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==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1412]] – [[Reinhard III, Count of Hanau]] (1451–1452) (d. 1452) *[[1444]] – [[Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk]] (d. 1503) *[[1451]] – [[Isabella I of Castile]] (d. 1504) *[[1518]] – [[Antoine of Navarre]] (d. 1562) *[[1592]] – [[Wilhelm Schickard]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635) ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Pope Alexander VIII]] (d. 1691) *[[1658]] – [[Giuseppe Torelli]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709) *[[1690]] – [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (d. 1763) *[[1707]] – [[Henry Fielding]], English novelist and playwright (d. 1754) *[[1711]] – [[Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy]], Austrian soldier (d. 1762) *[[1724]] – [[Immanuel Kant]], German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804) *[[1732]] – [[John Johnson (architect, born 1732)|John Johnson]], English architect and surveyor (d. 1814) *[[1744]] – [[James Sullivan (governor)|James Sullivan]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1808) *[[1766]] – [[Germaine de Staël]], French author and political philosopher (d. 1817) *[[1812]] – [[Solomon Caesar Malan]], Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894) *[[1816]] – [[Charles-Denis Bourbaki]], French general (d. 1897) *[[1830]] – [[Emily Davies]], British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of [[Girton College, Cambridge]] University (d. 1921)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |id=32741 |title=Davies, (Sarah) Emily |first=Sara |last=Delamont}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southampton.gov.uk/Images/LHF2010autumn_tcm46-309725.pdf|title=Carlton Crescent: Southampton's most spectacular Regency development|date=2013-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127070142/http://southampton.gov.uk/Images/LHF2010autumn_tcm46-309725.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Julius Sterling Morton]], American journalist and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] (d. 1902) *[[1844]] – [[Lewis Powell (conspirator)|Lewis Powell]], American soldier, attempted assassin of [[William H. Seward]] (d. 1865) *[[1852]] – [[William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] (d. 1912) *[[1854]] – [[Henri La Fontaine]], Belgian lawyer and author, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1943) *[[1858]] – [[Ethel Smyth]], English composer (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=36173 |title=Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary |first=Elizabeth |last=Kertesz}}</ref> * 1858 – [[Fritz Mayer van den Bergh]], Belgian art collector and art historian (d. 1901)<ref>{{in lang|nl}} Jozef De Coo, Fritz Mayer van den Bergh: De verzamelaar, de verzameling. Schoten, C. Govaerts, 1979.</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian revolutionary and founder of [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] (d. 1924) *[[1872]] – [[Princess Margaret of Prussia]] (d. 1954) *[[1873]] – [[Ellen Glasgow]], American author (d. 1945) *[[1874]] – [[Wu Peifu]], Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the [[Beiyang Army]] (d. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmw.cn/content/2004-11/07/content_127301.htm|title=军阀吴佩孚的复杂人生|date=7 November 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212133808/http://www.gmw.cn/content/2004-11/07/content_127301.htm|archive-date=12 February 2005|access-date=13 July 2022|lang=Chinese}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Róbert Bárány]], Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1936) * 1876 – [[Georg Lurich]], Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920) *[[1879]] – [[Bernhard Gregory]], Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939) *[[1884]] – [[Otto Rank]], Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1939) *[[1886]] – [[Izidor Cankar]], Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958) *[[1887]] – [[Harald Bohr]], Danish mathematician and footballer (d. 1951)<ref>[[Jagdish Mehra]], [[Helmut Rechenberg]] (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=W5kyppVPyesC&dq=Harald+Bohr+22+april+1887&pg=PA182 ''The Historical Development of Quantum Theory'']</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Richard Glücks]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1945) *[[1891]] – [[Laura Gilpin]], American photographer (d. 1979) * 1891 – [[Vittorio Jano]], Italian engineer (d. 1965) * 1891 – [[Harold Jeffreys]], English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989) * 1891 – [[Sacco and Vanzetti|Nicola Sacco]], Italian-American anarchist (d. 1927) *[[1892]] – [[Vernon Johns]], African-American minister and activist (d. 1965) *[[1899]] – [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born novelist and critic (d. 1977) *[[1900]] – [[Nellie Beer]], British politician, Lord Mayor of [[Manchester]] (d. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/b_body.htm|title=Women of History - B|website=abitofhistory.net|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], American physicist and academic (d. 1967) *[[1905]] – [[Robert Choquette]], American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991) *[[1906]] – [[Eric Fenby]], English composer and educator (d. 1997) * 1906 – [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]] (d. 1947) *[[1909]] – [[Rita Levi-Montalcini]], Italian neurologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2012) * 1909 – [[Indro Montanelli]], Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001) * 1909 – [[Spyros Markezinis]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2000) *[[1910]] – [[Norman Steenrod]], American mathematician and academic (d. 1971) *[[1912]] – [[Kathleen Ferrier]], English operatic singer (d. 1953) * 1912 – [[Kaneto Shindo]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) *[[1914]] – [[Baldev Raj Chopra]], Indian director and producer (d. 2008) * 1914 – [[Jan de Hartog]], Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002) * 1914 – [[José Quiñones Gonzales]], Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941) * 1914 – [[Michael Wittmann]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1944) *[[1916]] – [[Hanfried Lenz]], German mathematician and academic (d. 2013) * 1916 – [[Yehudi Menuhin]], American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999) *[[1917]] – [[Yvette Chauviré]], French ballerina (d. 2016) * 1917 – [[Sidney Nolan]], Australian painter (d. 1992) *[[1918]] – [[William Jay Smith]], American poet and academic (d. 2015) * 1918 – [[Mickey Vernon]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2008) *[[1919]] – [[Donald J. Cram]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2001) * 1919 – [[Carl Lindner, Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011) *[[1922]] – [[Richard Diebenkorn]], American soldier and painter (d. 1993) * 1922 – [[Charles Mingus]], American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979) * 1922 – [[Wolf V. Vishniac]], American microbiologist and academic (d. 1973) *[[1923]] – [[Peter Kane Dufault]], American soldier, pilot, and poet (d. 2013) * 1923 – [[Bettie Page]], American model and actress (d. 2008) * 1923 – [[Aaron Spelling]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) *[[1924]] – [[Nam Duck-woo]], South Korean politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] (d. 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Charlotte Rae]], American actress and singer (d. 2018) * 1926 – [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], Scottish architect, designed the [[Staatsgalerie Stuttgart]] and [[Seeley Historical Library]] (d. 1992) *[[1927]] – [[Laurel Aitken]], Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005) *[[1928]] – [[Estelle Harris]], American actress and comedian (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traub |first1=Alex |title=Estelle Harris, George's Mother on 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/obituaries/estelle-harris-dead.html |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=April 3, 2022}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Michael Atiyah]], English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (d. 2019) * 1929 – [[Robert Wade-Gery]], English diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India|British High Commissioner to India]] (d. 2015) *[[1930]] – [[Enno Penno]], Estonian politician, [[Estonian government-in-exile|Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 2016) *[[1931]] – [[John Buchanan (Canadian politician)|John Buchanan]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d. 2019) * 1931 – [[Ronald Hynd]], English dancer and choreographer *[[1933]] – [[Anthony Llewellyn]], Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (d. 2013) *[[1935]] – [[Christopher Ball (linguist)|Christopher Ball]], English linguist and academic * 1935 – [[Paul Chambers]], African-American bassist and composer (d. 1969) * 1935 – [[Bhama Srinivasan]], Indian-American mathematician and academic *[[1936]] – [[Glen Campbell]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2017) * 1936 – [[Pierre Hétu]], Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998) *[[1937]] – [[Jack Nicholson]], American actor and producer * 1937 – [[Jack Nitzsche]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 2000) *[[1938]] – [[Alan Bond]], English-Australian businessman (d. 2015) * 1938 – [[Gani Fawehinmi]], Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009) * 1938 – [[Issey Miyake]], Japanese fashion designer (d. 2022) * 1938 – [[Adam Raphael]], English journalist and author *[[1939]] – [[Mel Carter]], American singer and actor * 1939 – [[John Foley (British Army general)|John Foley]], English general and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]] * 1939 – [[Ray Guy (humorist)|Ray Guy]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 2013) * 1939 – [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], American actor and playwright (d. 2001) * 1939 – [[Theodor Waigel]], German lawyer and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|German Federal Minister of Finance]] *[[1941]] – [[Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising]], English politician *[[1942]] – [[Giorgio Agamben]], Italian philosopher and academic * 1942 – [[Mary Prior]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Bristol]] *[[1943]] – [[Keith Crisco]], American businessman and politician (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Janet Evanovich]], American author * 1943 – [[Louise Glück]], American poet (d. 2023) * 1943 – [[John Maples, Baron Maples]], English lawyer and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Defence]] (d. 2012) * 1943 – [[Scott W. Williams]], American mathematician and professor *[[1944]] – [[Steve Fossett]], American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007) * 1944 – [[Doug Jarrett]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) * 1944 – [[Joshua Rifkin]], American conductor and musicologist *[[1945]] – [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd [[Governor of West Bengal]] * 1945 – [[Demetrio Stratos]], Greek-Egyptian singer-songwriter (d. 1979) *[[1946]] – [[Steven L. Bennett]], American captain and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1972) * 1946 – [[Paul Davies]], English physicist and author * 1946 – [[Louise Harel]], Canadian lawyer and politician * 1946 – [[Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope]], Scottish lawyer and politician * 1946 – [[Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford]], English economist and academic * 1946 – [[John Waters]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1948]] – [[John Pritchard (bishop)|John Pritchard]], English bishop *[[1949]] – [[Spencer Haywood]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Spencer Haywood|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/spencer-haywood/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Peter Frampton]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1950 – [[Jancis Robinson]], English journalist and critic *[[1951]] – [[Aivars Kalējs]], Latvian organist, composer, and pianist * 1951 – [[Ana María Shua]], Argentinian author and poet * [[1952]] – [[Marilyn Chambers]], American actress <ref>{{cite web | title= Marilyn Chambers, Sex Star, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/movies/14chambers.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 April 2009 | access-date=15 April 2025 |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce }}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Donald Tusk]], Polish journalist and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] *[[1959]] – [[Terry Francona]], American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry Francona |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/terry-francona-114378 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Ryan Stiles]], American-Canadian actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Laughing all the way with Ryan Stiles |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/laughing-all-the-way-with-ryan-stiles-1492804179.html |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=21 April 2017}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Mart Laar]], Estonian historian and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] *[[1961]] – [[Jeff Hostetler]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Hostetler |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/6493/jeff-hostetler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Alo Mattiisen]], Estonian composer (d. 1996) *[[1962]] – [[Jeff Minter]], British video game designer and programmer<ref>Boule, Pete. "[http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview Jeff Minter, fondateur de Llamasoft – Interview ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805010343/http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview |date=5 August 2012 }}." ''[[Eurogamer]]''. 10 July 2012.</ref> * 1962 – [[Danièle Sauvageau]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1963]] – [[Rosalind Gill]], English sociologist and academic * 1963 – [[Sean Lock]], English comedian and actor (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Sean Lock obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/18/sean-lock-obituary |access-date=22 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 August 2021}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Mickey Morandini]], American baseball player and manager * 1966 – [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=BreAnna |title=Hilarie Burton Celebrates Husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Birthday: 'Made Life a Massive Adventure' |url=https://people.com/tv/hilarie-burton-celebrates-husband-jeffrey-dean-morgans-birthday-with/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=22 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[David J. C. MacKay]], English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 2016) * 1967 – [[Sherri Shepherd]], American actress, comedian, and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mazziotta |first1=Julie |title=Sherri Shepherd Celebrates Her 54th Birthday After Losing 20 Lbs.: 'This Is the Best I've Ever Felt' |url=https://people.com/health/sherri-shepherd-committed-losing-20-lbs-during-pandemic-health-concerns/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=22 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Regine Velasquez]], Filipino singer and actress<ref>{{cite news|last1=Valisno|first1=Jeffrey|title=Fairy tale|url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Weekender&title=fairy-tale&id=61469|newspaper=[[BusinessWorld|Business World]]|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127042321/http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Weekender&title=fairy-tale&id=61469|archive-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Dan Cloutier]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Paul Malakwen Kosgei]], Kenyan runner and coach *[[1979]] – [[Zoltán Gera]], Hungarian international footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=30134|title=Zoltán Gera|publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Daniel Johns]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1980]] – [[Quincy Timberlake]], Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician *[[1982]] – [[Kaká]], Brazilian footballer *[[1983]] – [[Sam W. Heads]], English-American entomologist and palaeontologist * 1983 – [[Shkëlzen Shala]], Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist *[[1986]] – [[Amber Heard]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNiece |first1=Mia |title=Amber Heard Heads to the Desert to Celebrate Her 30th Birthday With Husband Johnny Depp |url=https://people.com/celebrity/amber-heard-celebrates-30th-birthday-with-husband-johnny-depp/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=25 April 2016}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Marshawn Lynch]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marshawn Lynch |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/10456/marshawn-lynch |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[David Luiz]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Luiz |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4100/David-Luiz/overview |publisher=[[Premier League]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Dee Strange-Gordon]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dee Strange-Gordon |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dee-strange-gordon-543829 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]], American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Machine Gun Kelly {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-gun-kelly-mn0002125399/biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918065010/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-gun-kelly-mn0002125399/biography|archive-date=2017-09-18|access-date=2021-06-22|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Kevin Kiermaier]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Kiermaier |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-kiermaier-595281 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Eve Muirhead]], Scottish curler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eve Muirhead |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/118887 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=15 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Danni Wyatt]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danielle Wyatt {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/danielle-wyatt/t2QH-O5tmkSaPzG0zyXk_Q/bio|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Danni Wyatt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/danni-wyatt-254168|access-date=2021-04-23|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Violet McGraw]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/violet_mcgraw|title=Violet McGraw|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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