Famous people born on 16 August

15 of the people we track were born on 16 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Madonna 1958American singer and songwriterliving, 68
2. James Cameron 1954Canadian filmmaker and explorerliving, 72
3. CBCharles Bukowski 1920German writerdied aged 73
4. Menachem Begin 1913Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israeldied aged 78
5. Gabriel Lippmann 1845Luxembourgish physicistdied aged 75
6. Wilhelm Wundt 1832German physiologist and philosopherdied aged 88
7. T. E. Lawrence 1888British archaeologist and officerdied aged 46
8. John Bosco 1815Italian priestdied aged 72
9. Jean de La Bruyère 1645French writer and philosopherdied aged 50
10. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua 1951Nigerian politician who served as President of Nigeriadied aged 58
11. Steve Carell 1962American actor and comedianliving, 64
12. Jannik Sinner 2001Italian tennis playerliving, 25
13. Angela Bassett 1958American actorliving, 68
14. SASaif Ali Khan 1970Indian film actorliving, 56
15. Wendell Meredith Stanley 1904American biochemist and virologistdied aged 66