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Famous birthdays for April 16: Claire Foy, Martin Lawrence

By UPI Staff   |   April 16, 2019 at 3:27 AM
Claire Foy attends the red carpet arrivals at the British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on February 10. The actor turns 35 on April 16. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI Mirai Nagasu competes during the ladies figure skating free skating finals at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea, on February 23. She turns 26 on April 16. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

April 16 (UPI) -- Those born this date are under the sign of Aries.

They include:

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-- Artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun in 1755

-- French writer Anatole France in 1844

-- Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright in 1867

-- Movie legend Charlie Chaplin in 1889

-- Writer Kingsley Amis in 1922

-- Composer/conductor Henry Mancini in 1924

-- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 1927 (age 92)

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-- Football Hall of fame member Dick "Night Train" Lane in 1927

-- Jazz flutist Herbie Mann in 1930

-- Singer Bobby Vinton in 1935 (age 84)

-- Singer Dusty Springfield in 1939

-- Danish Queen Margrethe II in 1940 (age 79)

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1947 (age 72)

-- NFL coach Bill Belichick in 1952 (age 67)

-- Actor Ellen Barkin in 1954 (age 65)

-- Actor Jon Cryer in 1965 (age 54)

-- Actor Martin Lawrence in 1965 (age 54)

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-- Actor Peter Billingsley in 1971 (age 48)

-- Tejeno singer Selena Quintanilla in 1971

-- Singer Akon, born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, in 1973 (age 46)

-- Actor Claire Foy in 1984 (age 35)

-- Chance the Rapper, born Chancellor Jonathan Bennett, in 1993 (age 26)

-- Mirai Nagasu, first female figure skater to land a triple axel at the Olympics, in 1993 (age 26)

-- Actor Anya Taylor-Joy in 1996 (age 23)

-- Actor Sadie Sink in 2002 (age 17)

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