1567 – Aurelio Signoretti, Italian composer, born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1635)
1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect, born in London (d. 1753)
1869 – Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, born in Mödling, Austria (d. 1927)
1947 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (d. 2016)
1959 – Billy Rankin, Scottish rocker, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1974 – Libor Procházka, Czech ice hockey defenseman (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998), born in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia
1975 – Emily Bergl, English-American actress (The rage : Carrie 2), born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
1977 – Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer, born in Larissa, Greece
1978 – Matt Walker, British Paralympic swimmer, born in Stockport, England
1987 – Johann Smith, American soccer player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 24th April 2019
1718 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, born in Dublin (d. 1784)
1815 – James E. Harrison, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Greenville District, South Carolina (d. 1875)
1822 – Erastus Barnard Tyler, American businessman, merchant, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Bloomfield, New York (d. 1891)
1875 – Jeno Huszka, Hungarian composer, born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1960)
1924 – Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2009)
1935 – Louis Keith, physician (expert on multiple-births), born in Chicago, Illinois
1945 – Douglas “Doug” Riley [Dr Music], Canadian musician and musical director (Famous People Players), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2007)
1948 – Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire property investor, born in Sassov, Galicia, Poland
1971 – Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan off-spinner), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish football goalkeeper (Arbroath), born in Lanark, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 23rd April 2019
1728 – Samuel Wallis, English explorer (Wallis Island), born in Camelford, Cornwall (d. 1795)
1812 – Louis-Antoine Jullien, French conductor, born in Sisteron, France (d. 1860)
1827 – Johann Friedrich von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer, born in Winterberg, Germany (d. 1914)
1877 – Arthur Farwell, American composer, born in St Paul, Minnesota (d. 1952)
1892 – Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer, born in Tessenderlo, Belgium (d. 1952)
1919 – Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Canadian composer, born in Liepāja, Latvia (d. 2008)
1936 – Elias [Etienne Michiels], Flemish painter, born in Ostend, Belgium
1940 – Michael Copps, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1953 – Fred Upton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in St. Joseph, Michigan
1996 – Joshua “Josh” Kiszka, American vocalist (Greta Van Fleet), born in Frankenmuth, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 22nd April 2019
1866 – Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
1892 – Nikolai Obouhov, composer
1910 – Eric Scowen, physician
1917 – Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
1923 – Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie’s Angels), (d. 2006)
1923 – Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch and Judy Man), born in Chester, England (d. 2008)
1929 – Michael Atiyah, English mathematician (Atiyah-Singer Index, Fields Medal 1966), born in London, England (d. 2019)
1962 – Denise Baldwin, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 21st April 2019
1853 – Charles Malherbe, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1911)
1870 – Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer and producer (Jack and the Beanstalk), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1941)
1886 – Charles “Charlie” Naughton, Scottish actor (Frozen Limits), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1976)
1901 – Julián Bautista, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1961)
1904 – Gijs van Hall, Dutch politician and Mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), born in Amsterdam (d. 1977)
1906 – Tom Burns, British-Chilean publisher and editor, born in Chile (d. 1995)
1944 – Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
1960 – Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic gold 1984)
1978 – Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark
Famous Birthdays for 20th April 2019
1870 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar, Father of Modern Urdu, born in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh (d. 1961)
1879 – Paul Poiret, French couturier, the most fashionable dress designer of pre-World War I, born in Paris (d. 1944)
1881 – Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer (Kirov is With Us), born in Modlin Fortress, Poland (d. 1950)
1896 – Wop May, Canadian aviator, flying ace in the WWI, born in Carberry, Manitoba (d. 1952)
1902 – Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Shumen, Bulgaria (d. 1969)
1914 – Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (101 Dalmatians, Cinderella), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1999)
1928 – Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer, born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 2007)
1970 – Shemar Moore, actor (Malcolm-Young and Restless), born in Oakland, California
1971 – Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics 1996), born in Canberra, Australia
1976 – Joey Lawrence, American actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 19th April 2019
1874 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss-German psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1952)
1905 – Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1994)
1912 – William Murray, British teacher and educationalist, born in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (d. 1995)
1920 – Frank Fontaine, American comedian (Crazy Guggenheim), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life), born in Tacoma, Washington
1951 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (2004-08), born in Tvøroyri, Suðuroy
1968 – Craig McNeil, American writer, lawyer, and military officer
1978 – James Franco, American actor (The Disaster Artist), born in Palo Alto, California
1983 – Joe Mauer, American baseball player
1986 – Candace Parker, American basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 18th April 2019
1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (Jephta), born in Marino, Rome (d. 1674)
1889 – John Kilbane, American featherweight boxing champ (world title held 1912-23), born in Cleveland, Ohio (. 1957)
1934 – George Shirley, African-American tenor (first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1956 – Melody Thomas Scott, American actress (Nikki-Young and Restless), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Jane Leeves, English actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon-Fraiser), born in London, England
1965 – Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1966 – Chuck Wade, Menomonee Falls Wisc, diver (Olympics 1996)
1976 – Fayray, Japanese singer
1980 – Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Danny Guthrie, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 17th April 2019
1278 – Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor, eldest son of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Anna of Hungary, born in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (d. 1320)
1734 – Taksin, King of Siam (1767-82), born in Ayutthaya, Thailand (d. 1782)
1869 – Johannes Marinus Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1939)
1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), born in Lubcza, Minsk, Belarus (d. 1978)
1905 – Arthur Lake [Arthur William Silverlake], American actor (Blondie, Topper), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 1987)
1917 – Bill Clements, American politician, Governor of Texas (1987-91), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2011)
1955 – Pete Shelley [Peter McNeish], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks “Going Steady”), born in Leigh, England (d. 2018)
1967 – Matthew “Mat” Chamberlain, American musician, songwriter and session player, born in San Pedro, California
1974 – Marcel Nijenhuis, Dutch soccer player (NEC), born in Heteren, Netherlands
1980 – Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player, born in Seoul
Famous Birthdays for 16th April 2019
1800 – William Chambers, Scottish author and publisher (Basis of Communication and Coding), born in Peebles, Scotland (d. 1883)
1861 – Isaac Murphy, American jockey (won 628 races), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1896)
1911 – Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy, born in Devonport, England (d. 1963)
1941 – Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1942 – Jim Lonborg, American MLB pitcher (AL Cy Young 1967), born in Santa Maria, California
1963 – John Delaney, American politician (Rep (D) Maryland 2013-19), born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey
1963 – Garry Galley, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres), born in Montreal, Quebec
1963 – Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman)
1970 – Walt Williams, NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat)
1984 – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author, born in Silver Spring, Maryland