Famous Births on 16 Apr

Famous Births on 16 Apr

1319 - King John II of France (d. 1364)
1495 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)
1646 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)
1660 - Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (d. 1753)
1661 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)
1682 - John Hadley, British inventor (d. 1744)
1693 - Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743)
1728 - Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (d. 1799)
1738 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
1755 - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
1800 - George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (d. 1888)
1821 - Ford Madox Brown, English painter (d. 1893)
1823 - Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852)
1827 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (d. 1879)
1844 - Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1847 - Hans Auer, Swiss architect, (d. 1906)
1848 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919)
1859 - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (d. 1924)
1865 - Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)
1866 - José de Diego, Puerto Rico statesman and journalist (d. 1918)
1867 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
1871 - John Millington Synge, Irish writer (d. 1909)
1878 - Tip Foster, English cricketer (d. 1914)
1886 - Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor, writer, and film producer (d. 1977)
1895 - Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
1896 - Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist (d. 1963)
1899 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988)
1904 - Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
1905 - Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1907 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (d. 1947)
1907 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French-Canadian inventor and businessman (Bombardier) (d. 1964)
1912 - Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996)
1912 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
1915 - Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright (d. 1997)
1917 - Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
1918 - Dick Gibson, British racing driver
1918 - Joan Alexander, American actress
1918 - Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (d. 2002)
1919 - Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer
1919 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005)
1921 - Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)
1922 - Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995)
1924 - Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976)
1924 - Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994)
1924 - John Harvey-Jones, Industrialist (d. 2008)
1927 - Edie Adams, American actress
1927 - Pope Benedict XVI
1927 - Peter Mark Richman, American actor
1928 - "Night Train" Lane, American football player (d. 2002)
1929 - Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969)
1929 - Ed Townsend, American singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1930 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flute player (d. 2003)
1933 - Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster
1935 - Bobby Vinton, American singer
1935 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet
1938 - Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician
1938 - Rich Rollins, American baseballer
1939 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999)
1939 - Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (d. 2008.)
1940 - Margrethe II of Denmark, queen regnant
1940 - Benoît Bouchard, French-Canadian politician
1942 - Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
1942 - Sir Frank Williams, English F1 constructor and team principal (WilliamsF1)
1943 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (d. 2000)
1943 - Ruth Madoc, British actress
1944 - Richard Bradshaw British opera conductor
1945 - Tom Allen, American politician
1946 - Margot Adler, American journalist
1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player
1947 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter
1948 - Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant
1949 - Melody Patterson, American actress
1950 - David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
1951 - Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, French photographer
1951 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer
1951 - Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer
1951 - Mordechai Ben David, Jewish singer
1952 - Bill Belichick, American football coach
1952 - Michel Blanc, French actor
1952 - Billy West, American voice actor
1953 - J. Neil Schulman, American writer
1953 - Peter Garrett, Australian musician (Midnight Oil)
1954 - Ellen Barkin, American actress
1954 - John Bowe, Australian racing driver
1955 - Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
1955 - Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1956 - David McDowell Brown, American astronaut (d. 2003)
1956 - Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
1959 - Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player
1959 - Scott McKinsey, American television director
1960 - Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
1960 - Pierre Littbarski, German footballer
1960 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1961 - Doris Dragović, Croatian singer
1962 - Ian MacKaye, American musician, (Fugazi and Minor Threat)
1963 - Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer (The Osmonds)
1963 - Salim Malik, Pakistani cricket player
1964 - David Kohan, American television producer
1964 - Dave Pirner, American rock singer (Soul Asylum)
1965 - Jon Cryer, American actor
1965 - Martin Lawrence, American actor
1965 - Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director
1968 - Vickie Guerrero, WWE professional wrestling personality
1969 - Fernando Viña, American Baseball Player
1970 - Walt Williams, American basketball player
1971 - Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
1971 - Selena Quintanilla,Mexican American singer (d. 1995)
1971 - Peter Billingsley, American actor
1971 - Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
1972 - Conchita Martinez, Spanish tennis player
1973 - Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer
1974 - Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah)
1974 - Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director
1974 - Valarie Rae Miller, American actress
1975 - Sean Maher, American actor
1975 - Nick Pickard, British actor
1976 - Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
1976 - Dan Kellner, American fencer
1976 - Lukas Haas, American actor
1977 - Alek Wek, Sudanese supermodel
1977 - Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
1978 - Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer
1978 - Lara Dutta, Indian actress
1979 - Christijan Albers, Dutch Formula One driver
1979 - Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer
1980 - Paul London, American professional wrestler
1982 - Gina Carano, American Mixed Martial Arts fighter.
1982 - Barry Jones, Scottish magician
1982 - Jonathan Vilma, American football player
1982 - Boris Diaw, French basketball player
1983 - Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher
1983 - George Patis, Greek badminton player
1983 - Marié Digby, American Singer
1984 - Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author
1984 - Noah Fleiss, American actor
1985 - Luol Deng, British-Sudanese basketball player
1985 - Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
1985 - Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian
1986 - Paul di Resta, British racing driver
1986 - Neil Haskell, Finalist of SYTYCD Season 3
1987 - Aaron Lennon, English footballer
1990 - Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
1992 - Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
1993 - Mirai Nagasu, American Figure Skater
1994 - Liliana Mumy, American actress
2008 - Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess
778 - King Louis the Pious (d. 840)