Famous Birthdays for December 16


Today's:



Catherine of Aragon 1485 - Queen of England and first wife of King Henry VIII


Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770 - Composer


Jane Austen 1775 - English novelist (Sense and Sensibility (1811), Price and Prejudice (1813))


George Santayana 1863 - Philospher, essayist, poet, novelist


Noel Coward 1899 - English actor, playwright and composer


Margaret Mead 1901 - Cultural anthropologist


Turk Murphy 1915 - Trombonist, bandleader


Arthur C. Clarke 1917 - Author


Bruce Ames 1928 - Biochemist, inventor of the Ames test








Philip K. Dick 1928 - Author


Wayne Connelly 1929 - Hockey player


Shelby Singleton 1931 - Music producer


Morris Dees 1936 - Civil rights attorney


Joyce Bulifant 1937 - Actress


Jim Glaser 1937 - (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers)


Liv Ullmann 1939 Actress


Leslie Stahl 1941 - CBS news correspondent ("60 Minutes")


Steven Bochco 1943 - TV producer (NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues)


Anthony (Tony) Hicks 1945 - Musician (The Hollies)


Benny Andersson 1946 - Singer, keyboards, synthesizers (ABBA)


Ben Cross 1948 - Actor


Billy Gibbons 1949 - Musician (ZZ Top)


Robben Ford 1951 - Musician (L.A. Express, Yellowjackets)


Bill Bateman 1951 - Musician (The Blasters)


Alison LaPlaca 1959 - Actress








Jon Tenney 1961 - Actor (The Closer)


Sam Robards 1961 - Actor (American Beauty)


William "Refrigerator" Perry 1962 - Football player


Jeff Carson 1963 - Country singer, songwriter


Benjamin Bratt 1963 - Actor


Michael McCary 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)


Chris Scruggs 1982 - Country musician


Hallee Hirsh 1987 - Actress (JAG)


Anna Popplewell 1988 - Actress (The Chronicles of Narnia)













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