Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
April 26
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Paul-Émile Léger]], Canadian cardinal (d. 1991) * 1904 – [[Xenophon Zolotas]], Greek economist and politician, 177th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2004) *[[1905]] – [[Jean Vigo]], French director and screenwriter (d. 1934) *[[1907]] – [[Ilias Tsirimokos]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1968) *[[1909]] – [[Marianne Hoppe]], German actress (d. 2002) *[[1910]] – [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) *[[1911]] – [[Paul Verner]], German soldier and politician (d. 1986) *[[1912]] – [[A. E. van Vogt]], Canadian-American author (d. 2000) *[[1914]] – [[Bernard Malamud]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986) <!--His work dealt with Jewish topics--> * 1914 – [[James Rouse]], American real estate developer (d. 1996) *[[1916]] – [[Eyvind Earle]], American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000) * 1916 – [[Ken Wallis]], English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013) * 1916 – [[Morris West]], Australian author and playwright (d. 1999) *[[1917]] – [[Sal Maglie]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) * 1917 – [[I. M. Pei]], Chinese-American architect, designed the [[National Gallery of Art]] and [[Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)|Bank of China Tower]] (d. 2019) * 1917 – [[Virgil Trucks]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) *[[1918]] – [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004) *[[1921]] – [[Jimmy Giuffre]], American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008) *[[1922]] – [[J. C. Holt]], English historian and academic (d. 2014) * 1922 – [[Jeanne Sauvé]], Canadian journalist and politician, [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanne Sauvé {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Margaret Scott (dancer)|Margaret Scott]], South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2019) *[[1924]] – [[Browning Ross]], American runner and soldier (d. 1998) *[[1925]] – [[Vladimir Boltyansky]], Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019) * 1925 – [[Gerard Cafesjian]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Michele Ferrero]], Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015) * 1925 – [[Frank Hahn]], British economist (d. 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Michael Mathias Prechtl]], German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003) *[[1927]] – [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]], English actor (d. 2008) * 1927 – [[Anne McLaren]], British scientist (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=May |first1=Alex |title=McLaren, Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea (1927–2007), geneticist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-98949 |access-date=26 April 2021 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/98949 |date=6 January 2011|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref> * 1927 – [[Harry Gallatin]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) * 1927 – [[Granny Hamner]], American baseball player (d. 1993) *[[1929]] – [[Richard Mitchell]], American author and educator (d. 2002) *[[1930]] – [[Roger Moens]], Belgian runner and sportscaster *[[1931]] – [[Paul Almond]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) * 1931 – [[Bernie Brillstein]], American talent agent and producer (d. 2008) * 1931 – [[John Cain (junior)|John Cain Jr.]], Australian politician, 41st [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 2019) *[[1932]] – [[Israr Ahmed]], Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010) * 1932 – [[Shirley Cawley]], English long jumper * 1932 – [[Frank D'Rone]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) * 1932 – [[Francis Lai]], French accordion player and composer (d. 2018) * 1932 – [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2000) *[[1933]] – [[Carol Burnett]], American actress, singer, and producer<ref>{{cite news |last=Ferrell |first=David |title=Carol Burnett |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/carol-burnett/ |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Al McCoy (sportscaster)|Al McCoy]], American sports announcer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Duane |title=Al McCoy, voice of the Phoenix Suns for 51 seasons, dies at 91 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2024/09/21/al-mccoy-phoenix-suns-broadcaster-dead-at-91/75330038007/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Filiberto Ojeda Ríos]], Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005) * 1933 – [[Arno Allan Penzias]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2024) *[[1937]] – [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]], French racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015) *[[1938]] – [[Duane Eddy]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/|title=Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86|last=Morris|first=Chris|work=Variety|date=May 1, 2024|accessdate=May 3, 2024}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs|Maurice Williams]], American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter *[[1940]] – [[Giorgio Moroder]], Italian singer-songwriter and producer * 1940 – [[Cliff Watson]], English rugby league player (d. 2018) * 1940 – [[Tan Cheng Bock]], Singaporean doctor and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=PSP's Tan Cheng Bock turns 85; SDP's Paul Tambyah joins celebration at Teban Gardens |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/psps-tan-cheng-bock-turns-85-sdps-paul-tambyah-joins-celebration-teban-gardens |website=AsiaOne |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en |date=26 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Claudine Auger]], French model and actress (d. 2019) *[[1942]] – [[Svyatoslav Belza]], Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014) * 1942 – [[Sharon Carstairs]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Representative of the Government in the Senate|Leader of the Government in the Senate]] * 1942 – [[Michael Kergin]], Canadian diplomat, [[List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States|Canadian Ambassador to the United States]] * 1942 – [[Bobby Rydell]], American singer and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=James Stuart Olson|title=Historical Dictionary of the 1950s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSBDF5_L3BgC&pg=PA255|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30619-8|pages=255}}</ref> (d. 2022) * 1942 – [[Jadwiga Staniszkis]], Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic (d. 2024) *[[1943]] – [[Gary Wright]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2023) * 1943 – [[Peter Zumthor]], Swiss architect and academic, designed the [[Therme Vals]] *[[1944]] – [[Richard Bradshaw (conductor)|Richard Bradshaw]], English conductor (d. 2007) *[[1945]] – [[Richard Armitage (government official)|Richard Armitage]], American diplomat and government official (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=April 15, 2025 |title=Richard L. Armitage, 79, Dies; State Department Official in a Turbulent Era |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/richard-l-armitage-dead.html |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *1945 – [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]], English director and producer (d. 2016) * 1945 – [[Dick Johnson (racing driver)|Dick Johnson]], Australian racing driver * 1945 – [[Sylvain Simard]], Canadian academic and politician *[[1946]] – [[Ralph Coates]], English international footballer (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/28/ralph-coates-obituary|title=Obituries: Ralph Coates |date=28 December 2010 |publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Marilyn Nelson]], American poet and author * 1946 – [[Alberto Quintano]], Chilean footballer *[[1949]] – [[Carlos Bianchi]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1949 – [[Jerry Blackwell]], American wrestler (d. 1995) *[[1950]] – [[Junko Ohashi]], Japanese singer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=「シルエット・ロマンス」大橋純子さん急逝 73歳 3月に食道がん再発判明、闘病中の突然の悲報… |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/11/11/kiji/20231111s000413H4147000c.html |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=[[Sponichi Annex]] |date=11 November 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[John Battle (politician)|John Battle]], English politician *[[1954]] – [[Tatyana Fomina]], Estonian chess player * 1954 – [[Alan Hinkes]], English mountaineer and explorer *[[1955]] – [[Kurt Bodewig]], German politician *[[1956]] – [[Koo Stark]], American actress and photographer *[[1958]] – [[John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute]], Scottish racing driver (d. 2021) * 1958 – [[Giancarlo Esposito]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="Chase2020">{{cite book | title = Chase's calendar of events 2021 : the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | location = Lanham, Maryland | year = 2020 | isbn = 9781641434249 | page=243}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Georgios Kostikos (footballer, born 1958)|Georgios Kostikos]], Greek footballer, coach, and manager *[[1959]] – [[John Corabi]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1959 – [[Pedro Pierluisi]], Puerto Rican politician<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf |title=Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 |publisher=[[Government Printing Office]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-16-092028-8 |editor-last=Historian of the United States House of Representatives |editor-link=Historian of the United States House of Representatives |location=[[Washington D.C.]] |pages=684 |chapter=Pedro Pierluisi |chapter-url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf#page=694 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf#page=694 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[H. G. Carrillo]], American writer and academic (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Max |first1=D. T. |title=The Novelist Whose Inventions Went Too Far |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/h-g-carrillo-the-novelist-whose-inventions-went-too-far |access-date=14 March 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=99 |issue=5 |date=13 March 2023 |page=32 |url-access=subscription |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Steve Lombardozzi]], American baseball player and coach * 1960 – [[Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)|Roger Taylor]], English drummer *[[1961]] – [[Joan Chen]], Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="Chase2020"/> * 1961 – [[Chris Mars]], American artist *[[1962]] – [[Colin Anderson (footballer)|Colin Anderson]], English footballer * 1962 – [[Debra Wilson]], American actress and comedian *[[1963]] – [[Jet Li]], Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer<ref name="Chase2020"/> * 1963 – [[Colin Scotts]], Australian-American football player * 1963 – [[Cornelia Ullrich]], German hurdler * 1963 – [[Bill Wennington]], Canadian basketball player *[[1965]] – [[Susannah Harker]], English actress * 1965 – [[Kevin James]], American actor and comedian *[[1967]] – [[Kane (wrestler)|Glenn Thomas Jacobs]], American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician * 1967 – [[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]], English actress and singer-songwriter * 1967 – [[Toomas Tõniste]], Estonian sailor and politician *[[1970]] – [[Dean Austin]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=295|title=Dean Austin |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Melania Trump]], Slovene-American model; 47th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]]<ref name="Chase2020"/> * 1970 – [[Kristen R. Ghodsee]], American ethnographer and academic * 1970 – [[Tionne Watkins|Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress * [[1971]] – [[Naoki Tanaka (comedian)|Naoki Tanaka]], Japanese comedian and actor *1971 – [[Jay DeMarcus]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer *[[1972]] – [[Jason Bargwanna]], Australian racing driver * 1972 – [[Kiko (footballer, born 1972)|Kiko]], Spanish footballer * 1972 – [[Natrone Means]], American football player and coach * 1972 – [[Avi Nimni]], Israeli footballer and manager *[[1973]] – [[Geoff Blum]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1973 – [[Jules Naudet]], French-American director and producer * 1973 – [[Chris Perry (English footballer)|Chris Perry]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6278|title=Chris Perry |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Óscar García (footballer, born 1973)|Óscar]], Spanish footballer and coach *[[1975]] – [[Joey Jordison]], American musician and songwriter (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Joey Jordison, Founding Slipknot Drummer, Dead at 46 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joey-jordison-slipknot-dead-1203167/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=28 July 2021 |date=27 July 2021}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Rahul Verma]], Indian social worker and activist *[[1976]] – [[Václav Varaďa]], Czech ice hockey player *[[1977]] – [[Samantha Cristoforetti]], Italian astronaut * 1977 – [[Kosuke Fukudome]], Japanese baseball player<ref name="Chase2020"/> * 1977 – [[Roxana Saberi]], American journalist and author * 1977 – [[Tom Welling]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/interviews/a11471/tom-welling/ |title=Getting to Know: Tom Welling |last=Audrey Fine |date=September 26, 2006 |website=[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]] |access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Stana Katic]], Canadian actress * 1978 – [[Peter Madsen (footballer)|Peter Madsen]], Danish footballer *[[1980]] – [[Jordana Brewster]], Panamanian-American actress * 1980 – [[Marlon King]], English footballer * 1980 – [[Anna Mucha]], Polish actress and journalist * 1980 – [[Channing Tatum]], American actor and producer *[[1981]] – [[Caro Emerald]], Dutch pop and jazz singer * 1981 – [[Ms. Dynamite]], English rapper and producer * 1981 – [[Sandra Schmitt]], German skier (d. 2000) *[[1982]] – [[Novlene Williams-Mills]], Jamaican sprinter *[[1983]] – [[José María López]], Argentinian racing driver * 1983 – [[Jessica Lynch]], American soldier *[[1985]] – [[John Isner]], American tennis player *[[1986]] – [[Lior Refaelov]], Israeli footballer * 1986 – [[Yuliya Zaripova]], Russian runner *[[1987]] – [[Jorge Andújar Moreno]], Spanish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Melvin Ingram]], American football player * 1989 – [[Kang Daesung]], South Korean singer<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://aminoapps.com/c/big-bang-amino/page/item/kang-daesung/QYlb_q6HYI35Mnj3K3bnm0DrMMnpk2rRJ6 | title=🐼Kang Daesung🐼 | Wiki | Big Bang Amino Amino }}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Jonathan dos Santos]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan dos Santos |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jonathan-dos-santos/ |website=mlssoccer.com |publisher=MLS |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Mitch Rein]], Australian rugby league player * 1990 – [[Nevin Spence]], Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012) * 1990 – [[Joey Wendle]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joey Wendle Bio |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/joey-wendle-621563 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> * [[1991]] – [[Peter Handscomb]], Australian cricketer * 1991 – [[Isaac Liu]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1992]] – [[Aaron Judge]], American baseball player * 1992 – [[Delon Wright]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delon Wright {{!}} Atlanta Hawks |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626153,%20https://www.nba.com/player/1626153/delon_wright/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Daniil Kvyat]], Russian racing driver<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicane|title=The Fastest Show on Earth: The Mammoth Book of Formula 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3udeBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT256|date=3 September 2015|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-4721-1052-7|pages=256}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Odysseas Vlachodimos]], Greek international footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Odysseas Vlachodimos |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/20547/Odysseas-Vlachodimos/overview |website=premierleague.com |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Jordan Pefok]], American footballer<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ussoccerplayers.com/player/jordan-pefok-usmnt | title=Jordan Pefok – USMNT | date=9 September 2021 }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Max Hechtman]], American filmmaker, video editor and videographer<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cognac|last=Wellerlane|title=Award Winners Announced at the 26th Annual Long Island International Film Expo Closing Ceremony|url=https://www.cognacscornermagazine.com/long-island-international-film-expo|access-date=2024-05-04|website=Cognacs Corner Magazine|language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Kirill Kaprizov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kirill Kaprizov Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/wild/player/kirill-kaprizov-8478864 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Amber Midthunder]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_eK_uhnU4V/?hl=en|title=22, what a year you were. I'll miss you (and having a @taylorswift song titled after my age). Hello 👋🏼 23. Thank you for all the birthday wishes💖|publisher=Amber Midthunder on [[Instagram]]|date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Calvin Verdonk]], Indonesian footballer<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/teams/speler/calvin-verdonk-2.htm | title=Calvin Verdonk | date=11 March 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Thiago Almada]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Christenson |first1=Marcus |last2=Powell |first2=Jim |last3=Blight |first3=Garry |last4=Hulley-Jones |first4=Frank |title=Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/oct/11/next-generation-2018-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football |access-date=2022-04-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Alex Sarr]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Sarr - Washington Wizards Power Forward |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5160992/alex-sarr |website=ESPN |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, 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. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. -->
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
April 26
(section)
Add topic
