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