Celebrity Birthdays for April 16:
Singer Bobby Vinton is 90.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is 85.
Blues singer and guitarist Stefan Grossman is 80.
Basketball Hall of Fame centre Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 78.
Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley is 76.
NFL head coach Bill Belichick is 73.
Rock singer and former politician Peter Garrett is 72.
Actress Ellen Barkin is 71.
Actor Michael Gill ("House of Cards") is 65.
Singer-bassist Jason Scheff (Chicago) is 63.
Singer Jimmy Osmond is 62.
Singer David Pirner of Soul Asylum is 61.
Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence is 60.
Latin American rapper Gerardo (Mejia) is 60.
Actor Jon Cryer is 60.
Actor Peter Billingsley ("A Christmas Story") is 54.
Singer-rapper Akon is 52.
Actor Lukas Haas is 49.
Broadway actress Kelli O'Hara is 49.
Actress Claire Foy ("The Crown") is 41.
Hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper is 32.
Actress Sadie Sink ("Stranger Things") is 23.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1786, Arctic explorer John Franklin. (June 11, 1847)
In 1867, American aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright. (Jan. 30, 1948)
In 1889, actor-director Charlie Chaplin. (Dec. 25, 1977)
In 1904, Fifi D’Orsay, the Montreal-born motion picture actress known as the "French Bombshell." (Dec. 2, 1983)
In 1907, Canadian inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier. (Feb. 18, 1964)
In 1917, actor Barry Nelson. (April 7, 2007)
In 1921, actor and writer Sir Peter Ustinov. (March 28, 2004)
In 1924, pianist, composer and orchestra leader Henry Mancini. (June 14, 1994)
In 1927, actress-singer Edie Adams. (Oct. 15, 2008)
In 1927, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. (Dec. 31, 2022)
In 1927, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Dick "Night Train" Lane. (Jan. 29, 2002)
In 1927, actor Peter Mark Richman ("Dynasty"). (Jan. 14, 2021)
In 1929, '50s pop and R&B singer Roy Hamilton. (July 20, 1969)
In 1930, jazz flutist Herbie Mann. (July 1, 2003)
In 1939, British singer Dusty Springfield. (March 2, 1999)
In 1943, "Lonesome" Dave Peverett of Foghat. (Feb. 7, 2000)
In 1947, singer Gerry Rafferty. (Jan. 4, 2011)
In 1971, Tejano music star Selena (Quintanilla). (March 31, 1995)
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