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Birthdays of Personalities on April 16

1844 : Anatole France, writer (Tha‹s, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)
1926 : Barbara Tizzard, British educator
1906 : Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer
1934 : Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1808 : Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864
1965 : Caren Kemner, Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1889 : Charlie Chaplin, (Tramp), comedian (City Lights)/IBM salesman
1955 : Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1922 : Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
1652 : Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1941 : Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1904 : Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
1906 : Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist
1628 : Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1915 : Dany [Dani‰l S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic & water
1964 : Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum)
1956 : David M Brown, Arlington Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1920 : Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
1939 : Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1939 : Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist (Growing Pains)
1816 : Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1881 : Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1851 : Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist
1886 : Ernst Th„lmann, German communist presidential candidate
1943 : Ewald Vanvugt, author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1821 : Ford Maddox Brown, painter
1635 : Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1971 : Frederik Nilsson, Stockholm SWE, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL))
1934 : Geoffrey Owen, British editor (Financial Times)
1820 : Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1965 : Gerardo, rocker
1947 : Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1696 : Giovanni Battista Tupolo, Italian painter
1945 : Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1660 : Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1955 : Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1850 : Herbert Baxter Adams, US, historian (American Historical Assn)
1930 : Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1909 : Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1970 : Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1962 : Ian MacKaye, rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1861 : Isaac Murphy, US jockey (won 628 races)
1936 : James Rand, British judge (Advocate General)
1832 : John A Neuhuys, painter
1897 : John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1951 : John Bentley, rocker
1939 : John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician
1682 : John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1912 : John Halas, animator
1924 : John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)
1905 : John Lee-Barber, admiral
1648 : John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1871 : John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
1930 : John Robson, British ambassador (Norway)
1920 : John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1867 : Jos‚ de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1927 : Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1728 : Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist
1920 : Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1922 : Kingsley Amis, London, novelist (Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier)
1901 : Leo Poos, nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1922 : Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1904 : Lily Pons, Draguignan France, soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
1913 : Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
1940 : Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1939 : Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister (PvdA)
1940 : Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
1898 : Marian Jordan, Peoria Ill, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly)
1972 : Mario Bradley, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1906 : Marion Lloyd Vince, Bkln NY, fencer (National champ 1928, 31)
1965 : Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)
1969 : Melinda Rich, Muskegon Mich, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993)
1919 : Merce Cunningham, choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1938 : Michael Hirst, chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1987 : Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
1823 : Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol)
1823 : Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907
1933 : Perry Botkin Jr, NYC, orch leader (Bert Convy Show)
1931 : Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1906 : Pigmeat Markham, Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1900 : Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1940 : Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
1939 : Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1934 : Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1964 : Robert Kelker-Kelly, Wichita Kansas, (Bo-Days of our Live)
1971 : Selena [Quintanilla], tejano vocalist
1867 : Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers)
1800 : William Chambers, author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding)
1911 : William Stearn, botanist

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