Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (died 1917)

Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.

August 16 is the 228th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.