1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter, born in Bristol, England (d. 1830)
1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), born in Ambato, Ecuador (d. 1889)
1885 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45), born in Goënga, Netherlands (d. 1961)
1911 – Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer, born in Venice (d. 1983)
1932 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, born in Temuco, Chile (d. 1976)
1944 – Jack Casady, American rock bassist (Hot Tuna – “Hesitation Blues”; Jefferson Airplane – “Volunteers”; “White Rabbit”), born in Washington, D.C.
1957 – Gary Kroeger, American comedian (SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog), born in Cedar Falls, Iowa
1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer, born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1968 – Margrethe Vestager, Danish politician and European Commissioner for Competition, born in Glostrup, Zealand
1979 – Tony Lundon, Irish pop singer (Liberty X – “Thinking It Over”), TV presenter (Toast), and filmmaker, born in Galway, Ireland
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Famous Birthdays for 12th April 2023
1726 – Charles Burney, English music historian, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1814)
1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas (d. 1797)
1823 – Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky], Russian playwright (Artists and Admirers), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1886)
1831 – Grenville M. Dodge, American railroad engineer (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific) and Major General (Union Army), born in Danvers, Massachusetts (d. 1916)
1879 – Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children’s book week, born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1963)
1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922), born in Hannover, Germany (d. 1951)
1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, born in Waynesboro, Georgia (d. 2006)
1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Sinaloa, Mexico
1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel (IMG Models), born in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1994 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish American actress (Brooklyn, Ladybird), born in The Bronx, New York
Famous Birthdays for 11th April 2023
1661 – Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, born in Paris (d. 1722)
1866 – Clara Ford, American suffragette supporter and wife of industrialist Henry Ford, born in Wayne County, Michigan (d. 1950)
1901 – Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1954)
1922 – Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese video game composer (Dragon Quest), born in Tokyo
1947 – Meshach Taylor, American actor, born in Altadena, CA, (d. 2014)
1951 – James Patrick Kelly, American sci-fi author (Think Like a Dinosaur), born in Mineola, New York
1955 – Kevin Brady, American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
1961 – Nigel Pulsford, British rock guitarist (Bush – Sixteen Stone), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
1987 – Michelle Phan, American Vietnamese make-up vlogger and entrepreneur, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Birthdays for 10th April 2023
1569 – Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1629)
1633 – Werner Fabricius, German composer, born in Itzehoe, Germany (d. 1679)
1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (Tschirnhaus transformation), born in Kieslingswalde, Margraviate Upper Lusatia, Saxony (d. 1708)
1932 – Hari Rhodes, American actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1992)
1932 – Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Shalhoub], Egyptian actor (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), born in Alexandria (d. 2015)
1968 – Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian (MADtv, 7 Up spokesman), born in Toulminville, Alabama
1971 – Joey DeFrancesco, American jazz Hammond organist, 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (All Of Me; Reboppin’), born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
1982 – Andre Ethier, American baseball player, born in Phoenix, Arizona
1985 – Eddie Castro, Panamanian jockey (record 9 wins in one race meeting 2005), born in Los Santos Province, Panama
1992 – Sadio Mané, Senegalese footballer, born in Bambali, Senegal
Famous Birthdays for 9th April 2023
1648 – Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, born in Paris (d. 1720)
1855 – Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian composer, violinist, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1907)
1865 – Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), born in Breslau, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1923)
1874 – Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1939)
1919 – J. Presper Eckert, Jr., American engineer and co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
1920 – William Raynor, American screenwriter (Gomer Pyle; Get Smart; McDuff, The Talking Dog; Dukes of Hazzard), born in Queens, New York (d. 1994)
1946 – Nate Colbert, American baseball first baseman (MLB All Star 1971, 72, 73; San Diego Padres, Houston Astros), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2023)
1953 – Dominique Perrault, French architect (National Library of France), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
1964 – Doug Ducey, American businessman and politician, Governor of Arizona (2015-), born in Toledo, Ohio
1975 – Robbie Fowler, English soccer striker (26 caps; Liverpool FC 236 games), born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Famous Birthdays for 8th April 2023
1897 – Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist (Glockenspiel), born in Bad Kreuznach (d. 1972)
1905 – George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
1909 – John Fante, Italian-American author and screenwriter (Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, Full of Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1983)
1924 – Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter
1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A–), born in Schaerbeek, Brussels (d. 1978)
1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor (Trancers), born in Coronado, California
1950 – Carmen Twillie, American session singer (The Lion King – “Circle of Life”; Celene Dion; Pink Floyd), born in Playa del Rey, California
1952 – Adam Woods, British rock drummer (The Fixx – “One Thing Leads To Another”; “Saved By Zero”)
1971 – Marc Peers, Canadian tornado sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1980 – Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer, born in Steyregg, Austria
Famous Birthdays for 7th April 2023
1629 – John Joseph of Austria, Spanish general and illegitimate son pf Philip IV of Spain (Regent of Spain 1677-79, Governor of South Netherlands), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1679)
1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
1869 – David Fairchild, American botanist and explorer (introduced over 200,000 plants to US), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 1954)
1890 – Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and publisher (Sur magazine), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1979)
1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (6x Olympic gold, 1936-1960), (d. 2012)
1922 – Kenneth Peacock, Canadian pianist, ethnomusicologist and composer (Rituals of Earth, Fire and Darkness), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2000)
1951 – Janis Ian [Fink], American singer-songwriter and folk musician (“At Seventeen”; “Society’s Child”), born in NYC, New York
1956 – Annika Billström, Swedish politician
1969 – Clark Sheehan, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Denver, Colorado
1969 – Ricky Bones, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, NY Yanks), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico
Famous Birthdays for 6th April 2023
1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)
1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet (Sacred Odes and Songs), born in Paris, France (d. 1741)
1752 – Johann Friedrich Kranz, German composer, born in Weimar (d. 1810)
1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
1960 – Warren Haynes, American rock and blues guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band), born in Asheville, North Carolina
1962 – Pol Medina Jr., Filipino cartoonist (Pugad Baboy), born in Phillippines
1965 – Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic gold 1980)
1969 – Jack Canfora, American playwright
1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
1983 – James Wade, English darts player (World Matchplay C’ship 2007; World GP 2007, 10), born in Aldershot, England
Famous Birthdays for 5th April 2023
1871 – Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer, born in Karlovac, Croatia (d. 1913)
1898 – Herb Flemming [Nicolaiih El-Michelle], American jazz trombonist and vocalist, born in Butte, Montana (d. 1976)
1901 – Alexander Alexeieff, Russian-French painter and graphic artist, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1982)
1905 – Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 2001)
1938 – Nancy Holt, American artist (land art), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
1951 – Rennie Stennett, Panamanian baseball infielder (World Series 1979; SF Giants; one of 3 players to collect 7 hits in a MLB game), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2021)
1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress (Jefferson in Paris), born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, France
1978 – Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
Famous Birthdays for 4th April 2023
1895 – Benjamin Thackston “Tack” Knight, American cartoonist (“Little Folks”), born in Dillsboro, North Carolina (d. 1976)
1939 – Major Lance, American soul singer (The Monkey Time), born in Winterville, Mississippi (d. 1994)
1940 – Bijan, Iranian men’s apparel designer (Bijan), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2011)
1944 – Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician (Greens), born in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium
1947 – Salvatore Sciarrino, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy
1949 – Michael Fennelly, American musician (The Millennium, Crabby Appleton), born in New York, New York
1951 – Steve Gatlin, American country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady), born in Olney, Texas
1953 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician (Liberal Party of Canada), born in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada
1960 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor (Agent Smith – The Matrix), born in Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
1972 – Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Falköping, Sweden