People born on April 16

Charlie Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

Benedict XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 (1927–2022)

Anatole France

French writer

Selena

American singer (1971–1995)

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

Peter Ustinov

British actor, filmmaker and writer (1921–2004)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball player (born 1947)

Akon

Ivoiro-American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer and entrepreneur

Antony Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State since 2021

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Grand Duke (head of state) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Shinji Okazaki

Japanese association football player

Martin Lawrence

American actor and comedian (born 1965)

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842)

Freddie Ljungberg

Swedish association football player and manager

Joseph Black

British chemist (1728-1799)