1800 – Thomas Aloysius Dornin, American naval officer, born in Ireland (d. 1874)
1905 – Chris ‘Red’ Cagle, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (All American 1927, 28, 29; Army; NFL: NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers), born in DeRidder, Louisiana (d. 1942)
1918 – Jack Paar, American comedian and TV host of the Jack Paar Show and The Tonight Show (1957-62), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 2004)
1942 – Jean Saubert, American alpine ski racer (Olympic giant slalom silver, slalom bronze 1964), born in Roseburg, Oregon (d. 2007)
1945 – John Richard Patterson, English businessman who founded Dateline, born in Hertfordshire, England
1946 – Nick Fortuna, American rock bassist (The Buckinghams – “Kind of a Drag”), born in Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1971 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor (Mankatha, Mugavari), born in Hyderabad, India
1982 – Justė Janulytė, Lithuanian contemporary classical composer (Observation Of Clouds; The Color of Water), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 – Leonardo Bonucci, Italian soccer centre-back (95 caps; Juventus), born in Viterbo, Italy
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Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2025
1245 – Philip III “the Bold”, King of France (1270-85), born in Poissy, France (d. 1285)
1852 – Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), born in Alamance County, North Carolina (d. 1911)
1853 – Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, born in Vienna (d. 1912)
1923 – George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red), born in Scotland (d. 1996)
1923 – Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, born in Daphne, Alabama (d. 2019)
1936 – Bernie Clifton [Quinn], British comedian (Oswald the Ostrich), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England
1945 – Mimi Fariña, American rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2001)
1957 – Duane G Carey, American major USAF/astronaut, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1968 – Richard Pilon, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1971 – Ryan Hawblitzel, pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2025
1245 – Philip III “the Bold”, King of France (1270-85), born in Poissy, France (d. 1285)
1852 – Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), born in Alamance County, North Carolina (d. 1911)
1853 – Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, born in Vienna (d. 1912)
1923 – George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red), born in Scotland (d. 1996)
1923 – Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, born in Daphne, Alabama (d. 2019)
1936 – Bernie Clifton [Quinn], British comedian (Oswald the Ostrich), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England
1945 – Mimi Fariña, American rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2001)
1957 – Duane G Carey, American major USAF/astronaut, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1968 – Richard Pilon, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1971 – Ryan Hawblitzel, pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2025
1896 – Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-American composer, born in Botoşani, Romania (d. 1973)
1921 – Tommy Noonan, American actor, screenwriter and producer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises), born in Bellingham, Washington (d. 1968)
1930 – Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2004)
1952 – Nora Dunn, American comedienne and actress (SNL; Miami Blues; Working Girl), born in Chicago, Illinois
1957 – Mark Kendall, American rock guitarist Great White), born in Loma Linda, California
1964 – Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor (The Sopranos), born in Naples, Italy
1978 – Bob Bryan, American professional tennis player (23 x Grand Slam Doubles titles; Olympic gold 2012; 4 x ATP Tour Finals; Davis Cup 2007), born in Oxnard, California
1979 – Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer, born in Pohang, South Korea
1981 – George McCartney, Irish soccer left-back (34 caps Northern Ireland; Sunderland, West Ham United), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain, second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 28th April 2025
1750 – Paul Ignaz Kürzinger, German composer and pedagogue, born in Mergentheim, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1837)
1838 – Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1913)
1900 – Heinrich Müller, German Nazi, Director of the Gestapo (1939-45) and most senior Nazi official never captured or confirmed to have died, born in Munich, German Empire (d. ?)
1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician (Gödel’s incompleteness theorems), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
1922 – William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2019)
1926 – [Nelle] Harper Lee, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), born in Monroeville Alabama (d. 2016)
1949 – Jerome “Jay” Apt, American astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers), born in Hell’s Kitchen, New York (d. 2006)
1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic powerlifter (World’s Strongest Man 1984 , 86 , 88, 90), born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (d. 1993)
1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Albany, New York (d. 2004)
Famous Birthdays for 27th April 2025
1724 – Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1775)
1884 – Louis de Bree [Louis Davids], actor (De man zonder hart, The Cross-Patch, Bluejackets), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1971)
1905 – Philip Radcliffe, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1986)
1929 – Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR discus 1952, 60; bronze 1956), born in Smychka, Russia (d. 2016)
1939 – João Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician (President of Guinea-Bissau, 1980-99 and 2005-09), born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea (d. 2009)
1951 – Paul “Ace” Frehley, American rock guitarist (Kiss; Frehley’s Comet), born in The Bronx, New York City
1967 – Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator (Scottish National Jazz Orchestra), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1973 – Andre Gower, American actor (Monster Squad), born in Los Angeles, California
1978 – Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress (Erotas), born in Paris
1980 – Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player, born in Linz, Austria
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2025
1873 – Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon), born in Essen, Germany (d. 1938)
1880 – Mikhail Fokine, Russian choreographer and founder of modern dance, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1942)
1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), born in Gretna, Manitoba (d. 2000)
1938 – Maurice Williams, American doo-wop singer, and songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs – “Stay”), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
1944 – Amien Rais, Indonesian politician (leader of Muhammadiyah 1995-2000), born in Surakarta, Dutch East Indies
1947 – Donna De Varona, American swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1967 – Kane [Glenn Jacobs], American professional wrestler, born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
1972 – Juanita du Plessis (née Naudé), Namibian Afrikaans country music singer (“Ska-Rumba”), born in Windhoek, South West Africa
1976 – Sarah Tueting, American ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics 1998), born in New York City
1985 – Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer (member of See Ya), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 25th April 2025
1916 – Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1921 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (Vragende Children), born in Amsterdam (d. 2006)
1932 – Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower (Olympic gold 1968), born in Chişinău, Romania (d. 1998)
1942 – Jon Kyl, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona (1987-95), born in Oakland, Nebraska
1943 – Tony Christie [Fitzgerald], British pop singer (I Did What I Did For Maria), born in Conisbrough, England
1952 – Cory Daye, American dance music vocalist, born in The Bronx, New York
1961 – Dinesh D’Souza, Indian-American author (2016: Obama’s America), born in Mumbai, India
1965 – Mark Bryant, American NBA forward and center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets), born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
1969 – Jon Olsen, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4×100m freestyle and medley 1992, 4×100m and 200m freestyle 1996), born in New Britain, Connecticut
1974 – Tricia Dunn, American ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Derry, New Hampshire
Famous Birthdays for 24th April 2025
1620 – John Graunt, English statistician, founder of science of demography, born in London (d. 1674)
1849 – Joseph Gallieni, French general (Battle of Marne) and military governor of Paris, born in Saint-Béat, France (d. 1916)
1864 – George August Alexander Alting von Geusau, Dutch Minister of War (1918-20), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1937)
1874 – Willem Elisa Roelofs jr., Dutch painter and cartoonist, son of landscape painter Willem Roelofs, born in Belgium (d. 1940)
1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish fascist politician and founder of Falange Española, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1936)
1916 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler, born in Banat, Michigan (d. 2002)
1927 – Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, born in Fondi, Latina, Italy (d. 1996)
1945 – John Pasche, British graphic artist, album cover and concert poster designer (Rolling Stones’ logo; Chrysalis Records, 1981-91), born in England
1945 – Larry Tesler, American computer scientist (invented copy, cut, paste), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2020)
1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor (Blood Diamond), born in Cotonou, Dahomey
Famous Birthdays for 23rd April 2025
1818 – James Anthony Froude, English historian and novelist (The Nemesis of Faith), born in Dartington Rectory, Devon (d. 1894)
1821 – Pierre Dupont, French songwriter, born in Lyon, France (d. 1870)
1924 – Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), born in Irvington, New Jersey (d. 2019)
1928 – Okke Jager, Dutch theologist, writer and poet, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1939 – Ray Peterson, American singer (“Tell Laura I Love Her”), born in Denton, Texas (d. 2005)
1941 – Jacqueline Boyer [Eliane Ducos], French pop singer (“Tom Pillibi”), born in Paris
1964 – Gianandrea Noseda, Italian conductor (National Symphony (D.C.), 2017-27; Zurich Opera, 2021-28; BBC Philharmonic, 2002-11), born in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
1964 – Dan Frischman, American actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class), born in Whippany, New Jersey
1969 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR Team, All-around 1988; World C’ship gold x 5), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2018)
1979 – Jaime King, American model and actress (Bulletproof Monk), born in Omaha, Nebraska