List of Famous people born on December 16th

Terence Knox is an American film, stage, and television actor. He made his debut in Robert Zemeckis's Used Cars (1980), and appeared in numerous television series, including lead roles in St. Elsewhere (1982–84) and Tour of Duty (1987–90).

Melanie Smith is a former American actress. She has appeared as Jerry's girlfriend, Rachel, in three episodes of Seinfeld. She was also the third actress to portray Tora Ziyal on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and had a starring role as Emily Stewart on As the World Turns in the early 1990s. Smith has since retired from acting and runs a yoga studio in Pennsylvania.

Meowth is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Meowth first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent entries in the franchise. In addition, it was one of the Pokémon to get an Alolan Form variant of the Dark type. It now also has a Galarian Form, which is a Steel type, and is the only Pokémon to have both an Alolan form and a Galarian form. It later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. A male Meowth capable of human speech is considered by many fans as Team Rocket's mascot because he is a member of the Team Rocket Trio, a group of antagonists in the anime comprising himself and two Team Rocket grunts called Jessie and James. Meowth is voiced by Inuko Inuyama in Japanese, and by Maddie Blaustein, and Jimmy Zoppi in English.

Stefania Prestigiacomo is an Italian politician, member of the centre-right political party The People of Freedom and Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy since 1994.

Kosuke Komiyama is a Japanese kickboxer. He is the former RISE Super Featherweight champion and the 2018 K-1 Super Featherweight GP finalist.

Jaroslav Hřebík is a Czech professional football coach and a former player.

Dennis Johannes van Wijk is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Oostende in the Belgian First Division A.

Álvaro Escobar Rufatt is a Chilean actor, television presenter, lawyer, musician, journalist, radio personality and politician. He was a deputy of the Republic of Chile for District No. 20, which included the communes of Cerrillos, Estación Central and Maipú during the 2006–2010 period. He is mainly known as an actor and television presenter, although he has been involved in many professional activities.