December 16 Deaths |
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| December 16th, 2007 (December 16 2007) | Death | Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (born in 1951) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1940) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (born in 1950) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (born in 1922) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | Kenneth Bulmer, English author (born in 1921) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (born in 1937) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | John Spencer, American actor (born in 1946) | |
| December 16th, 2004 (December 16 2004) | Death | Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (born in 1933) | |
| December 16th, 2003 (December 16 2003) | Death | Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (born in 1914) | |
| December 16th, 2003 (December 16 2003) | Death | Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (born in 1945) | |
| December 16th, 2001 (December 16 2001) | Death | Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (born in 1958) | Scott Adams Quotes |
| December 16th, 2001 (December 16 2001) | Death | Stefan Heym, German author (born in 1913) | |
| December 16th, 1998 (December 16 1998) | Death | William Gaddis, American writer (born in 1922) | |
| December 16th, 1997 (December 16 1997) | Death | Nicolette Larson, American singer (born in 1952) | |
| December 16th, 1996 (December 16 1996) | Death | Quentin Bell, English art historian (born in 1910) | |
| December 16th, 1995 (December 16 1995) | Death | Johnny Moss, American poker player (born in 1907) | |
| December 16th, 1995 (December 16 1995) | Death | Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (born in 1939) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Moses Gunn, American actor (born in 1929) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1918) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (born in 1973) | |
| December 16th, 1990 (December 16 1990) | Death | Douglas Campbell, American pilot (born in 1896) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Argentine racing driver (born in 1913) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (born in 1930) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Aileen Pringle, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Lee Van Cleef, American actor (born in 1925) | |
| December 16th, 1988 (December 16 1988) | Death | Sylvester, American singer (born in 1948) | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Death | Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (born in 1940) | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Death | Paul Castellano, American mafioso (born in 1915) | |
| December 16th, 1984 (December 16 1984) | Death | Debs Garms, American baseball player (born in 1907) | |
| December 16th, 1982 (December 16 1982) | Death | Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (born in 1928) | Colin Chapman Quotes |
| December 16th, 1980 (December 16 1980) | Death | Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (born in 1890) | |
| December 16th, 1980 (December 16 1980) | Death | Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (born in 1900) | |
| December 16th, 1977 (December 16 1977) | Death | Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (born in 1934) | |
| December 16th, 1976 (December 16 1976) | Death | Real Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (born in 1917) | Cao Cao Quotes |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Death | W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (born in 1874) | |
| December 16th, 1956 (December 16 1956) | Death | Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (born in 1890) | |
| December 16th, 1949 (December 16 1949) | Death | Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (born in 1873) | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Death | Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (born in 1866) | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Death | Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1891) | |
| December 16th, 1940 (December 16 1940) | Death | Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (born in 1866) | |
| December 16th, 1935 (December 16 1935) | Death | Thelma Todd, American actress (born in 1905) | |
| December 16th, 1928 (December 16 1928) | Death | Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (born in 1885) | |
| December 16th, 1922 (December 16 1922) | Death | Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (born in 1865) | |
| December 16th, 1921 (December 16 1921) | Death | Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (born in 1835) | |
| December 16th, 1914 (December 16 1914) | Death | Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (born in 1832) | |
| December 16th, 1898 (December 16 1898) | Death | Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (born in 1832) | |
| December 16th, 1897 (December 16 1897) | Death | Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (born in 1840) | |
| December 16th, 1859 (December 16 1859) | Death | Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (born in 1786) | |
| December 16th, 1809 (December 16 1809) | Death | Antoine Francois, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (born in 1755) | |
| December 16th, 1783 (December 16 1783) | Death | Johann A. Hasse, German composer (born in 1699) | |
| December 16th, 1783 (December 16 1783) | Death | Sir William James, British naval commander (born in 1720) | William James Quotes |
| December 16th, 1774 (December 16 1774) | Death | Francois Quesnay, French economist (born in 1694) | |
| December 16th, 1765 (December 16 1765) | Death | Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor | |
| December 16th, 1751 (December 16 1751) | Death | Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (born in 1700) | |
| December 16th, 1687 (December 16 1687) | Death | William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (born in 1623) | Philo Quotes |
| December 16th, 1669 (December 16 1669) | Death | Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (born in circa 1608) | |
| December 16th, 1598 (December 16 1598) | Death | Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (born in 1545) | |
| December 16th, 1515 (December 16 1515) | Death | Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (born in 1453) | |
| December 16th, 1470 (December 16 1470) | Death | John II, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1425) | |
| December 16th, 1379 (December 16 1379) | Death | John Fitzalan, Marshal of England | |
| December 16th, 1378 (December 16 1378) | Death | Otto III of Montferrat | |
| December 16th, 1325 (December 16 1325) | Death | Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (born in 1270) | |
| December 16th, 0999 (December 16 0999) | Death | Saint Adelaide of Italy (born in 931) | |
| December 16th, 0867 (December 16 0867) | Death | Eberhard of Friuli | |
| December 16th, 0714 (December 16 0714) | Death | Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia | |
| December 16th, 0705 (December 16 0705) | Death | Empress Wu of Zhou (born in 625) | |
