| 80761 | July 16 | Birth | 1941 – Mišo Kovač, Croatian singer and actor |
| 80762 | July 16 | Birth | 1941 – Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright |
| 80763 | July 16 | Birth | 1941 – Hans Wiegel, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| 80764 | July 16 | Birth | 1941 – Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport |
| 80765 | July 16 | Birth | 1942 – Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister |
| 80766 | July 16 | Birth | 1942 – Frank Field, English politician |
| 80767 | July 16 | Birth | 1943 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990) |
| 80768 | July 16 | Birth | 1943 – Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic |
| 80769 | July 16 | Birth | 1943 – Martin Huba, Slovak actor and director |
| 80770 | July 16 | Birth | 1943 – Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach |
| 80771 | July 16 | Birth | 1944 – Angharad Rees, English actress and jewellery designer (d. 2012) |
| 80772 | July 16 | Birth | 1945 – Çetin Tekindor, Turkish actor |
| 80773 | July 16 | Birth | 1946 – Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 80774 | July 16 | Birth | 1946 – Toshio Furukawa, Japanese voice actor |
| 80775 | July 16 | Birth | 1946 – Barbara Lee, American politician |
| 80776 | July 16 | Birth | 1946 – Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 80777 | July 16 | Birth | 1946 – Ron Yary, American football player |
| 80778 | July 16 | Birth | 1947 – Don Burke, Australian television host and producer |
| 80779 | July 16 | Birth | 1947 – Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor |
| 80780 | July 16 | Birth | 1947 – Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist |
| 80781 | July 16 | Birth | 1948 – Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 80782 | July 16 | Birth | 1948 – Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager |
| 80783 | July 16 | Birth | 1948 – Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer |
| 80784 | July 16 | Birth | 1948 – Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor |
| 80785 | July 16 | Birth | 1949 – Alan Fitzgerald, American guitarist and keyboardist (Montrose, Gamma and Alliance) |
| 80786 | July 16 | Birth | 1950 – Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 80787 | July 16 | Birth | 1950 – Dennis Priestley, English darts player |
| 80788 | July 16 | Birth | 1950 – Frances Spalding, English historian and academic |
| 80789 | July 16 | Birth | 1950 – Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (d. 2007) |
| 80790 | July 16 | Birth | 1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist |