Notable Birthdays for December 16
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of England's King Henry VIII, in 1485
- composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1770
- novelist Jane Austen in 1775
- Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1866
- anthropologist Margaret Mead in 1901
- science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in 1917
- science fiction writer Philip K. Dick in 1928
- actor Liv Ullmann in 1938 (age 81)
- sports journalist Frank Deford in 1938
- journalist Lesley Stahl in 1941 (age 78)
- TV producer Steven Bochco in 1943
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Benny Andersson in 1946 (age 73)
- actor Ben Cross in 1947 (age 72)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Billy Gibbons in 1949 (age 70)
- actor Benjamin Bratt in 1963 (age 56)
- actor Miranda Otto in 1967 (age 52)
- actor Krysten Ritter in 1981 (age 38)
- actor Theo James in 1984 (age 35)
- actor Anna Popplewell in 1988 (age 31)
- actor Stephan James in 1993 (age 26).
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