Florencia Lozano

American actress.

Born December 16th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Princeton.

Nikolai Vatutin

Soviet general.

Born December 16th, 1901 in Vatunino.

Died April 15th, 1944 at 42 years old in Kyiv (sepsis).

Paddy McCourt

Northern irish footballer from derry (born 1983).

Born December 16th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Derry.

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist (1944–2017).

Born December 16th, 1944 in Port Chester. ^[ref]

Died August 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Cortland (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Mariza

Portuguese fado singer(born 16 december 1973).

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

Philip Zinckernagel

Danish association football player.

Born December 16th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Copenhagen.

Nikos Sampson

Cypriot politician (1935-2001).

Born December 16th, 1935 in Famagusta. ^[ref]

Died May 9th, 2001 at 65 years old in Nicosia (cancer). ^[ref]

Anna Sedokova

Ukrainian singer.

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

John Kirwan

New zealand rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer.

Born December 16th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Auckland.

Richard Verschoor

Dutch racing driver.

Born December 16th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Benschop.

Željko Bebek

Bosnian-herzegovinian singer.

Born December 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Sarajevo.

Barney McKenna

Irish musician (1939-2012).

Born December 16th, 1939 in Donnycarney.

Died April 5th, 2012 at 72 years old in Howth.

Menahem Pressler

German-born american classical pianist.

Born December 16th, 1923 in Magdeburg.

Died May 6th, 2023 at 99 years old in London. ^[ref]

Joey Dorsey

American basketball player.

Born December 16th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Baltimore. ^[ref]

Bert Hellinger

German theologist and psychologist.

Born December 16th, 1925 in Leimen.

Died September 19th, 2019 at 93 years old in Bischofswiesen. ^[ref]

Heike Drechsler

East german long jumper (born 1964).

Born December 16th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Gera.

Alphonse Juin

Marshal of france (1888–1967).

Born December 16th, 1888 in Annaba.

Died January 27th, 1967 at 78 years old in Paris.

Zeljko Kalac

Australian association football player.

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

Abiola Ajimobi

Nigerian politician, former governor of oyo state (1949–2020).

Born December 16th, 1949 in Ibadan.

Died June 25th, 2020 at 70 years old in Lagos (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). ^[ref]

Imran Nazir

Pakistani cricketer.

Born December 16th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Gujranwala.

Adam Riess

American astrophysicist.

Born December 16th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Washington, D.C.. ^[ref]

Julia Klöckner

German politician.

Born December 16th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Bad Kreuznach. ^[ref]

Rodion Shchedrin

Soviet and russian composer and pianist.

Born December 16th, 1932 in Moscow.

Died August 29th, 2025 at 92 years old in Munich. ^[ref]

Francis Thompson

British poet (1859-1907).

Born December 16th, 1859 in Preston. ^[ref]

Died November 13th, 1907 at 47 years old in London (tuberculosis). ^[ref]

Henry Heth

Confederate states army general (1825–1899).

Born December 16th, 1825 in Black Heath.

Died September 27th, 1899 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..