December 16 - Births

Births

1485 – Catherine of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
1584 – John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)
1614 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1714 – George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)
1716 – Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
1717 – Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1742 – Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
1775 – Jane Austen, English writer (d. 1817)
1775 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (d. 1834)
1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1778 – John Ordronaux, privateer of the War of 1812 (d. 1841)
1787 – Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
1790 – King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1804 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
1834 – Léon Walras, French economist (d. 1910)
1861 – Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)
1863 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (d. 1952)
1865 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (d. 1918)
1866 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)
1867 – Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
1869 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1872 – Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
1882 – Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (d. 1963)
1882 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
1882 – Walther Meissner, German physicist (d. 1974)
1883 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, writer and politician from Transylvania (d. 1977)
1883 – Max Linder, French pioneer of silent film (d. 1925)
1888 – King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1888 – Alphonse Juin, marshal of France (d. 1967)
1889 – Kim Jwa-jin, played an important role in the Korean Anarchist Movement (d. 1930)
1899 – Sir Noël Coward, English playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
1900 – V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997)
1901 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)
1902 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (d. 1999)
1902 – Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence fighter (d. 1920)
1903 – Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996)
1907 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (d. 2011)
1913 – George Ignatieff, Russian-born Canadian diplomat (d. 1989)
1915 – Turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987)
1916 – Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress
1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar (d. 2011)
1917 – Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
1917 – Ruth Johnson Colvin, Founder of Literacy Volunteers of America
1918 – Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)
1920 – Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian politician and jurist (d. 2005)
1922 – Cy Leslie, American music and video executive (d. 2008)
1923 – Menahem Pressler, German-Israeli pianist.
1926 – James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988)
1927 – Randall Garrett, American writer (d. 1987)
1928 – Terry Carter, American actor
1928 – Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
1929 – Nicholas Courtney, English actor (d. 2011)
1931 – Karl Denver, Scottish recording artist (d. 1998)
1932 – Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet/Russian composer
1932 – Quentin Blake, English Illustrator
1934 – Rodolfo_Llinás, Colombian neuroscientist
1936 – Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
1937 – Joyce Bulifant, American actress
1938 – Frank Deford, American sportswriter
1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
1939 – Philip Langridge, English opera singer (d. 2010)
1941 – Robert Kerman, American actor
1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist
1942 – Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island
1942 – Eugene Robert Glazer, American actor
1943 – Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer
1943 – Tony Hicks, English guitarist (The Hollies)
1944 – Jeff Kanew, American film director, writer and editor
1944 – Don Meyer, American basketball coach
1944 – N!xau, Namibian actor and bush farmer (d. 2003)
1945 – Patti Deutsch, American actress and Match Game panelist
1945 – Bobby George, English professional darts player
1945 – Yukio Hattori, Japanese television commentator
1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
1946 – Charles Dennis, Canadian actor
1946 – Christopher Ellison, English actor
1946 – Terence Knox, American actor
1946 – Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist
1946 – Tom Stern, American cinematographer
1947 – Ben Cross, English actor
1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
1948 – Christopher Biggins, English actor
1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
1950 – Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (d. 2007)
1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006)
1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist
1951 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher (d. 2011)
1951 – Mark Heard, American record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter (d. 1992)
1952 – Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer
1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
1953 – Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actor
1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor
1955 – Carol Browner, American environmentalist and government official
1955 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1957 – Antonio Vega, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
1958 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress
1958 – Bart Oates, American football player
1959 – Alison LaPlaca, American actress
1959 – Steve Mattsson, American writer
1959 – Larry Poindexter, American actor and singer
1960 – Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer
1960 – Canuto Kallan, Danish visual artist
1961 – Andre Andersen, Russian/Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer
1961 – Shane Black, American actor, writer and director
1961 – Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994)
1961 – LaChanze, American singer
1961 – David Wild, American writer
1961 – Gretchen Palmer, American actress
1961 – Sam Robards, American actor
1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor
1962 – Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress
1962 – William Perry, American football player
1962 – Melanie Smith, American actress
1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor
1963 – Jeff Carson, American singer
1963 – James Mangold, American film director and screenwriter
1964 – Heike Drechsler, East German sprinter
1964 – Gail Harris, English actress
1964 – Georgie Parker, Australian actress
1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player
1964 – Paul Vogt, American actor and comedian
1965 – Chris Jones, American baseball player
1965 – Melanie Sloan, American attorney
1965 – Nancy Valen, American actress
1966 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer
1967 – Donovan Bailey, Jamaican/Canadian sprinter,
1967 – Mark Palmer, American ambassador
1967 – Miranda Otto, Australian actress
1968 – Peter Dante, American actor
1968 – Lalah Hathaway, American singer
1968 – Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (d. 2008)
1969 – Florencia Lozano, American actress
1969 – Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate
1969 – Shane, American adult film actress
1970 – Valerie Chow, Hong Kong actress
1970 – Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
1971 – Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1971 – Seyhan Kurt, French/Turkish poet,writer
1971 – Paul van Dyk, German DJ
1972 – Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1972 – Željko Kalac, Australian footballer
1972 – Paul Leyden, Australian actor
1973 – Sarah Kozer, American model and actress
1973 – Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
1973 – Luisa Ranieri, Italian actress
1973 – Scott Storch, Canadian/American hip-hop producer
1974 – Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress
1974 – Earl C. Poitier, American actor
1975 – Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer
1975 – Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
1975 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1975 – Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor
1977 – Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Sylvain Distin, French footballer
1978 – Joe Absolom, English actor
1978 – John Morris, Canadian Curler
1978 – Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer
1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
1979 – Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer
1979 – Jessie Ward, American professional wrestler
1979 – Flo Rida, American rapper and singer
1981 – Krysten Ritter, American actress
1981 – Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer
1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
1982 – Garnon Davies, Welsh actor
1982 – Justin Mentell, American artist and actor (d. 2010)
1982 – Antrel Rolle, American football player
1982 – Stanislav Šesták, Slovakian footballer
1982 – Bharat Goyal, Indian Finance Professional
1983 – Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
1983 – Frankie Ballard, American singer
1983 – Danielle Lloyd, English model
1984 – Theo James, American actor
1985 – Amanda Setton, American actor
1985 – Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer (w-inds.)
1986 – Candice Crawford, American beauty queen and sports reporter
1986 – Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1987 – Beau Dowler, Australian rules footballer
1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress
1988 – Anna Popplewell, English actress
1988 – Mats Hummels, German footballer
1990 – Julito McCullum, American actor
1992 – Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
1993 – Lola Créton, French actress
1999 – Bryce Robinson, American actor