List of Famous people born on December 16th

Takeya Mizugaki is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist who most notably competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2005, Mizugaki has also competed for Absolute Championship Berkut, WEC, Shooto, and Cage Force.

Sarapanahalli Lakshmaiah Dharme Gowda was an Indian politician from Karnataka state, belonging to Janata Dal (Secular) party. He was deputy chairman and Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.

Ole Poulsen is a retired Danish sailor. Competing in the dragon class he won gold medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships, both times with Ole Berntsen. His mother Ulla Barding-Poulsen and grandmother Yutta Barding were Olympic fencers.

Fernando José de La Vieter Ribeiro Nobre is a Portuguese doctor who is the founder and president of the Portuguese NGO AMI. In 2007 he was voted as the 25th greatest Portuguese ever in the contest Os Grandes Portugueses, being the 5th most voted among Portuguese living people at that date. He was a candidate to the 2011 Portuguese presidential election.

Peter Anderson Fairbanks is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Fairbanks was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the ninth round of the 2015 MLB draft. He debuted in MLB for the Rangers in 2019. Peter was given the nickname “Gas Can” in high school due to the velocity of his pitches.

Susan Estrich is an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, and political commentator. She is best known for serving in 2016 as legal counsel to the former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.

Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team as a defensive midfielder. He is known for his defensive prowess and long range strikes.

Tokuichiro Tamazawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a native of Tarō, Iwate and attended a graduate school at Waseda University. He was elected for the first time in 1976 as an independent after unsuccessful runs in 1969 and 1972.

Menahem Pressler is a German-born Israeli-American pianist.

Christopher Michael Ellison is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the ITV police series The Bill and short-lived spin-off series Burnside.