Famous Births on 8 Apr

Famous Births on 8 Apr

1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1533 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604)
1541 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
1605 - King Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665)
1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
1732 - David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892)
1818 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
1826 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)
1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)
1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. 1940)
1869 - Harvey Cushing, American neuorosurgeon (d. 1939)
1871 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925)
1874 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960)
1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
1883 - R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. 1972)
1888 - Dennis Chavez, American politician (d. 1964)
1889 - Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983)
1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970)
1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979)
1896 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981)
1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1989)
1904 - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (d.1970)
1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992)
1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
1906 - Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. 1974)
1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987)
1910 - George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
1914 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1918 - Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States
1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007)
1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
1921 - Alfie Bass, English actor (d. 1987)
1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
1921 - Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984)
1923 - George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997)
1924 - Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. 2006)
1924 - Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter
1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect
1926 - Shecky Greene, American comedian
1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
1928 - Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist
1929 - Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (d. 1996)
1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
1929 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
1931 - John Gavin, American actor and politician
1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
1935 - Albert Bustamante, American politician
1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist
1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player
1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
1941 - Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
1941 - Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American actress
1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers)
1942 - Douglas Trumbull, American film director
1943 - Tony Banks, British politician (d. 2006)
1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987)
1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
1944 - Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
1945 - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
1946 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1946 - Stuart Pankin, American actor
1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor
1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter
1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
1947 - Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician
1948 - Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
1949 - John Madden, English film director
1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
1954 - G.V. Loganathan, American professor (d. 2007)
1954 - Gary Carter, American baseball player
1955 - David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician
1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
1955 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
1955 - Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984)
1956 - Christine Boisson, French actress
1956 - Jim Piddock, English actor, writer and producer
1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
1960 - John Schneider, American actor
1961 - Richard Hatch, American reality television personality
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1963 - Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
1963 - Alec Stewart, English cricketer
1963 - Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach
1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
1964 - Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster
1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
1964 - John McGinlay, Scottish footballer
1965 - Michael Niko Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver
1967 - Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
1968 - Tracy Grammer, American folk singer
1968 - Patricia Girard-Léno, French athlete (100 m hurdles)
1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
1972 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot)
1973 - Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
1973 - Emma Caulfield, American actress
1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player
1974 - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Nigerian American writer
1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist
1974 - Chino XL, American rapper
1975 - Anouk, Dutch singer
1975 - Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1977 - Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008)
1977 - Mark Spencer, American computer programmer
1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
1978 - Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer
1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Kylähullut)
1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
1981 - Brian Burres, American baseball player
1981 - Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star
1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor
1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
1984 - Taran Noah Smith, American actor
1984 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
1986 - Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer
1987 - Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
1989 - Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer
1992 - Shelby Young, American actress
1993 - Trent Sullivan, Australian Actor