| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Basketball |
16-Apr-1947 |
|
NBA records for most minutes, most points |
| Edie Adams |
Actor |
16-Apr-1925 |
|
Lover Come Back |
| Herbert Baxter Adams |
Historian |
16-Apr-1850 |
30-Jul-1901 |
Coined the term political science |
| Tom Allen |
Politician |
16-Apr-1945 |
|
Congressman, Maine 1st |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Ove Arup |
Engineer |
16-Apr-1895 |
1988 |
Danish civil engineer |
| Randy Ayers |
Basketball |
16-Apr-1956 |
|
OSU Head Coach, 1989-97 |
| Warren Barker |
Composer |
16-Apr-1923 |
3-Aug-2006 |
Composer for 77 Sunset Strip |
| Ellen Barkin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1954 |
|
Siesta |
| Alfonso Bedoya |
Actor |
16-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1957 |
Doesn't need no stinking badges |
| Bill Belichick |
Football |
16-Apr-1952 |
|
Head Coach, New England Patriots |
| Pope Benedict XVI |
Religion |
16-Apr-1927 |
|
Roman Catholic Pontiff |
| Peter Billingsley |
Actor |
16-Apr-1972 |
|
A Christmas Story |
| Bruce Bochy |
Baseball |
16-Apr-1955 |
|
Manager, San Francisco Giants |
| Ford Madox Brown |
Painter |
16-Apr-1821 |
6-Oct-1893 |
English historical painter |
| Julian Carroll |
Politician |
16-Apr-1931 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79 |
| William Chambers |
Publisher |
16-Apr-1800 |
20-May-1883 |
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. |
| Charlie Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
25-Dec-1977 |
Silent film comedian |
| Jon Cryer |
Actor |
16-Apr-1965 |
|
Duckie Dale in Pretty in Pink |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Luol Deng |
Basketball |
16-Apr-1985 |
|
Chicago Bulls forward |
| Lara Dutta |
Actor |
16-Apr-1978 |
|
Miss Universe 2000 |
| Noah Fleiss |
Actor |
16-Apr-1984 |
|
Josh and S.A.M. |
| Anatole France |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1844 |
13-Oct-1924 |
French novelist |
| David Graf |
Actor |
16-Apr-1950 |
7-Apr-2001 |
Movie, TV and videogame work |
| Lukas Haas |
Actor |
16-Apr-1976 |
|
Amish boy in Witness |
| John Harvey-Jones |
Business |
16-Apr-1924 |
9-Jan-2008 |
Chairman of ICI, 1982-87 |
| Jean II |
Royalty |
16-Apr-1319 |
8-Apr-1364 |
King of France 1350-64 |
| Tom C. Korologos |
Diplomat |
16-Apr-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07 |
| Dick Lane |
Football |
16-Apr-1928 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Night Train Lane |
| Martin Lawrence |
Comic |
16-Apr-1965 |
|
Martin |
| Ian MacKaye |
Musician |
16-Apr-1962 |
|
Punk rock icon |
| Sean Maher |
Actor |
16-Apr-1975 |
|
Dr. Simon Tam on Firefly |
| Henry Mancini |
Composer |
16-Apr-1924 |
14-Jun-1994 |
Theme for The Pink Panther |
| Herbie Mann |
Jazz Musician |
16-Apr-1930 |
1-Jul-2003 |
Jazz flautist |
| Margrethe II |
Royalty |
16-Apr-1940 |
|
Queen of Denmark |
| Diane Middlebrook |
Author |
16-Apr-1939 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Biographer of Anne Sexton |
| Spike Milligan |
Comic |
16-Apr-1918 |
27-Feb-2002 |
The Goon Show |
| Arch A. Moore, Jr. |
Politician |
16-Apr-1923 |
|
Twice Governor of West Virginia |
| Barry Nelson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1920 |
7-Apr-2007 |
Yank on the Burma Road |
| Jimmy Osmond |
Musician |
16-Apr-1963 |
|
Youngest of the Osmonds |
| Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
| Melody Patterson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1949 |
|
Wrangler Jane on F Troop |
| Dave Pirner |
Musician |
16-Apr-1964 |
|
Frontman for Soul Asylum |
| Anthony J. Principi |
Government |
16-Apr-1944 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05 |
| Shu Qi |
Actor |
16-Apr-1976 |
|
Gorgeous |
| Ann Romney |
First Lady |
16-Apr-1949 |
|
Wife of Mitt Romney |
| Selena |
Singer |
16-Apr-1971 |
31-Mar-1995 |
Crossover Tejano music star |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
Curator |
16-Apr-1660 |
11-Jan-1753 |
Started the British Museum collection |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Cliff Stearns |
Politician |
16-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman, Florida 6th |
| John Millington Synge |
Playwright |
16-Apr-1871 |
24-Mar-1909 |
The Playboy of the Western World |
| Leo Tindemans |
Head of State |
16-Apr-1922 |
|
Prime Minister of Belgium, 1974-78 |
| Ed Townsend |
Musician |
16-Apr-1929 |
13-Aug-2003 |
R&B vocalist , songwriter and producer |
| Les Tremayne |
Radio Personality |
16-Apr-1913 |
19-Dec-2003 |
Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts |
| Tristan Tzara |
Poet |
16-Apr-1896 |
24-Dec-1963 |
Founded the Dada movement |
| Peter Ustinov |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
28-Mar-2004 |
British stage actor |
| Bobby Vinton |
Musician |
16-Apr-1935 |
|
Sealed With A Kiss |
| Billy West |
Actor |
16-Apr-1952 |
|
Futurama voices, Ren and Stimpy |
| Wilbur Wright |
Aviator |
16-Apr-1867 |
30-May-1912 |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
