Famous people born on 16 April

• Charlie ChaplinEnglish actor and filmmaker · 1889–1977
  88 yrs
• Benedict XVI265 th pope of the Catholic Church · 1927–2022
  95 yrs
• Anatole FranceFrench writer · 1844–1924
  80 yrs
• Peter UstinovBritish actor, writer and director · 1921–2004
  82 yrs
• Tristan TzaraRomanian-French poet · 1896–1963
  67 yrs
• Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le BrunFrench portrait painter · 1755–1842
  86 yrs
• Ernst Thälmann ↗German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany · 1886–1944
  58 yrs
• Joseph Black ↗Scottish physicist and chemist · 1728–1799
  71 yrs
• Kingsley Amis ↗English novelist, poet, critic and teacher · 1922–1995
  73 yrs
• Henry Mancini ↗American film composer · 1924–1994
  70 yrs
• John Millington Synge ↗Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore · 1871–1909
  37 yrs
• Ali al-Rida ↗Eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams · AD 770–818
  48 yrs
• Nizam al-Mulk ↗Persian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official · 1018–1092
  74 yrs
• Dusty Springfield ↗British singer · 1939–1999
  59 yrs
• John Franklin ↗British naval officer and explorer · 1786–1847
  61 yrs
• Nikolai Trubetzkoy ↗Russian linguist · 1890–1938
  48 yrs
• John Law ↗Scottish economist and banker · 1671–1729
  57 yrs
• Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ↗British politician · 1881–1959
  78 yrs
• Gerry Rafferty ↗Scottish singer-songwriter · 1947–2011
  63 yrs
• Hans Sloane ↗Irish botanist, doctor, and collector · 1660–1753
  92 yrs
• Ford Madox Brown ↗British painter · 1821–1893
  72 yrs
• Gotthold Eisenstein ↗German mathematician · 1823–1852
  29 yrs
• Ernest Solvay ↗Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist · 1838–1922
  84 yrs
• Leo Tindemans ↗Belgian politician · 1922–2014
  92 yrs
• Émile Friant ↗French painter · 1863–1932
  69 yrs
• Jules Hardouin-Mansart ↗French Baroque architect · 1646–1708
  62 yrs
• David M. Brown ↗American astronaut · 1956–2003
  46 yrs
• Spike Milligan ↗British actor · 1918–2002
  83 yrs
• Frank Williams ↗Founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering · 1942–2021
  79 yrs
• Robert Luther ↗German astronomer · 1822–1900
  77 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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