Births on 16 April
2000s
Sadie Sink
2002
American actress (born 2002)
1900s
Anya Taylor-Joy
1996
Actress (born 1996)
Taylor Townsend
1996
American tennis player (born 1996)
Chance the Rapper
1993
American rapper (born 1993)
Mirai Nagasu
1993
American figure skater (born 1993)
Brian Poe Llamanzares
1992
Filipino Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Public Servant (born 1992)
Nolan Arenado
1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Kim Kyung-jung
1991
South Korean footballer (born 1991)
Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Vangelis Mantzaris
1990
Greek basketball player (born 1990)
Tony McQuay
1990
American sprinter
Kyle Okposo
1988
American ice hockey player (born 1988)
Cenk Akyol
1987
Turkish basketball player (born 1987)
Aaron Lennon
1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Shinji Okazaki
1986
Japanese footballer (born 1986)
Peter Regin
1986
Danish ice hockey player (born 1986)
Epke Zonderland
1986
Dutch gymnast
Luol Deng
1985
British basketball player (born 1985)
Nate Diaz
1985
American mixed martial artist (born 1985)
Brendon Leonard
1985
New Zealand rugby union player
Katerina Stikoudi
1985
Greek singer, model and actress
Taye Taiwo
1985
Nigerian footballer (born 1985)
Teddy Blass
1984
Musical artist
Claire Foy
1984
British actress (born 1984)
Tucker Fredricks
1984
American speed skater
Paweł Kieszek
1984
Polish footballer
Kerron Stewart
1984
Jamaican sprinter
Marié Digby
1983
American musician
Cat Osterman
1983
American softball player (born 1983)
Gina Carano
1982
American actress and mixed martial artist (born 1982)
Boris Diaw
1982
French basketball executive and former player
Jonathan Vilma
1982
American football linebacker and analyst (born 1982)
Anestis Agritis
1981
Greek footballer (born 1981)
Maya Dunietz
1981
Israeli musical artist
Matthieu Proulx
1981
Christijan Albers
1979
Dutch racing driver (born 1979)
Lars Börgeling
1979
German pole vaulter
Daniel Browne
1979
New Zealander rugby union player (born 1979)
Freddie Ljungberg
1977
Swedish footballer and manager
Lukas Haas
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Kelli O'Hara
1976
American actress and singer (born 1976)
Akon
1973
Senegalese-American singer (born 1973)
Charlotta Sörenstam
1973
Swedish professional golfer (born 1973)
Teddy Cobeña
1973
Conchita Martínez
1972
Spanish tennis player (born 1972)
Tracy K. Smith
1972
American poet (born 1972)
Cameron Blades
1971
Australian rugby union player
Selena
1971
American singer-songwriter (1971–1995)
Seigo Yamamoto
1971
Japanese drift driver
Natasha Zvereva
1971
Belarusian tennis player
Dero Goi
1970
German musician
Margreth Olin
1970
Norwegian filmmaker
Walt Williams (basketball)
1970
American basketball player
Patrik Järbyn
1969
Swedish alpine skier (born 1969)
Fernando Viña
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Vickie Guerrero
1968
American professional wrestling manager (born 1968)
Rüdiger Stenzel
1968
German middle-distance runner
Jarle Vespestad
1966
Musical artist
Yves-François Blanchet
1965
Canadian politician, leader of the Bloc Québécois (born 1965)
Jon Cryer
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Martin Lawrence
1965
American comedian and actor (born 1965)
Esbjörn Svensson
1964
Swedish jazz pianist
Saleem Malik
1963
Pakistani cricketer
Jimmy Osmond
1963
American singer (born 1963)
Anna Dello Russo
1962
Italian fashion journalist (born 1962)
Jarbom Gamlin
1961
6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Wahab Akbar
1960
Filipino politician (1960–2007)
Rafael Benítez
1960
Spanish association football player and manager (born 1960)
Pierre Littbarski
1960
German footballer and manager
Alison Ramsay
1959
British Olympian, field hockey player and solicitor
Tim Flach
1958
British photographer
Ulf Wakenius
1958
Swedish jazz guitarist
Patricia De Martelaere
1957
Flemish philosopher, professor, author and essayist
David M. Brown
1956
American astronaut (1956–2003)
T Lavitz
1956
Musical artist
Lise-Marie Morerod
1956
Swiss alpine skier
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1955
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 2000 to 2025
Ellen Barkin
1954
American actress (born 1954)
John Bowe (racing driver)
1954
Australian racing driver (born 1954)
Mike Zuke
1954
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1954)
Peter Garrett
1953
Australian musician and activist
Michel Blanc
1952
French actor, writer and director (1952–2024)
Esther Roth-Shahamorov
1952
Israeli track and field athlete
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu
1951
Romanian novelist and essayist
David Graf
1950
American actor (1950–2001)
Colleen Hewett
1950
Australian singer and actress
Reg Alcock
1948
Canadian politician (1948–2011)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1947
American basketball player (born 1947)
Gerry Rafferty
1947
Scottish singer-songwriter (1947–2011)
Margot Adler
1946
American journalist (1946–2014)
Ernst Bakker
1946
Dutch politician
Johnnie Lewis
1946
Liberian lawyer and politician
R. Carlos Nakai
1946
American flutist (born 1946)
Tom Allen (Maine politician)
1945
American author and politician (born 1945)
Petro Tyschtschenko
1943
German businessman
John Watkins (Australian cricketer)
1943
Australian cricketer
Nikos Gioutsos
1942
Greek footballer (1942–2023)
Jim Lonborg
1942
American baseball player (born 1942)
Frank Williams (Formula One)
1942
British businessman and motorsport executive (1942–2021)
Allan Segal
1941
British filmmaker (1941–2012)
Benoît Bouchard
1940
Canadian politician
David Holford
1940
West Indian cricketer (1940–2022)
Fotis Kafatos
1940
Greek biologist (1940–2017)
Margrethe II
1940
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024
Joan Snyder
1940
American painter (born 1940)
John Amabile (American football)
1939
American football player, scout, and coach (1939–2012)
Dusty Springfield
1939
British singer (1939–1999)
Rich Rollins
1938
American baseball player (1938–2025)
Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)
1938
Scottish politician (1938–2017)
Gert Potgieter (athlete)
1937
George Steele
1937
American professional wrestler and actor (1937–2017)
Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)
1936
Marcel Carrière
1935
Canadian film director and sound engineer
Sarah Kirsch
1935
German poet
Lennart Risberg
1935
Swedish boxer (1935–2013)
Dominique Venner
1935
French journalist and essayist
Bobby Vinton
1935
American singer (born 1935)
Vince Hill
1934
English singer (1934–2023)
Robert Stigwood
1934
Australian music and film producer (1934–2016)
Barrie Unsworth
1934
Australian politician (born 1934)
Vicar (cartoonist)
1934
Chilean Disney comics artist
Marquitos (footballer, born 1933)
1933
Spanish footballer
Joan Bakewell
1933
English journalist, television presenter and politician (born 1933)
Perry Botkin Jr.
1933
American composer, producer, arranger, and musician (1933–2021)
Vera Krepkina
1933
Soviet athletics competitor (1933–2023)
Ike Pappas
1933
American journalist
Maury Meyers
1932
American politician
Julian Carroll
1931
American politician (1931–2023)
Doug Beasy
1930
Australian rules footballer and coach
Herbie Mann
1930
American jazz flutist (1930–2003)
Roy Hamilton
1929
American singer (1929–1969)
Ralph Slatyer
1929
Australian ecologist
Ed Townsend
1929
American singer, songwriter, record producer
Night Train Lane
1928
American football player (1928–2002)
Edie Adams
1927
American actress (1927–2008)
Pope Benedict XVI
1927
Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
Rolf Schult
1927
German actor (1927–2013)
Pierre Fabre (businessman)
1926
French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist
Henry Mancini
1924
American film composer (1924–1994)
Madanjeet Singh
1924
Warren Barker
1923
American composer, arranger, and conductor
Arch A. Moore Jr.
1923
American politician (1923–2015)
Kingsley Amis
1922
English author, critic and teacher (1922–1995)
Lawrence N. Guarino
1922
US Air Force officer (1922–2014)
Leo Tindemans
1922
Belgian politician (1922–2014)
Wolfgang Leonhard
1921
German political author and historian
Peter Ustinov
1921
British actor and humanitarian (1921–2004)
Ananda Dassanayake
1920
Sri Lankan politician (1920–2012)
Prince Georg of Denmark
1920
Danish diplomat and prince (1920–1986)
Merce Cunningham
1919
American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)
Nilla Pizzi
1919
Italian singer
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
1919
Mexican architect (1919–2013)
Spike Milligan
1918
Irish comedian and writer (1918–2002)
Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli
1917
Spanish noblewoman
Behçet Necatigil
1916
Turkish translator (1916-1979)
John Hodiak
1914
American actor (1914–1955)
Guy Burgess
1911
British diplomat and Soviet agent (1911–1963)
Berton Roueché
1910
American journalist
Ellis Marsalis Sr.
1908
American businessman
Ray Ventura (pianist)
1908
French jazz pianist and bandleader (1908–1979)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
1907
Canadian inventor and businessman (1907–1964)
August Eigruber
1907
Austrian-born Nazi politician and war criminal (1907–1947)
Frits Philips
1905
Dutch businessman (1905–2005)
Fifi D'Orsay
1904
Canadian-American actress (1904–1983)
Paul Waner
1903
American baseball player (1903–1965)
Polly Adler
1900
American madam and author (1900–1962)
1800s
Osman Achmatowicz
1899
Polish professor of chemistry (1899–1988)
Árpád Weisz
1896
Hungarian footballer and manager (1896–1944)
Ove Arup
1895
Founder of Arup (1895–1988)
Germaine Guèvremont
1893
Canadian writer (1893–1968)
John Norton (athlete)
1893
American athlete
Dora Richter
1892
German trans woman (1892–1966)
Howard Mumford Jones
1892
Dorothy P. Lathrop
1891
American writer and illustrator (1891–1980)
Fred Root
1890
English cricketer
Gertrude Chandler Warner
1890
American author (1890–1970)
Charlie Chaplin
1889
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Billy Minter
1888
English footballer (1888–1940)
Michalis Dorizas
1886
Greek athlete (1886–1957)
Ernst Thälmann
1886
German communist politician (1886–1944)
Leó Weiner
1885
Hungarian composer (1885–1960)
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell
1884
British politician and writer (1884-1963)
Seth Bingham
1882
American organist and composer
R. E. Foster
1878
English cricketer
Jōtarō Watanabe
1874
Japanese general (1874–1936)
John Millington Synge
1871
Irish writer and collector of folklore (1871–1909)
Wright brothers
1867
American aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane
José de Diego
1866
Puerto Rican politician and writer (1866–1918)
Harry Chauvel
1865
Australian army officer (1865–1945)
Ponnambalam Ramanathan
1851
Ceylon lawyer and politician
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
1848
Indian social reformer (1848–1919)
Hans Auer
1847
Swiss-Austrian architect (1847–1906)
Anatole France
1844
French author and journalist (1844–1924)
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
1839
Italian noble and politician
Charles Lennox Richardson
1834
British merchant (1834–1862) killed in the Namamugi Incident
Octave Crémazie
1827
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet
1826
Irish politician
Gotthold Eisenstein
1823
German mathematician (1823–1852)
Ford Madox Brown
1821
British painter (1821–1893)
Juraj Dobrila
1812
Croatian Roman Catholic bishop and benefactor (1812–1882)
Caleb B. Smith
1808
American judge and politician (1808–1864)
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
1800
British Army officer
Before 1800
John Franklin
1786
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
1755
French portrait painter (1755–1842)
Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)
1730
British Army officer and politician (1730–1795)
Joseph Black
1728
British physicist and chemist (1728–1799)
Johann Gottlieb Görner
1697
German composer and organist (1697–1778)
John Hadley
1682
English mathematician (1682–1744)
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
1661
British politician and poet (1661–1715)
Hans Sloane
1660
Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist and collector (1660–1753)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
1646
French architect and builder (1646–1708)
Frans van Mieris the Elder
1635
Dutch painter (1635–1681)
John Davies (poet, born 1569)
1569
English poet, lawyer, and politician (1569–1626)
Tabinshwehti
1516
Founder of the First Toungoo Empire
Petrus Apianus
1495
German astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer (1495–1552)
Jungjong of Joseon
1488
King of Joseon from 1506 to 1544