Celebrities Born on April 16
Who was born on April 16?
Famous people born on April 16 include Charlie Chaplin, Benedict XVI, Anatole France. It is day 106 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Aries (Fire sign).
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
Anatole France
French writer (1844–1924)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball player
Peter Ustinov
British actor, writer and director (1921–2004)
Akon
Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1973)
Antony Blinken
American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021–2025)
Tristan Tzara
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke (head of state) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2000–2025)
Martin Lawrence
American actor and comedian (born 1965)
Freddie Ljungberg
Swedish association football player and manager
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
French portrait painter (1755–1842)
Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#106
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
260
days from today
Birthday Number 7 — The Seeker
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 16 → 7). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Analysis · Introspection · Wisdom · Spirituality — To bring wisdom down to earth. The integrated 7 learns that understanding held privately is incomplete — the true seeker…
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Spring (Northern Hemisphere) — a season of beginnings and renewal.
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April Birthstone — Diamond
Diamond is the April birthstone, and if that feels slightly excessive — you draw the hardest, rarest, most expensive gemstone on the calendar — consider what it actually is before you consider what it costs. Diamond is pure carbon. The same element in graphite (which writes on paper), in charcoal, i…
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