Famous Births on 1 May

Famous Births on 1 May

1218 - John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
1285 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
1582 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
1594 - John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
1672 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
1738 - King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
1769 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
1804 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
1829 - José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
1831 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
1850 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
1851 - Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
1852 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
1872 - Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
1884 - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
1887 - Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
1896 - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
1896 - Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
1896 - J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
1901 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
1901 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
1905 - Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988)
1905 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
1906 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
1907 - Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
1907 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
1909 - Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
1912 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1913 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
1915 - Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
1916 - Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)
1917 - John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
1918 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
1918 - Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
1919 - Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
1919 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005)
1923 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
1924 - Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995)
1924 - Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004)
1924 - Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
1925 - Chuck Bednarik, American football player
1926 - Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
1928 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
1929 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician
1929 - Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter
1930 - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles
1930 - Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1995)
1934 - Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
1934 - Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1934 - Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
1935 - Ann Robinson, American actress
1937 - Una Stubbs, English actress
1939 - Judy Collins, American folk singer
1939 - Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988)
1940 - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
1944 - Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
1945 - Rita Coolidge, American singer
1946 - Joanna Lumley, English actress
1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director
1947 - Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
1949 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
1949 - Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
1950 - Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
1950 - Dann Florek, American actor
1951 - Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
1953 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1954 - Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
1954 - Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
1955 - Nick Feldman, English musician
1956 - Catherine Frot, French actress
1957 - Ko Otani, Japanese composer
1960 - Steve Cauthen, American jockey
1961 - Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
1962 - Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
1962 - Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
1964 - Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
1966 - Olaf Thon, German football player
1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician
1968 - D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
1968 - Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
1969 - Wes Anderson, American director and writer
1969 - Billy Owens, American basketball player
1971 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
1972 - Julie Benz, American actress
1973 - Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1973 - Curtis Martin, American football player
1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1975 - Jodhi May, British actress
1975 - Austin Croshere, American basketball player
1975 - Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
1976 - Darius McCrary, American actor
1977 - Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1977 - Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer
1978 - Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
1979 - Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1979 - Ben Easter, American actor
1979 - MC Harvey (Michael Harvey), British musical artist
1980 - Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
1980 - Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
1981 - Wes Welker, American football player
1981 - Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
1981 - Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
1983 - The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
1984 - Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
1984 - Farah Fath, American actress
1984 - Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
1985 - Drew Sidora, American actress
1986 - Adam Casey, Australian footballer
1986 - Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
1987 - Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
1988 - Graeme Owens, English footballer
1990 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
1991 - Creagen Dow, American actor
1997 - Ariel Gade, American actress

Famous Births on 30 Apr

Famous Births on 30 Apr

1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1553 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1623 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
1662 - Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
1710 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1721 - Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
1770 - David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
1803 - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
1812 - Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
1829 - Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
1857 - Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
1864 - Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
1865 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
1869 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
1870 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
1874 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
1877 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
1883 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
1895 - Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
1896 - Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
1897 - Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1901 - Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1902 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1908 - Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
1908 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
1909 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1909 - F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
1916 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1916 - Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
1920 - Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
1923 - Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1923 - Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
1923 - Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (d. 2008)
1925 - Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
1925 - Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
1926 - Cloris Leachman, American actress
1928 - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
1933 - Dickie Davies, British television presenter
1933 - Willie Nelson, American musician
1934 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995)
1938 - Larry Niven, American author
1938 - Gary Collins, American actor
1938 - Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
1940 - Burt Young, American actor
1941 - Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1943 - Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
1943 - Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 - Jill Clayburgh, American actress
1945 - Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer
1946 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 - Don Schollander, American swimmer
1946 - Bill Plympton, American animator
1947 - Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach
1947 - Mats Odell, Swedish politician
1947 - Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
1947 - Leslie Grantham, English actor
1948 - Perry King, American actor
1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
1949 - António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
1952 - Jacques Audiard, French film director
1954 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
1955 - Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
1957 - Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
1958 - Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
1959 - W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
1959 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
1959 - Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician
1960 - David Miscavige, American cult leader
1961 - Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
1963 - Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
1964 - Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
1965 - Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1966 - Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Steven Mackintosh, British actor
1969 - Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
1969 - Warren Defever, American musician, composer
1970 - Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality
1971 - Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
1971 - John Boyne, Irish novelist
1973 - Akon, American R&B Singer
1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
1975 - Mike Chat, American actor
1975 - Johnny Galecki, American actor
1976 - Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
1977 - Pell James, American actress
1977 - Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1979 - Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1981 - John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981 - Emma Pierson, British actress
1982 - Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
1982 - Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982 - Lloyd Banks, American rapper
1983 - Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
1983 - Troy Williamson, American football player
1984 - Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
1985 - Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
1987 - Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
1987 - Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer

Famous Births on 29 Apr

Famous Births on 29 Apr

1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)
1667 - John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (d. 1735)
1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (d. 1810)
1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
1784 - Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)
1842 - Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
1854 - Henri Poincaré, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
1863 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)
1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
1872 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
1875 - Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)
1876 - Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
1879 - Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)
1882 - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945)
1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
1893 - Harold Urey, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1895 - Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (d. 1967)
1899 - Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974)
1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
1907 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997)
1907 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
1908 - Jack Williamson, American writer (d. 2006)
1909 - Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
1912 - Richard Carlson, American actor (d. 1977)
1915 - Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress
1918 - George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
1919 - Gérard Oury, French film actor and director (d. 2006)
1920 - Harold Shapero, American composer
1922 - Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
1922 - Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001)
1924 - Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
1924 - Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress
1925 - Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007)
1925 - John Compton, Saint Lucian Prime Minister (d. 2007)
1925 - Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007)
1928 - Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters)
1929 - Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007)
1929 - Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer
1929 - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1929 - Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (d. 2006)
1930 - Jean Rochefort, French actor
1931 - Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
1931 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (d. 2002)
1933 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
1933 - Rod McKuen, American poet and composer
1934 - Otis Rush, American musician
1934 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
1936 - April Stevens, American singer
1936 - Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)
1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, English writer
1938 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
1938 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (d. 2004)
1942 - Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier
1944 - Princess Benedikte of Denmark
1944 - Richard Kline, American actor and director
1945 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (d. 1970)
1947 - Tommy James, American musician
1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
1947 - Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 - Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician
1948 - Bruce Cutler, American attorney
1948 - Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (d. 2001)
1950 - Debbie Stabenow, American politician
1950 - Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
1952 - Nora Dunn, American actress
1952 - David Icke, English writer
1952 - Bob McClure, American baseball player
1954 - Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian
1955 - Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone
1955 - Wendee Lee, American voice actress
1955 - Kate Mulgrew, American actress
1956 - Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician
1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
1957 - Mark Kendall, American guitarist
1957 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast (d. 2003)
1958 - Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster
1958 - Eve Plumb, American actress
1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
1960 - Phil King, English bassist
1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer
1960 - Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
1961 - Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū
1963 - Mike Babcock, NHL Coach
1964 - Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor
1966 - Phil Tufnell, English cricketer
1967 - Master P, American rapper
1967 - Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Carnie Wilson, American singer
1969 - Paul Adelstein, American actor
1970 - Andre Agassi, American tennis player
1970 - China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
1970 - Uma Thurman, American actress
1971 - Sam Michael, Australian engineer
1972 - Dustin McDaniel, American politician
1973 - Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist
1973 - David Belle, French physical educator
1974 - Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
1974 - Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player
1974 - Pascal Cygan, French footballer
1974 - Anggun, Indonesian singer
1975 - Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
1975 - Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 - Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
1977 - Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite
1977 - Claus Jensen, Danish footballer
1978 - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players
1978 - Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
1979 - Ryan Sharp, Scottish racing driver
1979 - Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club)
1979 - Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer
1979 - Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
1980 - Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
1980 - Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
1981 - Alex Vincent, American actor
1981 - Émilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (d. 2006)
1981 - George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
1982 - Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
1983 - Jay Cutler, American football player
1983 - Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
1983 - David Lee, American basketball player
1983 - Sam Jones III, American Actor
1984 - Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
1984 - Firass Dirani, Lebanese-Australian actor
1984 - Taylor Cole, American actress
1986 - Renee Alway, American Model
1987 - Matthew Doherty, Northern Irish footballer
1987 - Alicia Morton, American actress
1988 - Younha, Korean pop singer
2003 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)
2003 - Maud Behn, Princess of Norway
2007 - Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain
534 - Taliesin, Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion

Famous Births on 28 Apr

Famous Births on 28 Apr

1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
1868 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
1900 - Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
1902 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
1911 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
1914 - Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
1922 - William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
1924 - Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
1925 - T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
1926 - Harper Lee, American author
1926 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
1930 - James Baker, American politician
1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
1934 - Lois Duncan, American novelist
1937 - Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
1941 - Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
1941 - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
1942 - Mike Brearley, English cricketer
1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
1944 - Alice Waters, American chef
1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
1948 - Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
1949 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
1950 - Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa legend
1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1953 - Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
1954 - Ron Zook, American Football Coach
1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
1957 - Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
1960 - Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1960 - Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1963 - Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1964 - Mark Steven Robinson, American director
1964 - Barry Larkin, American baseball player
1965 - Steven Blum, American voice actor
1966 - John Daly, American golfer
1966 - Too Short, American rapper
1967 - Kari Wührer, American actress
1968 - Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
1968 - Howard Donald, British musician
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
1971 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
1972 - Joseph Bruce, American musician
1973 - Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
1978 - Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
1979 - Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
1980 - Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
1982 - Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
1983 - Roger Johnson, English footballer
1986 - George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

Famous Births on 27 Apr

Famous Births on 27 Apr

1495 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
1623 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d. 1722)
1650 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
1718 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
1724 - Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
1737 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
1748 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
1755 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (d. 1797)
1791 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
1806 - Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1812 - Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
1812 - William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 - Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d. 1903)
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
1840 - Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (d. 1911)
1848 - King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 - Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
1853 - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
1878 - Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)
1888 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
1891 - Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
1893 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)
1893 - Dragoljub Mihailović, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (d. 1946)
1894 - George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
1894 - Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995)
1896 - Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1899 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d. 1994)
1903 - Horace Stoneham, American Major league baseball owner (d. 1990)
1904 - Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (d. 1972)
1906 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (d. 1966)
1913 - Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
1916 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1918 - Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy
1920 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
1920 - Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
1920 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
1922 - Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor
1922 - Jack Klugman, American actor
1927 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)
1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Joe Moakley, American politician (d. 2001)
1927 - Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2006)
1931 - Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist
1932 - Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
1932 - Casey Kasem, American disc jockey
1932 - Pik Botha, South African politician
1932 - Anouk Aimée, French actress
1936 - Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
1937 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
1937 - Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman
1938 - Earl Anthony, American bowler (d. 2001)
1938 - Alain Caron, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1939 - Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal
1939 - Judy Carne, British actress and comedian
1941 - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1942 - Jim Keltner, American drummer
1943 - Helmut Marko, Austrian racing driver
1944 - Michael Fish, British former weather forecaster
1944 - Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
1945 - August Wilson, American playwright (d. 2005)
1947 - Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1947 - Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
1947 - George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
1947 - Ann Peebles, American singer
1948 - Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant.
1948 - Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52's)
1948 - Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician
1951 - Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss)
1952 - Larry Elder, American political commentator
1952 - Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
1952 - George Gervin, American basketball player
1953 - Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
1956 - Douglas P., English musician (Death in June, Crisis)
1956 - Bryan Harvey, American musician
1957 - Eric Bristow, English darts player
1957 - Rosanna Scotto, American news anchor
1957 - Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
1959 - Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
1959 - Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
1962 - Ángel Comizzo, Argentine footballer
1962 - James LeGros, American actor
1963 - Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
1964 - Michael Mahonen, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter
1964 - Lisa Wilcox, American actress
1967 - Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
1967 - Erik Thomson, Australian actor
1967 - Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
1967 - Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer
1967 - Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
1969 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
1969 - Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
1969 - Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
1969 - Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
1970 - Kylie Travis, English actress and model
1971 - Tess Daly, British television presenter
1972 - David Lascher, American actor
1973 - Sébastien Lareau, French Canadian professional tennis player
1974 - Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler
1974 - Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
1975 - Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player
1975 - Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
1975 - Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Sally Hawkins, English film actress
1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
1977 - Khalid Zoubaa, French runner
1977 - Jerry Trainor, American actor
1978 - Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress
1979 - Will Boyd, American musician
1979 - Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
1980 - Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
1980 - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
1980 - Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 - Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
1981 - Joey Gathright, American baseball player
1981 - Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
1982 - Katrina Johnson, American actress
1983 - Ari Graynor, American actress
1984 - Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player
1984 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player
1984 - Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist
1984 - Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1986 - Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer
1987 - William Moseley, British actor
1987 - Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
1987 - Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
1989 - Emily Rios, American actress

Famous Births on 26 Apr

Famous Births on 26 Apr

121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
1538 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
1564 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (d. 1616)
1573 - Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
1648 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
1662 - Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1710 - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776)
1718 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (d. 1802)
1774 - Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1782 - Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, queen of France (d. 1866)
1785 - John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
1787 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1862)
1798 - James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
1801 - Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
1812 - Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1887)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (d. 1903)
1826 - George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
1826 - Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872
1856 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
1878 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
1879 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1886 - Äžabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
1886 - Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)
1888 - Anita Loos, American writer (d. 1981)
1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
1893 - Draza Mihajlovic, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal (d. 1946)
1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
1896 - Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941)
1897 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
1897 - Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (d. 1987)
1898 - John Grierson, Scottish filmmaker (d. 1972)
1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
1900 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist (d. 1985)
1900 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
1904 - Paul-Émile Léger, Quebec cardinal and archbishop (d. 1991)
1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer and creator of Godzilla (d. 1997)
1911 - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
1912 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. 2000)
1914 - James W. Rouse, American investor (d. 1996)
1914 - Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 1986)
1916 - Morris West, Australian writer (d. 1999)
1916 - Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989)
1917 - Sal Maglie, American baseball player (d. 1992)
1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d. 2004)
1918 - Stafford Repp, American actor (d. 1974)
1922 - Jeanne Sauvé, French Canadian politician (d. 1993)
1925 - Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
1926 - David Coleman, British TV sports broadcaster
1927 - Jack Douglas, English actor
1929 - Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. 2002)
1930 - Roger Moens, Belgian athlete
1932 - Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1932 - Francis Lai, French film music composer
1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2005)
1933 - Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Carol Burnett, American comedian
1938 - Duane Eddy, American musician
1938 - Maurice Williams, American singer (The Zodiacs)
1940 - Cliff Watson, English rugby league footballer
1940 - Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer
1941 - John Mitchell, American composer
1941 - Claudine Clark, American R&B singer-composer
1942 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
1942 - Claudine Auger, French actress
1943 - Gary Wright, American singer
1943 - Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
1944 - Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
1945 - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
1947 - Warren Clarke, English actor
1949 - Dominic Sena, American film director
1949 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
1949 - Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer
1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball player
1956 - Koo Stark, American actress
1958 - John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
1958 - Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
1958 - Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
1959 - John Corabi, American Musician
1959 - Thanassis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and songwriter
1960 - Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player
1960 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1961 - Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
1961 - Anthony Cumia, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
1961 - Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
1962 - Colin Anderson, English footballer
1962 - Michael Damian, American actor, singer and producer
1962 - Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
1963 - Colin Scotts, Australian-born American football player
1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist
1965 - Kevin James, American comedian
1966 - Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
1967 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Academy Award nominated British actress
1967 - Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
1970 - Melania Trump, Slovenian model
1970 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC)
1971 - Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts)
1972 - Avi Nimni, Israeli Footballer
1972 - Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer
1972 - Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
1973 - Chris Perry, English footballer
1974 - Ivana Milicevic, Croatian-American actress
1974 - Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
1975 - Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
1976 - Vaclav Varada, Czech ice hockey player
1977 - Jason Earles, American actor
1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
1977 - Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
1977 - Tom Welling, American actor
1978 - Avant, American singer
1978 - Joe Crede, American baseball player
1978 - Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
1979 - Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
1979 - Ariane Moffatt, Quebec singer and songwriter
1980 - Jordana Brewster, American actress
1980 - Anna Mucha, Polish actress
1980 - Channing Tatum, American actor
1981 - Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer
1981 - Ms. Dynamite, English musician
1982 - Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
1982 - Cooper Wallace, National Football League tight end
1982 - Brock Gillespie, American basketball player
1982 - Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
1983 - José María López, Argentine racing driver
1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.
1984 - Lee Humphrey, American basketball player
1984 - Mija Martina, Bosnian singer
1985 - Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer, member of See Ya
1985 - John Isner, American Tennis player
1987 - Jessica Lee Rose, American-born New Zealand actress, famous YouTube star lonelygirl15
570 - Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.

Famous Births on 25 Apr

Famous Births on 25 Apr

1214 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
1228 - Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)
1284 - King Edward II of England (d. 1327)
1287 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)
1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)
1599 - Oliver Cromwell, English statesman (d. 1658)
1608 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (d. 1660)
1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)
1710 - James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1776)
1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
1767 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)
1770 - Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)
1775 - Charlotte of Spain, Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (d. 1830)
1776 - Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape designer (d. 1903)
1843 - Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)
1849 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925)
1851 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist (d. 1901)
1868 - John Bevins Moisant, pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat, killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him. (D. 1910)
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)
1897 - Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)
1898 - Fred Haney, baseball player (d. 1977)
1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1987)
1905 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)
1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997)
1908 - Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)
1909 - William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985)
1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d. 1948)
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d. 1995)
1918 - Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (d. 2006)
1921 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d. 2006)
1923 - Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)
1925 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d. 2003)
1925 - Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d. 1986)
1926 - Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
1927 - Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist
1929 - Yvette Williams First New Zealander to go to Olympics
1930 - Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer
1931 - Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
1932 - William Roache, British television actor (Coronation Street)
1932 - Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player
1933 - Jerry Leiber, American composer
1934 - Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
1935 - April Ashley, English model
1938 - Ton Schulten, Dutch artist
1939 - Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1940 - Al Pacino, American actor
1941 - Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter and actor
1941 - Princess Muna al-Hussein, of Jordan
1942 - Jon Kyl, American politician
1945 - Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA)
1945 - Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1946 - Talia Shire, American actress
1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician
1947 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
1947 - Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
1948 - Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier of Taiwan
1949 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician
1949 - Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer
1949 - James Fenton, British poet
1950 - Steve Ferrone, British drummer
1951 - Ian McCartney, British Member of Parliament
1952 - Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet ice hockey player
1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
1955 - Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
1955 - Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
1956 - Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress
1958 - Fish, Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-Marillion)
1959 - Dominique Blanc, French actress
1960 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
1961 - Dinesh D'Souza, American author
1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
1964 - Andy Bell, British singer and songwriter (band Erasure)
1964 - Hank Azaria, American actor
1965 - Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear)
1965 - Simon Fowler, English musician (Ocean Colour Scene)
1966 - James Stacy Barbour, American actor and singer
1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress
1969 - Darren Woodson, American football player
1969 - Gina Torres, American actress
1969 - Joe Buck, American sports broadcaster
1970 - Jason Lee, American actor
1970 - Tionne Watkins, American singer
1971 - Tomoko Kawakami, (Voice Actress), Japanese Seiyuu
1972 - Sara Baras, Spanish ballerina
1973 - Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin)
1975 - Chris Lilley, Australian actor, comedian, and writer
1975 - Jacque Jones, American baseball player
1975 - Emily Bergl, English-American actress
1976 - Tim Duncan, American basketball player
1976 - Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
1976 - Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician
1977 - Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer
1977 - Matthew West, American Christian singer
1977 - Marguerite Moreau, American actress
1977 - Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer
1978 - Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model
1980 - Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
1980 - Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
1980 - Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese basaball player
1981 - Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
1981 - John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter
1981 - Felipe Massa, Brazilian Formula One driver
1981 - Dwone Hicks, National Football League runningback
1982 - Monty Panesar, English cricketer
1982 - Brian Barton, American baseball player
1983 - DeAngelo Williams, National Football League runningback
1983 - J.P. Howell, American baseball player
1984 - Robert Andino, Baseball player
1984 - Andre' Woodson, American football quarterback
1985 - Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver
1987 - Johann Smith, American soccer player
1988 - Sara Paxton, American actress
1988 - James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama
1989 - Robbie Tarrant, Australian football player
1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
32 - Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)

Famous Births on 24 Apr

Famous Births on 24 Apr

1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
1581 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1620 - John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674)
1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
1718 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1743 - Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
1784 - Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)
1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
1845 - Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
1876 - Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)
1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)
1887 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
1889 - Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1899 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
1903 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)
1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
1905 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
1907 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
1908 - Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)
1914 - William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1922 - J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
1924 - Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
1929 - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
1930 - Jerome Callet, American musician
1930 - Richard Donner, American film director and producer
1933 - Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007)
1933 - Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
1933 - Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter
1933 - Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
1933 - Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer
1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author
1936 - Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
1937 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
1940 - Sue Grafton, American author
1941 - John Williams, Australian guitarist
1942 - Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor
1942 - Richard M. Daley, American politician
1943 - Richard Sterban, American singer
1945 - Doug Clifford, American drummer
1945 - Robert Knight, American singer
1945 - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
1945 - Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
1947 - Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter
1948 - Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada
1949 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
1953 - Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
1954 - Captain Sensible, British guitarist
1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate
1955 - John de Mol, Dutch media businessman
1957 - David J, British musician
1957 - Boris Williams, British musician
1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
1958 - Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
1959 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
1959 - Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player
1960 - Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
1962 - Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
1962 - Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
1963 - Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter
1963 - Billy Gould, American musician
1963 - Mano Solo, French singer
1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
1964 - Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor
1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
1965 - Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
1966 - Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor
1966 - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
1967 - Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player
1968 - Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
1968 - Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Todd Jones, American baseball player
1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress
1969 - Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
1969 - Melinda Clarke, American actress
1969 - Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
1970 - Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer
1971 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
1972 - Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
1972 - Chipper Jones, American baseball player
1972 - Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka
1972 - Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
1973 - Eric Snow, American basketball player
1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
1973 - Gabby Logan, British television presenter
1974 - Dave Vitty, British radio personality
1974 - Brian Marshall, American bassist
1974 - Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer
1974 - Derek Luke, American actor
1974 - Kristie Krabe, American stage actress
1974 - Joseph Bruce, American rapper
1975 - Sam Doumit, American actress
1976 - Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
1977 - Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player
1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
1978 - Eric Balfour, American actor
1978 - Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
1980 - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
1980 - Austin Nichols, American actor
1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player
1982 - Kelly Clarkson, American singer
1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1984 - Tyson Ritter, American musician
1987 - Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player
1987 - Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
1994 - Austin Rogers, American actor
1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress