1878 – Kitty Gordon, English entertainer, born in Folkestone, Kent (d. 1974)
1889 – Ludwig Renn, German writer, born in Dresden (d. 1979)
1919 – Donald J. Cram, American biochemist (development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity – Nobel 1987), born in Chester, Vermont (d. 2001)
1936 – Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1998)
1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
1973 – Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
1974 – Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
1978 – Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner, born in Marakwet, Kenya
1984 – Amelle Berrabah, Moroccan-British singer (Sugababes – “Round, Round”), born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 21st April 2023
1872 – Billy Bitzer, American cinematography pioneer, born in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
1909 – Rollo May, American psychologist (Love and Will), born in Ada, Ohio (d. 1994)
1913 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American bio-chemist (isolated growth hormones), born in Guangzhou, China (d. 1987)
1932 – Slide Hampton [Locksley Wellington Hampton], American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, born in Jeanette, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
1958 – Andie MacDowell [Rosalie Anderson], American actress (Sex, Lies and Videotape, Green Card), born in Gaffney, South Carolina
1959 – Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies), born in Montreal
1959 – Robert Smith, British rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Cure – “Friday I’m In Love”), born in Blackpool, England
1962 – Les Lancaster, American baseball player
1975 – Danyon Loader, New Zealand 200m and 400m swimmer (2 Olympic gold medals 1996), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
1985 – Łukasz Trepczyński, Polish classical pianist,born in Radomsko, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 20th April 2023
1840 – Odilon Redon [Bertrand-Jean Redon], French symbolist painter, born in Bordeaux (d. 1916)
1893 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor, born in Barcelona (d. 1983)
1902 – Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Shumen, Bulgaria (d. 1969)
1940 – Ronald Mundy, American doo-wop tenor vocalist (The Marcels – “Blue Moon”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
1947 – Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author (The Best Little Boy in the World), born in NYC, New York
1950 – Steve Erickson, American novelist (American Nomad), born in Santa Monica, California
1961 – Nicholas Lyndhurst, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, Goodnight Sweetheart), born in Emsworth, England
1976 – Joey Lawrence, American actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984 – Tyson Griffin, American professional mixed martial artist, born in Sacramento, California
1987 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor (The Butterfly Effect), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Birthdays for 19th April 2023
1770 – Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1839)
1866 – Henri Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), born in Amsterdam (d. 1939)
1897 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, born in India (d. 1970)
1898 – Sybil Andrews, English-Canadian painter, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England (d. 1992)
1905 – Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1994)
1948 – Rick Miller, American baseball player, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1949 – Paloma Picasso, French-Spanish businesswoman, jewelry designer (Tiffany and Co.), and perfume maker, born in Vallauris, France
1960 – Frank Viola, American baseball pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988), born in Hempstead, New York
1970 – Luis Miguel, Puerto Rican-Mexican spanish singer (Me Gustas Tal Como Eres), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1977 – Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player, born in Higuera de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, Mexico
Famous Birthdays for 18th April 2023
1759 – Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
1888 – Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974)
1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist (Nobel laureate 1988), born in Hoquiam, Washington (d. 1998)
1926 – Günter Meisner, German actor (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Between Wars, Adolf Hitler, Quiller Memorandum), born in Bremen, Weimar Republic (d. 1994)
1934 – James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), born in NYC, New York (d. 2020)
1947 – Walt Richmond, American rock keyboardist (The Tractors; J.J. Cale; Bob Seger; Eric Clapton), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1951 – Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician (Minister for International Trade), born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
1956 – John James, American actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 – Maria Bello, American actress (Permanent Midnight), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
1976 – Andrew Ng, British-born American computer scientist (Google Brain, Baidu, Stanford), born in United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 17th April 2023
1666 – François Valentijn, Dutch vicar and writer (Old and New East-India), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
1715 – Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, born in Ulm, Germany (d. 1786)
1885 – Cecil Burleigh, American composer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
1923 – Harry Reasoner, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), born in Dakota City, Iowa (d. 1991)
1929 – James Last, German-born composer and big band leader, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2015)
1937 – Brian Sedgemore, British MP (Labour Party 1974-79 and 1983-2005), born in Exmouth, Devon (d. 2015)
1945 – Vincent van der Burg, Dutch scientist, lawyer, and politician (CDA), born in Zeist, Netherlands
1960 – Michael Whitaker, British Olympic equestrian rider, born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
1964 – Lela Rochon, American actress (Robin Stokes-Waiting to Exhale), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Jarkko Wiss, Finnish footballer, born in Tampere, Finland
Famous Birthdays for 16th April 2023
1495 – Petrus Apianus [Peter Apian], German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, born in Leisnig, Saxony (d. 1552)
1893 – Federico Mompou, Catalan composer (Música Callada -‘The Voice of Silence’), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1987)
1908 – Ray Ventura, French jazz pianist and big band leader (“Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise”), born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
1927 – Peter Mark Richman, American actor (Andrew-Dynasty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 – Mike Mitchell, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen -“Louie, Louie”), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2021)
1950 – David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 2001)
1971 – Max Beesley, English musician and actor, born in Burnage, Lancashire
1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor and musician (Witness, Inception), born in Los Angeles, California
1984 – Claire Foy, English Actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England
1993 – Chance the Rapper [Chancellor J Bennett], American rapper and record producer (Acid Rap; Coloring Book), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 15th April 2023
1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist, born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1790)
1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, born in Kronshtadt, Russia (d. 1921)
1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2012)
1940 – Willie Davis, American MLB center fielder (LA Dodgers), born in Mineral Springs, Arkansas (d. 2010)
1951 – John L. Phillips, NASA astronaut, born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
1951 – Heloise [Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans], American writer and columnist (Heloise’s Helpful Hints), born in Waco, Texas
1951 – Marsha S. Ivins, American astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1952 – Donald Harvey, American serial killer, healthcare worker who killed at least 37 patients, born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2017)
1955 – Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart), born in Copley Township, Ohio (d. 2015)
1966 – Cressida Cowell, English children’s writer (How to Train Your Dragon, Emily Brown), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 14th April 2023
1803 – Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1887)
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)
1907 – Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1933 – Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California
1946 – Patrick Fairley, Scottish guitarist (Marmalade – “Ob La Di, Ob La Da”)
1976 – Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics 1996), born in Mackay, Australia
1980 – Ben Wells, American actor, born in Springfield, Illinois
1993 – Graham Phillips, American actor, born in Laguna Beach, California
1997 – D. J. Moore, American NFL player (Carolina Panthers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 13th April 2023
1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter, born in Bristol, England (d. 1830)
1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), born in Ambato, Ecuador (d. 1889)
1885 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45), born in Goënga, Netherlands (d. 1961)
1911 – Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer, born in Venice (d. 1983)
1932 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, born in Temuco, Chile (d. 1976)
1944 – Jack Casady, American rock bassist (Hot Tuna – “Hesitation Blues”; Jefferson Airplane – “Volunteers”; “White Rabbit”), born in Washington, D.C.
1957 – Gary Kroeger, American comedian (SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog), born in Cedar Falls, Iowa
1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer, born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1968 – Margrethe Vestager, Danish politician and European Commissioner for Competition, born in Glostrup, Zealand
1979 – Tony Lundon, Irish pop singer (Liberty X – “Thinking It Over”), TV presenter (Toast), and filmmaker, born in Galway, Ireland