Shamil Abbyasov (67)
April 16th, 1957

Kyrgyzstani long and triple jumper – Shamil Abbyasov was born in Aravan (Village in Kyrgyzstan) on April 16th, 1957 and is 67 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 16

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Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

65

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

88

Charlie Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

70

Ellen Barkin

American actress

*April 16th, 1954, The Bronx

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

95

Benedict XVI

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

*April 16th, 1927, Birth house of Benedict XVI †December 31st, 2022, Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

53

Sven Fischer

German biathlete

*April 16th, 1971, Schmalkalden

91

John Friedmann

American city planner (1926-2017)

*April 16th, 1926, Vienna †June 11th, 2017, Vancouver

59

Jon Cryer

American actor

*April 16th, 1965, New York City

77

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball player (born 1947)

*April 16th, 1947, New York City

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

42

Gina Carano

American actress and former mixed martial artist

*April 16th, 1982, Dallas

48

Kelli O'Hara

American actress and singer

*April 16th, 1976, Oklahoma

66

Alexander Tschäppät

Mayor of Bern (1952-2018)

*April 16th, 1952, Bern †May 4th, 2018, Bern

40

Claire Foy

British actress (born 1984)

*April 16th, 1984, Stockport

46

David M. Brown

American astronaut

*April 16th, 1956, Arlington County †February 1st, 2003, Texas

23

Selena

American singer (1971–1995)

*April 16th, 1971, Lake Jackson †March 31st, 1995, Corpus Christi

64

Sonja Leidemann

Mayor of Witten (2004–2020)

*April 16th, 1960, Hattingen

72

Billy West

American voice actor, musician and singer (born 1952)

*April 16th, 1952, Detroit

69

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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

*April 16th, 1955, Betzdorf Castle

81

Edie Adams

American singer, businesswoman (1927–2008)

*April 16th, 1927, Kingston †October 15th, 2008, Los Angeles

79

Frank Williams

Founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering (1942–2021)

*April 16th, 1942, South Shields †November 28th, 2021, London

80

Anatole France

French writer

*April 16th, 1844, Paris †October 12th, 1924

65

Georg Curtius

German classical scholar and philologist (1820-1885)

*April 16th, 1820, Lübeck †August 12th, 1885, Jelenia Góra

49

Sean Maher

American actor

*April 16th, 1975, Pleasantville

89

Barry Nelson

American actor (1917–2007)

*April 16th, 1917, San Francisco †April 7th, 2007, Bucks County

70

Karl Friedrich Sinner

German forester

*April 16th, 1946, Aschaffenburg †March 18th, 2017, Langensendelbach

69

Alexey Pajitnov

Russian video game designer (born 1955)

*April 16th, 1955, Moscow

Also born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

67

David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

66

Wolfgang Hoppe

East German bobsledder and trainer

*November 14th, 1957, Apolda

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

66

François Asselineau

French politician and official

*September 14th, 1957, Paris

47

Theo van Gogh

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

*July 23rd, 1957, The Hague †November 2nd, 2004, Amsterdam

67

Amanda Plummer

American actress

*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

67

Stephen Dillane

British actor

*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

67

Donald Tusk

Polish politician, prime minister of Poland since 2023 and between 2007–2014, president of the European Council in the period 2014–2019 (8th European legislature)

*April 22nd, 1957, Gdańsk

Shamil Abbyasov