1820 – Nadar [Félix Tournachon], French photographer and balloonist, took the first aerial photograph, born in Paris (d. 1910)
1868 – Flooi Du Toit, South African cricketer (one Test South Africa 1892), born in Jacobsdal, Orange Free State (d. 1909)
1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (Rapsodie Flamande), born in Tourcoing, France (d. 1937)
1899 – William Reed Hornby Steer, British barrister and politician for the Conservative Party, born in London, England (d. 1993)
1905 – Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
1925 – Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don’t Live Here Any Longer), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1998)
1935 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), born in South Norwood, England (d. 1995)
1973 – Tony Banks, quarterback (St Louis Rams)
1975 – Juicy J [Jordan Houston], American rapper, songwriter, and record producer (Three 6 Mafia), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1990 – Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (Attack on Titan, Kimi ni Todoke), born in Tsuchiura City, Japan (d. 2020)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 4th April 2025
1802 – Dorothea Dix, American pioneering nurse and social activist who created the first American mental asylums, born in Hampden, Maine (d. 1887)
1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (The Headless Horseman), born in Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland (d. 1883)
1870 – George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1951)
1895 – Charlie Hallows, English cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28), born in Little Lever, Lancashire (d. 1972)
1907 – Nathan M. Pusey, American educator, 24th president of Harvard University (1953-71), born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (d. 2001)
1913 – Jerome Weidman, American writer (Tenderloin), born in New York City (d. 1998)
1935 – Easton McMorris, West Indian cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), born in St Andrew, Jamaica (d. 2022)
1943 – Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum), born in Westmoreland, England (d. 2003)
1956 – David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer (L.A. Law; Picket Fences; Chicago Hope; Boston Legal), born in Waterville, Maine
1957 – Kelso, American racehorse, born in Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky (d. 1983)
Famous Birthdays for 3rd April 2025
1593 – George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs), born in Montgomery, Wales (d. 1633)
1863 – Henry Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect (Art Nouveau), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1957)
1886 – (Arthur) “Dooley” Wilson, American piano player, singer, and actor (Casablanca; Stormy Weather; Beulah), born in Tyler, Texas (d. 1953)
1930 – Helmut Kohl, German chancellor (West Germany, 1982-90, unified Germany, 1990-98), born in Ludwigshafen, Weimar Republic (d. 2017)
1941 – Jan Berry, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean – “Surf City”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty), born in St Louis, Missouri
1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch politician (CDA), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1962 – John Thomas Griffith, American rocker (Red Rockers), born in Lubbock, Texas
1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English illustrator (Tank Girl; Gorillaz), born in Horsham, Sussex, England
1973 – Adam Scott, American actor (Parks and Recreation), born in Santa Cruz, California
Famous Birthdays for 2nd April 2025
1868 – Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1914)
1894 – Rudolph Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer and professor of Law at Leiden University, born in Appingedam, Netherlands (d. 1980)
1894 – Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air) and aerial photographer, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1937)
1910 – Arnie Herber, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL C’ship 1930, 31, 36, 39; First-team All-Pro 1932, 35, 36; Green Bay Packers, NY Giants), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1969)
1927 – Billy Pierce, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star x 7; World Series 1945; AL wins leader 1957; MLB ERA leader 1955; AL strikeout leader; 1953; Chicago White Sox), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
1939 – Lise Thibault, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, born in Saint-Roch-de-l’Achigan, Quebec
1942 – Terry Holland, American college basketball coach (Davidson, Virginia) and athletics administrator (Davidson, Virginia, East Carolina), born in Clinton, North Carolina (d. 2023)
1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball outfielder (7 x MLB All Star; World Series 1981; Gold Glove Award 1968; Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish rally driver (World rally champion 1986, 87, 91, 93; Dakar Rally [cars] 1988; Race of Champions 1988, 91), born in Laukaa, Finland
1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball center (Golden State Warriors 2004-13; 510 games), born in Riga, Latvia
Famous Birthdays for 1st April 2025
1869 – Peter Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom), born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1959)
1895 – Alberta Hunter, American blues singer, and composer (“Downhearted Blues”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1984)
1906 – Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), born in Haugesund, Norway (d. 1958)
1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter), born in Eschwege, Germany (d. 2020)
1942 – Samuel R. Delany Jr, American sci-fi author (Towers of Toron; Neveryona), born in Harlem, New York
1947 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 2009)
1952 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer, born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
1953 – Pavol Biroš, Slovak soccer defender (9 caps, Czechoslovakia; Slavia Prague), born in Prešov, Slovakia (d. 2020)
1987 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress (Blade Runner 2049), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1987 – Li Ting, Chinese diver (Olympic gold platform synchro 2004; World C’ships gold 2003, 05), born in Lingui, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Famous Birthdays for 31st March 2025
1777 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French engineer and physicist (inventor of the disk siren), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
1901 – Mule Suttles, American Baseball HOF infielder (5 x NgL All Star; NL batting champion 1926, 28; NgL Triple Crown 1926; St. Louis Stars), born in Edgewater, Alabama (d. 1966)
1907 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Julia, Hell Town), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1934 – Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut (Vostok 1 backup), born in Porfiryevka, Crimea, USSR (d. 1966)
1934 – Richard Chamberlain, American stage and screen actor (Dr. Kildare (TV series); Shōgun; The Thorn Birds), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2025)
1940 – Patrick Leahy, American politician (Senator-D-Vermont, 1975-), born in Montpelier, Vermont
1965 – Patty Fendick, American tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1991), born in Sacramento, California
1969 – Steve Smith, American NBA guard (14 NBA seasons, Olympic gold 2000), born in Highfield Park, MI
1972 – Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish film director (The Others), born in Santiago, Chile
1990 – Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist, killed by the New IRA in a terrorist attack, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2019)
Famous Birthdays for 30th March 2025
1835 – Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916)
1883 – Jo Davidson, American sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman), born in New York City (d. 1952)
1901 – Haj Ali Razmara, 33rd Prime Minister of Iran (1950-51), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1951)
1917 – Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1994)
1926 – Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1963-77; Bangor Symphony, 1981-92), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1992)
1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968)
1932 – Ted Morgan [Sanche de Gramont], French-American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and biographer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2023)
1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You), born in New York City
1976 – Toby Gowin, American NFL punter (Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Texas
1980 – [Hüseyin] Yalin, Turkish pop singer-songwriter, born in Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Famous Birthdays for 29th March 2025
1816 – James Gallant Spears, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee (d. 1869)
1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse by the Rhine, German Confederation (d. 1899)
1853 – Elihu Thomson, English-born American engineer who co-founded General Electric Company and inventor with 696 patents, born in Manchester, England (d. 1937)
1909 – Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke), born in Flanders (d. 1991)
1915 – George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1997)
1927 – Donald Ross, Lord Ross, Scottish judge, born in Dundee, Scotland
1944 – Bill Vukovich II, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1968; Indianapolis 500 1973 runner-up), born in Riverside, California (d. 2023)
1957 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me), born in Great Neck, New York
1974 – Marc Gené, Spanish auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 2009), born in Sabadell, Spain
1996 – Juanpa Zurita, Mexican social media personality (Vine, YouTube), actor and model, born in Mexico City
Famous Birthdays for 28th March 2025
1472 – Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine Renaissance painter (The Last Judgement), born in Florence (d. 1517)
1770 – Sophie Mereau, German writer, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1806)
1887 – Rudolf Frederik Willem Boskaljon, musician and composer, born in Curacao, Portugal (d. 1969)
1907 – Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born in Reserve, Louisiana (d. 1996)
1911 – Myfanwy Piper, British librettist and art critic, born in London (d. 1997)
1928 – José Luis de Delás, Spanish composer, born in Barcelona (d. 2018)
1939 – Roy Cicala, American sound engineer (Record Plant Studios (NYC) – Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2014)
1941 – Charlie McCoy, American Grammy-winning session musician and harmonica player (Hee Haw), born in Oak Hill, West Virginia
1972 – Ledisi [Young], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and RandB singer-songwriter, and record producer (Pieces of Me; The Wild Card), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 – Umaga [Edward Fatu], Samoan-American professional wrestler, born in American Samoa (d.2009)
Famous Birthdays for 27th March 2025
1857 – Karl Pearson, British statistician (leading founder of the modern field of statistics), born in London (d. 1936)
1902 – Mary Armour, Scottish painter, born in Blantyre (d. 2000)
1935 – Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (House of Lords, 1956-99), born in the UK (d. 2022)
1937 – Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter, born in Albany, New York
1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete (Olympic silver 1968), born in Tulln District, Austria (d. 2006)
1942 – Michael Jackson, British writer and journalist, born in Wetherby, Yorkshire (d. 2007)
1951 – Bobby Lalonde, NHLer (Boston Bruins), born in Montreal
1960 – Clare Evans, historian and feminist scholar, born in Bath, England (d. 1997)
1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet and writer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1974 – Russ Haas, American professional wrestler, born in Edmond, Oklahoma (d. 2001)