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): Allan Segal • Chance the Rapper • Charlotta Sörenstam • Ernst Bakker • Frans van Mieris the Elder • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician) • Gotthold Eisenstein • Hsuan Hua • Johann Gottlieb Görner • John Amabile (American football) • John Harvey-Jones • Marquitos (footballer, born 1933) • Octave Crémazie • Osman Achmatowicz • Ove Arup • Patrik Järbyn • Rich Rollins • Seth Bingham • Ulf Wakenius

Born in the same month (April 1927): Ahmed Arif • Corín Tellado • Dany Robin • Dorothy Manley • Harry Gallatin • Joe Orlando • K. Alex Müller • Lokesh Chandra • Ollie Mitchell • Robert Mills (physicist) • Samuel P. Huntington • Thanin Kraivichien • Thomas Hemsley • Tilly Armstrong • Walter Bahr • Wesley A. Brown