December 16th Birthdays

American singer, Lalah Hathaway, was born on this day as Eulauhlah Donyll Hathaway, in 1968 in Chicago, IL.

• 1928
  Terry Carter, American actor
• 1937
  Joyce Bulifant, American actress
• 1938
  Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
• 1941
  Robert Kerman, American actor
• 1942
  Eugene Robert Glazer, American actor
• 1943
  Tony Hicks, English guitarist (The Hollies)
• 1946
  Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer
  Charles Dennis, Canadian actor
  Christopher Ellison, English actor
  Terence Knox, American actor
• 1947
  Ben Cross, English actor
• 1948
  Christopher Biggins, English actor
• 1949
  Billy Gibbons, American guitarist
• 1951
  Robben Ford, American guitarist
• 1955
  Xander Berkeley, American actor
  Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
• 1958
  Katie Leigh, American voice actress
  Bart Oates, American football player
• 1959
  Alison LaPlaca, American actress
  Larry Poindexter, American actor, singer
• 1961
  Shane Black, American actor, director
  LaChanze, American singer
  Gretchen Palmer, American actress
  Sam Robards, American actor
  Jon Tenney, American actor
• 1962
  Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress
  William Perry, American football player
  Melanie Smith, American actress
• 1963
  Benjamin Bratt, American actor
• 1964
  Gail Harris, English actress
  Georgie Parker, Australian actress
  Billy Ripken, American baseball player
  Paul Vogt, American actor and comedian
• 1965
  Chris Jones, American baseball player
  Nancy Valen, American actress
• 1966
  Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
• 1967
  Miranda Otto, Australian actress
• 1968
  Peter Dante, American actor
• 1969
  Florencia Lozano, American actress
• 1970
  Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
• 1971
  Michael McCary, American singer
  Paul van Dyk, German DJ
• 1972
  Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
  Charles Gipson, American baseball player
  Paul Leyden, Australian actor
• 1973
  Sarah Kozer, American model, actress
  Luisa Ranieri, Italian actress
• 1974
  Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress
  Earl C. Poitier, American actor
• 1975
  Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician
  Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor
• 1978
  Joe Absolom, English actor
  Kaine, American rapper
• 1981
  Krysten Ritter, American actress
• 1982
  Garnon Davies, Welsh actor
• 1982
  Antrel Rolle, American football player
• 1983
  Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
  Frankie Ballard, American singer
• 1984
  Theo James, American actor
• 1985
  Amanda Setton, American actor
• 1986
  Candice Crawford, American sports reporter
  Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1987
  Hallee Hirsh, American actress
• 1988
  Anna Popplewell, English actress
• 1990
  Julito McCullum, American actor
• 1999
  Bryce Robinson, American actor

December Birthday Calendar

Died on December 16th:

• 1897
  Alphonse Daudet, French author (age 57)
• 1921
  Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer (age 86)
• 1928
  Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (age 43)
• 1935
  Thelma Todd, American actress, comedian (age 29)
• 1949
  Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director (age 76)
• 1965
  W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist (age 91)
• 1980
  Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (age 90)
• 1985
  Paul Castellano, American mobster (age 70)
• 1989
  Aileen Pringle, American actress (age 94)
  Lee Van Cleef, American actor (age 64)
• 1993
  Moses Gunn, American actor (age 64)
• 2001
  Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer (Big Country), (age 43)
• 2003
  Gary Stewart, American singer, songwriter (age 59)
• 2005
  John Spencer, American actor (age 58)
• 2007
  Dan Fogelberg, American singer, guitarist (age 56)
• 2011
  Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (age 81)
• 2013
  Ray Price, American singer, guitarist (age 87)
• 2017
  Keely Smith, American singer (age 89)