December 16

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600
  • 1364 – Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
  • 1485 – Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, later queen consort of England (d. 1536)
  • 1534 – Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)
  • 1582 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
  • 1584 – John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
  • 1585 – Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)

1601–1900
  • 1605 – Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (d. 1663)
  • 1614 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
  • 1630 – Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)
  • 1714 – George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)
  • 1716 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
  • 1717 – Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)[16]
  • 1730 – Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader (d. 1763)[17]
  • 1742 – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
  • 1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
  • 1775 – Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)[18]
  • 1775 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
  • 1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
  • 1778 – John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)
  • 1787 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)
  • 1790 – Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
  • 1804 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
  • 1812 – Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1867)
  • 1834 – Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
  • 1836 – Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
  • 1849 – Mary Hartwell Catherwood, American author and poet (d. 1902)[19]
  • 1861 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
  • 1863 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
  • 1865 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)
  • 1866 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
  • 1867 – Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)[20]
  • 1869 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
  • 1869 – Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
  • 1872 – Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
  • 1882 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)
  • 1882 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
  • 1882 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
  • 1883 – Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
  • 1883 – Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
  • 1884 – John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)
  • 1884 – Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
  • 1888 – Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
  • 1888 – Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
  • 1889 – Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
  • 1895 – Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
  • 1896 – Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
  • 1899 – Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
  • 1900 – Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
  • 1900 – V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)

1901–present
  • 1901 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)[21]
  • 1902 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
  • 1903 – Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
  • 1903 – Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
  • 1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
  • 1905 – Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)[22]
  • 1907 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
  • 1908 – Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
  • 1910 – Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
  • 1913 – George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
  • 1914 – O. Winston Link, American photographer (d. 2001)
  • 1916 – Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
  • 1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
  • 1917 – Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
  • 1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)[23]
  • 1920 – Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
  • 1921 – Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1922 – Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
  • 1923 – Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist
  • 1923 – Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
  • 1924 – Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
  • 1926 – James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
  • 1926 – A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)[24]
  • 1926 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1927 – Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
  • 1928 – Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1928 – Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
  • 1929 – Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
  • 1930 – Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
  • 1930 – Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1932 – Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
  • 1932 – Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
  • 1932 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (d. 1968)
  • 1936 – Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 1937 – Joyce Bulifant, American actress
  • 1937 – Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
  • 1938 – Frank Deford, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1939 – Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
  • 1939 – Gordon Miller, English high jumper
  • 1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
  • 1941 – Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
  • 1942 – Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
  • 1943 – Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (d. 2018)
  • 1943 – Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)[25]
  • 1944 – Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
  • 1944 – Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1945 – Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
  • 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1946 – Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1946 – Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
  • 1946 – Tom Stern, American cinematographer
  • 1947 – Ben Cross, English actor (d. 2020)
  • 1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
  • 1947 – Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
  • 1947 – Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator[26]
  • 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1949 – Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
  • 1950 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
  • 1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
  • 1951 – Sally Emerson, English author and poet
  • 1951 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
  • 1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1951 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
  • 1951 – Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
  • 1952 – Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
  • 1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
  • 1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
  • 1955 – Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  • 1955 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
  • 1955 – Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1956 – Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
  • 1957 – Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 1958 – Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
  • 1959 – H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
  • 1959 – Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
  • 1959 – Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
  • 1960 – Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1961 – André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1961 – Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1961 – Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
  • 1961 – LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor and director
  • 1962 – Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
  • 1962 – William Perry, American football player and wrestler
  • 1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
  • 1963 – Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
  • 1963 – James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1964 – Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
  • 1964 – John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
  • 1964 – Georgie Parker, Australian actress
  • 1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1964 – Todd Glass, American comedian
  • 1965 – Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager
  • 1965 – Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
  • 1966 – Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
  • 1966 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
  • 1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
  • 1967 – Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
  • 1967 – Miranda Otto, Australian actress
  • 1968 – Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
  • 1968 – Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1968 – Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
  • 1969 – Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1969 – Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
  • 1969 – Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
  • 1969 – Craig White, English cricketer and coach
  • 1969 – Kent Hehr, Canadian politician
  • 1970 – Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
  • 1971 – Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
  • 1971 – Michael McCary, American R&B singer
  • 1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player
  • 1972 – Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
  • 1973 – Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
  • 1973 – Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
  • 1975 – Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
  • 1975 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1975 – Paul Maynard, English politician
  • 1976 – Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
  • 1977 – Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Sylvain Distin, French footballer
  • 1978 – John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
  • 1978 – Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
  • 1979 – Daniel Narcisse, French handball player[27]
  • 1979 – Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
  • 1979 – Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
  • 1980 – Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1981 – Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
  • 1981 – Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (d. 2022)[28]
  • 1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
  • 1982 – Antrel Rolle, American football player
  • 1982 – Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
  • 1982 – Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
  • 1983 – Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1984 – Theo James, English actor
  • 1985 – Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
  • 1985 – James Nash, English race car driver
  • 1986 – Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1986 – Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1986 – Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
  • 1987 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
  • 1987 – Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
  • 1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress
  • 1988 – Mats Hummels, German footballer
  • 1988 – Anna Popplewell, English actress
  • 1989 – Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist
  • 1990 – Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player[29]
  • 1991 – Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer
  • 1992 – Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player[30]
  • 1992 – Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 1992 – Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer
  • 1992 – Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
  • 1992 – Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
  • 1994 – Elliot Lee, English footballer
  • 1994 – Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
  • 1994 – José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
  • 1997 – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
  • 1998 – Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player[31]

Deaths

Pre-1600
  • 604 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)
  • 705 – Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624)
  • 714 – Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635)
  • 867 – Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815)
  • 874 – Ado, archbishop of Vienne
  • 882 – John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
  • 902 – Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
  • 999 – Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)
  • 1153 – Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman
  • 1263 – Haakon IV, king of Norway (b. 1204)
  • 1316 – Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)
  • 1325 – Charles, French nobleman (b. 1270)
  • 1378 – Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)
  • 1379 – John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)
  • 1470 – John II, duke of Lorraine (b. 1424)
  • 1474 – Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)
  • 1515 – Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)
  • 1558 – Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
  • 1583 – Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
  • 1594 – Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
  • 1598 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)

1601–1900
  • 1669 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
  • 1687 – William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)[32]
  • 1751 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
  • 1774 – François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
  • 1783 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
  • 1783 – Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
  • 1805 – Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
  • 1809 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
  • 1859 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
  • 1892 – Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
  • 1897 – Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
  • 1898 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)

1901–present
  • 1908 – American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
  • 1917 – Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
  • 1921 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
  • 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
  • 1928 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
  • 1935 – Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
  • 1936 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
  • 1940 – Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
  • 1940 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
  • 1943 – George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
  • 1944 – Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
  • 1945 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
  • 1945 – Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
  • 1949 – Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
  • 1952 – Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
  • 1956 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
  • 1961 – Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
  • 1965 – W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
  • 1968 – Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
  • 1968 – Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
  • 1969 – Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
  • 1969 – Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
  • 1970 – Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
  • 1974 – Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
  • 1976 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1977 – Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • 1980 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)
  • 1980 – Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)
  • 1982 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
  • 1983 – Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
  • 1984 – Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
  • 1985 – Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
  • 1985 – Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
  • 1989 – Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)
  • 1989 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
  • 1989 – Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
  • 1989 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 1991 – Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)
  • 1993 – Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
  • 1993 – Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
  • 1996 – Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
  • 1997 – Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
  • 1998 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)
  • 2001 – Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
  • 2001 – Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
  • 2003 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
  • 2003 – Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
  • 2004 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
  • 2004 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)
  • 2004 – Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)
  • 2005 – Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
  • 2005 – Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
  • 2005 – John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
  • 2006 – Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)
  • 2006 – Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)
  • 2006 – Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)
  • 2006 – Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (b. 1930)
  • 2007 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
  • 2009 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
  • 2009 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)
  • 2009 – Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)
  • 2010 – Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
  • 2010 – Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948)
  • 2011 – Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • 2011 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972)
  • 2013 – James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)
  • 2013 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)
  • 2014 – Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
  • 2014 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
  • 2015 – Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
  • 2015 – Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)
  • 2015 – George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)
  • 2017 – Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928)[33]

Holidays and observances
  • Christian feast day:
    • Adelaide of Italy[34]
    • Haggai
    • Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))
    • December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
  • National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
  • National Sports Day (Thailand)
  • The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad):
  • Victory Day (Bangladesh)
  • Victory Day (India)

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