

1928 - Ann Blyth, American actress

1929 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)

1930 - Robert Culp, American actor

1930 - Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer

1931 - Eydie Gorme, American singer

1933 - Julie Newmar, American actress

1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, British author

1937 - David Anderson, Canadian politician

1939 - Trevor Mcdonald OBE, Television Newsreader

1940 - Bruce Beresford, Australian film director

1946 - Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician

1946 - Lesley Ann Warren, American actress

1950 - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad and Tobago athlete

1952 - Reginald VelJohnson, American actor

1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, French-born singer and actress

1954 - James Cameron, Canadian film director

1958 - Angela Bassett, American actress

1958 - Madonna, American singer and actress

1960 - Timothy Hutton, American actor

1963 - Steve Carell, American actor and comedian

1964 - Jimmy Arias, American tennis player

1967 - Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish-born television personality

1968 - Mateja Svet, Slovenian alpine skier

1972 - Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer

1973 - Damian Jackson, baseball player

1974 - Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer

1976 - Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer

1978 - Eddie Gill, American basketball player

1979 - Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach

1980 - Vanessa Carlton, American singer, songwriter, and pianist

1980 - Robert Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)

1981 - Taylor Rain, American actress

1987 - Kyal Marsh, Australian actor