1581 – Vincent de Paul, French Roman Catholic Saint, born in Pouy, Gascony, France (d. 1660)
1670 – Christian Ludwig Boxberg, German composer, born in Sondershausen, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1729)
1871 – Blanche Ring, American singer (“In The Good Old Summer Time”), and stage and screen actress, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
1904 – Willem De Kooning, Dutch artist (North Atlantic Light), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1997)
1954 – Jack Blades, American rock bassist (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger), born in Palm Desert, California
1968 – Aidan Gillen [Aidan Murphy], Irish actor (Queer as Folk, Game of Thrones), born in Dublin, Ireland
1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress (Days of Our Lives), born in Dana Point, California
1972 – Chipper Jones, American MLB infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in DeLand, Florida
1973 – Lee Westwood, English golfer (British Open, US Masters 2010 runner-up), born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire
1978 – Kim Hyun-ju, South Korean actress, born in Goyang, South Korea
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 23rd April 2021
1623 – Jan Adam Reincken, Dutch-German composer, born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1722)
1629 – Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1692)
1649 – Andreas Kneller, German composer, born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1724)
1791 – Friedrich von Olivier, German landscape painter, born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1859)
1881 – Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1952)
1923 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-Argentine professional wrestler, born in Treviso, Veneto, Italy (d. 1977)
1929 – Len Barnard, Australian jazz drummer (“The Naked Dance”; Galapagos Duck), born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2005)
1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland (1995-2003), born in Turtola, Finland
1955 – Tony Miles, English chess grandmaster, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2001)
1970 – Cristiano Caratti, Italian tennis star (1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles), born in Acqui Terme, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 22nd April 2021
1828 – Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1880)
1853 – Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer and anthropologist (devised crime ID system), born in Paris (d. 1914)
1884 – Armas Launis, Finnish composer, born in Hämeenlinna, Finland (d. 1959)
1909 – Hymie Shertzer, American jazz and session saxophonist (Benny Goodman; NBC’s Tonight Show), born in New York City (d. 1977)
1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-British violinist, conductor and teacher (Bartok’s Sonata), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
1920 – Jos de Haes, Flemish philological and poet (Misery of the Word), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1974)
1927 – Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2016)
1965 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
1976 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
Famous Birthdays for 21st April 2021
1810 – John Putnam Chapin, American politician (10th Mayor of Chicago (1846-47), born in Bradford, Vermont (d. 1864)
1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist extrordinaire and “the richest heiress in England”, born in London (d. 1906)
1864 – Max Weber, German sociologist, economist and historian (Ancient Judaism), born in Erfurt, Province of Saxony, Prussia (d. 1920)
1872 – Billy Bitzer, American cinematography pioneer, born in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
1891 – František Suchý, Czech composer and folk song collector, born in Březové Hory, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1973)
1920 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German soccer forward (2 caps; Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)
1948 – Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1957 – Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
1957 – Jesse Orosco, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers), born in Santa Barbara, California
1969 – Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
Famous Birthdays for 20th April 2021
1748 – Guillaume Albert Teniers, Flemish composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1820)
1857 – Charles Louis Philippe Zilcken, Dutch painter and author (HW Knife Day), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1930)
1897 – Gregory Ratoff, Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers), born in Samara, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
1950 – Itumeleng J. Mosala, South African president (Azanian People’s Org)
1952 – Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach and president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, born in Otočac, Croatia
1961 – Nicholas Lyndhurst, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, Goodnight Sweetheart), born in Emsworth, England
1971 – Terry Smith, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts), born in Clemson, South Carolina
1971 – Allan Houston, American basketball player (NY Knicks, Detroit Pistons), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1972 – Lê Huỳnh Đức, Vietnamese footballer, born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1977 – Lisa Ervin, American figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992), born in Charleston, West Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 19th April 2021
1715 – James Nares, English composer, born in Stanwell (d. 1783)
1721 – Roger Sherman, American lawyer and Founding Father of the United States (Declaration of Independence, Constitution), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1793)
1892 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France (d. 1983)
1897 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, born in India (d. 1970)
1911 – Francesco Maria Saraceni, Italian composer (d. 1961)
1944 – James Heckman, American economist (Nobel Prize 2000), born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Tim Curry, English actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), born in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
1949 – Paloma Picasso, French-Spanish businesswoman and jewelry designer (Tiffany and Co.), born in Vallauris, France
1966 – Paul Reiffel, Australian cricket fast bowler (35 Tests, 105 wickets, 6 x 50; 92 ODIs, 96 wickets; Victoria) and Test umpire, born in Melbourne, Australia
1966 – El Samurai [Osamu Matsuda], Japanese professional wrestler (WAR/NJPW), born in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 18th April 2021
1888 – Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974)
1911 – Francis Johnson, English architect, born in Bridlington (d. 1995)
1918 – Tony Mottola, American jazz guitarist, born in Kearney, New Jersey (d. 2004)
1929 – Peter Hordern, British Conservative Party politician
1934 – Mark Kingston, English actor (Intimate Contact), born in Deptford, London (d. 2011)
1938 – Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, born in Upington, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1998)
1956 – David Edwards, American golfer (US Masters 1984 3rd; 4 PGA Tour titles), born in Neosho, Missouri
1965 – Diana Villegas, American-Mexican rocker (The Triplets), born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1967 – Kenneth Gant, American NFL safety (Super Bowl 1992, 93; Dallas Cowbpys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Bartow, Florida
1983 – Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian football player, born in Algiers, Algeria
Famous Birthdays for 17th April 2021
1699 – Robert Blair, Scottish poet (The Grave), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1746)
1741 – Samuel Chase, American judge (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Somerset County, Maryland (d. 1811)
1883 – Herman Darewsky, British composer, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
1909 – Alain Poher, French politician and President of the European Parliament (1966-69), born in Ablon-sur-Seine, France (d. 1996)
1931 – Ruth Etchells, English poet and principal (St John’s College-Durham), born in Liverpool
1946 – Clare Francis, British yachtswoman and novelist (Come Hell or High Water), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey
1954 – Riccardo Patrese, Italian racing driver (Grand Prix), born in Padua, Italy
1967 – Timothy Gibbs, American actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara), born in Burbank, California
1988 – Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician (One Ok Rock), born in Tokyo, Japan
1990 – Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer, born in Bridgend, Wales
Famous Birthdays for 16th April 2021
1728 – Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
1904 – Clifford P. Case, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, born in Franklin Park, New Jersey (d. 1982)
1906 – Cobina W “Coby” Molenaar, Dutch peace activist (d. 1994)
1924 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and chairman of ICI (1982-87), born in Hackney, London (d. 2008)
1940 – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972 – present), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1961 – Doris Dragović, Croatian singer, born in Split, Croatia
1963 – Hu Na, Chinese tennis star, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
1974 – Valarie Rae Miller, American actress, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1975 – Nick Pickard, British actor, born in Surrey, United Kingdom
1984 – Claire Foy, English Actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England
Famous Birthdays for 15th April 2021
1646 – Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway, born in Duborg Castle, Flensburg (d. 1699)
1827 – Julius Tausch, German composer, born in Dessau (d. 1895)
1861 – Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, born in Fredericton, New Brunswick (d. 1929)
1891 – Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer, born in Sortavala, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1945)
1906 – Sandy Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35), born in East London, South Africa (d. 1985)
1928 – Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st African-American woman architect in NY and California, born in Harlem, New York (d. 2012)
1947 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown), born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
1969 – Michael Jones, American NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders, St Louis Rams), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter
1971 – Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)