December 16

December 16 – Famous Birthdays

December 16 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
1900 – V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
1901 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
1902 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
1903 – Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
1903 – Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
1907 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
1908 – Remedios 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, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
1920 – Frederick 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)
1923 – Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
1923 – Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
1924 – Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
1926 – James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
1926 – A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
1926 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1927 – Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
1927 – Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
1928 – Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
1928 – Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
1929 – Nicholas 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)
1932 – Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
1932 – Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
1932 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (d. 1968)
1936 – Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
1937 – Joyce Bulifant, American actress
1937 – Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
1938 – Frank Deford, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
1939 – Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
1939 – Gordon Miller, English high jumper
1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
1941 – Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
1942 – Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
1943 – Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (d. 2018)
1944 – Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
1944 – Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1945 – Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
1945 – Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
1946 – Benny 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
1947 – Ben Cross, English actor
1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
1947 – Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
1949 – Billy 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)
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)
1951 – Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
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
1956 – Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
1957 – Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1958 – Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
1959 – H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
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 – Jon Tenney, American actor and director
1962 – Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
1962 – William Perry, American football player and wrestler
1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
1963 – Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
1963 – James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
1964 – John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1964 – Georgie Parker, Australian actress
1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
1964 – Todd Glass, American comedian
1965 – Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager
1965 – Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
1966 – Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
1966 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
1967 – Donovan 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 – 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
1969 – Kent Hehr, Canadian Politician
1970 – Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
1971 – Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
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 – Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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
1976 – Jen 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 – Luke Harper, American wrestler
1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
1979 – Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
1979 – Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
1980 – Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
1981 – Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
1982 – Antrel Rolle, American football player
1982 – Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
1982 – Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
1983 – Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
1983 – Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984 – Theo James, English actor
1985 – Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
1985 – James Nash, English race car driver
1986 – Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1986 – Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
1986 – Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor
1987 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1987 – Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress
1988 – Mats Hummels, German footballer
1988 – Anna Popplewell, English actress
1989 – Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist
1992 – Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
1992 – Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
1992 – Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer (9nine)
1992 – Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
1992 – Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
1994 – Elliot Lee, English footballer
1994 – Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
1994 – José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
1997 – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
1998 – Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player