August 16

Films

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.

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)

1924 - Fess Parker (actor)
1927 - Lois Nettleton (actress and voice actress)
1930
- Robert Culp (actor and screenwriter)
- Frank Gifford (football player and television sportscaster)
1939 - Carole Shelley (actress and voice actress)
1943 - Sharon Baird (actress, dancer, and Mouseketeer)
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress and singer)
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 (director, producer, screenwriter, and editor)
1958
- Angela Bassett (actress and voice actress)
- Madonna (singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and entrepreneur)
1962 - Steve Carell (actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, and director)
1963 - Christine Cavanaugh (voice actress)
1969
- Andy Milder (actor)
- Kate Higgins (actress and voice actress)
1982 - Todd Haberkorn (actor, voice actor, and ADR voice director)
1985 - Agnes Bruckner (actress)
1986 - Shawn Pyfrom (actor)
1988 - Marcella Lentz-Pope (actress)
1991 - Yūki Tokiwa (Japanese voice actor)
1993 - Cameron Monaghan (actor and model)
1997 - Piper Curda (actress)