August 16

Theatrical releases

1973 - Santa Rosa Land Company, Incorporated changes its name to Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated.
1996 - Audio production for Recess begins.

1999 - The Out of the Box episode "Eye Spy" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
2002 - The Even Stevens episode "The King Sloppy" and the Kim Possible episode "Royal Pain" premiere on Disney Channel.
2008 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the series finale episode "Darby, Solo Sleuth/Doggone Buster".
2009 - The Sonny with a Chance episode "Sonny in the Kitchen with Dinner" and the J.O.N.A.S. episode "Frantic Romantic" premiere on Disney Channel.
2013 - Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel aired on Disney Channel, along with the Mickey Mouse short, "Bad Ear Day". A preview of Wander Over Yonder came afterward.
2020 - The Spider-Man episode "Spider-Man Unmasked" premieres on Disney XD.

2005 - Walt Disney's Timeless Tales: Volume 1, Walt Disney's Timeless Tales: Volume 2, Pom Poko, My Neighbors the Yamadas, That's So Raven: Disguise the Limit, and Phil of the Future: Gadgets and Gizmos.
2016 - Once Upon a Time: The Complete Fifth Season (ABC Studios)

1910 - Gloria Blondell (actress and voice actress)
1924 - Fess Parker (actor)
1930 - Robert Culp (actor, voice actor, and screenwriter)
1939 - Carole Shelley (actress, voice actress, and singer)
1943 - Sharon Baird (actress, voice actress, singer, dancer, puppeteer, and Mouseketeer)
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress, singer, and dancer)
1949 - Barbara Goodson (actress and voice actress)
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford (television host, singer, songwriter, and actress)
1954 - James Cameron (film director, film producer, deep-sea explorer, screenwriter, visual artist, and editor)
1958
- Angela Bassett (actress and voice actress)
- Madonna (singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and entrepreneur)
1961 - Urara Takano (Japanese voice actress)
1962 - Steve Carell (actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director)
1963 - Christine Cavanaugh (actress and voice actress)
1969
- Andy Milder (actor and voice actor)
- Kate Higgins (voice actress, singer, and musician)
1975 - Taika Waititi (director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and comedian)
1982 - Todd Haberkorn (actor, voice actor, and ADR voice director)
1986 - Shawn Pyfrom (actor, voice actor, and singer)
1990 - Kōki Uchiyama (Japanese voice actor)
1991 - Yūki Tokiwa (Japanese voice actor)
1993 - Cameron Monaghan (actor and model)
1997 - Piper Curda (actress, voice actress, and singer)