Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/16
- 1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer born
- 1860 - Jules Laforgue, French poet born
- 1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer born
- 1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist born
- 1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet born
- 1949 - Margaret Mitchell, American novelist died