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Famous People Born on December 16(227 people)
Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress
Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer
Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
David Johnson, American football player
Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player
Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
James Nash, English race car driver
Kelenna Azubuike, Nigerian-American basketball player
Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Joey Dorsey, American basketball player
Antrel Rolle, American football player
Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (died 2022)
Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
Brodie Lee, American wrestler (died 2020)
Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
Charles Gipson, American baseball player
Zeljko Kalac, Australian soccer player and manager
Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
Paul van Dyk, German musician, producer and DJ
Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
Craig White, English cricketer and coach
Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (died 2013)
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (died 2020)
Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
J. B. Smoove, American comedian, writer, and actor
Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
William Perry, American football player and wrestler
Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (died 1994)
LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
Jeff Ruland, American basketball player
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (died 2004)
Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (died 2002)
Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
Claudia Cohen, American journalist (died 2007)
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (died 2006)
Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
Tom Stern, American cinematographer
Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (died 2017)
Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
Philip Langridge, English tenor (died 2010)
Frank Deford, American journalist and author (died 2017)
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (died 1968)
Bill Brittain, American author (died 2011)
Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (died 2013)
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (died 2013)
Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (died 2011)
Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer (died 2024)
Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (died 1982)
Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (died 2015)
Randall Garrett, American author and poet (died 1987)
James McCracken, American tenor and actor (died 1988)
A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2014)
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (died 1993)
Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (died 2023)
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (died 2014)
Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (died 2011)
Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (died 2013)
Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (died 2008)
Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (died 2024)
O. Winston Link, American photographer (died 2001)
George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1989)
Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (died 2011)
Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (died 1996)
Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (died 1986)
Hardie Albright, American actor (died 1975)
Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (died 1985)
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1999)
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (died 1978)
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About Famous Birthdays on December 16
December 16 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.
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