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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