The 350th day of the year, the 351st in a leap year
Born on 16 December
Every 16 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 16 December in any year.
Which weekday 16 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 16 December falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 16 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,809 babies were born on 16 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 184th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 16 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770–1827 | German composer |
| Jane Austen | 1775–1817 | English novelist |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 1917–2008 | British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist |
| Wassily Kandinsky | 1866–1944 | avant-garde painter of Russian origin |
| Philip K. Dick | 1928–1982 | American science fiction author |
| Margaret Mead | 1901–1978 | American anthropologist |
| Catherine of Aragon | 1485–1536 | first wife of Henry VIII of England |
| George Santayana | 1863–1952 | Spanish-American philosopher |
| Leopold I of Belgium | 1790–1865 | King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865 |
| Mats Hummels | 1988– | German footballer |
| Adam Riess | 1969– | American astrophysicist |
| Liv Ullmann | 1938– | Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter |
| Zara Larsson | 1997– | Swedish singer-songwriter |
| Benny Andersson | 1946– | Swedish musician and composer |
| Anton Denikin | 1872–1947 | Russian military and political leader |
| Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | 1742–1819 | Prussian field marshal |
| Alexander I of Yugoslavia | 1888–1934 | Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–34 |
| Noël Coward | 1899–1973 | English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer |
Died on 16 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| W. Somerset Maugham | 1874–1965 | English playwright and author |
| Alphonse Daudet | 1840–1897 | French novelist, playwright, and poet |
| Pope John VIII | 820–882 | Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882 |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835–1921 | French composer, organist, conductor and pianist |
| Wu Zetian | 624–705 | Chinese empress who ruled as sovereign of the Zhou dynasty from 690 to 705 |
| Afonso de Albuquerque | 1453–1515 | Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman |
| François Quesnay | 1694–1774 | French economist |
| Yegor Gaidar | 1956–2009 | Russian economist |
| Lee Van Cleef | 1925–1989 | American actor |
| Wilhelm Grimm | 1786–1859 | German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends |
| Yi Sun-sin | 1545–1598 | Korean admiral of the Joseon period |
| Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 1937–2023 | Emir of Kuwait |
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