Birth Month Day of 08-16 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Steve Carell
Actor | The Office
Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father, of Italian and...
2. Taika Waititi
Actor | What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast, and is of Te-Whanau-a-Apanui (father) and Jewish (mother) descent. He has been involved in the film industry for several years, initially as an actor, and now focusing on writing and directing.
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3. Cameron Monaghan
Actor | Gotham
Cameron Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, but he moved to Boca Raton, Florida when he was an infant. He spends his time on both coasts now because he has family in New York, Connecticut, Florida and Los Angeles. He was raised by an only parent, Diane Monaghan.
Cameron's debut TV role as...
4. Angela Bassett
Actress | Strange Days
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters, stages, and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a preacher's son...
5. Cristin Milioti
Actress | The Wolf of Wall Street
Cristin Milioti was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She has Italian, Belgian, Czech, and Irish ancestry, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian". In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in New York. She attended Cherry Hill High School East, ...
6. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
7. Cam Gigandet
Actor | Twilight
Cam graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn, Washington in 2001. His family lives in Lake Tapps, WA. His father's name is Jay, mother's name is Kim and he has one older sister, Kelsie. His father is one of the founders of a popular restaurant chain called The Rock, Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits. ...
8. Julie Newmar
Actress | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Julia Chalene Newmeyer was born on August 16, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three children. Her father, Don, was a one-time professional football player (LA Buccaneers, 1926), her mother, Helen Jesmer, was a star of the Follies of 1920, who later became a fashion designer under the...
9. Lesley Ann Warren
Actress | Blunt Talk
Lesley Ann Warren started gearing towards a life in show business right off the bat as a child ballerina; little did she know that Hollywood stardom would arrive on her doorstep in the form of a "Cinderella" story. The New York-born actress (born in 1946) is the daughter of a night club singer, ...
10. Evanna Lynch
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Evanna Patricia Lynch is an Irish actress. Born in the town of Termonfeckin in Ireland, she is one of four children to Donal and Marguerite Lynch. Her acting career began in 2007 when she competed in an open audition against nearly 15,000 girls, and won the coveted role of Luna Lovegood in the "...
11. Rumer Willis
Actress | Wild Cherry
Rumer Glenn Willis was born August 16th, 1988, in Paducah, Kentucky, to actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She was named after the British novelist Rumer Godden. She made her debut at the age of 5 in the movie Now and Then (1995) but was credited as Willa Glen. Her mother hired cameramen to video ...
12. Madonna
Actress | Evita
The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops reinventing herself, Madonna is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner who has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story. Her performances have consistently drawn ...
13. Bob Balaban
Actor | Gosford Park
Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Elmer Balaban. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Capote (2005). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.
14. Timothy Hutton
Actor | Ordinary People
Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California, to Maryline (Poole), a teacher, and actor Jim Hutton (Dana James Hutton). He set Hollywood ablaze when he burst onto the acting scene in the early 1980s. After only a small number of significant roles in TV movies, he bagged the part of Conrad in the ...
15. Agnes Bruckner
Actress | Murder by Numbers
Agnes Bruckner was born on August 16, 1985 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Murder by Numbers (2002), Dreamland (2006) and Blood and Chocolate (2007).
16. Saif Ali Khan
Actor | Kal Ho Naa Ho
Saif is the son of Bollywood actress, Sharmila Tagore, and Indian cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan.
Both his grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, and father were professional cricketers. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, an actress within her own rights. He has two sisters, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan,...
17. Reginald VelJohnson
Actor | Die Hard
Reginald VelJohnson was born on August 16, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Family Matters (1989).
18. Lorraine Gary
Actress | Jaws: The Revenge
Lorraine Gary was born on August 16th, 1937 in New York. Lorraine was raised in Los Angeles. At age 16, she won a best actress award in a competition at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse. She was offered a scholarship to enroll at the Pasadena Playhouse, but declined said offer and attended ...
19. Robert Culp
Actor | I Spy
Tall, slim and exceedingly good-looking American leading man Robert Culp, a former cartoonist in his teen years, appeared off-Broadway in the 1950s before settling into polished, clean-cut film leads and "other man" supports a decade later. Hitting the popular TV boards in the hip, racially ...
20. Elpidia Carrillo
Actress | Predator
Elpidia Carrillo was born on August 16, 1961 in Paracuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. She is an actress and director, known for Predator (1987), Nine Lives (2005) and Salvador (1986).
21. Laura Innes
Actress | ER
Laura Innes was born August 16, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan. She was introduced to professional theater by her father, who often took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. With the support of her father, she attended Northwestern University and earned a degree in ...
22. Parker Young
Actor | Arrow
Parker Charles William Young was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Karl and Zarina Young. He is the oldest of three children, and as a youth he enjoyed playing sports, rock climbing, paintballing, and exploring the Sonoran desert. In high school, football became Parker's main focus. As a sophomore he ...
23. Aasha Davis
Actress | Friday Night Lights
Aasha Davis was born in Alexandria, Va and grew up in several different areas around the world. She went to boarding school in Barbados when she was 7 years-old until she left several years later to attend school in Montreal, Canada. Aasha became an expert at switching schools during her second ...
24. Shawn Pyfrom
Actor | Desperate Housewives
Shawn is originally from FL. but started coming out to LA when he was 7 years old, along with his brother, Chris and sister, Amber. He has a natural talent for acting and a real love for the entertainment business. He has two very supportive parents that have helped him fulfill his dream. His ...
25. Jeff Perry
Actor | Wild Things
Jeff Perry was born on August 16, 1955 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Wild Things (1998), Scandal (2012) and My So-Called Life (1994). He is married to Linda Lowy. They have one child. He was previously married to Laurie Metcalf.
26. Arden Cho
Actress | Teen Wolf
Arden Cho was born on August 16, 1985 in Amarillo, Texas, USA as Arden Lim Cho. She is an actress and producer, known for Teen Wolf (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and The Baytown Outlaws (2012).
27. Lois Nettleton
Actress | In the Heat of the Night
Lois Nettleton was a versatile and accomplished actress who appeared on stage, in films and on TV during her long career. The former Miss Chicago of 1948 beauty pageant contest winner was born in Oak Park, Illinois. She joined a community theatre at the age of eleven and first appeared on local ...
28. Todd Haberkorn
Actor | Fairy Tail
Todd Haberkorn was born on August 16, 1982 in Arlington, Texas, USA as Todd Michael Haberkorn. He is an actor and director, known for Fairy Tail (2009), Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) and Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015).
29. Kathie Lee Gifford
Actress | The First Wives Club
Kathie Lee Gifford is the co-host of the fourth hour of "TODAY," alongside Hoda Kotb. The Gifford-Kotb hour has been hailed as appointment television by Entertainment Weekly, and "TODAY's happy hour" by USA Today. In 2014, Gifford penned the critically acclaimed "TODAY, the Musical," featuring the ...
30. Carole Shelley
Actress | Robin Hood
Though English-born, Carole Shelley has spent almost her entire award-winning career in the theatre in America, becoming one of Broadway's mainstays and a true pioneer of the American theatre. A naturalized US citizen, Shelley stays busy on all fronts in the entertainment industry in films, ...
31. Christine Cavanaugh
Actress | Dexter's Laboratory
Christine Cavanaugh was born on August 16, 1963 in Layton, Utah, USA as Christine Josephine Sandberg. She was an actress, known for Dexter's Laboratory (1996), Babe (1995) and Jerry Maguire (1996). She was married to Kevin James Cavanaugh. She died on December 22, 2014 in Cedar City, Utah.
32. Kevin G. Schmidt
Actor | Cheaper by the Dozen
Kevin G. Schmidt is formerly best known as the chubby clarinet-playing son in the blockbuster Cheaper by the Dozen films or as "Noah Newman" on the #1 daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Kevin also co-starred with Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato in the Disney original movie, Princess Protection ...
33. George Stults
Actor | 7th Heaven
George Stults was born on August 16, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as George Sheehy Stults. He is an actor and producer, known for 7th Heaven (1996), Night Skies (2007) and Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2009).
34. Donnie Dunagan
Actor | Son of Frankenstein
Born in Depression-era Texas, Donnie Dunagan moved with his parents to Memphis as a young child. There, as a three-year-old, he was taught to tap dance by a neighbor and entered in a talent contest at the Orpheum Theatre. Donnie won the $100 prize and caught the attention of a movie talent scout in...
35. Paul Soter
Writer | Super Troopers
Abandoned as an infant, and then raised by wolves in the Mojave Desert, is certainly not an accurate description of Paul's upbringing. Rather, he was the son of an Air Force Major and a hospital administrator. Paul and his three sisters moved from Sacramento, California to Anchorage, Alaska to ...
36. Pierre Richard
Actor | Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti
Certainly one of France's supreme farceurs in the classic tradition, comedian Pierre Richard was born to an upper crust family with an embarrassing riches of middle names as he was christened Pierre Richard Maurice Charles Leopold Defays. Working and building up his trade at the Paris Music Hall in...
37. Marcella Lentz-Pope
Actress | Superbad
Marcella Lentz-Pope was born on August 16, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA as Marcella Caithleann Pope. She is known for her work on Superbad (2007), The Social Network (2010) and Big Hero 6 (2014).
38. Hongmei Mai
Actress | The Meg
Hongmei Mai was born on August 16, 1970 in Pingdingshan, Henan, China. She is an actress, known for The Meg (2018), Finding Mr. Right (2013) and Cannot Prove (2015). She was previously married to Nan Sun.
39. Glenn Strange
Actor | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
At various times in his life a rancher, deputy sheriff and rodeo performer, this huge, towering (6' 5") beast of a man was born George Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, on August 16, 1899, but grew up a real-life cowboy in Cross Cut, Texas. Of Irish and Cherokee Indian descent, he taught himself (...
40. Manisha Koirala
Actress | Dil Se..
Manisha Koirala (born 16 August 1970) is a Nepali actress who mainly appears in Bollywood, though she has worked in several South Indian and her native country's films. Noted for her acting prowess, Koirala is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards-and is one of India's ...
41. Carmen Llywelyn
Actress | Chasing Amy
Carmen Llywelyn was born on August 16, 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Carmen Llywellyn. She is an actress, known for Chasing Amy (1997), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and The Mod Squad (1999). She was previously married to Jason Lee.
42. Ann Blyth
Actress | The Helen Morgan Story
The dark, petulant beauty of this petite American film and musical star worked to her advantage, especially in her early dramatic career. Ann Marie Blyth was born of Irish stock to Harry and Nan Blyth on August 16, 1928, in Mt. Kisco, New York. Her parents split while she was young and she, her ...
43. Dominik García-Lorido
Actress | City Island
Dominik García-Lorido was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Maria Victoria "Marivi" Lorido and actor Andy García. She is the eldest of four children, with sisters Daniella, Alessandra, and brother Andrés. Her parents are both of Cuban descent, and her father was born in Havana. She grew up in...
44. Fess Parker
Actor | The Great Locomotive Chase
A former college athlete at the University of Texas, Fess studied drama in the early fifties and debuted in Springfield Rifle (1952). He made only a handful of movies until he was signed by Walt Disney to star in the "Davy Crockett" series. When Walt was looking for an actor to play the part of ...
45. Carrie Anne Fleming
Actress | Good Luck Chuck
She attended Mount Douglas Senior Secondary in Victoria B.C. and studied drama at the Kalidoscope Theatre and dance at Kidco theatre dance group. Kidco traveled all over dancing for schools and at sporting events. After graduating Carrie Ann began modelling to help support her family. Holding down ...
46. Vincent Curatola
Actor | The Sopranos
Vincent Curatola was born on August 16, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Sopranos (1999), Killing Them Softly (2012) and Person of Interest (2011).
47. Barbara Goodson
Actress | Akira
Barbara Goodson is a "lifer" in show biz. Truly in love with all aspects of this wild & crazy craft. Was aware of her mimicry skills early on in life when she imitated family members & caught on to the positive attention it gave her & the pleasure & camaraderie it gave to others. She delights in ...
48. Kate Higgins
Actress | The Last: Naruto the Movie
Kate Higgins was born on August 16, 1969 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA as Catherine Davis Higgins. She is known for her work on The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014), Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn Crystal (2014) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). She is married to Jeff ...
49. Holly Michaels
Actress | Lisa Ann's School of Milf
Tall (5'11"), buxom, and shapely brunette Holly Michaels was born on August 16, 1990 in Phoenix, Arizona. She's of mixed French, German, Indian, Turkish, and Norwegian descent. Michaels started her career in the adult entertainment industry as an MFC (MyFreeCams) website model. Holly began ...
50. Marshall Manesh
Actor | Will & Grace
Marshall Manesh was born in Iran. He lost his father at an early age and was raised by his beloved mother, whom he feels he got his strength from to make it in show biz. He came to America in the mid "70s" and joined the Persian Theater Group and traveled extensively through out The United States, ...