April 16 - Births

Births

• 778 – King Louis the Pious (d. 840)
• 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)
• 1730 – 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, songwriter, composer, and film producer (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist (d. 1963)
• 1896 – Pat Clayton, British surveyor and explorer (d. 1962)
• 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 Inc.) (d. 1964)
• 1910 – Berton Roueché, American medical writer (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Joan Alexander, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Dick Gibson, British racing driver
• 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995)
• 1924 – John Harvey-Jones, industrialist (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976)
• 1927 – Edie Adams, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger
• 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 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet
• 1935 – Bobby Vinton, American singer
• 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 – Sir Frank Williams, English Formula One constructor and team principal (WilliamsF1)
• 1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
• 1943 – Ruth Madoc, British actress
• 1943 – Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (d. 2000)
• 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 – 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 – Peter Garrett, Australian singer (Midnight Oil) and politician
• 1953 – J. Neil Schulman, American writer
• 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 – Scott McKinsey, American television director
• 1959 – Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player
• 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 – Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1964 – Dave Pirner, American rock singer (Soul Asylum)
• 1964 – David Kohan, American television producer
• 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
• 1969 – Patrik Järbyn, Swedish alpine ski racer
• 1970 – Dero Goi, German musician of industrial group Oomph!
• 1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player
• 1971 – Peter Billingsley, American actor
• 1971 – Selena Quintanilla, Mexican American singer (d. 1995)
• 1971 – Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
• 1971 – Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
• 1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player
• 1973 – Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer
• 1973 – Aliaune Thiam Akon, American singer and song writer
• 1974 – Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah)
• 1974 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director
• 1974 – Valarie Rae Miller, American actress
• 1975 – Keon Clark, American basketball player
• 1975 – Sean Maher, American actor
• 1975 – Kelli O'Hara, American singer/actress
• 1975 – Nick Pickard, British actor
• 1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor
• 1976 – Dan Kellner, American fencer
• 1976 – Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
• 1977 – Akon, American singer
• 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
• 1979 – Sean Costello, American blues musician
• 1980 – Paul London, American professional wrestler
• 1981 – Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Boris Diaw, French basketball player
• 1982 – Barry Jones, Scottish magician
• 1982 – Jonathan Vilma, American football player
• 1982 – Gina Carano, American Mixed Martial Arts fighter
• 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
• 1984 – Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
• 1985 – Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian
• 1985 – Luol Deng, British-Sudanese basketball player
• 1985 – Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
• 1985 – Brendon Leonard, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1986 – Paul di Resta, British racing driver
• 1986 – Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer
• 1990 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
• 1990 – Lily Loveless, British actress
• 1992 – Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
• 1993 – Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
• 1994 – Liliana Mumy, American actress
• 2003 – Alina Foley, child actress
• 2008 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess