September 16 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is September 16, your zodiac sign is Virgo ♍, your birthstone is Sapphire and your birth flower is Aster or Morning glory. You share your birthday with Lee Kuan Yew and Lauren Bacall.
- Zodiac sign
- ♍ Virgo
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Sapphire
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning glory
- Day of year
- 259th
- Popularity
- 9th of 366
- Half birthday
- March 16
- Next September 16
- September 16
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September 16 zodiac: Virgo ♍
People born on September 16 fall under Virgo, the 6th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from August 23 to September 22. Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the maiden.
Virgo is an earth sign associated with service, skill and attention to detail. Virgos are often described as the helpers of the zodiac: organised, thoughtful and quietly making everything run smoothly.
Famous people born on September 16
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on September 16, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 19231st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
- Born 1924American actress (1924–2014)
- Born 1925American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
- Born 1888Finnish writer (1888–1964)
- Born 1893Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)
- Born 1956American illusionist
- Born 1747Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
- Born 1992American singer, actor and musician
- Born 1858Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923
- Born 1971American actress
- Born 1981Chinese actress
- Born 1853German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
- Born 1927American actor (1927–2011)
- Born 1981American actress
- Born 1983Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator
- Born 1859Chinese military and government official (1859–1916)
- Born 1994Serbian association football player
- Born 1885American-German psychoanalyst
- Born 1968American singer (born 1968)
- Born 1887French musician, conductor, and teacher (1887-1979)
- Born 1984English-Georgian singer and songwriter
- Born 1979American rapper and singer (born 1979)
- Born 1979Japanese association football player
- Born 1989Venezuelan association football player
- Born 1837King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861
- Born 1958American actress
- Born 1985Brazilian association football player
- Born 1782Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor (1782–1850)
- Born 1970Russian/Ukrainian association football player
- Born 1953Chilean association football player and manager
- Born 1952Albanian politician (1952–2025)
- Born 1974Austrian footballer
- Born 1934American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021)
- Born 1943German politician
- Born 1994Croatian footballer (born 1994)
- Born 1851Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)
- Born 1947Russian politician, Former Vice President of Russia (born 1947)
- Born 1963American singer and songwriter
- Born 1922English film director (1922-2016)
- Born 1960Kiribati politician
September 16 birthstone
Sapphire (blue). Sapphire is associated with wisdom, loyalty and nobility, and has been worn by royalty for centuries.
September 16 birthday facts
- September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years), leaving 106 days until the end of the year.
- September 16 is the 9th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 12,114 babies born on an average September 16(8% more than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, September 16 birthdays fall in summer. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in winter.
- Babies born on September 16 were most likely conceived around December 25 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is March 16, six months after September 16.
- September 16 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is September 16?
September 16 falls under Virgo ♍, which runs from August 23 to September 22.
What is the birthstone for September 16?
The birthstone for September 16 is Sapphire, the September birthstone. The September birth flowers are Aster and Morning glory.
Who are famous people born on September 16?
Famous people born on September 16 include Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Lauren Bacall (1924), B. B. King (1925), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), David Copperfield (1956).
How common is a September 16 birthday?
September 16 is the 9th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 12,114 babies born on an average September 16.
What day of the year is September 16?
September 16 is the 259th day of the year in common years and the 260th day in leap years.