1904 – Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1972)
1909 – Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, Russian composer, born in Tambov, Dzerzhinsky (d. 1978)
1920 – Alexander Moulton, English engineer and bicycle designer (folding bicycle), born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (d. 2012)
1926 – Graham Hills, English physical scientist and principal (Strathclyde University, England), born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex (d. 2014)
1932 – Paul Krassner, American comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine) and founder (Yippies), born in Brooklyn, New York
1964 – Rob Awalt, American football player, born in Landstuhl, Germany
1968 – Janne Ojanen, Finnish hockey forward (Team Finland), born in Tampere, Finland
1979 – Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth), born in Chicago, Illinois
1984 – Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer, born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
1998 – Elle Fanning, American actress (We Bought a Zoo), born in Conyers, Georgia
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 8th April 2020
1843 – Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1923)
1875 – Albert I, King of Belgium (1909-34), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1934)
1883 – R. P. Keigwin, English academic, born in Lexden, Essex (d. 1972)
1909 – William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist
1924 – Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. 2006)
1934 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
1935 – Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
1938 – Lory Patrick, Beckley WV, actress (Trina-Tales of Welles Fargo)
1948 – Robert A. Litchfield, American bank robber who was on the FBI most wanted list in the 1980s
1963 – Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
Famous Birthdays for 7th April 2020
1622 – Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart
1775 – Francis C Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
1851 – Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer
1928 – James White, UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
1932 – Louis “Mr Bo” Collins, blues SInger
1946 – Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
1958 – Alexandra Neil, actress (Rose-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1958 – Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1970 – Alexander Karpovtsev, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers), born in Moscow, Russia
1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 6th April 2020
1812 – Aaron Bernstein, writer
1871 – Alexander, grandson of England’s Queen Victoria
1902 – Gertrude Short, American actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1968)
1941 – Hans W Geissendorfer, Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
1944 – John Huarte, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1964, Notre Dame; Super Bowl 1970, KC Chiefs), born in Anaheim, California
1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor (Guardians of the Galaxy), born in Jasper, Alabama
1972 – Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
1976 – Simon Coombes, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician
1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth)
Famous Birthdays for 5th April 2020
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (Woman of the Year, Adam’s Rib), born in Milwaukee (d. 1967)
1923 – Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnamese President (1965-75), born in Phan Rang, Vietnam (d. 2001)
1928 – David Farquhar Andress, New Zealand composer (Ring Around the Moon, A Unicorn for Christmas), born in Cambridge, New Zealand (d. 2007)
1936 – John Albert, professor (Master of University College Oxford)
1938 – Colin Bland, South African cricketer (South African bat Maybe the best cover field), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
1940 – Aliza Kashi, Israeli actress and singer (Merv Griffin regular), born in Israel
1950 – Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
1954 – Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter (Wall Of Voodoo), born in Bartsow, California
1966 – Scott Dill, American NFL tackle and guard (Tampa Bay Bucs, Minnesota Vikings), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1976 – Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer (British Open 2016), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
Famous Birthdays for 4th April 2020
1716 – John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1823 – Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German engineer and inventor (laid undersea cables), born in Gehrden, Hanover, Germany (d. 1883)
1858 – Remy de Gourmont, French poet, born in Bazoches-en-Houlmes, France (d. 1915)
1913 – Frances Langford, American singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time), born in Lakeland, Florida (d. 2005)
1936 – Margo J. Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers) (d. 1991)
1944 – David Melville, British physicist and academic (Middlesex Polytechnic), born in Gateshead, Durham, England
1947 – Wiranto, Indonesian army general (Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces), born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1963 – Graham Norton [Graham Walker], Irish comedian and TV presenter, born in Dublin
1969 – Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
1973 – Ryan Coughlin, Canadian football offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes), born in Renfrew, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 3rd April 2020
1693 – George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (father of British ornithology), born in Stratford, Essex, England (d. 1773)
1912 – Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands), born in Huizum, Netherlands (d. 1969)
1915 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish paediatrician, academic and the founder of YÖK, born in Arbil, Ottoman Empire (d. 2010)
1927 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; silver 1956; first WR 400m individual medley 1953), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
1929 – Dennis Farr, Museum director (Courtauld Institute Galleries) and art historian, born in Luton, Bedfordshire (d. 2006)
1952 – Mike Moore, American politician and Attorney General of Mississippi, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
1964 – Nigel Farage, British politician and leader of the UKIP who campaigned for Brexit, born in Downe, Kent
1969 – Rodney Hampton, American football player, NFL running back (NY Giants), born in Houston, Texas
1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer (Espanyol), born in Mataró, Spain
1987 – Jay Bruce, American baseball player, born in Beaumont, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 2nd April 2020
742 – Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14), born in Liège, Frankish Kingdom (d. 814)
1915 – Al Barlick, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (7 x World Series; 7 x MLB All Star games), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1995)
1948 – Danny Ford, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C’ship, Clemson University 1981; University of Arkansas; career record 122–59–5), born in Gadsden, Alabama
1954 – Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2012)
1961 – Keren Jane Woodward, English rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus), born in Bristol, England
1975 – Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1977 – Aiden Turner, Irish actor (The Hobbit-Kili), born in Clondalkin, Dublin
1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball center (Golden State Warriors 2004-13; 510 games), born in Riga, Latvia
1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch soccer midfielder (53 caps; PSV Eindhoven), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1987 – Pablo César Aguilar, Paraguayan soccer defender (28 caps; Sportivo Luqueño, América, Cruz Azul), born in Luque, Paraguay
Famous Birthdays for 1st April 2020
1858 – Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
1875 – Edgar Wallace, English novelist, playwright and journalist (The Terror, The Four Just Men) who created King Kong, born in Greenwich, England (d. 1932)
1883 – Leonidas “Lon” Chaney, American actor nicknamed “the man of a 1000 faces” (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1930)
1883 – Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian Soviet composer, born in Plakhino, Ryazan Governorate (d. 1946) [OS date]
1886 – Wallace Beery, American circus performer (Ringling Brothers Circus) and actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1949)
1934 – Don Hastings, American actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns), born in Brooklyn, New York
1949 – Paul Manafort, American political consultant (Trump campaign chairman), born in New Britain, Connecticut
1952 – Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103), (d. 2012)
1958 – D. Boon, American musician d. (1985)
1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player (Masters 2011; Shanghai Masters 2013, 16; UK C’ships 2005, 09, 19), born in Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Famous Birthdays for 25th March 2020
1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1594 – Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Dutch writer
1840 – Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment and Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)
1897 – “Sweet” Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana ( d. 1983)
1909 – Dutch (Emil) Leonard, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914)
1930 – David Russell Burge, composer
1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, Texas, WNBA forward (Houston Comets. Olympic gold 1996)
1971 – Perry Klein, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress
1976 – Juvenile [Terius Gray], American rapper (The Hot Boys), born in Magnolia, New Orleans, Louisiana