| 141661 | December 16 | Birth | 1947 – Ben Cross, English actor |
| 141662 | December 16 | Birth | 1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter |
| 141663 | December 16 | Birth | 1947 – Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic |
| 141664 | December 16 | Birth | 1948 – Christopher Biggins, English actor |
| 141665 | December 16 | Birth | 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (ZZ Top and Moving Sidewalks) |
| 141666 | December 16 | Birth | 1949 – Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge |
| 141667 | December 16 | Birth | 1950 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007) |
| 141668 | December 16 | Birth | 1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006) |
| 141669 | December 16 | Birth | 1951 – Sally Emerson, English author and poet |
| 141670 | December 16 | Birth | 1951 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 141671 | December 16 | Birth | 1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter (L.A. Express and Yellowjackets) |
| 141672 | December 16 | Birth | 1951 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992) |
| 141673 | December 16 | Birth | 1951 – Shinji Yamashita, Japanese actor |
| 141674 | December 16 | Birth | 1952 – Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager |
| 141675 | December 16 | Birth | 1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager |
| 141676 | December 16 | Birth | 1953 – Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter |
| 141677 | December 16 | Birth | 1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer |
| 141678 | December 16 | Birth | 1955 – Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency |
| 141679 | December 16 | Birth | 1955 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este |
| 141680 | December 16 | Birth | 1957 – H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka |
| 141681 | December 16 | Birth | 1957 – Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nacha Pop) (d. 2009) |
| 141682 | December 16 | Birth | 1958 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress |
| 141683 | December 16 | Birth | 1958 – Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer |
| 141684 | December 16 | Birth | 1959 – Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician |
| 141685 | December 16 | Birth | 1959 – Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator |
| 141686 | December 16 | Birth | 1959 – Larry Poindexter, American actor and singer |
| 141687 | December 16 | Birth | 1960 – Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager |
| 141688 | December 16 | Birth | 1961 – LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 141689 | December 16 | Birth | 1961 – André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Royal Hunt) |
| 141690 | December 16 | Birth | 1961 – Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter |