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December 16 in recent years

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
  • 1902Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
  • 1903Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
  • 1903 – Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
  • 1905Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
  • 1905 – Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)
  • 1907Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
  • 1908Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
  • 1910 – Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
  • 1913 – George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
  • 1914 – O. Winston Link, American photographer (d. 2001)
  • 1916 – Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
  • 1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
  • 1917 – Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
  • 1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (d. 2008)
  • 1920Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
  • 1921 – Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1922 – Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
  • 1923Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (d. 2023)
  • 1923 – Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
  • 1924Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
  • 1926 – James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
  • 1926 – A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1927Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
  • 1928Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1928 – Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
  • 1929Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
  • 1930 – Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
  • 1930 – Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1932Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic (d. 2022)
  • 1932 – Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
  • 1932 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (d. 1968)
  • 1936Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 1937Joyce Bulifant, American actress
  • 1937 – Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
  • 1938Frank Deford, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1939Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
  • 1939 – Gordon Miller, English high jumper
  • 1941Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
  • 1941 – Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
  • 1942Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
  • 1943Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (d. 2018)
  • 1943 – Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
  • 1944 – Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
  • 1944 – Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1945Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
  • 1946Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1946 – Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1946 – Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
  • 1946 – Tom Stern, American cinematographer
  • 1947Ben Cross, English actor (d. 2020)
  • 1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
  • 1947 – Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
  • 1947 – Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
  • 1949Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1949 – Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
  • 1950 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
  • 1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
  • 1951Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
  • 1951 – Sally Emerson, English author and poet
  • 1951 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
  • 1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1951 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
  • 1952 – Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
  • 1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
  • 1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
  • 1955 – Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  • 1955 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
  • 1955 – Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1956Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
  • 1957Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 1958 – Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
  • 1958 – Jeff Ruland, American basketball player
  • 1959 – H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
  • 1959 – Alison La Placa, American actress
  • 1959 – Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
  • 1959 – Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
  • 1960 – Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1961 – André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1961 – Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1961 – Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
  • 1961 – LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1961 – Sam Robards, American actor
  • 1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor and director
  • 1962 – Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
  • 1962 – William Perry, American football player and wrestler
  • 1963Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
  • 1963 – Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
  • 1963 – James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1964Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
  • 1964 – Todd Glass, American comedian
  • 1964 – John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
  • 1964 – Georgie Parker, Australian actress
  • 1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1965 – Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
  • 1965 – J. B. Smoove, American comedian, writer, and actor
  • 1966 – Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
  • 1966 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
  • 1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
  • 1967Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
  • 1967 – Miranda Otto, Australian actress
  • 1968 – Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
  • 1968 – Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1968 – Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
  • 1969 – Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Kent Hehr, Canadian politician
  • 1969 – Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1969 – Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
  • 1969 – Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
  • 1969 – Craig White, English cricketer and coach
  • 1970 – Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
  • 1970 – Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
  • 1971 – Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
  • 1971 – Paul van Dyk, German musician, producer and DJ
  • 1971 – Michael McCary, American R&B singer
  • 1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player
  • 1972 – Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
  • 1973 – Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
  • 1973 – Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
  • 1975 – Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
  • 1975 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1975 – Paul Maynard, English politician
  • 1976Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
  • 1977 – Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Sylvain Distin, French footballer
  • 1978 – John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
  • 1978 – Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
  • 1979 – Brodie Lee, American wrestler (d. 2020)
  • 1979 – Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
  • 1979 – Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
  • 1979 – Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
  • 1980Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1981Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
  • 1981 – Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (d. 2022)
  • 1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
  • 1982Antrel Rolle, American football player
  • 1982 – Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
  • 1982 – Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
  • 1983Kelenna Azubuike, Nigerian-American basketball player
  • 1983 – Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1983 – Joey Dorsey, American basketball player
  • 1984Theo James, English actor
  • 1985 – Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
  • 1985 – James Nash, English race car driver
  • 1985 – Amanda Setton, American actress
  • 1986Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1986 – Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1986 – Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
  • 1987Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
  • 1987 – Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
  • 1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress
  • 1988Mats Hummels, German footballer
  • 1988 – Anna Popplewell, English actress
  • 1988 – Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player
  • 1989Mikkel Bødker, Danish ice hockey player
  • 1990 – Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player
  • 1991Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer
  • 1991 – David Johnson, American football player
  • 1992 – Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
  • 1992 – Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 1992 – Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
  • 1992 – Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
  • 1993Jyoti Amge, Indian actress
  • 1993 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
  • 1994Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
  • 1994 – Elliot Lee, English footballer
  • 1994 – Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
  • 1994 – José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
  • 1998 – Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

Deaths

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1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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