1759 – Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
1888 – Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974)
1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist (Nobel laureate 1988), born in Hoquiam, Washington (d. 1998)
1926 – Günter Meisner, German actor (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Between Wars, Adolf Hitler, Quiller Memorandum), born in Bremen, Weimar Republic (d. 1994)
1934 – James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), born in NYC, New York (d. 2020)
1947 – Walt Richmond, American rock keyboardist (The Tractors; J.J. Cale; Bob Seger; Eric Clapton), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1951 – Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician (Minister for International Trade), born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
1956 – John James, American actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 – Maria Bello, American actress (Permanent Midnight), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
1976 – Andrew Ng, British-born American computer scientist (Google Brain, Baidu, Stanford), born in United Kingdom
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 17th April 2023
1666 – François Valentijn, Dutch vicar and writer (Old and New East-India), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
1715 – Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, born in Ulm, Germany (d. 1786)
1885 – Cecil Burleigh, American composer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
1923 – Harry Reasoner, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), born in Dakota City, Iowa (d. 1991)
1929 – James Last, German-born composer and big band leader, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2015)
1937 – Brian Sedgemore, British MP (Labour Party 1974-79 and 1983-2005), born in Exmouth, Devon (d. 2015)
1945 – Vincent van der Burg, Dutch scientist, lawyer, and politician (CDA), born in Zeist, Netherlands
1960 – Michael Whitaker, British Olympic equestrian rider, born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
1964 – Lela Rochon, American actress (Robin Stokes-Waiting to Exhale), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Jarkko Wiss, Finnish footballer, born in Tampere, Finland
Famous Birthdays for 16th April 2023
1495 – Petrus Apianus [Peter Apian], German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, born in Leisnig, Saxony (d. 1552)
1893 – Federico Mompou, Catalan composer (Música Callada -‘The Voice of Silence’), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1987)
1908 – Ray Ventura, French jazz pianist and big band leader (“Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise”), born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
1927 – Peter Mark Richman, American actor (Andrew-Dynasty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 – Mike Mitchell, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen -“Louie, Louie”), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2021)
1950 – David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 2001)
1971 – Max Beesley, English musician and actor, born in Burnage, Lancashire
1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor and musician (Witness, Inception), born in Los Angeles, California
1984 – Claire Foy, English Actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England
1993 – Chance the Rapper [Chancellor J Bennett], American rapper and record producer (Acid Rap; Coloring Book), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 15th April 2023
1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist, born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1790)
1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, born in Kronshtadt, Russia (d. 1921)
1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2012)
1940 – Willie Davis, American MLB center fielder (LA Dodgers), born in Mineral Springs, Arkansas (d. 2010)
1951 – John L. Phillips, NASA astronaut, born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
1951 – Heloise [Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans], American writer and columnist (Heloise’s Helpful Hints), born in Waco, Texas
1951 – Marsha S. Ivins, American astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1952 – Donald Harvey, American serial killer, healthcare worker who killed at least 37 patients, born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2017)
1955 – Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart), born in Copley Township, Ohio (d. 2015)
1966 – Cressida Cowell, English children’s writer (How to Train Your Dragon, Emily Brown), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 14th April 2023
1803 – Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1887)
1897 – Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1988)
1906 – Hunter Johnson, American composer, born near Benson, North Carolina (d. 1998)
1907 – Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1933 – Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California
1946 – Patrick Fairley, Scottish guitarist (Marmalade – “Ob La Di, Ob La Da”)
1976 – Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics 1996), born in Mackay, Australia
1980 – Ben Wells, American actor, born in Springfield, Illinois
1993 – Graham Phillips, American actor, born in Laguna Beach, California
1997 – D. J. Moore, American NFL player (Carolina Panthers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 13th April 2023
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
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