1906 – Frances “Fran” Lee, American actress (Reckless Rosie), born in Eagle Grove, Iowa (d. 2000)
1924 – Theo Olof, German-Dutch violinist and concert master, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2012)
1933 – Collie Smith, West Indies cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1959)
1935 – Edward “Kidd” Jordan, American jazz saxophonist and music educator, born in Crowley, New Orleans
1955 – Melinda Culea, American actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love), born in Western Springs, Illinois
1964 – Ulrich Wilson, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam), born in Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname
1970 – Kyan Douglas, American TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Miami, Florida
1972 – Mikael Renberg, Swedish NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning), born in Piteå, Sweden
1973 – Muhsin Muhammad, American football wide receiver (Carolina Panthers), born in Lansing, Michigan
1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer (Argentine national team FIFA World Cups), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 4th May 2019
1875 – Reggie Schwartz, South African cricketer (1st of great South African googlists), born in Lee, London (d. 1918)
1926 – Gerlind Reinshagen, German writer, born in Konigsberg, Germany
1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli author (My Michael), born in Jerusalem
1945 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist (The Hindu), born in Madras, British India
1951 – Mick Mars [Robert Alan Deal], guitarist (Mötley Crüe), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (alternative date 4 April 1955)
1956 – Sharon Jones, American soul singer (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 2016)
1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player, born in Highland, Illinois
1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
1965 – Adrie Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Breda, Netherlands
1967 – Matthew Crane, American actor (Matt Cory-Another World), born in Kimberton, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 3rd May 2019
1873 – Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general, born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 1945)
1874 – V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1954)
1886 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1971)
1902 – Seton I. Miller, Hollywood screenwriter (Pete’s Dragon, Istanbul), born in Chehalis, Washington (d. 1974)
1904 – Red Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46), born in Granville, Illinois (d. 1986)
1906 – Mary Astor, American actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
1928 – Jeanne Bal, American actress (Pat-Love and Marriage, Star Trek- The Man Trap), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1996)
1929 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and political activist, born in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India (d. 1994)
1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer (The Republic of Dreams), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1961 – Steve McClaren, English football manager, born in Fulford, York, England
Famous Birthdays for 2nd May 2019
1857 – Frederic Cliffe, English composer, born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1931)
1886 – Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, born in Mansfelf, Germany (d. 1956)
1890 – E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (Triplanetary), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 1965)
1901 – Bob Wyatt, English cricket player (1927-37), born in Surrey (d. 1995)
1925 – David Ironside, South African cricketer (South African swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54), born in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique (d. 2005)
1932 – Bruce Glover, American actor (Diamonds are Forever), born in Chicago, Illinois
1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
1951 – John “Jo” Callis, British punk-rock songwriter and musician (The Rezillos, The Human League), born in Rotherham, England
1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman and politician, born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
1981 – Chris Kirkland, English football goalkeeper, born in Barwell, England
Famous Birthdays for 1st May 2019
1829 – Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
1912 – Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
1917 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi, born in Khislavichi, Russia (d. 2001)
1941 – Barbara Barendrecht, [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture)
1964 – Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
1968 – D’arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
1970 – Alex Van Pelt, NFL quarterback and coach (Buffalo Bills), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977 – Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1980 – Zaz [Isabelle Geffroy], French singer-songwriter (Je veux), born in Tours, France
1988 – Teodor Peterson, Swedish cross-country skier (silver, bronze medals 2014 Olympics), born in Umeå, Sweden
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2019
1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time (Gaussian distribution, fundamental theorem of algebra), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1855)
1853 – Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, born in Vienna (d. 1912)
1886 – Frank Merrik, composer
1889 – Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
1899 – Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)
1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (Phantom of Hollywood, Apache Uprising), born in Paris, France (d. 2001)
1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress (Last Picture Show, Phyllis), born in Des Moines, Iowa
1959 – Lauren Howe, LPGA golfer
1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2019
1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
1903 – Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
1909 – Tom Ewell [Sam Yewell Tompkins], American actor (Tom Ewell Show, The Seven Year Itch), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 1994)
1912 – Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic
1930 – Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)
1933 – Edwin “Ed” Charles, American MLB third baseman (Miracle Mets-1969), born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 2018)
1960 – Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
1982 – Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
1984 – Taylor Cole, American actress
1993 – Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter and Mirtle
Famous Birthdays for 28th April 2019
1889 – Bryant Washburn, American actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963)
1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (1964-91), born in Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
1927 – Garry [Garfield Howard] Weston, English industrial billionaire (Twinings Tea)
1943 – John Oliver Creighton, NASA astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), born in Orange, Texas
1945 – Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
1947 – Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz), born in Los Angeles, California
1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1960 – Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1962 – Evguenni Rochtchin, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
1964 – L’Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2014)
Famous Birthdays for 27th April 2019
1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London (d. 1797)
1840 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865), born in London (d. 1911)
1912 – Renato Rascel [Ranucci], Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1991)
1916 – Jan Rychlik, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1964)
1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (Up the Down Staircase), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
1943 – Helmut Marko, Austrian auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix), born in Graz, Austria
1947 – Pete Ham, Welsh rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come and Get It), born in Swansea, Wales
1953 – Arielle Dombasle, American-French singer and actress, born in Norwich, Connecticut
1970 – Mikiko Hagiwara, Japanese basketball player, born in Fukushima, Japan
1975 – Chris Carpenter, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Exeter, New Hampshire
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2019
570 – Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi’a sect. Other sources suggest April 20. Observed according to the Islamic lunar calendar
1782 – Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, French queen as wife of Louis Phillip of Austria, born in Caserta Palace, Naples (d. 1866)
1822 – Jan Albert van Eijken, Dutch composer and organist, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1868)
1878 – Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), born in Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1938)
1879 – Owen Williams Richardson, British physicist (Nobel 1928), born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (d. 1959)
1914 – James Rouse, American builder (founder of The Rouse Company), born in Easton, Maryland (d. 1996)
1923 – Oliver Millar, British art historian (served in the Royal Household for 41 years), born in Standon, Hertfordshire (d. 2007)
1962 – Colin Anderson, English footballer, born in Newcastle, England
1977 – Tom Welling, American actor
1981 – Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer