Famous Birthdays for April 16th

Pre-1600

• 1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
• 1495 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)^[14]
• 1516 – Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (d. 1550)^[15]
• 1569 – John Davies, English poet and lawyer (d. 1626)^[16]

1601–1900

• 1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (d. 1681)^[17]
• 1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (probable;^[18] d. 1708)
• 1660 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)^[19]
• 1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)^[20]
• 1682 – John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)
• 1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (d. 1778)
• 1728 – Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
• 1730 – Henry Clinton, English general and politician (d. 1795)
• 1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)^[21]
• 1786 – John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)
• 1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
• 1808 – Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
• 1821 – Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
• 1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
• 1826 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1891)
• 1827 – Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
• 1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)
• 1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (d. 1862)
• 1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
• 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
• 1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
• 1864 – Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)
• 1865 – Harry Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)
• 1866 – José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
• 1867 – Wilbur Wright, American inventor (d. 1912)
• 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
• 1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (d. 1936)
• 1878 – R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
• 1882 – Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
• 1885 – Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
• 1886 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
• 1886 – Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)
• 1888 – Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)^[22]
• 1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
• 1890 – Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
• 1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
• 1892 – Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)^[23]
• 1893 – John Norton, American hurdler (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988)
• 1896 – Robert Henry Best, American journalist (d. 1952)
• 1896 – Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) ^[24]

1901–present

• 1903 – Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
• 1904 – Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)
• 1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
• 1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
• 1913 – Les Tremayne, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1914 – John Hodiak, American actor (d. 1955)
• 1915 – Robert Speck, Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972)
• 1916 – Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
• 1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Dick Gibson, English racing driver (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)
• 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (d. 2011)
• 1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986)^[25]
• 1921 – Arlin Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
• 1922 – John Christopher, English author (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Warren Barker, American composer (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
• 1924 – John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (d. 1994)^[26]
• 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (d. 1976)
• 1924 – Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Edie Adams, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Pope Benedict XVI^[27]
• 1927 – Rolf Schult, German actor (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969)
• 1929 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
• 1933 – Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician (d. 2021)
• 1933 – Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper
• 1933 – Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter
• 1934 – Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)^[28]
• 1934 – Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales
• 1934 – Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1935 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Bobby Vinton, American singer
• 1936 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
• 1938 – Rich Rollins, American baseball player
• 1938 – Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
• 1939 – John Amabile, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (d. 1999)
• 1940 – Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 – David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark^[29]
• 1940 – Joan Snyder, American painter
• 1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
• 1941 – Allan Segal, American director and producer (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
• 1942 – Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (d. 2021)
• 1943 – Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1943 – Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
• 1943 – John Watkins, Australian cricketer
• 1945 – Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015)
• 1946 – R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player
• 1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)^[30]
• 1948 – Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
• 1950 – David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1950 – Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
• 1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
• 1952 – Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
• 1952 – Michel Blanc, French actor and director
• 1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
• 1952 – Billy West, American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
• 1953 – Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
• 1953 – Jay O. Sanders, American actor
• 1954 – Ellen Barkin, American actress
• 1954 – John Bowe, Australian racing driver
• 1954 – Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
• 1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg^[31]
• 1956 – David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1956 – T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
• 1957 – Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Tim Flach, English photographer and director
• 1958 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist
• 1959 – Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
• 1960 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
• 1960 – Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1960 – Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
• 1961 – Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
• 1961 – Linda Ruth Williams, British film studies academic
• 1962 – Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
• 1962 – Douglas Elmendorf, American economist and politician
• 1962 – Ian MacKaye, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 – Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1963 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer^[32]
• 1964 – David Kohan, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 – Dave Pirner, American singer, songwriter and producer
• 1964 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (d. 2008)
• 1965 – Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
• 1965 – Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer
• 1968 – Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
• 1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
• 1969 – Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
• 1969 – Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player
• 1971 – Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
• 1971 – Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995)
• 1971 – Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 – Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
• 1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
• 1972 – Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
• 1973 – Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
• 1973 – Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
• 1973 – Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
• 1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
• 1976 – Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
• 1977 – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
• 1979 – Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver
• 1979 – Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
• 1979 – Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1981 – Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player
• 1982 – Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1982 – Boris Diaw, French basketball player
• 1982 – Jonathan Vilma, American football player
• 1983 – Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1983 – Cat Osterman, American softball player
• 1984 – Teddy Blass, American composer and producer
• 1984 – Claire Foy, English actress
• 1984 – Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
• 1984 – Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer
• 1984 – Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
• 1985 – Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
• 1985 – Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player^[33]
• 1986 – Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast
• 1987 – Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player
• 1987 – Aaron Lennon, English international footballer^[34]
• 1988 – Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player
• 1990 – Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
• 1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player^[35]
• 1990 – Tony McQuay, American sprinter^[36]
• 1991 – Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
• 1991 – Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
• 1993 – Chance the Rapper, American rapper^[37]
• 1993 – Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater^[38]
• 1996 – Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress^[39]
• 1996 – Taylor Townsend, American tennis player^[40]
• 2004 – Sadie Sink, American actress^[41]