December 16: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is December 16th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on December 16th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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December 16th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Theo Bitter, Dutch painter (Het Interieur and Portrait of a Lady), was born on December 16, 1916.

American filmmaker and television producer Steven Bochco (Capitol Critters, Cop Rock, A Fade to Black, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, N.Y.P.D. Blue and St. Elsewhere) was born on December 16, 1943.

French operatic composer Francois-Adrien Boieldieu (La Dame Blanche and Les Deux Nuits) was born on December 16, 1775.

Ralph Adams Cram, American Gothic architect (New York's Cathedral of St. Joan), was born on December 16, 1863.

Elioth Gruner, New Zealand-Australian painter (Bellinger Pastoral, Flower Piece and Sydney Harbor), was born on December 16, 1882.

Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly (Hary Janos,Missa Brevis and Psalmus Hungaricus) was born on December 16, 1882.

Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor (Femme, Intimite and Le Secret), was born on December 16, 2865.

American television and film director George Louis Schaefer (Children in the Crossfire, Deadly Game, Doctors' Wives, The Man Upstairs, The Tempest and Victoria Regina) was born on December 16, 1920.

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian ballet and operatic composer (Anna Karenina, Boyarinya Morozova, Carmen, Charming Stranger, Dead Souls, Lady with a Lapdog, Lenin Oratory, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Lolita and Seagull), was born on December 16, 1932.

Russian lyrical composer Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov (Pathetic Oratorio, Snowstorm, Songs of Kursk, Spring Cantata, Time Forward, To the Memory of Sergei Yesenin, Twinkling Lights, Vremya Theme and Wooden Russia) was born on December 16, 1915.

Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Eroica, Fidelio, Grosse Fuge, Kreutzer Sonata, Leonore Overture, Missa Solemnis, Moonlight Sonata, Ninth Symphony, Ode to Joy and Pathetique), was born on December 16, 1770.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-Canadian runner and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on December 16, 1967.

Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Brookshier, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles), coach and television sportscaster (CBS Sports), was born on December 16, 1931.

Canadian professional hockey player Wayne Connelly (Boston Bruins, Detroit Redwings, Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks) was born on December 16, 1939.

Heike Gabriela Drechsler, German sprinter, long jump world record holder (1985-198) and Olympic gold medalist (1992 and 2000), was born on December 16, 1964.

British cricketer Sir John Berry (Jack) Hobbs was born on December 16, 1882. Jack Hobbs was known as "The Master" to British cricket fans.

Vincent Matthews, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on December 16, 1947.

William (The Refrigerator) Perry, American professional football player (Chicago Bears), was born on December 16, 1962.

William Oliver (Billy) Ripken, American professional baseball player (Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers) and radio personality (XM Satellite Radio), was born on December 16, 1964. Billy Ripken received notoriety after a 1989 baseball card was published, in which he was pictured holding a baseball with an expletive word scrawled upon it. Billy Ripken is brother to baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., and son to player and manager Cal Ripken.

American professional basketball player Clifford Ralph Robinson (Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers) was born on December 16, 1966.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Jane Austin, British Gothic novelist (Emma, Juvenilia,Lady Susan,Mansfield Park,Northanger Abbey,Persuasion,Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility), was born on December 16, 1775.

British science fiction novelist Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography, Childhood's End, Islands in the Sky, The Nine Billion Names of God, Rendezvous with Rama and The Songs of Distant Earth) was born on December 16, 1917.

Sir Noel Pierce Coward, British playwright (Bitter Sweet, Blithe Spirit,Brief Encounter, Design for Living,Easy Virtue,Fallen Angels,In Which We Serve,Private Lives and Song at Twilight), film director (Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve), author (Future Indefinite, Middle East Diary, Pomp and Circumstance and Present Indicative), actor (Hearts of the World, The Italian Job and Paris When It Sizzles), songwriter ("I'll See You Again" and "Mad Dogs and Englishman") and Academy Award winner (1942), was born on December 16, 1899.

Philip Kindred Dick, American science fiction writer (Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Martian Time-Slip, Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Ubik, Valis and We Can Remember It for You Wholesale), was born on December 16, 1928.

Zambian science fiction writer Peter Malcolm Dickinson (Heartsease) was born on December 16, 1927.

G. Randall P. D. Garrett, American science fiction novelist (Takeoff), was born on December 16, 1927.

James Murray Kempton, journalist (Esquire, The National Review, The New Republic, Newsday, The New York Post, The New York Review of Books, World Journal Tribune and World-Telegram and Sun), author (America Comes of Middle Age, The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York v. Lumumba Shakur, Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties and Rebellions Perversities and Main Events), radio personality (CBS Spectrum) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1985), was born on December 16, 1917.

Antillian author Silvio A. (Tip) Marugg (Weekend Pilgrimage), was born on December 16, 1923.

Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright (Le Canari et le Cerise), was born on December 16, 1897.

Albert F. Pollard, British historian (Dictionary of Natural Biography), was born on December 16, 1869.

British novelist Victor S. Pritchett (Myth Makers) was born on December 16, 1900.

Spanish- American philosopher and author George Santayana (Character and Opinion of the United States, The Interpretations of Religion and Poetry, The Last Puritan, The Life of Reason, Realms of Being, Scepticism and Animal Faith, The Sense of Beauty and Three Philosophical Poets) was born on December 16, 1863.

Lesley Rene Stahl, American journalist and television newscaster (60 Minutes, CBS News and Face the Nation), was born on December 16, 1941.

George Whitefield, British revivalist preacher (Journals, Sermons and Works), was born on December 16, 1714.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American music industry executive Shelby S. Singleton (Plantation Records, Shelby Singleton Music and SSS International) was born on December 16, 1931.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Performers

John Abercrombie, American progressive jazz guitarist (Gateway), was born on December 16, 1944.

American actress Hardie Albright (The Scarlet Letter and Silver Streak) was born on December 16, 1903.

Swedish rock pianist and singer Benny Andersson (ABBA and Hep Stars) was born on December 16, 1946.

Bill Bateman, American rock drummer (The Blasters), was born on December 16, 1953.

Dutch actor Filip Bolluyt (Daybreak) was born on December 16, 1953.

American actor Benjamin Bratt (After the Storm, Bright Angel, Catwoman, The Cleaner, Demolition Man, E-Ring, Law & Order, Love in the Time of Cholera, Miss Congeniality, Nasty Boys, The Next Best Thing, Pinero, Red Planet, Thumbsucker, Traffic and The Woodsman) was born on December 16, 1963. Benjamin Bratt married actress Talisa Soto.

Joyce Bulifant, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), was born on December 16, 1937.

American country music guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter Jeff Carson ("Butterfly Kisses," "The Car," "Cheatin' on Her Heart," "Do It Again," "God Save the World," "Here's the Deal," "Holdin' on to Something," "Not on Your Love," "Real Life - I Never Was the Same Again," "Santa Got Lost in Texas," "Scars and All," "That Last Mile," "Until We Fall Back in Love Again," "When You Said You Loved Me" and "Yeah Buddy") was born on December 16, 1963.

British actor Bernard (Ben) Cross (Chariots of Fire, The Criminal Mind, Dark Shadows, The Far Pavilions, First Knight and The Unholy) was born on December 16, 1947.

Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress (Devil in the Flesh), was born on December 16, 1962.

Scottish actor William Duncan (Thunder Trail) was born on December 16, 1879.

Joseph Carl (Joe Farrell) Firrantello, American rock oboist, flutist and saxophonist (Fuse One, Hall & Oates and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band), was born on December 16, 1937.

American jazz-rock guitarist and singer Billy Gibbons (Moving Sidewalks and ZZ Top) was born on December 16, 1949.

Jim Glaser, American country music singer (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers), was born on December 16, 1937.

Michael Greer, American actor (The Bobby Gentry Show), was born on December 16, 1938.

British actress Gail Harris (Virtual Desire) was born on December 16, 1964.

Anthony Hicks, pop-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Hollies), was born on December 16, 1943.

William Melvin (Bill Hicks), American comedian (One Night Stand and Young Comedians Special), was born on December 16, 1961.

American actress Hallee Leah Hirsh (Emma Brody, ER, Flight 29 Down, Gene Pool, Happy Endings, JAG, Judging Amy, Taking Back Our Town and You've Got Mail) was born on December 16, 1987.

American actress Alison La Placa (Duet, Fletch, The Jackie Thomas Show, The John Larroquette Show, Open House and Tom) was born on December 16, 1959.

Steven Irvine, Scottis rock drummer (Lloyd Cole and The Commotions), was born on December 16, 1959.

Max Linder, French actor (Max Prend un Bain), was born on December 16, 1883.

American R&B singer Michael McCary (Boyz II Men) was born on December 16, 1971.

James McCracken, American operatic tenor (La Boheme), was born on December 16, 1926.

Italian actor Vittoria Mezzogiorno (L'Homme Blesse and Tre Fratelli) was born on December 16, 1941.

Melvin Edward Alton (Turk) Murphy, trombonist ("Mack the Knife"), was born on December 16, 1915.

Cornelis (Manke Nelis) Pieters, Dutch folk vocalist ("The Small Yodel Boy'), was born on December 16, 1919.

British actress Anna Katherine Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Little Vampire, Mansfield Park, Me Without You and Thunderpants) was born on December 16, 1988.

Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), was born on December 16, 1892.

American actor Sam Prideaux Robards (American Beauty, Artificial Intelligence: AI, Bright Lights Big City, Casualties of War, Fandango, Gossip Girl, Life as a House, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Other Side of the Tracks, Pret-a-Porter, Spin City and Tempest) was born on December 16, 1961. The son of actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, Sam Robards was married to actress Suzy Amis; he later married model Sidsel Jensen.

Paul Scherrer, American actor (Children of the Corn II and Free Spirit), was born on December 16, 1968.

American country music guitarist and singer Chris Scruggs (BR549 or BR5-49) was born on December 16, 1982. Chris Scruggs is the son of country singer Gail Davies and grandson of country music singer Tex Dickerson and country music banjo player Earl Scruggs.

Melanie Smith, American actress (As the World Turns), was born on December 16, 1962.

American actor Jon Tenney (Brooklyn South, The Closer, The Division, Equal Justice, Fools Rush In, Get Real, Hollywood Boulevard, Kristin, Legion, The Stepfather, With Friends Like These and You Can Count on Me) was born on December 16, 1962.

Liv Johanne Ullmann, Norwegian actress (40 Carats, La Amiga, A Bridge Too Far, Cries and Whispers, Dangerous Moves, The Danish Poet, The Emigrants, Face to Face, Hour of the Wolf, The Ox, Persona, Richard's Things, The Rose Garden, Scenes from a Marriage and Shame) and film director (Faithless, Kristin Lavransdatter, Private Confessions and Sofie), was born on December 16, 1938.

Adriaan van Dis, Dutch television personality (Promised Country), was born on December 16, 1946.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Bruce Ames, American molecular biologist, chemist, geriatrist and oncology researcher, was born on December 16, 1928.

Edward Emerson Barnard, American astronomer, was born on December 16, 1857. Edward Barnard has been credited with the discovery of Jupiter's Fifth Satellite.

Hans Ernst Angass Buchner, German bacteriologist and hygienist, was born on December 16, 1850. Hans Buchner's brother was chemist Eduard Buchner.

American anthropologist Margaret Mead (Blackberry Winter, The Changing Culture of an Indian Tribe, Coming of Age in Samoa, Continuities in Cultural Evolution, Culture and Commitment, Growing Up in New Guinea, Male and Female, New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation in Manus, People and Places and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies) was born on December 16, 1901. Margaret Mead wrote nearly 50 books and published more than 1,000 articles in her lifetime.

German radio and technical physicist and mechanical engineer Fritz Walther Meissner (The Meissner Effect) was born on December 16, 1882.

December 16th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

British Queen Catherine of Aragon (first wife to King Henry VIII), was born on December 16, 1485.

Dutch Premier Theodoor H. de Meester was born on December 16, 1851.

Lidj Jasu, Ethiopian Emperor, was born on December 16, 1895.

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