Historical Birthday
13 Apr 1506
Peter Faber French Jesuit theologian (co-founder of Society of Jesus) born in Villaret Duchy of Savoy Holy Roman Empire (d. 1546)
13 Apr 1519
Catherine de Medici Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons born in Florence (d. 1589)
13 Apr 1545
Elisabeth of Valois daughter of King Henry II of France and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain born in Fontainbleau France (d. 1568)
13 Apr 1573
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Charles IX born in Kiel Germany (d. 1625)
13 Apr 1584
Albert VI Duke of Bavaria born in Munich (d. 1666)
13 Apr 1593
Thomas Wentworth 1st earl of Strafford and Viceroy of Ireland born in London England (d. 1641)
13 Apr 1618
Roger de Rabutin Comte de Bussy French writer born in Epiry France (d. 1693)
13 Apr 1626
Aert Jansse van Nes Dutch naval commander born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1693)
13 Apr 1648
Jeanne Guyon French mystic born in Montargis Orlanais (d. 1717)
13 Apr 1713
Pierre Jlyotte French composer born in Lasseube France (d. 1797)
13 Apr 1729
Thomas Percy English literary and bishop of Dromore born in Bridgnorth Shropshire England (d. 1811)
13 Apr 1735
Isaac Low American delegate to the Continental Congress born in Piscataway Province of New Jersey British America (d. 1791)
13 Apr 1747
Louis Philippe II Duke of Orlans born in Chteau de Saint Cloud Saint-Cloud France (d. 1793)
13 Apr 1749
Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt Dutch count and vice-admiral born in Wageningen Netherlands (d. 1828)
13 Apr 1756
Louis Henri Prince of Cond born in Htel de Cond Paris (d. 1830)
13 Apr 1762
Johanna Cornelia Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra Lady Macbeth) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1827)
13 Apr 1762
Charles Frederick Horn English musician and composer born in Nordhausen Germany (d. 1830)
13 Apr 1764
Laurent 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr French marshal born in Toul Three Bishoprics France (d. 1830)
13 Apr 1769
Thomas Lawrence English portrait painter born in Bristol England (d. 1830)
13 Apr 1771
Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam Dutch governor (South Holland) born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1848)
13 Apr 1771
Richard Trevithick English inventor (steam locomotive) born in Tregajorran England (d. 1833)
13 Apr 1780
Alexander Mitchell Irish engineer (inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse) born in Dublin (d. 1868)
13 Apr 1784
Cornelis Smit Dutch ship builder born in Alblasserdam Netherlands (d. 1858)
13 Apr 1784
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel Prussian field marshal born in Stettin Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
13 Apr 1787
John Robertson American politician born in Petersburg Virginia (d. 1873)
13 Apr 1791
Flix de Mrode Earl of Merode Belgian minister of War and Finance born in Maastricht Belgium (d. 1857)
13 Apr 1799
Ludwig Rellstab German music theorist born in Berlin (d. 1860)
13 Apr 1799
Joseph Rastrelli German composer born in Dresden Germany (d. 1842)
13 Apr 1802
Leopold Fitzinger Austrian zoologist born in Vienna (d. 1884)
13 Apr 1808
Henry Haywood Bell U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy) born in Orange County North Carolina (d. 1868)
13 Apr 1808
Antonio Meucci Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device) born in Florence Italy (d. 1896)
13 Apr 1816
William Sterndale Bennett English composer born in Sheffield Yorkshire (d. 1875)
13 Apr 1817
Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1898)
13 Apr 1822
Leroy Augustus Stafford American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Cheneyville Rapides Parish Louisiana (d. 1864)
13 Apr 1822
William Stephen Walker American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1899)
13 Apr 1825
Thomas DArcy McGee Irish-Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation born in Carlingford County Louth Ireland (d. 1868)
13 Apr 1828
J. B. Lightfoot English theologist and bishop of Durham born in Liverpool Lancashire (d. 1889)
13 Apr 1830
Eduard Lassen Belgian-Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1904)
13 Apr 1832
James Wimshurst British designer and inventor (electrostatic generator) born in Poplar England (d. 1898)
13 Apr 1832
Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados) born in Ambato Ecuador (d. 1889)
13 Apr 1841
Louis-Ernest Barrias French sculptor born in Paris (d. 1905)
13 Apr 1847
Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk Dutch jurist and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1888-93) born in Wadenoijen Netherlands (d. 1908)
13 Apr 1849
Enrique Jos Varona Cuban author born in Puerto Principe Cuba (d. 1933)
13 Apr 1850
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing British mathematician and astronomer born in County Carlow Ireland (d. 1917)
13 Apr 1851
Robert Abbe American surgeon and radiologist born in NYC New York (d. 1928)
13 Apr 1852
Frank W. Woolworth American businessman founder of F. W. Woolworth Co born in Rodman New York (d. 1919)
13 Apr 1854
Richard T. Ely American economist and author (Hard Times) born in Ripley New York (d. 1943)
13 Apr 1860
James Ensor Flemish painter and etcher (De lampenjongen) born in Ostend Belgium (d. 1949)
13 Apr 1865
Heinrich Reinhardt Austrian composer born in Pressburg (d. 1922)
13 Apr 1867
Sammy Woods Australian cricketer (Aust & England Rugby wing-forward) born in Ashfield Sydney Australia (d. 1931)
13 Apr 1868
John Blackwood McEwen Scottish classical composer born in Hawick Scotland (d. 1948)
13 Apr 1872
Alexander Roda Roda Austrian writer born in Drnowitz Moravia (d. 1945)
13 Apr 1873
Theodore F. Morse American composer born in Washington D.C. (d. 1924)
13 Apr 1873
John W. Davis American politician and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom born in Clarksburg West Virginia (d. 1955)
13 Apr 1875
Ray Lyman Wilbur American politician and 3rd President of Stanford University born in Boonesboro Iowa (d. 1949)
13 Apr 1880
Charles Christie Canadian film studio owner born in London Ontario Canada (d. 1955)
13 Apr 1883
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov Russian Soviet composer born in Plakhino Ryazan Governorate (d. 1946)
13 Apr 1883
Demjan Bednyi Russian writer and satirist born in Hubivka Ukraine (d. 1945)
13 Apr 1885
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Dutch lawyer and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45) born in Gonga Netherlands (d. 1961)
13 Apr 1885
Georg Lukcs Hungarian philosopher and literary critic born in Budapest Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
13 Apr 1885
Vean Gregg American baseball player born in Chehalis Washington (d. 1964)
13 Apr 1886
Ethel Leginska British pianist and composer born in Hull Yorkshire England (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1887
Gordon S. Fahrni Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association born in Gladstone Manitoba (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1889
Herbert Yardley American cryptologist born in Worthington Indiana (d. 1958)
13 Apr 1890
Frank Murphy American politician and 56th United States Attorney General born in Harbor Beach Michigan (d. 1949)
13 Apr 1891
Maurice Buckley Australian soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross born in Melbourne Victoria (d. 1921)
13 Apr 1891
Nellallitea Nella Larsen [Nellie Walker] African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand Passing) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1964)
13 Apr 1892
Arthur Harris British RAF Commanding Chief known as BomberButcher Harris for commanding the bombing campaign against Nazi Germany born in Cheltenham Gloucestershire (d. 1984)
13 Apr 1894
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen Norwegian composer born in Oslo Norway (d. 1969)
13 Apr 1895
Olga Rudge American concert violinist born in Youngstown Ohio (d. 1996)
13 Apr 1895
Arthur Fadden 13th Prime Minister of Australia born in Ingham Queensland Australia (d. 1973)
13 Apr 1897
Werner Voss German World War I flying ace born in Krefeld Germany (d. 1917)
13 Apr 1899
Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko Soviet composer born in Odessa (d. 1934)
13 Apr 1899
Alfred Mosher Butts American architect and game inventor (Scrabble) born in Poughkeepsie New York (d. 1993)
13 Apr 1899
Alfred Schtz Austrian-American architect and philosopher born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1959)
13 Apr 1900
Pierre Molinier French painter and photographer born in Agen France (d. 1976)
13 Apr 1901
Ren Pleven Prime Minister of France (1950-51 5152) born in Rennes France (d. 1993)
13 Apr 1901
Jacques Lacan French psychoanalyst and semanticist born in Paris (d. 1981)
13 Apr 1902
Godfrey Kenton English actor (The Tempest Wells Theater) born in London (d. 1998)
13 Apr 1902
Philippe de Rothschild French race-car driver and manager (Bordeaux Vineyard) born in Paris France (d. 1988)
13 Apr 1903
Rex Evans British actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman Zara Matchmaker) born in Southport Sefton England (d. 1969)
13 Apr 1904
Georges Yves Marie Congar Dominican theologian cardinal born in Sedan Ardennes France (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1906
Bud Freeman American jazz musician and tenor saxophonist (Eel) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1991)
13 Apr 1907
Harold Stassen American politician (25th Governor of Minnesota) and perennial presidential candidate born in Saint Paul Minnesota (d. 2001)
13 Apr 1909
Eudora Welty American novelist (Optimists Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) born in Jackson Mississippi (d. 2001)
13 Apr 1909
Jan Veldkamp Dutch geophysicist and director (KNMI) (d. 1994)
13 Apr 1909
Mervyn Hugh Cowie wildlife conservationist born in Nairobi (d. 1996)
13 Apr 1909
Stanislaw Ulam Polish mathematician born in Lemberg Austria-Hungary (d. 1984)
13 Apr 1911
Nino Sanzogno Italian composer born in Venice (d. 1983)
13 Apr 1911
Ico Hitrec Croatian footballer born in Zagreb Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
13 Apr 1911
Jean-Louis Lvesque Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist born in Nouvelle Quebec Canada (d. 1994)
13 Apr 1912
Roy Winsor American producer (Search for Tomorrow Love of Life) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1987)
13 Apr 1913
Bernard Chacksfield British Air Vice-Marshal born in Ilford Essex (d. 1999)
13 Apr 1913
Dave Albritton American high jumper (Olympic silver 1936) born in Danville Alabama (d. 1994)
13 Apr 1915
Bert Peleman Flemish writer born in Puurs Antwerp Belgium (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1915
Rederic Coote British Anglican Bishop (Colchester) (d. 2000)
13 Apr 1915
Stephan Hermlin German writer born in Chemnitz Germany (d. 1997)
13 Apr 1915
Tom Greenshields English sculptor born in Devon England (d. 1994)
13 Apr 1916
Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols] American actress journalist and co-founder of Beginner Books born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2006)
13 Apr 1917
Howard Keel American actor singer and president of the Screen Actors Guild (7 Brides for 7 Brothers Kiss Me Kate) born in Gillespie Illinois (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1918
A. L. [Audrey] Barker English writer born in St Pauls Cray Kent (2002)
13 Apr 1919
Madalyn Murray OHair American atheist who opposed prayer in school and was murdered in 1995 born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1919
Roland Gaucher French journalist born in Paris (d. 2007)
13 Apr 1919
Phil Tonken American radio and television announcer born in Hartford Connecticut (d. 2000)
13 Apr 1920
Liam Cosgrave Irish politician (Fine Gael Party) born in Castleknock Dublin (d. 2017)
13 Apr 1920
Roberto Calvi Italian banker and director (Banco Ambrosiano) born in Milan Italy (d. 1982)
13 Apr 1920
Claude Cheysson French politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs) born in Paris (d. 2012)
13 Apr 1920
John LaPorta American musician and composer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1920
Ken Nordine American voice-over and recording artist (World Jazz) born in Cherokee Iowa (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1921
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza Dutch-Swiss industrialist born in Scheveningen Netherlands (d. 2002)
13 Apr 1921
Maxwell Henley Harris Australian poet and publisher (Gift of Blood) born in Adelaide Australia (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1922
John Braine English novelist (Life at the Top) born in Bradford Yorkshire (d. 1986)
13 Apr 1922
Julius Nyerere Tanzanian politician and 1st President of Tanzania (1964-1985) born in Butiama Tanganyika (d. 1999)
13 Apr 1922
Jean Topart French voice and film actor regarded as one of the inimitable voices of French cinema (Fantastic Planet) born in Paris France (d. 2012)
13 Apr 1923
Mari Blanchard American actress and femme fatale (Kathy-Klondike) born in Long Beach California (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1923
Don Adams American actor and comedian (Get Smart) born in NYC New York (d. 2005)
13 Apr 1924
Stanley Donen American film director and producer (Singin in the Rain Bedazzled Damn Yankees) born in Columbia South Carolina (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1924
Jack Chick American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts) born in Los Angeles California (d. 2016)
13 Apr 1925
Frank Chamberlain English cricketer and CEO (Test & County Cricket Board) born in Elton Huntingdonshire (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1925
Neville Robinson English physicist born in West Bromwich Staffordshire England (d. 1996)
13 Apr 1925
Hilda Dianda Argentine composer born in Crdoba Argentina
13 Apr 1926
John Spencer-Churchill 11th duke of Marlborough English large landowner born in Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire England (d. 2014)
13 Apr 1927
Bill Wedderburn Baron Wedderburn of Charlton British politician born in London (d. 2012)
13 Apr 1927
Maurice Ronet French film actor director and writer (Frantic Sphinx Circle of Love) born in Nice France (d. 1983)
13 Apr 1927
Joyce Plesters British conservation scientist born in Studley Warwickshire (d. 1996)
13 Apr 1928
Alan Clark English politician (Minister for Defence Procurement) born in Paddington London (d. 1999)
13 Apr 1929
Marilynn Smith American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1963-64) born in Topeka Kansas
13 Apr 1930
Jeremiah Harman British Judge the kicking Judge born in Kensington London
13 Apr 1931
Beverley Cross English playwright born in London
13 Apr 1931
Jon Stone American director and co-creator of Sesame Street born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1997)
13 Apr 1931
Daniel Dan Gurney American race-car driver coach and team owner (All American Racers) born in Port Jefferson New York (d. 2018)
13 Apr 1932
Barney Simon South African theatre director and writer born in Johannesburg South Africa (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1932
Karl Kroeger American composer born in Louisville Kentucky
13 Apr 1932
Orlando Letelier Chilean economist and politician born in Temuco Chile (d. 1976)
13 Apr 1933
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Cheyenne-American politician (Sen-D Colorado) born in Auburn California
13 Apr 1933
Shani Wallis Irish-American singer and actress (Oliver) born in Tottenham Middlesex England
13 Apr 1934
Horace Kay American singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy)
13 Apr 1934
Siegfried Matthus German composer born in Zadorozhye Ozyorsky District Kaliningrad Oblast
13 Apr 1935
Kenneth Hayr Air Marshal born in Whangarei New Zealand (d. 2001)
13 Apr 1935
Lyle Waggoner American actor (Carol Burnett Show Wonder Woman) born in Kansas City Kansas
13 Apr 1937
Edward Fox English actor (The Day of the Jackal Gandhi) born in Chelsea London
13 Apr 1937
Lanford Wilson American playwright (Hot L Baltimore) born in Lebanon Missouri
13 Apr 1938
Frederic Rzewski American composer (Spacecraft) born in Westfield Massachusetts
13 Apr 1938
John Weston British diplomat representative for NATO (1992-95) and UN (1995-98)
13 Apr 1939
Barbara-Rose Collins American politician (Rep-D-Michigan) born in Detroit Michigan
13 Apr 1939
Paul Sorvino American actor (Chiefs Dick Tracy) born in Brooklyn New York
13 Apr 1939
Wijnie Jabaaij Dutch politician (PvdA) born in Dordrecht Netherlands (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1940
Lester Chambers American vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today) born in Mississippi
13 Apr 1940
Mike Beuttler British racing driver born in Cairo Egypt (d. 1988)
13 Apr 1940
Jim McNab Scottish footballer born in Denny Stirlingshire Scotland (d. 2006)
13 Apr 1941
Michael Stuart Brown American geneticist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985) born in Brooklyn New York
13 Apr 1942
Bill Conti American composer (For Your Eyes Only Rocky IV) born in Providence Rhode Island
13 Apr 1942
Ataol Behramolu Turkish poet and writer born in atalca Istanbul Province Turkey
13 Apr 1943
Eve Graham Scottish singer (The New Seekers) born in Auchterarder Perth and Kinross
13 Apr 1943
Billy Kidd American skier born in Burlington Vermont
13 Apr 1944
Brian Pendleton English musician (The Pretty Things) born in Durham England (d. 2001)
13 Apr 1944
Charles Burnett American director (When it Rains Glass Shield) born in Vicksburg Mississippi
13 Apr 1944
Jack Casady American rock bassist (Hot Tuna Jefferson Airplane) born in Washington D.C.
13 Apr 1944
Susan Davis American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California) born in Cambridge Massachusetts
13 Apr 1945
Carlos Gimenez Argentine-Venezuelan founder (Theater festival of Caracas) (d. 1993)
13 Apr 1945
Ed Caruthers Jr American high jumper (Olympic silver 1968) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma
13 Apr 1945
Lowell George American rock vocalist and guitarist (Little Feat - Dixie Chicken) born in Hollywood California (d. 1979)
13 Apr 1945
Stacy Johnson American singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
13 Apr 1945
Tony Dow American actor and director (Wally-Leave it to Beaver) born in Hollywood California
13 Apr 1945
Bob Kalsu American football player born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1946
Al Green American soul singer (Lets Stay Together) born in Forest City Arkansas
13 Apr 1947
Mike Chapman Australian songwriter and record producer (Chinn & Chapman) born in Nambour Australia
13 Apr 1947
Thanos Mikroutsikos Greek composer and politician born in Patras Greece
13 Apr 1948
Amy Robinson American writer and actress (Mean Streets) born in Trenton New Jersey
13 Apr 1948
Peter Sweval American rocker (Looking Glass Starz) born in Toms River New Jersey (d. 1990)
13 Apr 1948
Sue Doughty British politician (MP for Guildford) born in York England
13 Apr 1948
Nam Hae-il 25th Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy
13 Apr 1949
Jean-Jacques Favier French engineer and astronaut (STS 78) born in Kehl Germany
13 Apr 1949
Philippe Petit French high-wire artist born in Nemours Seine-et-Marne France
13 Apr 1949
Ricardo Zunio Argentine racing driver born in San Juan Argentina
13 Apr 1950
Riff West American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet) born in Corpus Christi Texas (d. 2014)
13 Apr 1950
Ron Perlman American actor (Quest for Fire Beauty & the Beast) born in The Bronx New York
13 Apr 1951
Joachim Streich East German footballer born in Wismar East Germany
13 Apr 1952
Jonjo ONeill Irish racehorse trainer born in Cork Ireland
13 Apr 1952
Ron Dittemore American space administrator born in Cooperstown New York
13 Apr 1952
David Drew British politician (MP for Stroud) born in Gloucestershire England
13 Apr 1952
Erick Avari American-Indian actor born in Darjeeling West Bengal India
13 Apr 1953
Stephen Byers British politician (L) (MG Rover Group controversy) born in Wolverhampton
13 Apr 1950
Terry Lester American actor (Young & Restless As World Turns) born in Indianapolis Indiana
13 Apr 1951
Beatrix Trixie Schuba Austrian figure skater considered to be one of the best compulsory figure skaters ever (Olympic gold 1972) born in Vienna Austria
13 Apr 1951
Jack Quinn American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York) born in Buffalo New York
13 Apr 1951
Max Weinberg American rock drummer (E Street Band Conan OBrien Show) born in Newark New Jersey
13 Apr 1951
Peabo Bryson R&B vocalist (Im So into You) born in Greenville South Carolina
13 Apr 1951
Peter Davison English actor (fifth Doctor in Doctor Who All Creatures Great and Small) born in London
13 Apr 1953
Brigitte Macron French teacher and wife of politician Emmanuel Macron born in Amiens France
13 Apr 1954
Barbara Roche British Labour Party politician
13 Apr 1229
Louis II Duke of Bavaria ruler of upper Baveria born in Heidelberg Germany (d. 1294)
13 Apr 1915
Bob Devaney American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National Cship University of Nebraska 1970 71 University of Wyoming career record 136307) born in Saginaw Michigan (d. 1997)
13 Apr 1927
George Washington American boxing trainer (Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2006)
13 Apr 1929
Marilynn Smith American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1963-64) born in Topeka Kansas (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1935
Lyle Waggoner American actor (The Carol Burnett Show Wonder Woman) born in Kansas City Kansas
13 Apr 1943
Eve Graham Scottish singer (The New Seekers) born in Auchterarder Scotland
13 Apr 1808
Antonio Meucci Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device) born in Florence Italy (d. 1889)
13 Apr 1828
Josephine Butler English feminist and social reformer (campaigned against human trafficking) born in Milfield England (d. 1906)
13 Apr 1873
Theodore F. Morse American composer born in Washington D.C. (d. 1924)
13 Apr 1901
Ren Pleven Prime Minister of France (1950-52) born in Rennes France (d. 1993)
13 Apr 1903
Rex Evans British actor (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman Zara Matchmaker) born in Southport Sefton England (d. 1969)
13 Apr 1907
Roderich Menzel Czech tennis player (French Open singles 1938 runner-up US Open mixed doubles 1935 runner-up) born in Reichenberg Czech Republic (d. 1987)
13 Apr 1911
Nino Sanzogno Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer born in Venice (d. 1983)
13 Apr 1920
John LaPorta American jazz clarinetist and composer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1924
Stanley Donen American film director and producer (Singin in the Rain Bedazzled Damn Yankees) born in Columbia South Carolina (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1934
John Muckler Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers 1990 Buffalo Sabres NY Rangers) and executive (GM Ottawa Senators) born in Midland Ontario (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1935
Lyle Waggoner American actor (The Carol Burnett Show Wonder Woman) born in Kansas City Kansas (d. 2020)
13 Apr 1940
Vladimir Cosma Romanian-French violinist conductor and classical and film score composer born in Bucharest Romania
13 Apr 1942
Bill Conti American film score composer (Rocky The Right Stuff) born in Providence Rhode Island
13 Apr 1945
Lowell George American rock vocalist and guitarist (Little Feat - Willin Dixie Chicken) born in Hollywood California (d. 1979)
13 Apr 1945
Stacy Johnson American singer (Ike and Tina Turner Revue The Sharpees - Tired of Being Alone) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 2017)
13 Apr 1950
Tommy Raudonikis Australian rugby league halfback (20 Tests Rothmans Medal 1972 Wests Newtown) and coach (Wests NSW) born in Bathurst Australia (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1951
Peabo Bryson American R&B vocalist (Im So Into You) born in Greenville South Carolina
13 Apr 1867
Sammy Woods Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests Australia 3 England 1 x 50 10 wickets Somerset CCC) and rugby union flanker (13 caps England 5 as captain) born in Sydney Australia (d. 1931)
13 Apr 1902
Godfrey Kenton English actor (The Tempest Wells Theater) born in London (d. 1998)
13 Apr 1902
Del Porter American jazz singer (Foursome - Walkin My Baby Back Home Spike Jones and His City Slickers - Der Fuehrers Face) born in Newberg Oregon (d. 1977)
13 Apr 1906
Lawrence Bud Freeman American jazz tenor saxophonist bandleader and composer (The Eel Zen Is When) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1991)
13 Apr 1919
[Harold] Howard Keel American actor singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Kiss Me Kate) and president of the Screen Actors Guild born in Gillespie Illinois (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1934
Horace Kay American soul singer (Tams - Hey Girl Dont Bother Me What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)) born in Atlanta Georgia (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1936
Henryk Majewski Polish big band jazz trumpeter (Old Timers) born in Warsaw Poland (d. 2005)
13 Apr 1937
Richard Contiguglia American concert pianist (as duo with his identical twin John) born in Auburn New York
13 Apr 1937
John Contiguglia American concert pianist (as duo with his identical twin Robert) born in Auburn New York
13 Apr 1938
Frederic Rzewski American concert pianist and composer (Spacecraft) born in Westfield Massachusetts (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1940
Lester Chambers American rock and soul singer (The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today) born in Mississippi
13 Apr 1940
Max Mosley British auto racer and lawyer (President Fdration Internationale de lAutomobile [FIA] 1993-2009) born in London England (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1942
Bill Conti American film score composer (Rocky The Right Stuff) born in Providence Rhode Island
13 Apr 1944
Brian Pendleton English musician (The Pretty Things 1963-66 - Dont Bring Me Down) born in Durham England (d. 2001)
13 Apr 1944
Charles Burnett American film director (When It Rains Glass Shield) born in Vicksburg Mississippi
13 Apr 1944
Jack Casady American rock bassist (Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers White Rabbit) born in Washington D.C.
13 Apr 1944
Susan Davis American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from California (D) 2001-21) born in Cambridge Massachusetts
13 Apr 1946
Al Green American soul singer (Lets Stay Together Love And Happiness) born in Forest City Arkansas
13 Apr 1948
[Piet] Peter Sweval American rock bassist (Looking Glass - Brandy (Youre a Fine Girl) Starz - Cherry Baby) born in Toms River New Jersey (d. 1990)
13 Apr 1951
Jack Quinn American politician (US House of Representatives from New York (R) 1993-2005) and college president (Erie Community 2008-17) born in Buffalo New York
13 Apr 1951
Max Weinberg American rock drummer (E Street Band Conan OBrien Show) born in Newark New Jersey
13 Apr 1748
Joseph Bramah British inventor and locksmith who invented the beer pump born in Stainborough Yorkshire England (d. 1814)
13 Apr 1828
Josephine Butler English social reformer (campaigned against the slave trade and Contagious Diseases Acts) born in Northumberland England (d. 1906)
13 Apr 1886
Ethel Leginska [Liggins] British pianist conductor composer and music educator born in Hull Yorkshire England (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1918
A. L. [Audrey] Barker English writer born in St Pauls Cray Kent England (d. 2002)
13 Apr 1923
Don Adams [Yarmey] American comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor (Get Smart Tennessee Tuxedo The Bill Dana Show) born in NYC New York (d. 2005)
13 Apr 1927
Bill Wedderburn Baron Wedderburn of Charlton British politician and academic born in London (d. 2012)
13 Apr 1939
Paul Sorvino American stage and screen actor (Goodfellas Law and Order 1991-92 Dick Tracy Thats Life) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2022)
13 Apr 1943
Billy Kidd American alpine skier (World Cship gold combined 1970 Olympic silver slalom 1964) born in Burlington Vermont
13 Apr 1943
Guy Stevens British record company executive (Sue Island) band manager (Mott the Hoople Procol Harum) and record producer (The Clash - London Calling) born in East Dulwich England (d. 1981)
13 Apr 1945
Bob Kalsu American NFL football player 1968 (Buffalo Bills) and US Army officer born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1945
Carlos Gimnez Argentine-Venezuelan stage director and arts promoter (co-founder of International Theater Festival of Caracas 1971) born in Rosario Argentina (d. 1993)
13 Apr 1945
Lowell George American rock vocalist songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat - Willin Dixie Chicken) born in Hollywood California (d. 1979)
13 Apr 1945
Tony Dow American actor (Leave it to Beaver - Wally) director and sculptor born in Hollywood California (d. 2022)
13 Apr 1947
Frantiek Cipro Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague SK Dynamo esk Budjovice) born in Jihlava Czech Republic (d. 2023)
13 Apr 1950
Beto Fusco Brazilian soccer defender (8 caps Fluminense Grmio Palmeiras) born in Florianpolis Brazil (d. 2022)
13 Apr 1772
Eli Terry American clockmaker whose manufacturing techniques turned clocks into everyday objects born in East Windsor Connecticut (d. 1852) [1]
13 Apr 1799
Joseph Rastrelli German composer born in Dresden Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1842)
13 Apr 1799
Ludwig Rellstab German music theorist born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1860)
13 Apr 1808
Antonio Meucci Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device) born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1889)
13 Apr 1822
Leroy Augustus Stafford Confederate American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born near Cheneyville Rapides Parish Louisiana (d. 1864)
13 Apr 1828
Josephine Butler (ne Grey) British feminist and social reformer (campaigned against the slave trade and Contagious Diseases Acts) born in Milfield Northumberland England (d. 1906)
13 Apr 1851
Robert Abbe American surgeon and radiologist born in New York City (d. 1928)
13 Apr 1907
(Wilmore) Slick Jones American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson Fats Waller Sidney Bechet) born in Roanoke Virginia (d. 1969)
13 Apr 1911
Nino Sanzogno Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer born in Venice Kingdom of Italy (d. 1983)
13 Apr 1916
Edna Lewis the Mother of Soul Food American chef and author (elevated Southern cooking) born in Freetown Virginia (d. 2006) [1]
13 Apr 1925
Hilda Dianda Argentine contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer (Rituales Despus el Silencio) musicologist and educator born in Crdoba Argentina
13 Apr 1946
Roy Loney American rock singer (Flamin Groovies 1965-71) born in California (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1947
Mike Chapman Australian-American pop songwriter and record producer (with Andy Chinn Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz Suzi Quatro Toni Basel - Mickey Tina Turner - You Better Be Good To Me) born in Nambour Australia
13 Apr 1947
Rae Armantrout American poet (Versed - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2010) born in Vallejo California [1]
13 Apr 1948
Brian Griffen British photographer (album cover art for Depeche Mode Elvis Costello Joe Jackson) music video commercial and documentary film maker born in Birmingham England
13 Apr 1762
Charles Frederick Horn German-English composer arranger and organist born in Imperial City of Nordhausen (d. 1830)
13 Apr 1791
Flix de Mrode Belgian nobleman Earl of Merode Belgian minister of War and Finance born in Maastricht Dutch Republic (d. 1857)
13 Apr 1799
Ludwig Rellstab German music theorist born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1860)
13 Apr 1816
William Sterndale Bennett English composer born in Sheffield Yorkshire England (d. 1875)
13 Apr 1865
Heinrich Reinhardt Austrian composer born in Pressburg Austrian Empire (now Bratislava Slovakia) (d. 1922)
13 Apr 1885
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy [Gerbrandij] Dutch lawyer resistance fighter and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45) born in Gonga Netherlands (d. 1961)
13 Apr 1899
Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko Soviet composer born in Odessa Russian Empire (d. 1934)
13 Apr 1906
(Lawrence) Bud Freeman American jazz tenor saxophonist bandleader and composer (The Eel Zen Is When) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1991)
13 Apr 1919
[Harold] Howard Keel American actor singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Kiss Me Kate) and president of the Screen Actors Guild (1958-59) born in Gillespie Illinois (d. 2004)
13 Apr 1920
Liam Cosgrave Irish politician (Fine Gael Party President of Ireland 1973-77) born in Castleknock Dublin (d. 2017)
13 Apr 1930
Jeremiah Harman British jurist known as the kicking Judge born in Kensington London (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1931
Beverley Cross English playwright and screenwriter (Strip the Willow Half a Sixpence) born in London (d. 1998)
13 Apr 1934
Siegfried Matthus German composer and opera director (Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg 1991-2018) born in Mallenuppen Free State of Prussia (d. 2021)
13 Apr 1938
John Weston British diplomat and representative for NATO (1992-95) and the UN (1995-98) born in England
13 Apr 1942
Bill Conti American Emmy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Rocky The Right Stuff) born in Providence Rhode Island
13 Apr 1947
Thanos Mikroutsikos Greek composer pianist and politician (Minister of Culture1993-96) born in Patras Greece (d. 2019)
13 Apr 1948
Nam Hae-il South Korean naval officer and the 25th Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy born in South Korea
13 Apr 1902
Philippe de Rothschild French auto racer (Burgundy Grand Prix 1929) and wine grower (Chteau Mouton Rothschild) born in Paris France (d. 1988)
13 Apr 1915
Roderic Coote British Anglican bishop of Colchester (1966-87) born in Woking England (d. 2000) [1]
13 Apr 1920
Marthe Cohn French nurse and spy during World War born in Metz France (d. 2025) [1]
13 Apr 1927
Clovis Salmon Jamaican-British bicycle engineer and filmmaker who is considered Britains first Black documentarian born in Nain Jamaica (d. 2025)
13 Apr 1931
Emam-Ali Habibi Iranian freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 67kg 1956 World Cship gold 1959 61 62) born in Babol Iran (d. 2025)
13 Apr 1933
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Cheyenne-American politician (Sen-D-Colorado 1993-2005) born in Auburn California (d. 2025) [1]
13 Apr 1934
Horace Kay American soul singer (The Tams - Hey Girl Dont Bother Me What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)) born in Atlanta Georgia (d. 1995)
13 Apr 1936
Col Joye [Colin Jacobsen] Australian pop-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Oh Yeah Uh Huh Rockin Rollin Clementine) born in Sydney Australia (d. 2025) [1]
13 Apr 1937
Edward Fox British actor (The Day of the Jackal Gandhi) born in Chelsea London
13 Apr 1937
John Contiguglia American concert pianist (as duo with his identical twin Richard) born in Auburn New York
13 Apr 1937
Lanford Wilson American playwright (Hot L Baltimore Redwood Curtain) born in Lebanon Missouri (d. 2011)
13 Apr 1938
Ola Rotimi [Emmanuel Gladstone Olawale Rotimi] Nigerian scholar and playwright (The Gods Are Not to Blame Hopes of the Living Dead) born in Sapele Nigeria (d. 2000)
13 Apr 1939
Paul Sorvino American stage and screen actor (Goodfellas Law & Order 1991-92 Dick Tracy Thats Life) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2022)
13 Apr 1941
Harvey Pratt Native American forensic artist and the designer of the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington born in El Reno Oklahoma (d. 2025) [1]
13 Apr 1941
Michael Stuart Brown American geneticist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985) born in Brooklyn New York City
13 Apr 1944
John Paul DeJoria American billionaire businessman co-founder of the Paul Mitchell hair product line (The Patrn Spirits Company) born in Los Angeles California
13 Apr 1945
Bob Kalsu American NFL football player 1968 (Buffalo Bills) and US Army officer born in Oklahoma City (d. 1970)
13 Apr 1947
Deborah A. Batts American legal scholar and the first openly gay US federal judge born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
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