March 16 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is March 16, your zodiac sign is Pisces ♓, your birthstone is Aquamarine or Bloodstone and your birth flower is Daffodil or Jonquil. You share your birthday with James Madison and Richard Stallman.
- Zodiac sign
- ♓ Pisces
- Element
- Water
- Ruling planet
- Neptune and Jupiter
- Birthstone
- Aquamarine, Bloodstone
- Birth flower
- Daffodil, Jonquil
- Day of year
- 75th
- Popularity
- 315th of 366
- Half birthday
- September 16
- Next March 16
- March 16
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March 16 zodiac: Pisces ♓
People born on March 16 fall under Pisces, the 12th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from February 19 to March 20. Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune and Jupiter, and its symbol is the fish.
Pisces is the final sign of the zodiac and a water sign linked with imagination, empathy and creativity. The two fish swimming in opposite directions are often read as a symbol of a dreamy, sensitive nature.
Famous people born on March 16
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on March 16, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1751President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
- Born 1953American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
- Born 1839French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)
- Born 1959Minister of Finance, former prime minister of Norway and NATO secretary general
- Born 1789German physicist and mathematician
- Born 196524th prime minister of Canada since 2025
- Born 1926American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)
- Born 1941Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)
- Born 1986American actress (born 1986)
- Born 1953French actress (born 1953)
- Born 1981Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026
- Born 1750German-British astronomer (1750-1848)
- Born 1918American physicist (1918–1998)
- Born 1989English association football player (born 1989)
- Born 1892Peruvian writer
- Born 1989Prime Minister of France in 2024
- Born 1927Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967)
- Born 1912First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
- Born 1968British chemist (1968-)
- Born 1944American-Dutch computer scientist
- Born 1774English navigator and cartographer (1774-1814)
- Born 1967American actress, producer and novelist
- Born 1822French artist (1822-1899)
- Born 1989American basketball player (born 1989)
- Born 1884Soviet writer (1884–1942)
- Born 1997English association football player (born 1997)
- Born 1991Japanese association football player
- Born 1956Swiss lawyer and politician
- Born 1916Japanese marine engineer (1916–2010)
- Born 1975British actress
- Born 1851Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931)
- Born 1799English botanist and photographer (1799-1871)
- Born 1964American film director (born 1964)
- Born 1800Emperor of Japan (1800-1846)
- Born 1991Swiss association football player (born 1991)
- Born 1984Burkinabé association football player
- Born 1687Prussian royal consort of Frederick William I
- Born 1949Canadian actor and singer
- Born 1971American actor
- Born 1771French painter of historical subjects (1771–1835)
March 16 birthstone
Aquamarine (sea blue). Aquamarine is linked with calm seas and courage, and sailors once wore it as a charm for safe voyages.
Bloodstone (green with red spots). Bloodstone is traditionally associated with strength, courage and good health.
March 16 birthday facts
- March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years), leaving 290 days until the end of the year.
- March 16 is the 315th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,805 babies born on an average March 16(3% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, March 16 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on March 16 were most likely conceived around June 24 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is September 16, six months after March 16.
- March 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 March 16?
March 16 falls under Pisces ♓, which runs from February 19 to March 20.
What is the birthstone for March 16?
The birthstone for March 16 is Aquamarine or Bloodstone, the March birthstones. The March birth flowers are Daffodil and Jonquil.
Who are famous people born on March 16?
Famous people born on March 16 include James Madison (1751), Richard Stallman (1953), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Jens Stoltenberg (1959), Georg Ohm (1789), Mark Carney (1965).
How common is a March 16 birthday?
March 16 is the 315th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,805 babies born on an average March 16.
What day of the year is March 16?
March 16 is the 75th day of the year in common years and the 76th day in leap years.