Famous Birthdays for April 16Hans Sloane 1660 - Doctor, naturalist, instrumental in founding of the British Museum Sir John Franklin 1786 Flora Batson 1864 Jose de Diego 1866 - Patriot and political leader of Puerto Rico, April 16 is a legal holiday in Puerto Rico in his honor Wilbur Wright 1867 - Aviator, one of the Wright Brothers John Millington Synge 1871 - Poet, playwright Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles (Spencer) ‘Charlie’ Chaplin) 1889 - Actor, comedian Les Tremayne (Henning) 1913 - Actor ("The War of the Worlds", "The Slime People") John Hodiak 1914 - Actor Spike Milligan 1918 Merce Cunningham 1919 - Dancer, choreographer Sir Peter Ustinov 1921 - Actor Kingsley Amis 1922 - Novelist Bennie Green 1923 - Musician, lyricist Barry Nelson 1920 - Actor ("Airport", "The Shining"), first actor to portray Ian Fleming's James Bond. Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini) 1924 - Composer (themes for "The Pink Panther", "Peter Gunn") Joseph Alois Ratzinger 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI Peter Mark Richman 1927 Edie Adams 1929 - Actress Ed Townshend 1929 Roy Hamilton 1929 - Singer Herbie Mann (Solomon) 1930 - Jazz musician, Ike Pappas 1933 - Singer Bobby Vinton 1935 - Singer Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien) 1939 - Singer Queen Margrethe II 1940 - Queen of Denmark Jim (James Reynold) Lonborg 1942 - Baseball player Dave Peverett (Lonesome Dave) 1943 - Musician (Foghat) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) 1947 - Basketball player Gerry Rafferty 1947 - Singer, songwriter Bill Spooner 1949 - Musician (The Tubes) Peter Garrett 1953 - Singer (Midnight Oil) Jay O. Sanders 1953 - Actor Ellen Barkin 1954 - Actress ("Eddie and the Cruisers") Jimmy Osmond 1963 - Singer (The Osmonds), the youngest Osmond David Pirner 1964 - Musician (Soul Asylum) John Cryer 1965 - Actor ("Superman 4: The Quest for Peace", "Pretty in Pink", "Two and a Half Men") Martin Lawrence 1965 - Actor, comedian Dan Rieser 1966 - Musician (Marcy Playground) Selena Quintanilla 1971 - Singer Peter Billingsley 1972 - Actor ("A Christmas Story") Lukas Haas 1976 - Actor Samantha Char 1995 |
