Birthdays
Born on December 16
Famous people who share December 16 as their birthday, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Their sign: Sagittarius.
Famous people born on December 16
- Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist · born 1917
- Philip K. DickAmerican science fiction author · born 1928
- Margaret MeadAmerican anthropologist · born 1901
- George SantayanaSpanish-American philosopher · born 1863
- Mats HummelsGerman footballer · born 1988
- Adam RiessAmerican astrophysicist · born 1969
- Benny AnderssonSwedish musician and composer · born 1946
- Edward Emerson BarnardAmerican astronomer and astronomical photographer · born 1857
- Noël CowardEnglish playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer · born 1899
- Mitsuo KamataJapanese association football player · born 1937
- Léon WalrasFrench mathematical economist (*1834 – †1910) · born 1834
- Anna PopplewellEnglish actress · born 1988
- James MangoldAmerican film director, screenwriter · born 1963
- Misao TamaiJapanese association football player · born 1903
- Krysten RitterAmerican actress · born 1981
- Miranda OttoAustralian actress · born 1967
- Theo JamesBritish actor and musician · born 1984
- Benjamin BrattAmerican actor · born 1963
- Paul van DykGerman DJ and trance music producer · born 1971
- Kazuki NagasawaJapanese association football player · born 1991
- Jyoti AmgeIndian actress notable for being the world's smallest living woman · born 1993
- Piet Hein20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet · born 1905
- Mame Biram DioufSenegalese association football player · born 1987
- Sergio ReguilónSpanish association football player · born 1996
- Park Seo-joonSouth Korean actor · born 1988
- Rodion ShchedrinSoviet and Russian composer and pianist · born 1932
- Wilfred NdidiNigerian association football player · born 1996
- Aziz BehichAustralian soccer player · born 1990
- Lieke MartensDutch female association football player · born 1992
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What happened on December 16
- 1951 · Dragnet came to televisionJack Webb's police drama, already a radio hit, aired its first episode on NBC.
- 1977 · London Underground reaches HeathrowIt was the world's first subway link from a capital city to its main airport.
- 2022 · Avatar: The Way of Water openedJames Cameron took moviegoers back to Pandora, this time under the sea.
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