Behçet Necatigil

Leading turkish author, poet and translator.

Born April 16th, 1916 in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Died December 13th, 1979 at 63 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Jérôme Bonnissel

French association football player.

Born April 16th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Montpellier.

Yevgeny Samoylov

Soviet and russian actor.

Born April 16th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 17th, 2006 at 93 years old in Moscow.

Carolina Beatriz Ângelo

Portuguese feminist and suffragist.

Born April 16th, 1878 in São Vicente.

Died October 3rd, 1911 at 33 years old in Lisbon (myocardial infarction).

Elisaveta Bagriana

Bulgarian poet and writer.

Born April 16th, 1893 in Sofia. ^[ref]

Died March 24th, 1991 at 97 years old in Sofia. ^[ref]

Pirkko Saisio

Finnish writer, director and actress.

Born April 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Helsinki.

Colette Flesch

Mayor of luxembourg city from 1969 to 1980.

Born April 16th, 1937 in Dudelange.

Died January 21st, 2026 at 88 years old in Luxembourg. ^[ref]

Paul Dolan

Canadian soccer player.

Born April 16th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Ottawa.

Dmytro Khomchenovskiy

Ukrainian footballer.

Born April 16th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Vuhledar.

Matteo Contini

Italian footballer.

Born April 16th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Varese.