Famous Births on 1 Apr

Famous Births on 1 Apr

1220 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
1543 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)
1610 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
1640 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
1697 - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
1753 - Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
1765 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
1776 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898)
1815 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1834 - Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872)
1854 - Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
1856 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1868 - Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (d. 1918)
1875 - Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
1880 - Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
1882 - Paul Anspach, Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991)
1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
1885 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
1893 - Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (d. 1980)
1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
1897 - Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944)
1899 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
1900 - Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
1901 - Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
1902 - Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
1906 - Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. 1989)
1908 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)
1909 - Eddy Duchin, American popular pianist & bandleader (d. 1951)
1914 - Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004)
1917 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate
1920 - Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1921 - Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player
1922 - William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004)
1924 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
1924 - Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
1926 - Anne McCaffrey, American author
1926 - Charles Bressler, American tenor
1927 - Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980)
1928 - George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
1929 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
1929 - Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer
1929 - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator
1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech-born writer
1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, American actress
1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, German writer
1931 - Ita Ever, Estonian actress
1932 - Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 - Debbie Reynolds, American actress
1933 - Dan Flavin, American artist (d. 1996)
1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate
1934 - Don Hastings, American actor
1934 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
1936 - Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, president of the Confederation in 1989 and 1996 (d. 1998)
1938 - Ali MacGraw, American actress
1938 - John Quade, American actor
1939 - Rudolph Isley, American singer
1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball player
1940 - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1942 - Samuel R. Delany, American author
1942 - Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey
1944 - Rusty Staub, American baseball player
1945 - John Barbata, American drummer
1946 - Ronnie Lane, English musician (d. 1997)
1946 - Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach
1947 - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
1947 - M, English singer
1947 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
1949 - Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949 - Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer
1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
1950 - Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1951 - John Philip Abizaid, U.S. Army General, former CENTCOM commander
1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952 - Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
1954 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor
1955 - Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman
1957 - David Gower, English cricketer
1958 - D. Boon, American musician d. (1985)
1960 - Michael Praed, British actor
1962 - Dave Ulliott, English poker player
1962 - Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player
1964 - Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1965 - Mark Jackson, American basketball player
1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer
1966 - Chris Evans, English disc jockey
1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician
1968 - Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
1968 - Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
1969 - Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
1970 - Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
1971 - Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
1971 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
1971 - Jessica Collins, American actress
1971 - Method Man, American rapper
1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors
1972 - Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
1973 - Joe Francis, American adult video producer
1973 - Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst
1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
1973 - Christian Finnegan, American comedian
1974 - Richard Christy, American drummer
1974 - Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer
1974 - Sandra Völker, German swimmer
1975 - George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
1975 - John Butler, Australian singer and musician
1976 - David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor
1977 - Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
1979 - Ivano Balić, Croatian handballer
1980 - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
1980 - Bijou Phillips, American actress
1980 - YÅ«ko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper
1981 - Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
1981 - Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist
1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer
1981 - Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1982 - Sam Huntington, American actor
1982 - Gemma Hunt, British children's television presenter
1982 - Taran Killam, American comedian and actor
1983 - Ã"lafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1983 - Matt Lanter, American actor and model
1984 - Olga Rei, Russian television personality
1984 - Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Josh Zuckerman, American actor
1986 - Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
1987 - Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
1987 - Li Ting, Chinese diver
1988 - Courtney McCool, American gymnast
1988 - Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 - Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1989 - Vietoris Krisztián, German racecar driver