1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1875 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer, born in Carroll, Ohio (d. 1953)
1930 – Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre (COSATU)
1940 – Robert Walker Jr, American actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver), born in NYC, New York
1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer and guitarist (Rockpile – Girls Talk), born in Cardiff, Wales
1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician, born in Uddevalla, Sweden
1959 – Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director
1961 – Tiina Lillak, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1984)
1966 – Andrei Olhovskiy, tennis pro, born in Moscow, Russia
1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 14th April 2019
1852 – Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1931)
1857 – Victor Horsley, English physician and neuroscientist, born in London (d. 1916)
1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, British-Indian Islamic scholar and translator (translated Qu’ran into English), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1953)
1897 – Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1988)
1906 – Hunter Johnson, American composer, born near Benson, North Carolina (d. 1998)
1922 – Maria Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker), born in Westhampton, New York (d. 2002)
1951 – Gregory [Greg] Winter, British Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Leicester, England
1962 – James Carpenter, fencer-epee (Olympics 1996), born in Canton, Connecticut
1969 – Brad Ausmus, catcher (Detroit Tigers), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Famous Birthdays for 13th April 2019
1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British mathematician and astronomer, born in County Carlow, Ireland (d. 1917)
1852 – Frank W. Woolworth, American businessman, founder of F. W. Woolworth Co, born in Rodman, New York (d. 1919)
1909 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician, born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1984)
1916 – Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
1924 – Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
1927 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983)
1952 – Jonjo O’Neill, Irish racehorse trainer, born in Cork, Ireland
1969 – Harold Pruett, American actor (Sybil, Embrace of the Vampire), born in Anchorage, Alaska (d. 2002)
1972 – Dave Wohlabaugh, American NFL center and guard (NE Patriots), born in Hamburg, New York
1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 12th April 2019
1777 – Henry Clay, American politician known as “the Great Compromiser”, born in Hanover County, Virginia (d. 1852)
1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1976)
1919 – Istvan Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2012)
1924 – Julius Moormann, Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1932 – Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], American musician (Tip Toe), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1996)
1942 – Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
1959 – Elissa Leeds, American actress (Cissy-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
1961 – Magda Szubanski, Australian actress (Kath and Kim), born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
1967 – Kirk Everist, American water polo driver (Olympics 1996), born in Houston, Texas
1970 – Nick Hexum, American singer and songwriter (311), born in Madison, Wisconsin
Famous Birthdays for 11th April 2019
1879 – Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1908 – Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Prague/Toronto), born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
1921 – Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British diplomat
1922 – Antoine Blondin, French writer (L’Europe buissonnière), born in Paris (d. 1991)
1934 – Richard A. Garland, artist and photographer (d. 1994)
1961 – Lucky Vanous, American model (GQ, Diet Coke), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
1966 – Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler (Goldust), born in Austin, Texas
1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders), born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1970 – Johnny Messner, American actor (Tears of the Sun), born in Syracuse, New York
1985 – Will Minson, Australian rules footballer (Western Bulldogs), born in South Australia
Famous Birthdays for 10th April 2019
1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (Tschirnhaus transformation), born in Kieslingswalde, Margraviate Upper Lusatia, Saxony (d. 1708)
1886 – Val Paul, American actor and director (Suspense, The Phantom Thief), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1962)
1907 – Pete Desjardins, American platform and springboard diver (Olympic gold 1928), born in St-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba (d. 1985)
1921 – Peter Herbert Penwarden, English priest, born in Walthamstow, England (d. 1995)
1939 – Penny Vincenzi [Hannaford], British novelist (An Absolute Scandal, Spoils of Time trilogy), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 2018)
1948 – Tom Spencer, British politician (Conservative)
1953 – Terre Roche, American rocker (Roches), born in New York
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1963 – Warren DeMartini, American heavy metal musician (Ratt), born in Chicago, Illinois
1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor (The Sixth Sense, A.I., Pay it Forward), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 9th April 2019
1850 – Hermann Zumpe, German composer, born in Oppach, Germany (d. 1903)
1861 – Charles Holroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the National Gallery (1906-16), born in Potternewton, Leeds (d. 1917)
1895 – Mance Lipscomb, American blues musician (Shine On, Harvest Moon), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1976)
1910 – Abraham Ribicoff, American politician, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 1998)
1914 – Richard Young, CEO (Boosey and Hawkes)
1928 – Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant, born in Lancashire, England (d. 2015)
1932 – Carl Perkins, American singer and songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes), born in Jackson, Tennessee (d. 1998)
1940 – Jim [James Wilfred] Roberts, Canadian NHL defenceman (1st Blues draft pick), born in Toronto (d. 2015)
1942 – Brandon De Wilde, American actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky), born in Brooklyn, New York
1948 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Famous Birthdays for 8th April 2019
1816 – Frederick William Burton, painter
1893 – Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)
1905 – Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm)
1909 – William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist
1944 – Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian
1955 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
1956 – Christine Boisson, French actress
1960 – John Schneider, American actor
1964 – Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster
1975 – Anouk [Teeuwe], Dutch singer, born in The Hague
Famous Birthdays for 7th April 2019
1727 – Henri Hardouin, French composer, born in Grandpré (d. 1808)
1822 – Gershom Mott, American Major General (Union Army), born in Lamberton, New Jersey (d. 1884)
1870 – Gustav Landauer, German socialist
1873 – John McGraw, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder/manager (manager NY Giants World Series champions 1905, 21-22), born in Truxton, New York (d. 1934)
1882 – Bert “Dainty” Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33)
1918 – Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge, Come September, Murder She Said), born in Norwood, England (d. 1996)
1918 – Bobby Doerr, American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (9-time All Star, Boston Red Sox), born in Junction City, Oregon (d. 2017)
1932 – Louis “Mr Bo” Collins, blues SInger
1968 – Don[ald] Smith, North Tonawanda NY, rower (Olympic 5th 1996)
1968 – Bill Bellamy, actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker)
Famous Birthdays for 6th April 2019
1672 – Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer
1830 – James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st African American Roman Catholic bishop
1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917)
1925 – Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950)
1929 – Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor’s Wailers)
1939 – André Ouellet, French Canadian politician
1942 – Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater)
1950 – Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
1983 – Diora Baird, American actress
2007 – Princess Haalah bint Hashim, Princess of Jordan