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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 15th April 2019
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
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