| 93061 | August 16 | Death | 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 93062 | August 16 | Death | 1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 93063 | August 16 | Death | 1975 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian runner and coach (b. 1927) |
| 93064 | August 16 | Death | 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1935) |
| 93065 | August 16 | Death | 1978 – Jean Acker, American actress (b. 1893) |
| 93066 | August 16 | Death | 1978 – Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888) |
| 93067 | August 16 | Death | 1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) |
| 93068 | August 16 | Death | 1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902) |
| 93069 | August 16 | Death | 1986 – Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902) |
| 93070 | August 16 | Death | 1986 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921) |
| 93071 | August 16 | Death | 1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929) |
| 93072 | August 16 | Death | 1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925) |
| 93073 | August 16 | Death | 1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 93074 | August 16 | Death | 1992 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951) |
| 93075 | August 16 | Death | 1993 – Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913) |
| 93076 | August 16 | Death | 1995 – J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933) |
| 93077 | August 16 | Death | 1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
| 93078 | August 16 | Death | 1997 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish actor and playwright (b. 1915) |
| 93079 | August 16 | Death | 1998 – Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916) |
| 93080 | August 16 | Death | 1998 – Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907) |
| 93081 | August 16 | Death | 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor and director (b. 1914) |
| 93082 | August 16 | Death | 2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant leader (b. 1937) |
| 93083 | August 16 | Death | 2002 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933) |
| 93084 | August 16 | Death | 2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928) |
| 93085 | August 16 | Death | 2004 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950) |
| 93086 | August 16 | Death | 2004 – Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957) |
| 93087 | August 16 | Death | 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907) |
| 93088 | August 16 | Death | 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969) |
| 93089 | August 16 | Death | 2005 – Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928) |
| 93090 | August 16 | Death | 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922) |