Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known as "Pope emeritus" upon his resignation, and he retained this title until his death in 2022.

16 April 1927

Born on the same birth date (16 April 1927): Edie Adams • Rolf Schult

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì • August Eigruber • Behçet Necatigil • Berton Roueché • Charlotta Sörenstam • Esbjörn Svensson • Freddie Ljungberg • John Harvey-Jones • Kelli O'Hara • Leó Weiner • Margot Adler • Michel Blanc • R. Carlos Nakai • Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell • Wolfgang Leonhard

Born in the same month (April 1927): Alan MacDiarmid • Alvin Sargent • Bill Slater (footballer) • Billy Pierce • Bud Cullen • Carmen Basilio • Coretta Scott King • Dorothy Manley • Joe Orlando • Kenneth Tynan • Lokesh Chandra • Norma Candal • Phil Hill • Robert Mills (physicist) • Rosemary Haughton • Tadeusz Mazowiecki • Thomas Hemsley • Walter Bahr • Wesley A. Brown