Celebrity Birthdays Decemeber 16th:

Entertainment:

Theo James is an actor known for the movies “Divergent” franchise and “Allegiant”.

Benjamin Bratt is an actor known for the TV shows “Law & Order” and “Private Practice”.

Krysten Ritter is an actress known for the TV shows “Jessica Jones” and “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23.

JB Smoove is an actor known for the TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the movie “Spider-Man” franchise.

Dakota Lotus is an actor known for the TV show “Coop and Cami Ask the World” and the movie “Moonshine”.

Sebastian Croft is an actor known for the TV show “Heartstopper” and the movie “How to Date Billy Walsh”.

Owen Vaccaro is an actor known for the movies “Daddy’s Home” franchise and “Mothers Day”.

Anna Popplewell is an actress known for the movies “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise and “Mansfield Park”.

Park Seo-Joon is an actor known for the movies “Parasite” and “Chronicles of Evil”.

Lance Lim is an actor known for the TV show “School of Rock” and “Growing Up Fisher”.

Terence Knox is an actor known for the TV show “Tour of Duty” and the movie “Best Years Gone”.

Joyce Bulifant is an actress known for the movies “Airplane!” and “Dirty Love”.

Alison La Placa is an actress known for the movies “Fletch” and “Madhouse.

Sam Robards is an actor known for the movies “American Beauty” and “A.I. Artitficial Intelligence’.

Jon Tenney is an actor known for the TV show “The Closer” and “Scandal”.

Miranda Otto is an actress known for the movies “War of the Worlds” and “The Lord of the Rings” franchise.

Daniel Cosgrove during Party for The Hot Men of CBS Guiding Light and As The World Turns which was filmed for David Tuteras Discovery Channel Show “The Party Planner” at Crobar in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Robin Platzer/FilmMagic)

Daniel Cosgrove is an actor known for the TV shows “Guiding Light” and “Days of Our Lives”.

Amanda Setton is an actress known for the TV shows “General Hospital” and “One Life to Live”.

Hallee Hirsh is an actress known for the movie “You’ve Got Mail” and the TV show “Flight 29 Down”.

Stephan James is an actor known for the movies “Race” and “21 Bridges”.

Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California. He is an adversary of Bugs Bunny and his archenemy alongside Elmer Fudd. He is commonly depicted as a mean-spirited and extremely aggressive, gunslinging outlaw or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs in particular.

Zara Larsson is a singer-songwriter who first rose to prominence in 2008 after winning the second season of Talang, the Swedish version of the Got Talent format.  She later attained international recognition with singles including “Lush Life” (2015), “Never Forget You” (2015), “Girls Like” (2016) with Tinie Tempah, “This One’s for You” with David Guetta, “Ain’t My Fault” (2016), “I Would Like” (2016), “Symphony” (2017) with Clean Bandit, “Ruin My Life” (2018) and “On My Love” (2023) with David Guetta.

Benny Andersson is a singer who is best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ChessKristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! and its 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001, he has been active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester.

Billy Gibbons is a musician who is best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top’s First Album in early 1971. He has also maintained a solo career in recent years, starting with his first album Perfectamundo (2015).

Michael McCary is a singer-musician who is known for being a former bass singer of the R&B group Boyz II Men.

Sports:

Dan Le Batard is a newspaper sportswriter, ex-radio host, podcast host and television reporter based in Miami, Florida. He has also worked at ESPN, and for his hometown paper, the Miami Herald, for which he wrote from 1990 to 2016. He also hosted a daily radio show with Jon Weiner that originated on WAXY in Miami and was carried nationally on ESPN Radio until early 2021. At ESPN, he also co-hosted the televised sports commentary show Highly Questionable with his father and revolving co-hosts. Additionally, he was a frequent contributor to several ESPN programs, serving as a regular replacement host for Pardon the Interruption. Following his departure from ESPN, Le Batard founded the podcast network Meadowlark Media with former ESPN president John Skipper.

Football:

William Perry is a former defensive tackle won one Super Bowl Championship in 1985 with the Chicago Bears and won one National Championship.

Dec 22, 2013; Detroit, MI, USA; New York Giants strong safety Antrel Rolle (26) against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports

Antrel Rolle is a former cornerback who made three Pro-Bowls and won one Super Bowl Championship in 2011 with the New York Giants.

Baseball:

Alcides Escobar is a shortstop who has made one All-Star team and has won one World Series Championship in 2015 with the Kansas City Royals.

Hector Santiago is a pitcher who has made one All-Star team and has won Silver Medal.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Billy Ripken, Adolfo Phillips, Tyler Chatwood, Tom Wilhelmsen, Oscar Mercado, Duane Richards, Tommy Bianco, Rick Sofield, Tom Gorman, Rondin Johnson, Ted Wilborn, Paul Noce, Chris Jelic, Randy Hennis, Chris Jones, Jason Wood, Jeff Granger, Charles Gipson, Matt Kinney, Josh Hall, Ivan Ochoa, Chris Britton, Ryan Lollis, Bryan Anderson, Mickey Jannis, Jack Lopez, Peter Fairbanks, Ryan Hendrix & Bryan De La Cruz!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Ben Cross was an actor known for the movies “Star Trek” and “Chariots of Fires”.

Sports:

Football:

Tom Brookshier was a cornerback who made two Pro-Bowls and won one NFL Championship in 1960 with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Basketball:

Clifford Robinson was a forward who made one All-Star team and won Sixth Man of the Year.

Baseball:

Mike Flanagan was a starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1983 with the Baltimore Orioles.