Birthday twins
April 16 is the birthday of 60 notable people we've found so far, including authors, athletes, historical figures and actors, and 1 of them is a billionaire.
What the data says
South Korean billionaire
1969
$2Bolder estimate, as of December 2024 · Forbes
Yoo Jung-hyun is a South Korean auditor and businesswoman.
Reported estimate as of December 2024: $2B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every April birthday · battle April 16 against another date · all rankings
Who shares April 16
Share of the 60 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Founder · United Artists · entertainment
1889–1977 · United Kingdom
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, singer, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
Strauss-Peyton Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1996 · United States
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an actress. Born in Miami, she grew up in Buenos Aires and London. She began pursuing an acting career at the age of 16. After a series of small television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015).
Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1947 · United States
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player who was a center for 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.
Yahoo from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1982 · United States
Gina Joy Carano is an American actress and mixed martial artist. She competed in Elite Xtreme Combat and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. Her popularity led to her being called the "face of women's MMA", although Carano rejected this title.
Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Author
1927–2022 · Italy
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pope emeritus", a title he held until his death on 31 December 2022.
WDKrause, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1978 · Croatia
Igor Tudor is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Davide Marchiol, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · Williams Racing
1942–2021 · United Kingdom
Sir Francis Owen Garbett Williams was a British businessman, motorsport executive and racing driver.
Pitlane02, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1955 · United States
Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer. He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1927–2008 · United States
Edie Adams was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Maurice Seymour, New York, photographer., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Bombardier · aerospace
1907–1964 · Canada
Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was a snowmobile.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Solvay S.A. · manufacturing
1838–1922 · Belgium
Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.
Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1983 · Qatar
Moutaz Al-Khayyat is a Syrian-Qatari billionaire entrepreneur based in Doha, Qatar.
April 16 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Actor
1954 · United States
Ellen Rona Barkin is an American actress.
Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1984 · United Kingdom
Claire Elizabeth Foy is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, for which she received various accolades such as a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
FiesolanaNYC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1965 · United States
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor and comedian. Lawrence began his career doing comedy shows, including in The Improv. After his first acting role in the sitcom What's Happening Now!!
Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1940 · Kingdom of Denmark
Margrethe II is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she is the second-longest-reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV.
Athlete
1960 · Spain
Rafael Benítez Maudes is a Spanish professional football manager and former player.
Дмитрий Журавель, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1921–2004 · United Kingdom
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was a British actor, writer and humanitarian. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career.
Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1939–1999 · United Kingdom
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.
Philips Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1962 · United States
Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025.
U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1978 · India
Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress. The winner of Miss Intercontinental 1997 and Miss Universe 2000 pageants, she has since predominantly worked in Hindi films and series.
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1955 · Luxembourg
Henri is a member of the grand ducal family of Luxembourg who reigned as Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 2000 until his abdication in 2025.
Ieva Ābele, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1947–2011 · United Kingdom
Gerald Rafferty was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of Stealers Wheel, whose biggest hit was "Stuck in the Middle with You" in 1973. His solo hits in the late 1970s included "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl".
Eddie Mallin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1976 · Taiwan
Lin Li-hui, known professionally as Shu Qi, is a Taiwanese actress and filmmaker.
Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1952 · United States
William Richard Werstine, known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, and several subsequent projects.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1924–1994 · United States
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores.
RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1977 · Sweden
Karl Fredrik Ljungberg is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who played as a wide midfielder or winger. He was most recently an assistant coach, and interim head coach of Premier League club Arsenal.
Ricardo Alvarez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1972 · Spain
Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in October 1995, and was in the year-end top 10 for nine years.
si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1881–1959 · United Kingdom
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as the 1st Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the 3rd Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician of the 1930s.
Scientist
1786–1847 · Kingdom of Great Britain
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1985 · United Kingdom
Luol Ajou Deng is a South Sudanese–British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012.
SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1986 · Japan
Shinji Okazaki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for winning the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016. He is currently the manager of FC Basara Mainz.
jeollo von http://www.vfb-exklusiv.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1755–1842 · France
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1978 · Canada
Keinan Abdi Warsame, known professionally as K'naan, is a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker. He rose to international fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1844–1924 · France
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. Several of his books were best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.
Photographer : Wilhelm Benque. Tucker Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1922–1995 · United Kingdom
Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · United Kingdom
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
James Boyes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1989 · Spain
Daniel Parejo Muñoz is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Carla Cortés, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1960 · Germany
Pierre Littbarski is a German professional football manager and former player of 1. FC Köln and the West Germany national team. A diminutive player known for his dribbling abilities, he was mainly used as an attacking midfielder or winger.
Ryosuke Yagi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1871–1909
Edmund John Millington Synge, popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, writer and collector of folklores.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1018–1092 · Abbasid Caliphate
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Ṭūsī, better known by his honorific title of Niẓām al-Mulk, was a Persian Sunni scholar, jurist, and vizier of the Seljuk Empire.
Athlete
1991 · Colombia
Luis Fernando Muriel Fruto is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Categoría Primera A club Junior.
Voltmetro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 60 people born on April 16, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of December 2024. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on April 16. Read the full methodology.
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