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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 5th April 2019
1818 – Lewis Baldwin Parsons, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Perry, New York (d. 1907)
1832 – Jules Ferry, French statesman, born in Saint-Dié, France (d. 1893)
1862 – Louis Ganne, French composer, born in Buxières-les-Mines (d. 1923)
1906 – Lord Buckley, American comedian, born in Tuolumne, California (d. 1960)
1936 – John Albert, professor (Master of University College Oxford)
1946 – Jane Asher, English actress (Deep End) and girlfriend of Paul McCartney, born in Willesden, London
1950 – Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA), born in Jönköping, Sweden
1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
1966 – Brent Hughes, American NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres), born in New Westminster, California
1976 – Ryan Drese, baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Birthdays for 4th April 2019
1814 – John Blair Smith Todd, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1872)
1828 – Margaret Oliphant, Scottish novelist and biographer (Beleaguered City), born in Wallyford, Scotland (d. 1897)
1917 – Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist and rebel (barricade uprising), born in Guyotville, Algeria (d. 1995)
1927 – Bob Stump, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona, born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2003)
1928 – Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), born in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2001)
1932 – Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68), born in Nashik, Bombay, British India
1937 – Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
1939 – Major Lance, American soul singer (The Monkey Time), born in Winterville, Mississippi (d. 1994)
1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach), born in Spokane, Washington
1973 – Loris Capirossi, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born in Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 3rd April 2019
1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202)
1859 – Reginald De Koven, American composer, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1920)
1911 – Watkins Shaw, British musicologist, born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1996)
1917 – Tibor Andrasovan, Slovak composer, born in Slovenská Lupca, Zólyom, Austria-Hungary (d. 2001)
1934 – David Jones, British reverend/headmaster (Bryanston School)
1936 – Scott LaFaro, American jazz musician, born in Irvington, New Jersey (d. 1961)
1942 – Michael Elliott, American skier (Olympics 1968), born in Durango, Colorado
1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer and writer, born in Mexico City
1962 – John Thomas Griffith, American rocker (Red Rockers), born in Lubbock, Texas
1963 – Chris Bosio, American baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Carmichael, California
Famous Birthdays for 2nd April 2019
1735 – Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1814)
1781 – Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian yogi and religious leader, born in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1830)
1833 – Thomas Howard Ruger, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Livingston County, New York (d. 1907)
1869 – Hughie Jennings, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder, manager (Detroit Tigers manager 1907-20), born in Pittston, Pennsylvania (d. 1928)
1919 – Antoon Hubben, Dutch Mayor of Maasbree and trade union leader, born in Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine (Iron Chef), born in Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan
1946 – Lynda Carr, educationist
1953 – Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician, born in Listooder, Crossgar, Northern Ireland
1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver, born in Laukaa, Finland
1962 – Alex Tripolski, Israeli sport shooter, Men’s 50M air pistol (Olympic 16th-1996), born in Russia
Famous Birthdays for 23rd March 2019
1732 – Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
1878 – Franz Schrecker, Austrian composer (Der ferne Klang, Der Schatzgräber)
1905 – Paul Grimault, animator
1920 – Jimmy Edwards, British comedy writer and actor (Take It From Here, Whack-O!), born in Barnes, Surrey, England (d. 1988)
1927 – Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
1943 – Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns)
1949 – Ric Ocasek [Richard Otcasek], American rocker (The Cars – Best Friend’s Girl; Shake It Up), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1958 – El Duce [Eldon Wayne Hoke], American singer and drummer (The Mentors), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1997)
1971 – Gail Porter, British television presenter