Famous Birthdays for 2nd April 2023

1856 – Tommy Bond, Irish baseball pitcher and right fielder (Triple Crown 1877; Boston Red Caps; first man born in Ireland to play MLB), born in Granard, Ireland (d. 1941)
1868 – Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1914)
1871 – Marshall Newell, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Harvard; All-American 1890-93) and coach (Cornell, Tufts), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1897)
1907 – Luke Appling, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (7 x MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1936, 43; Chicago White Sox), born in High Point, North Carolina (d. 1991)
1912 – Herbert Mills, American singer, (The Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1989)
1915 – Arthur Ballard, English artist, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian auto racer and team owner (World F1 champion 1959, 60, 66 [only man to win F1 C’ship driving one of his own cars]), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2014)
1959 – Ezzaki Badou, Moroccan soccer goalkeeper (76 caps; Mallorca) and manager (Morocco), born in Sidi Kacem, Morocco
1970 – Deva Premal [Jolantha Fries], German singer known for setting ancient Tibetan and Sanskrit mantras into contemporary new age music, born in Nürnberg, Germany
1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater (World C’ship gold men’s singles 2005, 06; Olympic silver 2006; Grand Prix Final champion 2005, 07), born in Martigny, Switzerland

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