Famous People Born on December 16
Famous people born on December 16 include Jane Austen (1775), Arthur C. Clarke (1917) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866).
BORN ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)
Margaret Mead
American cultural anthropologist (1901–1978)
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
Catherine of Aragon
Queen of England from 1509 to 1533
George Santayana
Spanish American philosopher (1863–1952)
Leopold I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865
Mats Hummels
German footballer (born 1988)
Liv Ullmann
Norwegian actress (born 1938)
Adam Riess
American astrophysicist (born 1969)
Zara Larsson
Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1997)
Benny Andersson
Swedish musician and composer (born 1946)
Anton Denikin
Russian military and political leader (1872–1947)
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
W. Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Alphonse Daudet
French novelist (1840–1897)
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer (1835–1921)
Wu Zetian
Empress of China from 690 to 705
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese general and conquistador (1453–1515)
François Quesnay
French physician, Physiocratic economist, and orientalist (1694–1774)
Yegor Gaidar
Soviet-Russian economist and politician (1956–2009)
Lee Van Cleef
American actor (1925–1989)
Wilhelm Grimm
German author (1786–1859)
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Emir of Kuwait from 2020 to 2023
Sources
- December 16 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Jane Austen — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths