1852 – Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland, born in London (d. 1934)
1906 – Esmond Knight, British actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), born in East Sheen, England (dd. 1987)
1918 – Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist, born in Randwick, Australia (d. 2004)
1948 – George Tupou V, King of Tonga (2006-2012), born in Tongatapu, Tonga (d. 2012)
1951 – Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel), born in London
1951 – Mick Mars [Robert Alan Deal], guitarist (Mötley Crüe), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (alternative date 4 April 1955)
1966 – Jane McGrath, British-Australian co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer, born in Paignton, Devon (d. 2008)
1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress (Saturday Night Live), born in Washington, D.C.
1970 – Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor (Arrested Development), born in Toronto, Ontario
1975 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim, born in Modesto, California (d. 2002)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd May 2021
1744 – Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1826)
1764 – Élisabeth of France, princess of France, youngest sister of king Louis XVI, born in Versailles, France (d. 1794)
1849 – Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany, born in Klein-Flottbeck, Germany (d. 1929)
1876 – Bert Hopkins, Australian cricket fast bowler (20 Tests, 26 wickets), born in Young, Australia (d. 1931)
1896 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), born in Whitefield, Lancashire, England (d. 1990)
1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist, born in Princeton, Illinois (d. 1980)
1921 – Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
1934 – Georg Kröll, German composer, born in Linz
1949 – Ron Wyden, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1981-96), born in Wichita, Kansas
1978 – Paul Banks, English-American vocalist (Interpol), born in Clacton-on-Sea, England
Famous Birthdays for 2nd May 2021
1458 – Eleanor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal (1481-95), born in Beja, Portugal (d. 1525)
1884 – François de Vries, Dutch economist, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1895 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (I Could Write A Book, My Funny Valentine) and half of the Broadway musical team Rodgers and Hart, born in Harlem, New York (d. 1943)
1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (Olympic bronze 1936)
1925 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), born in Woodbury, New Jersey (d. 2007)
1925 – David Ironside, South African cricketer (South African swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54), born in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique (d. 2005)
1968 – Reggie Slack, American CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Milton, Florida
1972 – Jill Savery, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold 1996), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1977 – Amy D’Entremont, American figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ), born in Stoneham, Massachusetts
1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player, born in Fountain Valley, California
Famous Birthdays for 1st May 2021
1759 – Jacob Albright, German-American Christian leader, founder of Albright’s People (Evangelical Association), born in Fox Mountain, Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
1830 – Mother [Mary Harris] Jones, American labor organizer (cofounded Industrial Workers of the World), born in Cork City, Ireland (d. 1930)
1835 – Alfred Napoleon Alexander “Natti” Duffié, French-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Paris, France (d. 1880)
1905 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (Senator for Wellington, Quebec), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 1982)
1906 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician, born in Halle an der Saale, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1983)
1954 – Ray Parker Jr, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1964 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m 1988), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
1964 – Ruth Picardie, journalist
1970 – Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992; Champions Trophy gold 1999), born in Perth, West Australia
1979 – Ben Easter, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2021
1830 – Davis Tillson, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Rockland, Maine (d. 1895)
1837 – Alfred R. Gaul, English composer, born in Nottingham (d. 1913)
1886 – Frank Merrick, English composer, born in Clifton, Bristol, England (d. 1981)
1923 – Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, born in Daphne, Alabama (d. 2019)
1923 – Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 and 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor (Constable Benton Fraser – Due South), director, and writer (Passchendaele), born in Calgary, Alberta
1970 – Debbie D, actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980 – Sam Heughan, Scottish actor (Outlander), born in Balmaclellan, Scotland
1991 – Jacob Blake, African-American man shot multiple times in the back and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin, born in Evanston, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2021
1584 – Melchior Teschner, German composer, born in Wschowa, Poland (d. 1635)
1783 – David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1856)
1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota (d. 1977)
1933 – Rodney “Rod” McKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), born in Oakland, California (d. 2015)
1957 – Mark Kendall, American guitarist , born in Loma Linda, California
1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player (Olympic gold 1996, 8 Grand Slam titles), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1972 – Gwendolyn Wentland, American high jumper, born in Flint, Michigan
1981 – Alex Vincent, American actor (Child’s Play), born in Newark, New Jersey
1982 – Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
1988 – Younha, Korean pop singer
Famous Birthdays for 28th April 2021
1812 – Daniel Henry Rucker, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Belleville, New Jersey (d. 1910)
1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch rear admiral (Java Sea), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1906 – Pierre Boileau, French novelist (Vertigo), born in Paris, France (d. 1989)
1934 – Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1943 – John Oliver Creighton, NASA astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), born in Orange, Texas
1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director (founding member of The Wooster Group), born in New Jersey
1961 – Cathy Gerring, American golfer (Solheim Cup 1990), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
1964 – Mark Steven Robinson, American director
1964 – Barry Larkin, infielder (Cincinnati Reds), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1975 – Martin Lewis, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
Famous Birthdays for 27th April 2021
1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London (d. 1797)
1791 – Samuel Morse, American inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and painter, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1872)
1913 – Philip Abelson, American physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2004)
1927 – Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Heiberger, Alabama (d. 2006)
1932 – Roelof “Pik” Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs, born in Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1943 – Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 1996)
1944 – Herb Pedersen, American singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), born in Berkeley, California
1971 – Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
1979 – Will Boyd, American bass guitarist (Evanescence), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1981 – Joey Gathright, American baseball player, born in Columbia, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2021
1718 – Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral and Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy, born in Scituate, Rhode Island (d. 1802)
1808 – Martha Finley, American children’s book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1909)
1903 – Niven Busch, American screenwriter (The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
1905 – Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L’Atlante), born in Paris, France (d. 1934)
1918 – Francina “Fanny” Blankers-Koen, Dutch track and field athlete (4 x Olympic gold 1948), born in Lage Vuursche, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1942 – Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, born in Naifeld, Sumy (d. 1992)
1945 – Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1947 – Warren Clarke, English actor (Clockwork Orange), born in Oldham, Lancashire, (d. 2014)
1979 – Sean Fox, American actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)
1982 – Brock Gillespie, American basketball player (CB Ciudad de Valladolid), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Famous Birthdays for 25th April 2021
1666 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, born in Bindersleben, Germany (d. 1727)
1916 – Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1923 – Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King and Friends, Blues Alive), born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1940 – O. B. McClinton, American country singer (Keep your arms around me), born in Senatobia, Mississippi (d. 1987)
1947 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (d. 2016)
1950 – Steve Ferrone, English rock drummer (Average White Band), born in Brighton, England
1955 – Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer (Argentina national team), born in Morteros, Argentina
1955 – Joanne Abbott, Canadian sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Sarnia, Ontario
1974 – Tricia Dunn, American ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Derry, New Hampshire
1994 – Samuel Carvalho, British activist and mental health advocate, born in Cambridge, England