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Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Abdul-Jabbar broke the NBA's career scoring record in 1984, and held it until LeBron James surpassed him in 2023.
Famous Birthdays on April 16
1947 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball player and coach
April 16 has 218 recorded notable births across history, from 1488 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 16
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- 1862 American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. Source
- 1963 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. Source
- 1878 The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish. Source
- 1818 The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Source
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During his tenure with the Patriots, Belichick was a central figure as the head coach and de facto general manager during the team's dynasty from 2001 to 2019.
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With the Cardinals, Arenado and teammate Paul Goldschmidt became a highly-regarded infield duo, each of them being named finalists for the National League MVP Award in 2022.
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During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847.
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Kingsley Amis wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism.
More major people born on April 16
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1952
Bill Belichick
American football coach
William Stephen Belichick is an American football coach who is the head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
1991
Nolan Arenado
American baseball player
Nolan James Arenado is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). Arenado is widely recognized as one of the best defensive third basemen of all time.
1786
John Franklin
English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847)
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
1922
Kingsley Amis
English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995)
Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher.
1903
Paul Waner
American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most notably playing his first 15 seasons with…
1800
George Bingham
3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan,, styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer.
1963
Saleem Malik
Pakistani cricketer
Saleem Malik is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the team.
1946
R. Carlos Nakai
American flute player
Raymond Carlos Nakai is an American flutist. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a two-year period in the United States Navy.
1661
Charles Montagu
1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was a British politician and poet.
1916
Behçet Necatigil
Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979)
Behçet Necatigil, Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry.
1921
Wolfgang Leonhard
German historian and author (died 2014)
Wolfgang Leonhard was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism.
1931
Julian Carroll
American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)
Julian Morton Carroll was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky.
1730
Henry Clinton
English general and politician (died 1795)
General Sir Henry Clinton, KB was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1772 and 1795.
1972
Conchita Martínez
Spanish-American tennis player
Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She reached a career-high ranking of world No.
1848
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
Indian author and activist (died 1919)
Kandukuri Veeresalingam was a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India, current Andhra Pradesh. He was considered as the Father of the Telugu Renaissance movement.
1867
Wilbur Wright
American inventor (died 1912)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
1934
Vince Hill
English singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Vincent Brian Hill was an English traditional pop singer, best known for his cover version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart.
1939
Dusty Springfield
English singer and record producer (died 1999)
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.
1965
Jon Cryer
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor. Born into a show business family, he made his film debut with a lead role in No Small Affair (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in…