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December 16th

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500 Notable birthdays

Happy Jankell

Swedish actress.

Born December 16th, 1993 (age 32 years).

Adone Zoli

Italian politician (1887-1960).

Born December 16th, 1887 in Cesena.

Died February 20th, 1960 at 72 years old in Rome.

Marco Frisina

Italian priest and composer.

Born December 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Rome.

Ernst Florian Winter

Austrian historian and politologist (1923-2014).

Born December 16th, 1923 in Vienna.

Died April 16th, 2014 at 90 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Adriaan van Dis

Dutch author (born 1946).

Born December 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Bergen aan Zee. [ref]

Nadrian C. Seeman

American crystallographer.

Born December 16th, 1945 in Chicago.

Died November 16th, 2021 at 75 years old [ref]

Gabriele Allegra

Franciscan friar and scholar, beatified.

Born December 16th, 1907 in San Giovanni la Punta. [ref]

Died January 26th, 1976 at 68 years old in Hong Kong.

Pärt Uusberg

Estonian composer (born 1986).

Born December 16th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Rapla.

Svetlana Druzhinina

Soviet and russian actress, film director and screenwriter.

Born December 16th, 1935 (age 90 years) in Moscow.

Andrée Blouin

Central african political activist, human rights advocate (1921-1986).

Born December 16th, 1921 in Fort de Possel. [ref]

Died April 9th, 1986 at 64 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Wilhelm Murr

German politician (1888-1945).

Born December 16th, 1888 in Esslingen am Neckar.

Died May 14th, 1945 at 56 years old in Egg (cyanide poisoning).

Antonio de La Gandara

French painter, pastellist and draughtsman (1861-1917).

Born December 16th, 1861 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Died June 30th, 1917 at 55 years old in Paris.

Ivan Merz

Bosnian-croatian academic, catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed of the catholic church (1896–1928).

Born December 16th, 1896 in Banja Luka.

Died May 10th, 1928 at 31 years old in Zagreb (infectious disease).

Kent R. Weeks

American egyptologist.

Born December 16th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Everett.

Oscar Branch Colquitt

American politician (1861-1940).

Born December 16th, 1861 in Camilla.

Died March 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Dallas.

Clyde Cook

Vaudevillian and actor (1891-1984).

Born December 16th, 1891 in Port Macquarie.

Died August 13th, 1984 at 92 years old in Carpinteria.

Teiichi Suzuki

Japanese general (1888–1989).

Born December 16th, 1888 in Shibayama.

Died July 15th, 1989 at 100 years old in Shibayama (senility).

Arian Salimi

Iranian taekwondo practitioner.

Born December 16th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Kermanshah.

Kazuki Nagasawa

Japanese association football player.

Born December 16th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Tōgane-shi.

Máximo Banguera

Ecuadorian footballer.

Born December 16th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Guayaquil.

Mei Finegold

Israeli singer.

Born December 16th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Rishon LeZion.

Harold Walter Bailey

British scholar of asian languages (1899–1996).

Born December 16th, 1899 in Devizes.

Died January 11th, 1996 at 96 years old in United Kingdom.

Károly Kós

Hungarian architect (1883-1977).

Born December 16th, 1883 in Timișoara.

Died August 24th, 1977 at 93 years old in Cluj-Napoca.

Bertha Wegmann

Danish painter (1847-1926).

Born December 16th, 1847 in Soglio.

Died February 22nd, 1926 at 78 years old in Copenhagen.

Ieremia Tabai

Kiribati politician.

Born December 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Nonouti.

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