Famous Births on 2 Apr

Famous Births on 2 Apr

1348 - Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
1527 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1565 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
1618 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
1653 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1719 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (Old style date) (d. 1826)
1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
1788 - Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
1812 - Louise-Marie of France, queen of Belgium (d. 1850)
1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
1827 - William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
1838 - Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
1867 - Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
1869 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
1875 - Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
1884 - Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958))
1891 - Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
1900 - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
1902 - Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
1903 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1908 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
1912 - Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1917 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
1917 - Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
1920 - Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
1923 - Gloria Henry, American actress
1923 - G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
1923 - Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
1926 - Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and co-founder of eponymous race team
1926 - George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
1927 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer
1927 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
1927 - Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
1928 - Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
1934 - Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
1934 - Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
1937 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1938 - John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
1938 - Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
1939 - Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
1940 - Penelope Keith, English actress
1941 - Dr. Demento, American radio personality
1942 - Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist session musician
1942 - Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
1945 - Reggie Smith, American baseball player
1945 - Linda Hunt, American actress
1945 - Anne Waldman, American poet
1945 - Don Sutton, American baseball player
1946 - Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
1947 - Camille Paglia, American feminist writer
1947 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
1948 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
1948 - Joan D. Vinge, American author
1949 - Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
1949 - Pamela Reed, American actress
1949 - Ron Palillo, American actor
1951 - Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
1951 - Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
1952 - Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
1952 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
1952 - Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
1953 - Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
1953 - David Robinson, American musician
1953 - Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
1954 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
1954 - Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
1955 - Michael Stone, British terrorist
1959 - Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959 - Yves Lavandier, French film director
1959 - Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
1960 - Linford Christie, English athlete
1960 - Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
1961 - Keren Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor
1962 - Pierre Carles, French documentarist
1962 - Clark Gregg, American actor
1962 - Mark Shulman, American children's author
1963 - Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
1963 - Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
1964 - Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
1965 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
1966 - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
1966 - Bill Romanowski, American football player
1967 - Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1967 - Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
1970 - Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican actress
1971 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
1971 - ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
1972 - Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
1974 - Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
1975 - Adam Rodriguez, American actor
1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1976 - Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
1977 - Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
1977 - Michael Fassbender, Actor
1977 - Aiden Turner, British actor
1978 - John Gall, American baseball player
1979 - Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
1980 - Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
1980 - Adam Fleming, English news reporter
1980 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
1981 - Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
1981 - Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
1982 - Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
1982 - Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
1982 - Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
1982 - Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
1982 - Marco Amelia, Italian World Cup-winning footballer
1983 - Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 - Yung Joc, American rapper
1983 - Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
1984 - Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
1991 - Taylor Henderson, Australian musician
742 - Charlemagne (d. 814)