Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

16 April 1889

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Caleb B. Smith • Ellen Barkin • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Jarbom Gamlin • Jarle Vespestad • Jim Lonborg • Maury Meyers • Mirai Nagasu • Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell • Rose Talbot Bullard • Vangelis Mantzaris

Born in the same month (April 1889): A. Philip Randolph • Adolf Hitler • Adrian Boult • Anita Loos • Gabriela Mistral • Grigoraș Dinicu • Jessie Street • Karel Doorman • Louis Rougier • Ludwig Wittgenstein • Paul Karrer • Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland • Stafford Cripps • Thomas Hart Benton (painter) • Tonny Kessler