People born on December 16 203
Notable people born on December 16 include Manuel III of Trebizond (1364), Catherine of Aragon (1485), Hans Bol (1534).
See the full December 16 overview.
👤
Manuel III of Trebizond
b. 1364 – d. 1417
Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
👤
Catherine of Aragon
b. 1485 – d. 1536
Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536)
👤
Hans Bol
b. 1534 – d. 1593
Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)
👤
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
b. 1582 – d. 1642
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
👤
John Selden
b. 1584 – d. 1654
John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
👤
Livia della Rovere
b. 1585 – d. 1641
Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)
👤
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
b. 1614 – d. 1674
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
👤
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1630-1715)
b. 1630 – d. 1715
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)
👤
George Whitefield
b. 1714 – d. 1770
George Whitefield, English preacher and saint (d. 1770)
👤
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini
b. 1716 – d. 1798
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
👤
Elizabeth Carter
b. 1717 – d. 1806
Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)
👤
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
b. 1742 – d. 1819
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
👤
Ludwig van Beethoven
b. 1770 – d. 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
👤
Jane Austen
b. 1775 – d. 1817
Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
👤
François-Adrien Boieldieu
b. 1775 – d. 1834
François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
👤
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
b. 1776 – d. 1810
Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
👤
John Ordronaux (privateer)
b. 1778 – d. 1841
John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)
👤
Mary Russell Mitford
b. 1787 – d. 1855
Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)
👤
Leopold I of Belgium
b. 1790 – d. 1865
Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
👤
Viktor Bunyakovsky
b. 1804 – d. 1889
Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
👤
Léon Walras
b. 1834 – d. 1910
Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
👤
Ernst von Bergmann
b. 1836 – d. 1907
Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
👤
Antonio de La Gándara
b. 1861 – d. 1917
Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
👤
George Santayana
b. 1863 – d. 1952
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
👤
Olavo Bilac
b. 1865 – d. 1918
Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
👤
Wassily Kandinsky
b. 1866 – d. 1944
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
👤
Amy Carmichael
b. 1867 – d. 1951
Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)
👤
Hristo Tatarchev
b. 1869 – d. 1952
Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
👤
Bertha Lamme Feicht
b. 1869 – d. 1943
Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
👤
Anton Denikin
b. 1872 – d. 1947
Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
👤
Jack Hobbs
b. 1882 – d. 1963
Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
👤
Zoltán Kodály
b. 1882 – d. 1967
Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
👤
Walther Meissner
b. 1882 – d. 1974
Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
👤
Károly Kós
b. 1883 – d. 1977
Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
👤
Max Linder
b. 1883 – d. 1925
Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
👤
Seibo Kitamura
b. 1884 – d. 1987
Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
👤
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
b. 1888 – d. 1934
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
👤
Alphonse Juin
b. 1888 – d. 1967
Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
👤
Kim Chwa-chin
b. 1889 – d. 1930
Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
👤
Marie Hall Ets
b. 1895 – d. 1984
Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
👤
Anna Anderson
b. 1896 – d. 1984
Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
👤
Noël Coward
b. 1899 – d. 1973
Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
👤
Lucille Lortel
b. 1900 – d. 1999
Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
👤
V. S. Pritchett
b. 1900 – d. 1997
V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
👤
Margaret Mead
b. 1901 – d. 1978
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
👤
Rafael Alberti
b. 1902 – d. 1999
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
👤
Hardie Albright
b. 1903 – d. 1975
Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
👤
Harold Whitlock
b. 1903 – d. 1985
Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
👤
Piet Hein (scientist)
b. 1905 – d. 1996
Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
👤
Barbara Kent
b. 1907 – d. 2011
Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
👤
Remedios Varo
b. 1908 – d. 1963
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
👤
Freddie Brown (cricketer)
b. 1910 – d. 1991
Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
👤
George Ignatieff
b. 1913 – d. 1989
George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
👤
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
b. 1917 – d. 2011
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
👤
Pete T. Cenarrusa
b. 1917 – d. 2013
Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
👤
Arthur C. Clarke
b. 1917 – d. 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
👤
Ruth Johnson Colvin
b. 1917
Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
👤
Frederick Rotimi Williams
b. 1920 – d. 2005
Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
👤
Eulalio González
b. 1921 – d. 2003
Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
👤
Cy Leslie
b. 1922 – d. 2008
Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
👤
Menahem Pressler
b. 1923
Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
👤
Ernst Florian Winter
b. 1923 – d. 2014
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
👤
Nicolas Sidjakov
b. 1924 – d. 1993
Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
👤
James McCracken
b. 1926 – d. 1988
James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
👤
A. N. R. Robinson
b. 1926 – d. 2014
A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
👤
Jeffrey Stone
b. 1926 – d. 2012
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
👤
Peter Dickinson
b. 1927 – d. 2015
Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
👤
Randall Garrett
b. 1927 – d. 1987
Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
👤
Terry Carter
b. 1928
Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
👤
Philip K. Dick
b. 1928 – d. 1982
Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
👤
Nicholas Courtney
b. 1929 – d. 2011
Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
👤
Bill Brittain
b. 1930 – d. 2011
Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
👤
Sam Most
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
👤
Bill Young
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
👤
Quentin Blake
b. 1932
Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
👤
Grace Alele-Williams
b. 1932
Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
👤
Morris Dees
b. 1936
Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
👤
Joyce Bulifant
b. 1937
Joyce Bulifant, American actress
👤
Edward Ruscha
b. 1937
Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
👤
Frank Deford
b. 1938
Frank Deford, American journalist and author
👤
Liv Ullmann
b. 1938
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
👤
Philip Langridge
b. 1939 – d. 2010
Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
👤
Gordon Miller (athlete)
b. 1939
Gordon Miller, English high jumper
👤
Lesley Stahl
b. 1941
Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
👤
Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)
b. 1941
Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
👤
Donald Carcieri
b. 1942
Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
👤
Steven Bochco
b. 1943
Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer
👤
Jeff Kanew
b. 1944
Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
👤
Don Meyer
b. 1944 – d. 2014
Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
👤
Patti Deutsch
b. 1945 – d. 2017
Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
👤
Tony Hicks
b. 1945
Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
👤
Benny Andersson
b. 1946
Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
👤
Charles Dennis
b. 1946
Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
👤
Trevor Pinnock
b. 1946
Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
👤
Tom Stern (cinematographer)
b. 1946
Tom Stern, American cinematographer
👤
Ben Cross
b. 1947
Ben Cross, English actor
👤
Vincent Matthews (athlete)
b. 1947
Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
👤
Martyn Poliakoff
b. 1947
Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
👤
Billy Gibbons
b. 1949
Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
👤
Heather Hallett
b. 1949
Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
👤
Claudia Cohen
b. 1950 – d. 2007
Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
👤
Roy Schuiten
b. 1950 – d. 2006
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
👤
Sally Emerson
b. 1951
Sally Emerson, English author and poet
👤
Mike Flanagan (baseball)
b. 1951 – d. 2011
Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
👤
Robben Ford
b. 1951
Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
👤
Mark Heard
b. 1951 – d. 1992
Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
👤
Aykut Barka
b. 1951 – d. 2002
Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
👤
Joel Garner
b. 1952
Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
👤
Francesco Graziani
b. 1952
Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
👤
Rebecca Forstadt
b. 1953
Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
👤
Xander Berkeley
b. 1955
Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
👤
Carol Browner
b. 1955
Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
👤
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
b. 1955
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
👤
Chiharu Matsuyama
b. 1955
Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
👤
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
b. 1956 – d. 2004
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
👤
H. D. Kumaraswamy
b. 1957
H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
👤
Antonio Vega (singer)
b. 1957 – d. 2009
Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
👤
Bart Oates
b. 1958
Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
👤
Alexander Lebedev
b. 1959
Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
👤
Steve Mattsson
b. 1959
Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
👤
Pat Van Den Hauwe
b. 1960
Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
👤
André Andersen
b. 1961
André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
👤
Shane Black
b. 1961
Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
👤
Bill Hicks
b. 1961 – d. 1994
Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
👤
LaChanze
b. 1961
LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
👤
Jon Tenney
b. 1961
Jon Tenney, American actor and director
👤
Maruschka Detmers
b. 1962
Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
👤
William Perry (American football)
b. 1962
William Perry, American football player and wrestler
👤
Benjamin Bratt
b. 1963
Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
👤
Cathy Johnston-Forbes
b. 1963
Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
👤
James Mangold
b. 1963
James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
👤
Heike Drechsler
b. 1964
Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
👤
John Kirwan (rugby)
b. 1964
John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
👤
Georgie Parker
b. 1964
Georgie Parker, Australian actress
👤
Billy Ripken
b. 1964
Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
👤
Chris Jones (1990s outfielder)
b. 1965
Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager
👤
Melanie Sloan
b. 1965
Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
👤
Paul McGinley
b. 1966
Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
👤
Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1966)
b. 1966
Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
👤
Dennis Wise
b. 1966
Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
👤
Donovan Bailey
b. 1967
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
👤
Indrek Kaseorg
b. 1967
Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
👤
Miranda Otto
b. 1967
Miranda Otto, Australian actress
👤
Wendy Doolan
b. 1968
Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
👤
Lalah Hathaway
b. 1968
Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
👤
Greg Kovacs
b. 1968 – d. 2013
Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
👤
Simon Grayson
b. 1969
Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
👤
Adam Riess
b. 1969
Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
👤
Michelle Smith
b. 1969
Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
👤
Dmitri Tymoczko
b. 1969
Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
👤
Craig White
b. 1969
Craig White, English cricketer and coach
👤
Valerie Chow
b. 1970
Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
👤
Seyhan Kurt
b. 1971
Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
👤
Michael McCary
b. 1971
Michael McCary, American R&B singer
👤
Charles Gipson
b. 1972
Charles Gipson, American baseball player
👤
Paul Leyden
b. 1972
Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
👤
Travis Morrison
b. 1972
Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
👤
Themba Mnguni
b. 1973
Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
👤
Jason Molina
b. 1973 – d. 2013
Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
👤
Scott Storch
b. 1973
Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
👤
Valentin Bădoi
b. 1975
Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
👤
Kaba Diawara
b. 1975
Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
👤
Benjamin Kowalewicz
b. 1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
👤
Paul Maynard
b. 1975
Paul Maynard, English politician
👤
Jen Golbeck
b. 1976
Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
👤
Éric Bélanger
b. 1977
Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
👤
Sylvain Distin
b. 1977
Sylvain Distin, French footballer
👤
John Morris (curler)
b. 1978
John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
👤
Gunter Van Handenhoven
b. 1978
Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
👤
Luke Harper
b. 1979
Luke Harper, American wrestler
👤
Trevor Immelman
b. 1979
Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
👤
Mihai Trăistariu
b. 1979
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
👤
Jessie Ward
b. 1979
Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
👤
Danish Kaneria
b. 1980
Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
👤
Krysten Ritter
b. 1981
Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
👤
Gareth Williams (Scottish footballer)
b. 1981
Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
👤
Antrel Rolle
b. 1982
Antrel Rolle, American football player
👤
Anna Sedokova
b. 1982
Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
👤
Stanislav Šesták
b. 1982
Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
👤
Kelenna Azubuike
b. 1983
Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
👤
Frankie Ballard
b. 1983
Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
👤
Theo James
b. 1984
Theo James, English actor
👤
Stanislav Manolev
b. 1985
Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
👤
James Nash (racing driver)
b. 1985
James Nash, English race car driver
👤
Alcides Escobar
b. 1986
Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
👤
Zoltán Kovács (footballer, born 1986)
b. 1986 – d. 2013
Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
👤
Pärt Uusberg
b. 1986
Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor
👤
Mame Biram Diouf
b. 1987
Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
👤
Beau Dowler
b. 1987
Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
👤
Hallee Hirsh
b. 1987
Hallee Hirsh, American actress
👤
Mats Hummels
b. 1988
Mats Hummels, German footballer
👤
Anna Popplewell
b. 1988
Anna Popplewell, English actress
👤
Mirei Kiritani
b. 1989
Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist
👤
Ulrikke Eikeri
b. 1992
Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
👤
Anamul Haque
b. 1992
Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
👤
Moe Miura
b. 1992
Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer (9nine)
👤
Pietro Perdichizzi
b. 1992
Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
👤
Tom Rogic
b. 1992
Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
👤
Elliot Lee
b. 1994
Elliot Lee, English footballer
👤
Nicola Murru
b. 1994
Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
👤
José Rodríguez Martínez
b. 1994
José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
👤
Zara Larsson
b. 1997
Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
👤
Mira Antonitsch
b. 1998
Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player