Famous people born on 16 December

14 of the people we track were born on 16 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Jane Austen 1775British novelistdied aged 41
2. Arthur C. Clarke 1917British science fiction writer and inventordied aged 90
3. Margaret Mead 1901American anthropologistdied aged 76
4. Philip K. Dick 1928American science fiction writerdied aged 53
5. Catherine of Aragon 1485Spanish diplomatdied aged 50
6. George Santayana 1863Spanish philosopherdied aged 88
7. Leopold I of Belgium 1790King of the Belgiansdied aged 74
8. Mats Hummels 1988German footballerliving, 37
9. Liv Ullmann 1938Norwegian actor and directorliving, 87
10. Adam Riess 1969American astrophysicistliving, 56
11. Zara Larsson 1997Swedish singer and songwriterliving, 28
12. Ivan Konev 1897Soviet military officerdied aged 75
13. Benny Andersson 1946Swedish musician and composerliving, 79
14. Anton Denikin 1872Russian military officerdied aged 74