Yochanan Afek (72)
April 16th, 1952

Israeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiter – Yochanan Afek was born in Tel Aviv (City in Israel) on April 16th, 1952 and is 72 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 16

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

70

Ellen Barkin

American actress

*April 16th, 1954, The Bronx

88

Charlie Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

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

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

77

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball player (born 1947)

*April 16th, 1947, New York City

91

John Friedmann

American city planner (1926-2017)

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

65

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

53

Sven Fischer

German biathlete

*April 16th, 1971, Schmalkalden

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

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

59

Jon Cryer

American actor

*April 16th, 1965, New York City

73

Bill Walker

11th governor of Alaska

*April 16th, 1951, Fairbanks

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

40

Claire Foy

British actress (born 1984)

*April 16th, 1984, Stockport

79

Frank Williams

Founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering (1942–2021)

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

70

Karl Friedrich Sinner

German forester

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

23

Selena

American singer (1971–1995)

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

81

Edie Adams

American singer, businesswoman (1927–2008)

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

73

Pierre Toutain-Dorbec

French photographer

*April 16th, 1951, Orbec

89

Barry Nelson

American actor (1917–2007)

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

69

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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

*April 16th, 1955, Betzdorf Castle

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

73

Don Carmody

Film producer

*April 16th, 1951, Providence

65

Geoffrey Oryema

Internationally renowned Ugandan musician and singer. (16 April 1953 – 22 June 2018)

*April 16th, 1953, Soroti †June 22nd, 2018, Lorient

49

Sean Maher

American actor

*April 16th, 1975, Pleasantville

64

Sonja Leidemann

Mayor of Witten (2004–2020)

*April 16th, 1960, Hattingen

Also born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

72

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

50

Michael Jeter

American actor (1952–2003)

*August 26th, 1952, Lawrenceburg †March 30th, 2003, Los Angeles

64

Helen Dunmore

British novelist

*December 12th, 1952, Beverley †June 5th, 2017, Bristol

71

Allan Wasserman

American actor

*May 16th, 1952, The Bronx

71

Glenn W. Most

American classical philologist (born 1952)

*June 12th, 1952, Miami

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

72

Christopher Doyle

Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer and film director

*May 2nd, 1952, Sydney

72

Christine Baranski

American actress

*May 2nd, 1952, Buffalo

72

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist, author, broadcaster, and former football player

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

72

Tony Plana

Cuban actor

*April 19th, 1952, Havana

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