The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on December 16th

Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders (1890 - 1980)

American businessman, founded KFC
Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

French composer and conductor
Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant (1940 - 2025)

American singer
Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano (1915 - 1985)

American mobster
Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg (1951 - 2007)

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
Roy E. Disney

Roy E. Disney (1930 - 2009)

American businessman
Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian (624 - 705)

Chinese empress
Siniša Mihajlović

Siniša Mihajlović (1969 - 2022)

Serbian footballer
Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson (1952 - 1997)

American singer
Carwood Lipton

Carwood Lipton (1920 - 2001)

American army officer
Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson (1936 - 2011)

British actor
Stuart Adamson

Stuart Adamson (1958 - 2001)

English-Scottish singer-songwriter, and musician
Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano (1930 - 1989)

Italian actress
Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman (1928 - 1982)

English car designer, founder of Lotus Cars
Keely Smith

Keely Smith (1928 - 2017)

American singer
Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn (1929 - 1993)

American actor
Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef (1925 - 1989)

American actor
Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897)

French novelist
Wilhelm Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm (1786 - 1859)

German Author, Anthropologist
François Quesnay

François Quesnay (1694 - 1774)

French economist
Slim Dunkin

Slim Dunkin (1987 - 2011)

American rapper
Ray Price

Ray Price (1926 - 2013)

American musician
W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)

French-English author and playwright