Margrethe II

Margrethe II is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV.

16 April 1940

Born on the same birth date (16 April 1940): Benoît Bouchard • David Holford • Joan Snyder • Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Akon • Cameron Blades • Conchita Martínez • Ernst Thälmann • Esbjörn Svensson • Freddie Ljungberg • Hans Sloane • Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730) • Johann Gottlieb Görner • John Hodiak • Joseph Black • Margot Adler • Marié Digby • Octave Crémazie • Paweł Kieszek • Vince Hill • Warren Barker

Born in the same month (April 1940): Benoît Bouchard • Billy Fury • Burt Young • Eric Dancer • Gilles Proulx • Gloria Hunniford • Hans-Joachim Reske • Homero Aridjis • James Gammon • Jeffrey Archer • Michael Kadosh • Mike Beuttler • Pedro Armendáriz Jr. • Robert Lacroix • Robert Walker (actor, born 1940) • Sharon Sheeley • Souleymane Cissé (film director) • Tommy Cash • Willie Davis (baseball)