Famous Births on 5 Apr

Famous Births on 5 Apr

1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1523 - Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
1649 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1752 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
1784 - Louis Spohr, German violinist (d. 1859)
1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
1827 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
1856 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
1869 - Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
1869 - Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
1871 - Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)
1872 - Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
1875 - Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
1893 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1900 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1906 - Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
1909 - Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
1912 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
1917 - Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer (d. 2004)
1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
1922 - Gale Storm, American singer
1922 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
1922 - Tom Finney, English footballer
1923 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
1928 - Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1929 - Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
1929 - Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
1932 - Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
1933 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
1933 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Roman Herzog, German politician
1934 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
1935 - Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
1936 - John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
1937 - Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
1939 - Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 - Crispian St. Peters, British singer
1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
1941 - Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
1943 - Max Gail, American actor
1944 - Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
1945 - Tommy Smith, English footballer
1946 - Jane Asher, British actress
1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
1948 - Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest
1948 - Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
1949 - Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1949 - John Berg (actor), American actor (d. 2007)
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
1950 - Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
1951 - Dean Kamen, American inventor
1952 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1954 - Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
1955 - Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
1955 - Janice Long, English broadcaster
1955 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
1958 - Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player
1961 - Lisa Zane, American actress
1961 - Jim LeRoy, Airshow Pilot
1962 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
1964 - Steve Beaton, English darts player
1965 - Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
1966 - Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1967 - Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
1970 - Thea Gill, Canadian actress
1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
1971 - Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter
1972 - Krista Allen, American actress
1972 - Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
1972 - Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
1972 - Paul Okon, Australian former footballer
1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes)
1973 - Élodie Bouchez, French actress
1973 - Tony Banks, American football player
1974 - Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
1974 - Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
1975 - John Hartson, Welsh footballer
1976 - Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
1976 - Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976 - Ross Gload, American baseball player
1976 - Ryan Drese, American baseball player
1976 - Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
1978 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1978 - Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1980 - John McLaughlin, American television reporter
1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
1980 - Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1981 - Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
1981 - Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982 - Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982 - Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
1984 - Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
1990 - Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor

Famous Births on 4 Apr

Famous Births on 4 Apr

1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1572 - William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)
1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1718 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
1772 - Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
1818 - Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1821 - Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
1826 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1842 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
1853 - Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
1858 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)
1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)
1897 - Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (d. 1975)
1898 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
1905 - Eugene Bozza, French modern composer (d. 1991)
1906 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)
1906 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
1911 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
1913 - Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005)
1913 - Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
1916 - Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)
1916 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916 - David White, American actor (d. 1990)
1918 - George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007)
1920 - Éric Rohmer, French film director
1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1925 - Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
1925 - Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)
1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer
1931 - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
1932 - Clive Davis, American record producer
1932 - Estelle Harris, American actress
1932 - Richard Lugar, American politician
1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
1933 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989)
1939 - JoAnne Carner, American golfer
1939 - Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician
1940 - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
1942 - Kitty Kelley, American writer
1942 - Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
1944 - Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor
1945 - Caroline McWilliams, American actress
1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
1946 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
1946 - Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
1947 - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
1947 - Luke Halpin, American actor
1947 - Wiranto, Indonesian general
1948 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
1948 - Dan Simmons, American writer
1948 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
1948 - Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
1948 - Michael Blassie, U.S. Air Force officer (d. 1972)
1949 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999)
1949 - Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress
1951 - John Hannah, American football player
1951 - Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
1952 - Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1952 - Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
1953 - Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
1953 - Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician
1956 - Tom Herr, American baseball player
1956 - David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer
1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
1957 - Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
1957 - Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
1958 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano
1960 - Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
1962 - Craig Adams, English musician(The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
1963 - Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964 - David Cross, American actor and comedian
1964 - Robbie Rist, American actor
1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor
1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor
1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director
1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
1970 - Michael Schwartz, American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
1971 - Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
1971 - John Zandig, American professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Scott, American soul singer
1972 - Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1973 - Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1973 - Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist
1974 - Dave Mirra, American athlete
1975 - Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
1975 - Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
1975 - Pamela Ribon, American author, actress
1975 - Scott Rolen, American baseball player
1976 - Emerson, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (d. 1997)
1977 - Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, American Arena Football League defensive back
1977 - Stephen Mulhern, British magician, CITV Presenter
1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage)
1978 - Jason Ellison, American baseball player
1978 - Lemar, English R'n'B singer
1978 - Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
1978 - Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
1978 - Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
1978 - Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
1979 - Andy McKee, American musician
1979 - Natasha Lyonne, American actress
1979 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian/American Actor. (d.2008)
1980 - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
1980 - Trevor Moore, American comedian
1980 - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
1983 - Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
1983 - Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game show host
1983 - Ben Gordon, American professional basketball player
1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
1986 - Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland and Celtic footballer,
1986 - Cameron Barker, Professional ice hockey player
1987 - Devon Anderson, English actor
1987 - Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
1987 - Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
1988 - Frank Fielding, English footballer
1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
1992 - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
1994 - Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer