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Famous April Birthdays

The following 7,811 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of April. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the    after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in April.

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April 1

  • 1948
    J.J. Williams, Welsh rugby player and sprinter  
  • 1953
    Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager  
  • 1973
    Daryn Tufts, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1983
    Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player  
  • 1986
    Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer  

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April 2

  • 1948
    Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)  
  • 1950
    Lynn Westmoreland, American politician  
  • 1951
    Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist  
  • 1963
    Karl Beattie, English director and producer  
  • 1992
    Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (d. 2012)  

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April 3

  • 1899
    Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2013)
  • 1948
    Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO  
  • 1973
    Yo Oizumi, Japanese television personality and actor  
  • 1977
    Alice Lowe, English actress and screenwriter  
  • 1989
    Romain Alessandrini, French footballer  

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April 4

  • 1940
    Richard Attwood, English race car driver  
  • 1945
    Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010)  
  • 1949
    Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican-American singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (d. 1999)  
  • 1966
    Nancy McKeon, American actress, director, and producer  
  • 1987
    Lauri Pedaja, Estonian actor and hairdresser  

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April 5

  • 1288
    Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
  • 1926
    Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1956
    Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor  
  • 1965
    Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager  
  • 1984
    David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer  

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April 6

  • 1632
    Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)
  • 1706
    Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (d. 1759)
  • 1908
    Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)  
  • 1956
    Lee Scott, English politician  
  • 1963
    Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador  

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April 7

  • 1939
    Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)  
  • 1946
    Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick  
  • 1947
    Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (Kraftwerk and Organisation)  
  • 1950
    Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary  
  • 1971
    Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)  

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April 8

  • 1908
    Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)  
  • 1926
    Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners  
  • 1926
    Shirley Mills, American actress and dancer (d. 2010)  
  • 1929
    Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978)  
  • 1951
    Gerd Andres, German politician  

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April 9

  • 1835
    Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (d. 1913)
  • 1867
    Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
  • 1922
    Carl Amery, German author and activist (d. 2005)  
  • 1964
    Rob Awalt, German-American football player  
  • 1986
    Luca Marin, Italian swimmer  

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April 10

  • 1926
    Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014)  
  • 1930
    Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor  
  • 1941
    Harold Long, Canadian politician (d. 2013)  
  • 1954
    Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author  
  • 1960
    Terry Teagle, American basketball player  

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April 11

  • 1920
    Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)  
  • 1928
    Ethel Kennedy, American wife of Robert F. Kennedy  
  • 1954
    Willie Royster, American baseball player  
  • 1964
    John Cryer, English journalist and politician  
  • 1974
    Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach  

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April 12

  • 1484
    Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica (d. 1546)
  • 1526
    Muretus, French philosopher and author (d. 1585)
  • 1713
    Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (d. 1796)
  • 1880
    Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1911)
  • 1978
    Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter  

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April 13

  • 1851
    Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)
  • 1911
    Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)  
  • 1936
    Pierre Rosenberg, French historian and academic  
  • 1941
    Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (d. 1983)  
  • 1976
    Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)  

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April 14

  • 1892
    V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist (d. 1957)
  • 1927
    Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)  
  • 1941
    Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager  
  • 1942
    Ni Zhiqin, Chinese high jumper  
  • 1989
    Dafina Zeqiri, Swedish-Kosovar singer and dancer  

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April 15

  • 1828
    Jean Danjou, French captain (d. 1863)
  • 1922
    Joyce Jacobs, English-Australian actress (d. 2013)  
  • 1938
    Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician  
  • 1958
    Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach  
  • 1983
    Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player  

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April 16

  • 1871
    John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
  • 1923
    Arch A. Moore, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)  
  • 1927
    Dick Lane, American football player and soldier (d. 2002)  
  • 1948
    Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor and guitarist (d. 2006)  
  • 1986
    Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player  

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April 17

  • 1852
    Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1922)
  • 1915
    Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 2000)  
  • 1919
    Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012)  
  • 1967
    Kimberly Elise, American actress  
  • 1979
    Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player  

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April 18

  • 1920
    John F. Wiley, American football player and coach (d. 2013)  
  • 1936
    Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1997)  
  • 1946
    Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) (d. 1999)  
  • 1950
    Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer  
  • 1965
    Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (d. 1989)  

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April 19

  • 1936
    Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2013)  
  • 1961
    Spike Owen, American baseball player and coach  
  • 1976
    Scott Padgett, American basketball player, coach, and radio host  
  • 1985
    Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer  
  • 1988
    Enrique Esqueda, Mexican footballer  

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April 20

  • 1930
    Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)  
  • 1950
    Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)  
  • 1957
    Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor, director, and producer  
  • 1985
    Amanda Fahy, English actress  
  • 1991
    Luke Kuechly, American football player  

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April 21

  • 1926
    Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom  
  • 1940
    Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1948
    Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, English admiral and politician, Minister for Security  
  • 1954
    Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist  
  • 1988
    Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer  

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April 22

  • 1870
    Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
  • 1946
    Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician  
  • 1946
    Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)  
  • 1967
    David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic  
  • 1993
    Ryu Hwa-young, South Korean rapper, dancer, and actress (T-ara)  

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April 23

  • 1805
    Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
  • 1950
    Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist  
  • 1954
    Stephen Dalton, English air marshal  
  • 1967
    Melina Kanakaredes, American actress  
  • 1975
    Jónsi, Icelandic singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sigur Rós and Jónsi & Alex)  

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April 24

  • 1904
    Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997)  
  • 1973
    Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach  
  • 1976
    Steve Finnan, Irish footballer  
  • 1987
    Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist  
  • 1989
    Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player  

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April 25

  • 1214
    Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
  • 1723
    Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (d. 1797)
  • 1925
    Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)  
  • 1953
    Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1962
    Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager  

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April 26

  • 1834
    Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)
  • 1856
    Joseph Ward, New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
  • 1896
    Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
  • 1937
    Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)  
  • 1983
    Jessica Lynch, American soldier and educator  

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April 27

  • 1857
    Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)
  • 1896
    Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)
  • 1956
    Bridget Kendall, English journalist and talk show host  
  • 1966
    Vyacheslav Oliynyk, Ukrainian wrestler  
  • 1976
    Sally Hawkins, English actress  

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April 28

  • 1924
    Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)  
  • 1949
    Paul Guilfoyle, American actor  
  • 1953
    Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach (d. 2013)  
  • 1968
    Andy Flower, South African-English cricketer and coach  
  • 1982
    Harry Shum, Jr., Costa Rican-American actor and dancer  

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April 29

  • 1942
    Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic  
  • 1981
    Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)  
  • 1985
    Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player  
  • 1986
    Renee Alway, American model  
  • 1987
    Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer  

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April 30

  • 1869
    Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (d. 1936)
  • 1923
    Percy Heath, American bassist (Heath Brothers and Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)  
  • 1933
    Dickie Davies, English television host  
  • 1967
    Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-Russian singer, actor, and producer  
  • 1985
    Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American prostitute and singer  

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