The 16t o September is the 259t day o the year (260t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 106 day left.
- 1387 - King Henry V o Ingland (d. 1422)
- 1812 - Robert Fortune, Scots botanist (d. 1880)
- 1853 - Albrecht Kossel, German pheesiologist (d. 1927)
- 1858 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (d. 1923)
- 1859 - Yuan Shikai, Cheenese general an politeecian (d. 1916)
- 1883 - George Duncan, Scots gowfer (d. 1964)
- 1891 - Karl Dönitz, German admiral (d. 1980)
- 1893 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American pheesiologist (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime meenister o Singapore (d. 2015)
- 1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1925 - Charles Haughey, Erse politeecian an Taoiseach (d. 2006)
- 1925 - B.B. King, American blues muisicker (d. 2015)
- 1926 - Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist (d. 2015)
- 1927 - Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1930 - Jerry Parr, American secret service agent (d. 2015)
- 1943 - Oskar Lafontaine, German politeecian
- 1951 - Andy Irvine, Scots rugby union player
- 1952 - Mickey Rourke, American actor
- 1957 - Norman Lamb, Inglis politeecian
- 1964 - Molly Shannon, American actress
- 1971 - Amy Poehler, American actress an comedienne
- 1972 - Matt Taylor, Scots rugby union coach
- 1974 - Mario Haas, Austrick fitbawer
- 1978 - Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress
- 1981 - Alexis Bledel, American actress
- 1983 - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean soummer
- 1984 - Katie Melua, Georgian-Breetish sangster
- 1987 - Kyle Lafferty, Northren Irish fitbawer
- 96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 1380 - Charles V o Fraunce (b. 1338)
- 1701 - James VII, Keeng o Scots (b. 1633)
- 1824 - Louis XVIII o Fraunce (b. 1756)
- 1834 - William Blackwood, Scots publisher (b. 1776)
- 1869 - Thomas Graham, Scots chemist (b. 1805)
- 1932 - Ronald Ross, Breetish doctor (b. 1857)
- 1943 - John Muirhead Macfarlane, Scots botanist (b. 1865)
- 1945 - David Young Cameron, Scots penter (b. 1865)
- 1977 - Marc Bolan, Inglis muisicker (b. 1947)
- 1977 - Maria Callas, Greek-American opera sangster (b. 1923)
- 1980 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
- 2016 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10t Preses o Italy (b. 1920)