List of Famous people born on December 16th

Anthony Edward Martin is a farmer from Norfolk, England, who shot a burglar dead in his home in August 1999. There was much sympathy for Martin, and enthusiastic support for the right to defend one's own home. But some people cast doubt on his evidence, and pointed out that he did not have a valid firearms certificate. Martin was convicted of murder, later reduced to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, and served three years in prison, having been denied parole.

Heike Gabriela Drechsler is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000.

Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, previously referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia′s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema as well as in a few Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of seven. Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine.

Lisa Theresa Hauser is an Austrian biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in sprint, pursuit and individual. She reached her first individual podium in the 2020–21 season in the Stage 5 sprint competition in Oberhof, finishing 3rd, and won the women’s Mass Start at the Biathlon World Championships 2021.

Aykut Anhan, known by his stage name Haftbefehl, is a German rapper of Turkish and Kurdish descent. He was signed to his own record label Azzlack, before signing with the label Echte Musik.

Aziz Eraltay Behich is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left back and left winger for Turkish club Kayserispor on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir.

Christopher Kenneth Biggins, known colloquially through British media as "Biggins" is an English actor and television presenter. His TV roles include Lukewarm in the BBC sitcom Porridge.

Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian singer known for her Bollywood Hindi, Punjabi, and Sufi songs. She is popularly known as "Sufi Ki Sultana" because of her soulful Sufi renditions. After winning titles in two reality shows, Kaur established herself as a lead singer in Bollywood soundtracks. Kaur was sixteen years old when she released her first Bollywood song, "Sajna Mai Haari."

Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar is a Pakistani writer, director, lyricist and occasional actor known for such dramas as Pyarey Afzal (2013), Sadqay Tumhare (2014) and most recently the top-rated Meray Paas Tum Ho (2019-2020), as well as the 2019 ISPR-produced film Kaaf Kangana.