1658 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1690-1716), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1716)
1728 – Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian writer and playwright, born in Bologna (d. 1804)
1905 – John Thach, American WWII Naval aviator (developed the Thach Weave) and USN admiral, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1981)
1910 – Andrew Gilchrist, British ambassador (Ireland, Indonesia, Iceland), born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1993)
1921 – Will Ogdon, American composer, born in Redlands, California (d. 2013)
1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life), born in Tacoma, Washington
1961 – Richard Phelps, British pentathelete (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Gloucester, England
1968 – Arshad Warsi, Indian film actor (Lage Raho Munna Bhai), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
1974 – Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, Australia
1978 – James Franco, American actor (The Disaster Artist), born in Palo Alto, California
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 18th April 2020
1855 – Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen), born in Amsterdam (d. 1946)
1881 – Hermann Zilcher, German pianist and composer (Dr Eisenbart), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1948)
1893 – Violette Morris, French athlete and spy for Nazi Germany, born in Paris (d. 1944)
1903 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian actor (Casablanca, Duck Soup), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1998)
1912 – Wendy Barrie, British-American TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), born in Hong Kong (d. 1978)
1937 – Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2009)
1939 – Glen Hardin, American rock n roll and country musician (Crickets), born in Wellington, Texas
1965 – Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey (Stenders Latevermaak and RobRadio), born in Oisterwijk, Netherlands
1976 – Justin Ross, American politician (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 22nd district 2003-12), born in Bowie, Maryland
1985 – Łukasz Fabiański, Polish football goalkeeper (Poland national team), born in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 17th April 2020
1644 – Abraham Jansz Storck, Dutch painter, baptized in Amsterdam (d. 1708)
1911 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian world chess champion (1948-63), born in Repino, Russia (d. 1995)
1918 – Anne Shirley [Dawn Evelyeen Paris], British actress (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Murder My Sweet), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
1919 – Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984-90), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
1928 – Cynthia Ozick, American author (Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories), born in NYC, New York
1937 – Daffy Duck, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in “Porky’s Duck Hunt”
1964 – Raye Hollitt, American bodybuilder (American Gladiators), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1967 – Marquis Grissom, American baseball outfielder (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1973 – Gene Makowsky, Canadian football offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1975 – Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor and model, born in Mexico City
Famous Birthdays for 16th April 2020
1897 – Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, born in St. Gilles, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
1897 – John Bagot Glubb, British commandant and writer (A soldier with the Arabs), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1986)
1912 – John Halas, Hungarian-American cartoonist and animator (Animal Farm), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
1915 – Gerard McLarnon, British-Irish actor and writer (The Wrestler’s Honeymoon), born in Clitheroe, Lancashire (d. 1997)
1927 – Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger], Catholic Pope (2005-2013), born in Marktl, Bavaria, Germany
1952 – Peter Westbrook, American fencer (Olympic bronze 1988, 92, 96), born in St Louis, Missouri
1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon 1994), born in Monzón, Huesca, Spain
1982 – Jonathan Vilma, American football player, born in Coral Gables, Florida
1984 – Noah Fleiss, American actor, born in White Plains, New York
1994 – Liliana Mumy, American actress, born in San Marcos, California
Famous Birthdays for 15th April 2020
1552 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1626)
1809 – Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician, born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
1882 – Giovanni Amendola, Italian anti-fascist and editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1926)
1888 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet, born in Berlin (d. 1904)
1927 – Robert Mills, American physicist (quantum field theory), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 1999)
1930 – Richard Davis, American jazz bassist described as “the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album” (Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks), born in Chicago, Illinois
1931 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature – 2011), born in Stockholm (d. 2015)
1936 – Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2013)
1951 – Marsha S. Ivins, American astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1985 – John Danks, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 14th April 2020
1723 – John Wainwright, English composer and organist (d. 1768)
1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter, born in Saratov, Russia (d. 1905)
1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius, German literature historian, born in Thann, Haut-Rhin (d. 1956)
1891 – B.R. Ambedkar [Baba Saheb], Indian politician, jurist (architect of the Constitution of India) and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement, born in Mhow, India (d. 1956)
1907 – Otto Frans Antoine Hubert van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden), born in Pannerden, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1922 – Maria Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
1925 – Bill Harris, American guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin’), born in Nashville, North Carolina (d. 1988)
1936 – Bobby Nichols, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1964), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1969 – Tim Roberts, American NFL defensive end (NE Patriots), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1970 – Brian Stablein, American NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts), born in Erie, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 13th April 2020
1229 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, ruler of upper Baveria, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1294)
1584 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria, born in Munich (d. 1666)
1771 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (steam locomotive), born in Tregajorran, England (d. 1833)
1849 – Enrique José Varona, Cuban author, born in Puerto Principe, Cuba (d. 1933)
1880 – Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1955)
1890 – Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, born in Harbor Beach, Michigan (d. 1949)
1913 – Dave Albritton, American high jumper (Olympic silver 1936), born in Danville, Alabama (d. 1994)
1964 – Davis Love III, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1997; 21 PGA Tour titles), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player, born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Famous Birthdays for 12th April 2020
1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas (d. 1797)
1848 – José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet, born in Caguas, Puerto Rico (d. 1880)
1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (1936-41), born in Ithaca, Greece (d. 1941)
1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922), born in Hannover, Germany (d. 1951)
1912 – Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist (human consciousness), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress (Little House, Beverly Hills 90210), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor (EastEnders), born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Famous Birthdays for 11th April 2020
1370 – Frederick I the Warlike, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1428)
1779 – Louise Reichardt, German composer, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1826)
1879 – Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1905 – József Attila, Hungarian poet, born in Ferencváros, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
1915 – Pat Hanlon, British cyclist, born in Newport, Cardiganshire (d. 1997)
1919 – Sir Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony’s College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset
1920 – Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72), born in Potenza, Basilicata (d. 2013)
1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and conductor, born in Tokyo
1946 – Bob Harris, English radio presenter (The Old Grey Whistle Test, Time Out), born in Northampton, England
1962 – Terry Hoage, American NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals), born in Ames, Iowa
Famous Birthdays for 10th April 2020
1778 – William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic, born in Kent, England (d. 1830)
1794 – Matthew C. Perry, Commodore of the United States Navy who opened Japan to Western influence and trade, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1858)
1877 – Alfred Kubin, Austrian writer and illustrator, born in Leitmeritz, Bohemia (d. 1959)
1911 – Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), born in Paris (d. 1998)
1923 – John Watkins, South African cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa
1936 – John Madden, NFL coach (Oakland Raiders) and sports commentator (CBS, FOX), born in Austin, Minnesota
1950 – Barry M. Riemer, American author (The Great American Con Machine)
1958 – Ken Griffy Sr., American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, NY Yanks), born in Donora, Pennsylvania
1969 – Dennis Vial, Canadian NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
1986 – Olivia Borlée, Belgian 200m sprinter, born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium