1410 – Jean Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland, Zealand and West Frisia (d. 1493)
1875 – Freddie Fane, British cricketer (Hobbs’ 1st Test opening partner), born in Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland (d. 1960)
1875 – André Baillon, Belgian-French author (Un homme si simple), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1932)
1888 – Florence La Badie, Canadian-American actress (Cinderella, The Evidence of the Film), born in NYC, New York (d. 1917)
1919 – Walter Ritchie, British sculptor (Man’s Struggle), born in Coventry, England (d. 1997)
1922 – Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar’s Opera, Hobson’s Choice), born in London, England (d. 2013)
1922 – Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2016)
1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (Up the Down Staircase), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
1942 – Jim Keltner, American session drummer (Bob Dylan; George Harrison; John Lennon; Ringo Starr; Harry Nilsson; Richard Thompson; Traveling Wilburys; Elvis Costello; Joe Cocker; Ry Cooder; Eric Clapton; Carly Simon; Jackson Browne; Randy Newman; and others…), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1958 – David Barnes, New Zealand sailor (470 world champion 1981, 83, 84), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2020)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2022
1863 – Charles Haslewood Shannon, English lithographer and painter, born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire (d. 1937)
1922 – Paul-André Gaillard, Swiss composer, born in Veytaux, Switzerland (d. 1992)
1925 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish jazz guitarist (“Apache”; “Dansevise”), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2015)
1940 – Cliff Watson, English rugby league front rower (30 Tests GB, 4 England; St Helens 373 games, Cronulla-Sutherland), born in London, England (d. 2018)
1945 – Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1949 – Carlos Bianchi, Argentine soccer forward and coach (14 caps; Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1961 – Al Lawrence, Jamaican 4X100m relayer (Olympic silver 1984), born in Jamaica
1965 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian (The King of Queens), born in Mineola, Long Island, New York
1967 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress (Secrets and Lies), born in Camberwell, London
1982 – Brock Gillespie, American basketball player (CB Ciudad de Valladolid), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Famous Birthdays for 25th April 2022
1924 – Franco Mannino, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 2005)
1927 – Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist, sold the most books in Spanish (400 million), born in El Franco, Spain (d. 2009)
1941 – Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England
1941 – Bertrand Tavernier, French actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie), born in Lyon, France
1946 – Digby Fairweather, British jazz trumpeter, born in Rochford, Essex, England
1969 – Nir Shental, Israeli Men’s 470 sailor (Olympic 15th-1996), born in Jaffa, Israel
1972 – Percell Gaskins, American football linebacker (Carolina Panthers), born in Daytona Beach, Florida
1974 – Tricia Dunn, American ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Derry, New Hampshire
1980 – Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer, born in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
1988 – James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 24th April 2022
1620 – John Graunt, English statistician, founder of science of demography, born in London (d. 1674)
1660 – Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter and engraver, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1704)
1864 – George August Alexander Alting von Geusau, Dutch Minister of War (1918-20), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1937)
1952 – Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer (Hermès), born in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne, France
1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor (Talk Radio), born in Woburn, Massachusetts
1954 – Thomas Jennefelt, Swedish composer, chiefly of choral works (A Warning To The Rich; Villarosa Sequences), born in Stuvsta, Sweden
1955 – John de Mol Jr., Dutch media businessman, born in The Hague, Netherlands
1968 – Tracy Gravely, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes), born in West Virginia
1971 – Jeff Brohm, American football quarterback (San Francisco 49ers), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor (One Tree Hill), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 23rd April 2022
1185 – Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), born in Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1223)
1882 – Albert Coates, English conductor and composer (Eagle), born in St Petersburg, Russia
1900 – Henry Barraud, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1997)
1919 – Bulent Arel, Turkish-born electronic composer, born in Istanbul (d. 1990)
1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet, born in Mont-Joli, Quebec
1973 – Derek Armstrong, Canadian NHL center (NY Islanders), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1977 – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player, born in Willemstad, Curaçao
1977 – Kal Penn, American actor (Dr. Lawrence Kutner-House, The Namesake) and civil servant, born in Montclair, New Jersey
1979 – Jaime King, American model and actress (Bulletproof Monk), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1988 – Alistair Brownlee, British triathlete (Olympic gold 2012, 16), born in Dewsbury, England
Famous Birthdays for 22nd April 2022
1866 – Hans von Seeckt, German general and advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, born in Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig, German Confederation (d. 1936)
1878 – Kitty Gordon, English entertainer, born in Folkestone, Kent (d. 1974)
1911 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (“Sunbaker”), born in Ashfield, Australia (d. 1992)
1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-English writer (Holland’s Glory), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2002)
1921 – Philip “Gabby” Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer, born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1980)
1939 – Yury Sharov, Russian fencer (Olympic gold Soviet Union, team foil 1964, silver 1968), born in Saratov, Russia (d. 2021)
1939 – Jason Miller, American actor and writer (Exorcist, Light of Day), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1946 – Louise Harel, Quebec politician and City Councillor for Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, born in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
1974 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American heavy metal bassist (System of a Down), born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
1978 – Ezekiel Jacskon [Stephens], Guyanese-American professional wrestler (2007-15), born in Linden, Guyana
Famous Birthdays for 21st April 2022
1824 – Anselmo Clavé, Spanish politician and composer, born in Barcelona (d. 1874)
1887 – Joe McCarthy, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1932, 36–39, 41, 43; New York Yankees), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
1919 – Don Cornell [Luigi Varlaro], American singer (Sammy Kaye Orch, Hold My Hand), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
1931 – Morgan Wootten, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (46 seasons DeMatha Catholic HS, Hyattsville, Maryland; National C’ships 1962, 65, 68, 78, 84), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2020)
1936 – Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, American electronic composer (First Things First), born in Plainville, Connecticut
1944 – Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
1954 – James Morrison [Paige], American actor (24, Twin Peaks), born in Bountiful, Utah
1958 – Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
1962 – Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russian major/cosmonaut
1971 – Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
Famous Birthdays for 20th April 2022
1889 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45), born in Gasthof zum Pommer, Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1912 – Frederick Craig Riddle, British violist, born in Liverpool (d. 1995)
1938 – Betty Cuthbert, Australian athlete, 100m/200m/400m dash (Olympic gold 1956, 64), born in Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2017)
1940 – James Gammon, American actor (Cool Hand Luke; Nash Bridges – “Nick”), born in Newman, Illinois (d. 2010)
1941 – Grace Coddington, Welsh born fashion editor and model (American Vogue), born on Anglesey, Wales
1950 – Itumeleng J. Mosala, South African president (Azanian People’s Org)
1960 – Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuban politician, President of Cuba (2018-), born in Placetas, Cuba
1967 – Townsend Saunders, American freestyle wrestler (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in White Sands, New Mexico
1976 – Shay Given, Irish footballer, born in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
1977 – Jon Hugger, American professional wrestler, born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 19th April 2022
1785 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1858)
1814 – Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (The Cloak and Dagger), born in Marseille, France (d. 1875)
1857 – Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, French scholar and philosopher, born in Paris (d. 1939)
1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
1903 – Eliot Ness, US Federal agent “The Untouchables” (put away Al Capone), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1957)
1915 – Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer (Four Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Jinker Ride), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1963)
1926 – Kim Bok-dong, Korean sex slave activist, born in Yangsan, Korea (d. 2019)
1936 – Wilfried Martens, 44th Prime Minister of Belgium (1979-81, 1981-92), Sleidinge, Belgium (d. 2013)
1950 – Earl Gardner, American jazz trumpeter (Saturday Night Live), born in NYC, New York
1953 – Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper (Olympic gold 1980), born in Rivoli Veronese, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 18th April 2022
1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian noblewoman, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, born in Subiaco, Lazio, Papal States (d. 1519)
1918 – Cliff Hillegass, American publisher (Cliffsnotes), born in Rising City, Nebraska (d. 2001)
1922 – Avril Angers, British stand-up comedian and actress (Coronation Street, The Family Way), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2005)
1931 – Klas Lestander, Swedish 20K biathlon (Olympic gold 1960), born in Arjeplog, Sweden
1934 – James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), born in NYC, New York (d. 2020)
1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and physician (Nobel-1985), born in Kingstree, South Carolina
1947 – Dorothy Lyman, American actress (All my Children, Naomi-Mama’s Family), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1963 – Conan Chris O’Brien, American TV host (Late Night), born in Brookline, Massachusetts
1970 – Rico Brogna, American MLB baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Turners Falls, Massachusetts
1972 – Xu Zheng, Chinese actor and director (Lost on Hong Kong), born in Shanghai, China