John S. Carlile

American politician (1817-1878).

Born December 16th, 1817 in Winchester.

Died October 24th, 1878 at 60 years old in Clarksburg.

Károly Lotz

German-hungarian painter.

Born December 16th, 1833 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.

Died October 13th, 1904 at 70 years old in Budapest.

Charly Mottet

French cyclist.

Born December 16th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Valence.

Jahangir Razmi

Pulitzer prize-winning iranian photographer.

Born December 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Arak. ^[ref]

Alfred Hill

Australian composer and conductor (1869-1960).

Born December 16th, 1869 in Melbourne.

Died October 30th, 1960 at 90 years old in Sydney.

Nicole Haislett

American swimmer.

Born December 16th, 1972 (age 53 years) in St. Petersburg.

Kinsley S. Bingham

American politician (1808-1861).

Born December 16th, 1808 in Camillus.

Died October 5th, 1861 at 52 years old in Green Oak Township.

Bill Young

American politician (1930–2013).

Born December 16th, 1930 in Harmarville.

Died October 18th, 2013 at 82 years old in Bethesda (multiple myeloma).

Arshak Petrosian

Armenian chess player.

Born December 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Yerevan.

Satoshi Matsuda

Japanese actor, singer, voice actor and seiyū.

Born December 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Osaka.

Birgitta Valberg

Swedish actress (1916–2014).

Born December 16th, 1916 in Adolf Fredriks parish.

Died March 29th, 2014 at 97 years old in Lidingö.

Sonja Graf

German-born american chess player.

Born December 16th, 1908 in Munich.

Died March 6th, 1965 at 56 years old in New York City (liver disease).

William Gowland

British archaeologist (1842–1922).

Born December 16th, 1842 in Sunderland. ^[ref]

Died June 9th, 1922 at 79 years old in London.

Bernard Pyne Grenfell

English egyptologist and papyrologist (1869–1926).

Born December 16th, 1869 in Birmingham.

Died May 18th, 1926 at 56 years old in Oxford.

Sergei Pesyakov

Footballer.

Born December 16th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Ivanovo.

Kenneth Gilbert

Canadian musician (1931-2020).

Born December 16th, 1931 in Montreal. ^[ref]

Died April 16th, 2020 at 88 years old in Quebec City (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Alexander Ross Clarke

British geodesist (1828–1914).

Born December 16th, 1828 in Reading.

Died February 11th, 1914 at 85 years old in Reigate.

Ivana Spagna

Italian singer (born 1954).

Born December 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Valeggio sul Mincio. ^[ref]

Kurt Heegner

German mathematician (1893-1965).

Born December 16th, 1893 in Berlin.

Died February 2nd, 1965 at 71 years old in Berlin.

Roberto Ferruzzi

Italian painter (1853-1934).

Born December 16th, 1853 in Šibenik.

Died February 16th, 1934 at 80 years old in Torreglia.

Aday Benítez

Spanish footballer.

Born December 16th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Sentmenat.

Kristie Boogert

Dutch tennis player.

Born December 16th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Rotterdam.

Les Leston

English racing driver and businessman.

Born December 16th, 1920 in Bulwell.

Died May 13th, 2012 at 91 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea. ^[ref]

Alexey Vermeulen

American cyclist.

Born December 16th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Memphis. ^[ref]

Salatyn Asgarova

Azerbaijani journalist and national heroine (1961-1991).

Born December 16th, 1961 in Baku.

Died January 9th, 1991 at 29 years old in Lachin.