| 92911 | August 16 | Birth | 1949 – Barbara Goodson, American voice actress and singer |
| 92912 | August 16 | Birth | 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes) |
| 92913 | August 16 | Birth | 1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner |
| 92914 | August 16 | Birth | 1950 – Stockwell Day, Canadian businessman and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of International Trade |
| 92915 | August 16 | Birth | 1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer |
| 92916 | August 16 | Birth | 1950 – Neda Ukraden, Serbian singer |
| 92917 | August 16 | Birth | 1951 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010) |
| 92918 | August 16 | Birth | 1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 92919 | August 16 | Birth | 1952 – Gianna Rolandi, American soprano and actress |
| 92920 | August 16 | Birth | 1952 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor and screenwriter |
| 92921 | August 16 | Birth | 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress |
| 92922 | August 16 | Birth | 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 92923 | August 16 | Birth | 1954 – George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster |
| 92924 | August 16 | Birth | 1955 – James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs |
| 92925 | August 16 | Birth | 1956 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014) |
| 92926 | August 16 | Birth | 1956 – Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist |
| 92927 | August 16 | Birth | 1957 – Tim Farriss, Australian guitarist (INXS) |
| 92928 | August 16 | Birth | 1957 – Laura Innes, American actress and director |
| 92929 | August 16 | Birth | 1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015) |
| 92930 | August 16 | Birth | 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director |
| 92931 | August 16 | Birth | 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress, singer, and producer |
| 92932 | August 16 | Birth | 1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach |
| 92933 | August 16 | Birth | 1958 – Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach |
| 92934 | August 16 | Birth | 1958 – Diane Dodds, Northern Irish educator and politician |
| 92935 | August 16 | Birth | 1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager |
| 92936 | August 16 | Birth | 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director |
| 92937 | August 16 | Birth | 1960 – Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor and director |
| 92938 | August 16 | Birth | 1961 – Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers) |
| 92939 | August 16 | Birth | 1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player |
| 92940 | August 16 | Birth | 1961 – Angela C. Smith, English academic and politician |