The 259th day of the year, the 260th in a leap year
Born on 16 September
Every 16 September birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- SapphireThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning gloryUsually taken today to mean patience and affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 16 September in any year.
Which weekday 16 September falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 September falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 September is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,898 babies were born on 16 September in each year of the twenty, making it the 19th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 16 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Kuan Yew | 1923–2015 | 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore |
| Lauren Bacall | 1924–2014 | American actress |
| B. B. King | 1925–2015 | American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter |
| Karl Dönitz | 1891–1980 | German admiral, head of state of Germany in 1945 |
| Henry V of England | 1386–1422 | King of England from 1413 to 1422 |
| Frans Eemil Sillanpää | 1888–1964 | Finnish writer |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi | 1893–1986 | Hungarian biochemist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine |
| David Copperfield | 1956– | American illusionist |
| Mikhail Kutuzov | 1745–1813 | Field Marshal of the Russian Empire |
| Nick Jonas | 1992– | American singer, actor and musician |
| Mickey Rourke | 1952– | American actor |
| Bonar Law | 1858–1923 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 |
| Amy Poehler | 1971– | American actress |
| Albrecht Kossel | 1853–1927 | German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics |
| Fan Bingbing | 1981– | Chinese actress |
| Peter Falk | 1927–2011 | American actor |
| Alexis Bledel | 1981– | American actress |
| Kirsty Coventry | 1983– | Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator |
Died on 16 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jean Piaget | 1896–1980 | Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic |
| Robert Redford | 1936–2025 | American actor and director |
| Ronald Ross | 1857–1932 | British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist |
| Maria Callas | 1923–1977 | American-Greek operatic soprano |
| Louis XVIII | 1755–1824 | King of France and Navarre from 1814 to 1815 and from 1815 to 1824 |
| James II of England | 1633–1701 | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 |
| Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1686–1736 | German-Polish physicist and engineer |
| Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | 1920–2016 | President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 |
| Pope Martin I | 598–655 | Pope from 649 to 654 |
| Charles V of France | 1338–1380 | King of France from 1364 to 1380 |
| Pope Victor III | died 1087 | head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087 |
| Edward Albee | 1928–2016 | American playwright |
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