1729 – Catherine the Great [Catherine II], German Empress of Russia (1762-96), born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1796)
1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1982)
1902 – Erin O’Brien-Moore, American actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1979)
1932 – Malcolm Lipkin, English composer, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2017)
1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor (The A-Team), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
1944 – John Verity, English rocker (Argent), born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
1945 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in Managua, Nicaragua
1950 – Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), born in Alexander City, Alabama (d. 2019)
1961 – Doctor Robert [Bruce Robert Howard], Scottish singer-songwriter (The Blow Monkeys), born in Haddington, Scotland
1974 – Miles Joseph, American soccer forward (Olympic gold 1996), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts
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Famous Birthdays for 1st May 2020
1892 – Howard Barlow, American conductor (Voice of Firestone), born in Plain City, Ohio (d. 1972)
1913 – Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab (d. 1973)
1915 – Archie Williams, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1936), born in Oakland, California (d. 1993)
1929 – Sonny Ramadhin, West Indian cricket spin bowler (43 Tests, 158 wickets), born in St.Charles Village, Trinidad
1951 – Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
1951 – Gordon Greenidge, West Indies cricket batsman (108 Tests, 7,558 runs @ 44.72; 19 x 100s), born in St. Peter, Barbados
1954 – Ray Parker Jr, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1966 – Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1967 – Yael Arad, Israeli middleweight judoka (first Israeli to win an Olympic medal – silver 1996), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1979 – Jennifer Botterill, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 2002, 06, 10; Toronto Aeros, Harvard), born in Ottawa, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2020
1553 – Louise de Lorraine, Queen consort of France (1575-89), born in Nomeny, Bar, France (d. 1601)
1882 – Nine van de Schaaf, Dutch author (To the Invisible), born in Terhorne, Netherlands (d. 1973)
1912 – Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81) and Minister of Defense (1977-79), born in Madrid (d. 1995)
1919 – Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer (De Bungalow), born in Sleidinge, Belgium (d. 1982)
1946 – Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973- ), born in Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
1953 – Merrill Osmond, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie), born in Ogden, Utah
1959 – Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden)
1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician
1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2020
1780 – Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), born in Besançon, France (d. 1844)
1855 – Anatoly Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1914)
1872 – Eyvind Alnaes, Norwegian composer, born in Fredrikstad, Norway (d. 1932)
1908 – Jack Williamson, American sci-fi author (Cometeers), born in Brisbee, Arizona Territory (d. 2006)
1927 – Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American RandB saxophonist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
1935 – Lennie “Len” Weinrib, American comedian and actor (H.R. Pufnstuf, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
1949 – Eddie Hart, American 100m runner (Olympic-1972)
1962 – Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
1976 – God Shammgod, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)
1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 28th April 2020
1838 – Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1913)
1908 – Michael Fitzmaurice, American radio actor (Superman, Reported Missing, 14 Hours), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
1917 – Robert Anderson, American writer (Tea and Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2009)
1923 – Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million, Wheels), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2010)
1927 – Garry [Garfield Howard] Weston, English industrial billionaire (Twinings Tea)
1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1995)
1945 – Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New York, (d. 2014)
1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
1963 – Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigerian Accountant and World Bank official (#BringBackOurGirls campaign)
Famous Birthdays for 27th April 2020
1767 – Andreas Romberg, German violinist and composer (Song of the Clock), born in Vechta, Germany (d. 1821)
1871 – Arthur Nevin, American composer, born in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
1878 – Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler, born in Humboldt, Iowa (d. 1917)
1927 – Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Heiberger, Alabama (d. 2006)
1936 – John Burningham, English author and illustrator of childrens books (Mr Grumpy’s Outing), born in Farnham, England (d. 2019)
1942 – James Lee “Jim” Keltner, American drummer, described as “the leading session drummer in America”, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1942 – Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6, TM-18), born in Tula, Russia
1948 – Amrit Kumar Bohara, Nepalese politician, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
1967 – Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), born in Inverness, Scotland
1979 – Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player, born in Tasmania, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2020
1796 – Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1859)
1846 – Giuseppe Arimondi, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, born in Savigliano (d. 1896)
1856 – Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906-12), born in Melbourne, Victoria Colony (d. 1930)
1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop (Montreal), born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada (d. 1991)
1921 – James “Jimmy” Giuffre, American jazz musician, composer, and arranger, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2008)
1927 – Jack Douglas, English comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1989)
1930 – Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2007)
1938 – Duane Eddy, American guitarist (Peter Gunn, Cannonball), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1942 – Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France
1973 – Mark Davis, American NBA guard and forward (Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves), born in Thibodaux, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 25th April 2020
1228 – Conrad IV, King of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily, born in Andria, Sicily (d. 1254)
1869 – Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, born in Mödling, Austria (d. 1927)
1901 – Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1975)
1906 – Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), born in Vårdö, Finland (d. 1976)
1941 – Lawrence J. Smith, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1983-93), born in Brooklyn, New York
1948 – Mike Selvey, English cricketer (England pace bowler of late 70’s), born in Chiswick, Middlesex, England
1949 – James Fenton, English poet and journalist, born in Lincoln, England
1950 – Steve Ferrone, English rock drummer (Average White Band), born in Brighton, England
1964 – Andy Bell, English rocker (Erasure-Oh L’Amour), born in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England
1970 – Steve Tovar, American NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals), born in Elyria, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 24th April 2020
1796 – Karl Leberecht Immermann, German writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1840)
1804 – Thomas Oliver Selfridge, American Navy Officer (d. 1902)
1849 – Joseph Gallieni, French general (Battle of Marne) and military governor of Paris, born in Saint-Béat, France (d. 1916)
1908 – Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress (The Cameraman, The Arm of the Law), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 2000)
1926 – Glen Hobbie, American MLB pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Witt, Illinois (d. 2013)
1955 – John de Mol Jr., Dutch media businessman, born in The Hague, Netherlands
1965 – Son Chang-Min, South Korean actor, born in Busan, South Korea
1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress (Lana Lang-Superboy), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress (Shameless), born in Sacramento, California
1996 – Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player (French Open 2019; WTA Finals 2019, World #1 2019), born in Ipswich, Queensland
Famous Birthdays for 23rd April 2020
1564 – William Shakespeare, English Poet and playwright (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth), born in Stratford upon Avon, (d. 1616) traditionally regarded as his birthdate,
1818 – John Gill Shorter, American politician (17th Governor of Alabama), born in Monticello, Georgia (d. 1872)
1861 – Edmund Allenby, Viscount Allenby, British Fieldmarshal, General at Battle of Megiddo, born in Brackenhurst, England (d. 1936)
1897 – Lester B. Pearson, 14th Canadian Prime Minister (1963-68) (Nobel Peace Prize 1957), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972)
1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player, born in Oglesby, Illinois (d. 1959)
1932 – Jim Fixx, American jogger and writer (Jim Fixx on Running), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
1936 – Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter, born in Diksmuide, Belgium (d. 2014)
1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in East Kilbride, Scotland
1973 – Patrick Poulin, Canadian NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Vanier, Quebec, Canada
1988 – Alistair Brownlee, British triathlete (Olympic gold 2012, 16), born in Dewsbury, England