Historical Birthday
23 Apr 1141
King Malcolm IV of Scotland nicknamed Virgo the Maiden King of Scots ( April-May) born in Scotland (d. 1165)
23 Apr 1170
Isabelle of Hainaut queen of France born in Valenciennes France (d. 1190)
23 Apr 1185
Afonso II 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23) born in Coimbra Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1223)
23 Apr 1464
Joan of France Queen of France (1498) and catholic saint who founded several religious orders born in Nogent-le-Roi (d. 1505)
23 Apr 1464
Robert Fayrfax English court composer born in Deeping Gate Lincolnshire (d. 1521)
23 Apr 1484
Julius Caesar Scaliger Italian-French physician and scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) born in Riva Italy (d. 1558)
23 Apr 1500
Alexander Ales [Alesius] Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg born in Edinburgh (d. 1565)
23 Apr 1516
Georg Fabricius German poet historian and archaeologist born in Chemnitz Germany (d. 1571)
23 Apr 1598
Maarten Tromp Dutch admiral born in Breille Netherlands (d. 1653)
23 Apr 1621
William Penn English admiral and politician father of the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania born in St. Thomas Parish Bristol (d. 1670)
23 Apr 1623
Jan Adam Reincken Dutch-German composer born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1722)
23 Apr 1628
Johan van Waveren Hudde Dutch mathematician (Concerning Reduction of Equations) and Mayor of Amsterdam (1672-1703) born in Amsterdam (d. 1704)
23 Apr 1629
Jan Commelin Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1692)
23 Apr 1649
Andreas Kneller German composer born in Lbeck Germany (d. 1724)
23 Apr 1697
George Anson 1st Baron Anson British Royal Navy officer born in Staffordshire England (d. 1762)
23 Apr 1708
Friedrich von Hagedorn German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1754)
23 Apr 1715
Johann Friedrich Doles German composer pupil of J. S. Bach born in Steinbach-Hallenberg Germany (d. 1797)
23 Apr 1720
Vilna Gaon Lithuanian rabbi born in Sialiec Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1797)
23 Apr 1725
Saint Gerard Majella Catholic saint born in Muro Naples Italy (d. 1755)
23 Apr 1728
Samuel Wallis English explorer (Wallis Island) born in Camelford Cornwall (d. 1795)
23 Apr 1731
William Williams American merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) born in Lebanon Connecticut (d. 1811)
23 Apr 1735
Ildephons Haas German composer born in Offenburg Germany (d. 1791)
23 Apr 1746
Flix Vicq-dAzyr French physician and anatomist (discover the theory of homology in biology) born in Valognes Normandy France (d. 1794)
23 Apr 1747
Abb Alexandre-Auguste Robineau French composer and painter born in Paris (d. 1828)
23 Apr 1756
Alexander Reinagle English-American composer born in Portsmouth England (d. 1809)
23 Apr 1775
J. M. W. Turner English landscape painter (Shipwreck Rain Steam and Speed) born in Covent Garden London (d. 1851)
23 Apr 1791
Friedrich von Olivier German landscape painter born in Dessau Germany (d. 1859)
23 Apr 1792
John Romney Robinson Irish astronomer and physicist born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1882)
23 Apr 1794
Wei Yuan Chinese scholar and geographer of Qing Dynasty born in Shaoyang China (d. 1856)
23 Apr 1803
Jules J baron dAnethan Belgian minister of Justice born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1888)
23 Apr 1804
Guillaume Nerenburger Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)
23 Apr 1809
Eugene-Prosper Prevost French composer born in Paris (d. 1872)
23 Apr 1810
Thomas Wright English antiquarian and writer born in Ludlow Shropshire England (d. 1877)
23 Apr 1812
Louis-Antoine Jullien French conductor born in Sisteron France (d. 1860)
23 Apr 1813
Stephen A. Douglas American politician US senator from Illinois (Lincoln-Douglas debates) born in Brandon Vermont (d. 1861)
23 Apr 1813
Frdric Ozanam French scholar and founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul born in Milan Italy (d. 1853)
23 Apr 1818
James Anthony Froude English historian and novelist (The Nemesis of Faith) born in Dartington Rectory Devon (d. 1894)
23 Apr 1818
John Gill Shorter American politician (17th Governor of Alabama) born in Monticello Georgia (d. 1872)
23 Apr 1821
Pierre Dupont French songwriter born in Lyon France (d. 1870)
23 Apr 1823
Abdulmejid I 31st Sultan of Ottoman Empire born in Istanbul Ottoman Empire (d. 1861)
23 Apr 1827
Johann Friedrich von Schulte German Catholic lawyer born in Winterberg Germany (d. 1914)
23 Apr 1828
Albert King of Saxony (1873-1902) born in Dresden Germany (d. 1902)
23 Apr 1838
Alfred Verwee Flemish painter born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Belgium (d. 1895)
23 Apr 1852
Edwin Markham American poet (1st winner of American Acad of Poets Award 1937) born in Oregon City Oregon (d. 1940)
23 Apr 1853
Winthrop M. Crane American politician 40th Governor of Massachusetts born in Dalton Massachusetts (d. 1920)
23 Apr 1858
Max Planck German physicist father of Quantum Physics (Planck Constant Nobel 1918) born in Kiel Duchy of Holstein (d. 1947)
23 Apr 1861
Edmund Allenby Viscount Allenby British Fieldmarshal General at Battle of Megiddo born in Brackenhurst England (d. 1936)
23 Apr 1865
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski Russian-Azerbaijani general born in Kazakhli Russian Empire (d. 1943)
23 Apr 1867
Simon Abramsz Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones) born in Amsterdam (d. 1924)
23 Apr 1872
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse British musician born in Harley Street St Marylebone London (d. 1951)
23 Apr 1876
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck German historian (The Third Reich) born in Solingen Westphalia German Empire (d. 1925)
23 Apr 1877
Arthur Farwell American composer born in St Paul Minnesota (d. 1952)
23 Apr 1879
Emil Barth German revolutionary (Social Democratic Party) born in Heidelberg (d. 1941)
23 Apr 1881
Claude Carter South African cricketer (took 28 wkts 10 Tests for South Africa) born in Durban South Africa (d. 1952)
23 Apr 1882
Albert Coates English conductor and composer (Eagle) born in St Petersburg Russia
23 Apr 1882
Max Winders Belgian architect (WWII) responsible for bringing the Belgian gold stock born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1982)
23 Apr 1888
Georges Vanier French-Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada born in Montreal Quebec (d. 1967)
23 Apr 1889
Charles Warrell English schoolteacher and creator of the I-Spy books born in Farmborough Somerset (d. 1995)
23 Apr 1890
Donald Nichols Tweedy American composer born in Danburry Connecticut (d. 1948)
23 Apr 1890
Marcel LHerbier French director and screenwriter (El Dorado) born in Paris (d. 1979)
23 Apr 1891
Sergei Prokofiev Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf) born in Sontsovka Ukraine (d. 1953)
23 Apr 1892
Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Voort] Flemish writer born in Tessenderlo Belgium (d. 1952)
23 Apr 1892
Richard Huelsenbeck German Dada writer born in Frankenau Hessen-Nassau (d. 1974)
23 Apr 1893
Frank Borzage American director (7th Heaven Strange Cargo) born in Salt Lake City Utah (d. 1962)
23 Apr 1894
Basil Sydney British actor (Hamlet Jassy Simba Farmers Wife) born in St. Osyth Essex England (d. 1968)
23 Apr 1894
George Renevant [Georges de Cheux] French actor (Moulin Rouge Scotland Yard Comrade X) born in Paris France (d. 1969)
23 Apr 1894
Charles Cow Cow Davenport American boogie-woogie and blues musician born in Anniston Alabama (d. 1955)
23 Apr 1895
Ngaio Marsh New Zealand detective writer and producer born in Christchurch New Zealand (d. 1982)
23 Apr 1896
Margaret Kennedy English novelist (The Constant Nymph) born in Hyde Park Gate London (d. 1967)
23 Apr 1897
John Wengraf Austrian actor (12 to the Moon Pride & Passion) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1974)
23 Apr 1897
Lucius du Bignon Clay American WWII general and military governor of West Germany born in Marietta Georgia (d . 1978)
23 Apr 1898
Edwin Erich Dwinger German writer (General Vlassov) born in Kiel Germany (d. 1981)
23 Apr 1899
Vladimir Nabokov Russian-American novelist (Lolita Ada) born in St Petersburg Russia (d. 1977)
23 Apr 1900
Harold French British director and actor (The Cavalier of the Streets Trio Quartet) born in Lambeth London (d. 1997)
23 Apr 1900
Ary Verhaar Dutch composer born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1900
Henry Barraud French composer born in Bordeaux France (d. 1997)
23 Apr 1900
Joseph Green Polish-American filmmaker born in d Poland (d. 1996)
23 Apr 1901
E.B. Ford British ecological geneticist born in Dalton-in-Furness Lancashire (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1902
Halldr Laxness Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955) born in Reykjavk Iceland (d. 1998)
23 Apr 1903
Guy Simonds Canadian army youngest General officer born in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk England (d 1974)
23 Apr 1904
Duncan Renaldo Spanish actor (The Cisco Kid The Gay Amigo) born in Oancea Romania (d. 1980)
23 Apr 1904
Leslie French British actor and singer (Death in Venice More than a Miracle) born in Bromley Kent England (d. 1999)
23 Apr 1905
William Conolly-Carew 6th Baron Carew (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1907
Lee Miller American photographer (War correspondent for Vogue in WWII) born in Poughkeepsie New York (d. 1977)
23 Apr 1908
Marcel Hillaire German actor (Take the Money and Run Seven Thieves) born in Cologne Germany (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1908
Frederick Hawkins American dancer and choreographer born in Trinidad Colorado (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1908
Myron Waldman American animator (Fleischer Studio) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2006)
23 Apr 1900
Jim Bottomley American baseball player born in Oglesby Illinois (d. 1959)
23 Apr 1909
Thomas Padmore British senior civil servant born in Sheffield England (d. 1996)
23 Apr 1911
Ronald Neame British director (1st Monday in Oct Poseidon Adventure) born in London England (d. 2010)
23 Apr 1911
Simone Simon French actress (All Money Can Buy Ladies in Love) born in Marseille Bouches-du-Rhne France (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1913
Jan Meyerowitz German-American composer born in Breslau Germany (d. 1998)
23 Apr 1914
Andrew Martin British Army Officer (Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1965 to 1989) (d. 1993)
23 Apr 1914
John Hubbard American actor (Dont Call Me Charlie The Tall T One Million B.C.) born in East Chicago Indiana (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1914
Mitsu Suzuki teacher of tea ceremony at SF Zen Center
23 Apr 1915
Arnold Hall British aeronautical engineer born in Liverpool England (d. 2000)
23 Apr 1916
Bud Wilkinson American college football coach (Oklahoma) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1917
Jacob Kistemaker Dutch nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge) born in Kolhorn Netherlands (d. 2010)
23 Apr 1918
Anthony Craxton British TV producer born in London (d. 1966)
23 Apr 1918
Maurice Druon French writer and journalist (Prix Goncourt) born in Paris (d. 2009)
23 Apr 1918
Gordon Hirabayshi American civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent (Hirabayshi v. United States) born in Seattle Washington (d. 2012)
23 Apr 1919
Dorian Leigh American supermodel and icon of the fashion industry born in San Antonio Texas (d. 2008)
23 Apr 1919
Tlivaldis eni Canadian composer born in Liepja Latvia (d. 2008)
23 Apr 1919
Bulent Arel Turkish-born electronic composer born in Istanbul (d. 1990)
23 Apr 1919
Oleg Penkovsky Soviet military intelligence (GRU) born in Vladikavkaz Russia (d. 1963)
23 Apr 1920
Eric Yarrow British businessman CEO (Clydesdale Bank) born in Frensham Surrey
23 Apr 1920
Louis Barron American composer (electronic music) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 1989)
23 Apr 1921
Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty] American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls Smith Family) born in Altoona Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
23 Apr 1921
Warren Spahn Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher (BostonMilwaukee Braves) born in Buffalo New York (d. 2003)
23 Apr 1922
Boy Ecury [Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury] member of the Dutch Resistance in World War II born in Oranjestad Aruba (d. 1944)
23 Apr 1922
Diarmuid Downs British automotive engineer born in London (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1923
Avram Davidson American sci-fi author (Hugo Peregrine Primus Rork) born in Yonkers New York (d. 1993)
23 Apr 1923
James Kirkup English travel writer poet and novelist (African in Greenland) born in England (d. 2009)
23 Apr 1923
Antonino Rocca Italian-Argentine professional wrestler born in Treviso Veneto Italy (d. 1977)
23 Apr 1923
Dolph Briscoe American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79) born in Uvalde Texas (d. 2010)
23 Apr 1924
Arthur Frackenpohl American composer (Natural Superiority of Music) born in Irvington New Jersey
23 Apr 1924
Colin Welch British political journalist and critic of Enid Blytons Noddy series born in Ickleton Abbey Cambridgeshire (d. 1997)
23 Apr 1924
Chuck Harmon American baseball player born in Washington Indiana
23 Apr 1926
J. P. Donleavy American novelist (Ginger Man Onion Eaters) born in Brooklyn New York
23 Apr 1927
Russell Smith American composer born in Tuscaloosa Alabama (d. 1998)
23 Apr 1928
Sir William Bill Cotton British television producer and executive (Noel Gay TV) born in London England (d. 2008)
23 Apr 1928
Okke Jager Dutch theologist writer and poet born in Delft Netherlands (d. 1992)
23 Apr 1929
George Steiner French-American literary critic and educator born in Paris
23 Apr 1930
Alan Oppenheimer American actor (6 Million Dollar Man Eischied) born in NYC New York
23 Apr 1930
Michael Bowen British Roman Catholic Archbishop (Southwark) born in Gibraltar
23 Apr 1932
Halston American fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame) born in Des Moines Iowa (d. 1990)
23 Apr 1932
Jim Fixx American jogger and writer (Jim Fixx on Running) born in NYC New York (d. 1984)
23 Apr 1933
Roger Wittevrongel Flemish painter born in Blankenberge Belgium
23 Apr 1935
Bunky Green American jazz musician born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
23 Apr 1936
Elias [Etienne Michiels] Flemish painter born in Ostend Belgium
23 Apr 1936
John DArcy New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour) born in Christchurch New Zealand
23 Apr 1936
Joseph Willaert Flemish painter born in Diksmuide Belgium (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1936
Roy Orbison American rock musician (Pretty Woman) born in Vernon Texas (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1937
Barry Shepherd Australian cricketer (Australian lefty bat early 60s) born in Donnybrook Australia
23 Apr 1937
Don Massengale PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity) born in Jackson Texas
23 Apr 1937
Victoria Glendinning British author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions) born in Sheffield England
23 Apr 1938
Leonard Ernest John Chant social worker born in Yeovil Somerset (d. 1995)
23 Apr 1938
Steve Symms American politician U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho born in Nampa Idaho
23 Apr 1939
David Birney American actor (Brigette Loves Bernie St Elsewhere) born in Washington D.C.
23 Apr 1939
Ray Peterson American singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) born in Denton Texas (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1939
Bill Hagerty British editor (People) born in Ilford London
23 Apr 1939
Lee Majors [Harvey Lee Yeary] American film and TV actor (6000000 Man The Fall Guy) born in Wyandotte Michigan
23 Apr 1939
Patrick Williams American composer arranger and conductor born in Bonne Terre Missouri
23 Apr 1940
Richard Monaco American sci-fi author (Grail War Final Quest) born in NYC New York
23 Apr 1940
Michael Copps Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
23 Apr 1941
Ed Stewart British DJ and broadcaster (Crackerjack) born in Exmouth Devon (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1941
Hal Daub American lawyer and politician U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska born in Fort Bragg North Carolina
23 Apr 1941
Jacqueline Boyer French singer (Tom Pillibi) born in Paris
23 Apr 1941
Paavo Lipponen Prime Minister of Finland (1995-2003) born in Turtola Finland
23 Apr 1941
Michael Lynne American film producer (The Mortal Instruments City of Bones) born in Brooklyn New York
23 Apr 1941
Ray Tomlinson American computer programmer (invented email and the sign) born in Amsterdam New York (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1942
Sandra Dee [Zuck] actress (Gidget Imitation of Life) born in Bayonne New Jersey
23 Apr 1943
Carmen von Thyssen Spanish philanthropist and art collector born in Barcelona Spain
23 Apr 1943
Herv Villechaize French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane Ze plane) born in Paris (d. 1993)
23 Apr 1943
Hugh Davies English composer born in Exmouth Devon (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1943
Tony Esposito Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (Canadiens Blackhawks) born in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario
23 Apr 1943
Bob van Toll Dutch actor and director (Pastorale ) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1944
Niklaus Schilling Swiss film director (Dormire Atem Rheingold) born in Basel Switzerland (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1947
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Irish political activist born in Cookstown County Tyrone Northern Ireland
23 Apr 1947
Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] Dutch singer (S & Serge Spinning Wheel) born in Grootebroek North Holland
23 Apr 1947
Glenn Cornick English rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick) born in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1947
Alan Broadbent New Zealand jazz pianist (Developing Story) born in Auckland New Zealand
23 Apr 1948
Tessa Wyatt English actress (Beast in the Cellar Wedding Night) born in Woking Surrey England
23 Apr 1948
Pascal Quignard French author (Les Ombres) born in Verneuil-sur-Avre Eure France
23 Apr 1948
Serge Thriault French-Canadian comedian and actor (Ding et Dong) born in Quebec City Canada
23 Apr 1949
Blair Brown American actress (Altered States Molly Dodd) born in Washington D.C.
23 Apr 1949
John Miles British vocalist and musician (John Miles Band-Rebel Zaragon) born in Jarrow County Durham England
23 Apr 1949
Joyce DeWitt American actress (Janet Wood-Threes Company) born in Wheeling West Virginia
23 Apr 1952
Lionel Johnston American actor (Sons & Daughters) born in Augusta Georgia
23 Apr 1952
Narada Michael Walden American rocker (Dont Want Nobody Else) born in Kalamazoo Michigan
23 Apr 1952
Terry Moor American tennis star born in Hartford Connecticut
23 Apr 1952
Tony Maselli American fictional character on Whos the Boss
23 Apr 1953
Fred Upton American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan) born in St. Joseph Michigan
23 Apr 1953
James Russo American actor (My Own Private Idaho China Girl) born in NYC New York
23 Apr 1955
Judy Davis Australian actress (Barton Fink Husbands & Wives) born in Perth Australia
23 Apr 1955
Mike Smith English TV and radio presenter born in Romford Essex (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1955
Su Ingle British actress (Around the World in Seven Minutes and Four Times on Saturday) born in London
23 Apr 1955
Tony Miles English chess grandmaster born in Birmingham England (d. 2001)
23 Apr 1956
Peter Teravainen American golfer born in Plymouth Massachusetts
23 Apr 1957
Jan Hooks American comedienne and actress (SNL Designing Women) born in Decatur Georgia (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1957
Kathleen Lynch New Zealand mountain biker (Olympics 1996) born in Hawera New Zealand
23 Apr 1957
Kenji Kawai Japanese film score composer born in Shinagawa Tokyo Japan
23 Apr 1958
Hilmar rn Hilmarsson Icelandic music composer born in Reykjavk Iceland
23 Apr 1959
George Kalovelonis Greek tennis player born in Athens Greece
23 Apr 1960
Joseph Martin Mudd PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express) born in Louisville Kentucky
23 Apr 1960
Steve Clark English rock guitarist (Def Leppard) born in Hillsborough England (d. 1991)
23 Apr 1960
Valerie Bertinelli American actress (Barbara Cooper Royer-1 Day at a Time Hot in Cleveland) born in Wilmington Delaware
23 Apr 1961
Terry Gordy American professional wrestler (d. 2001)
23 Apr 1963
Magns Ver Magnsson Icelandic powerlifter
23 Apr 1964
Dan Frischman Whippany NJ actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class)
23 Apr 1964
Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones)
23 Apr 1964
Martin Lopez-Zubero Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m)
23 Apr 1464
Robert Fayrfax English Renaissance composer (Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII) born in Deeping Gate Lincolnshire (d. 1521)
23 Apr 1731
William Williams American merchant (signed US Declaration of Independence) born in Lebanon Connecticut (d. 1811)
23 Apr 1890
Donald Tweedy American composer born in Danbury Connecticut (d. 1948)
23 Apr 1899
Minoru Shirota Japanese microbiologist and fouder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company born in Tatsuoka Nagano (d. 1982)
23 Apr 1929
George Steiner French-American literary critic and educator born in Paris (d. 2020)
23 Apr 1937
Don Massengale American golfer (PGA Cship 1967 runner-up) born in Jackson Texas (d. 2007)
23 Apr 1960
Jodie Mudd American golfer (Players Cship 1990) born in Louisville Kentucky
23 Apr 1961
Terry Gordy American professional wrestler born in Chattanooga Tennessee (d. 2001)
23 Apr 1961
George Lopez Mexican-American actor and comedian born in Mission Hills Los Angeles
23 Apr 1962
John Hannah Scottish actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral) born in East Kilbride Scotland
23 Apr 1963
Magns Ver Magnsson Icelandic powerlifter (Worlds Strongest Man 1991 94 95 96) born in Egilsstair Iceland
23 Apr 1964
Dan Frischman American actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class) born in Whippany New Jersey
23 Apr 1964
Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones) born in Wiltshire England
23 Apr 1965
Donna Weinbrecht American skier (Olympic gold 1992) born in Hoboken New Jersey
23 Apr 1966
Jim Stynes [James] Hall of Fame Australian rules footballer (only foreigner to win Brownlow medal) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 2012)
23 Apr 1967
Brent Muscat American hard rock musician (Faster Pussycat- Wake Me When Its Over) born in Hollywood California
23 Apr 1967
Melina Kanakaredes American actress (Eleni Andros-Guiding Light) born in Akron Ohio
23 Apr 1794
Wei Yuan Chinese scholar and geographer of Qing Dynasty born in Shaoyang China (d. 1857)
23 Apr 1872
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse British musician (harpsichord and clavichord) born in Harley Street St Marylebone London (d. 1948)
23 Apr 1881
Claude Carter South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests 28 wickets) born in Durban South Africa (d. 1952)
23 Apr 1890
Donald Tweedy American composer and educator born in Danbury Connecticut (d. 1948)
23 Apr 1897
Lucius du Bignon Clay American WWII general and military governor of West Germany born in Marietta Georgia (d. 1978)
23 Apr 1903
Guy Simonds Canadian army youngest General officer born in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk England (d. 1974)
23 Apr 1904
Leslie French British actor and singer (Death in Venice More than a Miracle) born in Bromley Kent England (d. 1999)
23 Apr 1921
Warren Spahn American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (17 MLB All-Star World Series 1957 Cy Young Award 1957 8 NL wins leader BostonMilwaukee Braves) born in Buffalo New York (d. 2003)
23 Apr 1923
Nathan Dambuza Mdledle South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor
23 Apr 1924
Arthur Frackenpohl American composer arranger and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music) born in Irvington New Jersey (d. 2019)
23 Apr 1924
Bobby Rosengarden American jazz and session drummer and bandleader born in Elgin Illinois (d. 2007)
23 Apr 1929
Len Barnard Australian jazz drummer (The Naked Dance Galapagos Duck) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1932
Halston [Roy Halston Frowick] American fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame) born in Des Moines Iowa (d. 1990)
23 Apr 1935
Vernice Bunky Green American jazz saxophonist (Healing The Pain) and educator born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
23 Apr 1935
Milton Banana [Antnio de Souza] Brazilian bossa nova jazz drummer (Joo Gilberto and Stan Getz) born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil (d. 1998)
23 Apr 1936
Roy Orbison American rock singer (Pretty Woman Only The Lonely Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care) born in Vernon Texas (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1938
Leonard Ernest John Chant English social worker born in Yeovil Somerset (d. 1995)
23 Apr 1938
Steve Symms American politician (Senator-R-Idaho 1981-93 Rep-R-Idaho 1973-81) born in Nampa Idaho
23 Apr 1941
Jacqueline Boyer [Eliane Ducos] French pop singer (Tom Pillibi) born in Paris
23 Apr 1941
Ray Tomlinson American computer programmer (invented email and the sign) born in Amsterdam New York (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1942
Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] American actress (Gidget Imitation of Life) born in Bayonne New Jersey (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1944
Howie Wyeth American drummer and pianist (Bob Dylan Robert Gordon Christine Lavin) born in Jersey City New Jersey (d. 1996)
23 Apr 1947
Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] Dutch singer (S & Serge Spinning Wheel) born in Grootebroek North Holland
23 Apr 1947
Glenn Cornick English rock bassist (Jethro Tull 1967-70 Wild Turkey) born in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1952
Narada Michael Walden American rock&B and jazz fusion musician and producer (Dont Want Nobody Else) born in Kalamazoo Michigan
23 Apr 1888
Georges Vanier French Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada born in Montreal Quebec (d. 1967)
23 Apr 1891
Sergei Prokofiev Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf Alexander Nevsky) born in Sontsovka Russian Empire (now Sontsivka Ukraine) (d. 1953)
23 Apr 1911
Ronald Neame British director (1st Monday in October The Poseidon Adventure) born in London England (d. 2010)
23 Apr 1919
Tlivaldis eni Latvian-Canadian composer organist and pedagogue born in Liepja Latvia (d. 2008)
23 Apr 1936
Roy Orbison American rock singer-songwriter (Pretty Woman Only The Lonely Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care) born in Vernon Texas (d. 1988)
23 Apr 1937
Barry Shepherd Australian cricket batsman (9 Tests 5 x 50s West Australia CA) born in Donnybrook Australia (d. 2001)
23 Apr 1938
Roland White [LeBlanc] American bluegrass mandolin player and vocalist (Kentucky Colonels Lester Flatts Nashville Grass) born in Madawaska Maine (d. 2022)
23 Apr 1943
Si Kahn American folk and bluegrass singer-songwriter (Aragon Mill) and civil rights activist born in State College Pennsylvania
23 Apr 1943
Tony Esposito Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (6 x NHL All Star Vezina Trophy 1970 72 74 Chicago Blackhawks) born in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario (d. 2021)
23 Apr 1948
Tessa Wyatt English actress (Beast in the Cellar Wedding Night) born in Woking Surrey England
23 Apr 1948
Serge Thriault French Canadian comedian and actor (Ding et Dong) born in Quebec City Canada
23 Apr 1949
John Miles British vocalist and musician (John Miles Band - Rebel Zaragon Alan Parsons Project) born in Jarrow Durham England (d. 2021)
23 Apr 1950
Steve McCurry American photographer (Afghan Girl) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
23 Apr 1952
Narada Michael Walden American rock R&B and jazz fusion musician and producer (I Dont Want Nobody Else (To Dance with You) Divine Emotions) born in Kalamazoo Michigan
23 Apr 1957
Olsen Filipaina New Zealand rugby league five eighth (28 Tests Auckland RL Balmain RLFC Eastern Suburbs RLFC North Sydney DRLFC) born in Kaikohe New Zealand (d. 2022)
23 Apr 1881
Claude Carter South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests 28 wickets BB 650 Natal Transvaal) born in Durban South Africa (d. 1952)
23 Apr 1882
Albert Coates English conductor and composer (Eagle Pickwick) born in St Petersburg Russia (d. 1953)
23 Apr 1909
(Frederick) Erick Hawkins American modern ballet dancer and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company 1939-51 Erick Hawkins Dance Company 1951-94) born in Trinidad Colorado (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1914
Mitsu Suzuki Japanese-American Zen teacher (San Francisco Zen Center wife of Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki) (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1923
Nathan Dambuza Mdledle South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor (d. 1995)
23 Apr 1923
Walter Pitts American logician (A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity with Warren McCulloch) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 1969)
23 Apr 1931
Chuck Feeney American businessman (Duty Free Shoppers Group) and philanthropist (The Atlantic Philanthropies) who gave away almost his entire 8b fortune born in Elizabeth New Jersey
23 Apr 1939
David Birney American stage and screen actor (Bridget Loves Bernie St Elsewhere 1982-83) born in Washington D.C. (d. 2022)
23 Apr 1945
John Gwynne English sports commentator and reporter (PDC darts tournaments Sky Sports) born in Shropshire England (d. 2022)
23 Apr 1949
David Cross British progressive rock electric violinist (King Crimson 1972-74 David Cross Band Radius) born in Turnchapel England
23 Apr 1951
Allison Beth Krause American student killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 1970)
23 Apr 1957
Jan Hooks American comedienne and actress (SNL 1986-94 Designing Women 1991-93 3rd Rock from the Sun 1996-2000) born in Decatur Georgia (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1649
Andreas Kneller German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Lbeck (d. 1724)
23 Apr 1828
Albert King of Saxony (1873-1902) born in Dresden Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1902)
23 Apr 1856
Granville Woods American inventor 1st post civil war African American mechanical and electrical engineer invented telegraph for railways born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1910) [1]
23 Apr 1919
Arthur K. Watson American businessman (IBM) and US Ambassador to France (1970-72) born in Summit New Jersey (d. 1974) [1]
23 Apr 1923
James Kirkup English travel writer poet and novelist (African in Greenland) born in South Shields County Durham England (d. 2009)
23 Apr 1923
Nathan Dambuza Mdledle South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor born in Pimville Union of South Africa (d. 1995)
23 Apr 1930
Alan Oppenheimer American actor (6 Million Dollar Man Eischied) born in New York City
23 Apr 1932
Jim Fixx American jogger and writer (Jim Fixx on Running) born in New York City (d. 1984)
23 Apr 1940
Richard Monaco American sci-fi author (Grail War Final Quest) born in New York City
23 Apr 1941
Hal Daub American lawyer and politician (US Representative from Nebraska 1981-89 Mayor of Omaha. 1995-2001) born in Fort Bragg North Carolina
23 Apr 1948
Essra Mohawk [Sandra Hurvitz] American singer-songwriter born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2023) [1]
23 Apr 1951
Rob Fraboni American audio engineer record producer (Bob Dylan The Band Joe Cocker Donna the Buffalo) born in California
23 Apr 1953
Fred Upton American politician (US Representatives from Michigan 1987-2023) born in St. Joseph Michigan
23 Apr 1953
James Russo American actor (My Own Private IdahoChina Girl) born in New York City
23 Apr 1955
Tony Miles English chess player (first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title) born in Birmingham England (d. 2001)
23 Apr 1728
Samuel Wallis English explorer (Wallis Island) born in Camelford Cornwall England (d. 1795)
23 Apr 1786
Thomas Potter Cooke English actor first person to portray Frankenstein on stage born in London (d. 1864) [1]
23 Apr 1852
Edwin Markham American poet (1st winner of American Acad of Poets Award 1937) born in Oregon City (d. 1940)
23 Apr 1883
Robert Imrie American diplomat and spy whose death in a riot in Tehran created an international incident born in Washington D.C. (d. 1924) [1]
23 Apr 1911
Jzef Cyrankiewicz Polish socialist and later communist politician (Premier of Polish Peoples Republic 1947-52 & 1954-70) born in Tarnow Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
23 Apr 1914
Mitsu Suzuki Japanese-American poet tea teacher and wife of San Francisco Zen Center founder Shunryi Suzuki born in Japan (d. 2016)
23 Apr 1926
J. P. Donleavy American novelist (Ginger Man Onion Eaters) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2017)
23 Apr 1926
Rifaat el-Mahgoub Egyptian politician (Speaker of the House of Representatives 1984-90) born in Damietta Egypt (d. 1990)
23 Apr 1930
Alan Oppenheimer American Character actor (The Six Million Dollar Man Eischied) born in New York City
23 Apr 1930
Michael Bowen British clergyman (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark. 1977-2003 Bishop of Arundel and Brighton 197177) born in Gibraltar (d. 2019)
23 Apr 1931
Chuck Feeney American businessman (Duty Free Shoppers Group) and philanthropist (The Atlantic Philanthropies) who gave away almost his entire 8B fortune born in Elizabeth New Jersey (d. 2023)
23 Apr 1936
Etienne Elias Flemish painter born in Ostend Belgium (d. 2007)
23 Apr 1946
Stuart Orkin American stem cell biologist whose research led to first gene therapy using CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease born in New York City [1]
23 Apr 1949
John Miles [Errington] British rock vocalist guitarist and Hammond B-3 organist (John Miles Band - Music Rebel Alan Parsons Project Tina Turner) born in Jarrow Durham England (d. 2021)
23 Apr 1141
King Malcolm IV of Scotland nicknamed Virgo the Maiden King of Scots (1153-65) born in Scotland (approximate dates April or May) (d. 1165)
23 Apr 1336
Olivier V de Clisson The Butcher French-Breton military commander (Hundred Years War) born in Chteau de Clisson Brittany (d. 1407)
23 Apr 1464
Joan of France Duchess of Berry and Queen of France (1498-1505) and catholic saint who founded several religious orders born in Nogent-le-Roi County of Dreux (d. 1505)
23 Apr 1464
Robert Fayrfax English Renaissance composer (Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII) born in Deeping Gate Lincolnshire England (d. 1521)
23 Apr 1500
Alexander Ales [Alesius] Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1565)
23 Apr 1649
Andreas Kneller German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Lbeck Holy Roman Empire (d. 1724)
23 Apr 1715
Johann Friedrich Doles German composer pupil of J. S. Bach born in Steinbach Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Holy Roman Empire (d. 1797)
23 Apr 1735
Ildephons Haas German composer (Exultate jubilate Deo) born in Free Imperial City of Offenburg Holy Roman Empre (d. 1791)
23 Apr 1855
Earnest L. Wolzogen German writer (That tolle Komtess) born in Austria (d. 1934)
23 Apr 1857
Ruggero Leoncavallo Italian opera composer and librettist (I Pagliacci Zaz) born in Naples Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1919)
23 Apr 1872
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse British harpsichordist and clavichord player born in Harley Street St Marylebone London (d. 1948)
23 Apr 1908
Myron Waldman American animator (Fleischer Studio) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2006)
23 Apr 1909
Leo Jaffe American media executive philanthropist and chairman of Columbia Pictures (1973-81) born in New York City (d. 1997)
23 Apr 1916
Bud Wilkinson American College Football HOF coach (NCAA Cship 1950 55 56 Uni of Oklahoma 1947-63 St. Louis Cardinals 1978-79) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 1994)
23 Apr 1918
James Kirkup British travel writer poet and novelist (African in Greenland) born in South Shields England (d. 2009)
23 Apr 1919
Blent Arel Turkish-American contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Stereo Electronic Music No.1) educator (Yale 1961-70 SUNY Purchase 1971-89) and visual artist born in Istanbul Turkey (d. 1990)
23 Apr 1920
Louis Barron American composer and electronic music pioneer (with his wife Bebe - Forbidden Planet) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 1989)
23 Apr 1926
J. P. Donleavy American novelist (Ginger Man Onion Eaters) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2017)
23 Apr 1935
Ray Peterson American pop and rockabilly singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) and later Baptist minister born in Denton Texas (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1935
Vernice Bunky Green American jazz saxophonist (Healing The Pain) and educator born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 2025)
23 Apr 1937
Coleman Barks American scholar translator (The Essential Rumi) and poet (The Juice) born in Chattanooga Tennessee (d. 2026)
23 Apr 1939
Bill Hagerty British journalist and editor of The People (1991-92) born in Ilford England (d. 2025) [1]
23 Apr 1939
David Birney American stage and screen actor (Serpico Bridget Loves Bernie St Elsewhere) born in Washington D.C. (d. 2022)
23 Apr 1941
Michael Lynne American film producer (The Mortal Instruments City of Bones) born in Brooklyn New York City
23 Apr 1942
Tony Bechara [Antonio Jose Bechara] Puerto Rican grid artist and chairman of the board of El Museo del Barrio (2000-15) born in San Juan Puerto Rico (d. 2025) [1]
23 Apr 1943
Hugh Davies English composer born in Exmouth Devon England (d. 2005)
23 Apr 1947
Glenn Cornick English rock bassist (Jethro Tull 1967-70 Wild Turkey) born in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria England (d. 2014)
23 Apr 1947
Richie Beirach American jazz pianist (Quest) born in New York City (d. 2026) [1]
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