History Births on April 01

Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)

#Ferruccio_Busoni

Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)

#Edwin_Austin_Abbey

Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress

#Anamaria_Marinca

Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (d. 1961)

#Whittaker_Chambers

Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer

#Taran_Killam

O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)

#O._W._Fischer

C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)

#C._Ganesha_Iyer

Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer

#Brad_Meltzer

Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia

#Nicola_Roxon

Dennis Kruppke, German footballer

#Dennis_Kruppke

Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist

#Vitor_Belfort

Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015)

#Grace_Lee_Whitney

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680)

#John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester

Robin Lopez, American basketball player

#Robin_Lopez

Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman

#Gérard_Mestrallet

Debbie Reynolds, Scottish-Irish American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2016)

#Debbie_Reynolds

Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)

#Edvard_Drabløs

Logan Paul, American Youtuber and actor

#Logan_Paul

Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, American aerospace engineer

#Aprille_Ericsson-Jackson

Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)

#Eddy_Duchin

Chris Evans, English radio and television host

#Chris_Evans_(presenter)

Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018)

#Brendan_Byrne

Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1992)

#Jeff_Porcaro

Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer

#Helmuth_Duckadam

Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)

#Wallace_Beery

Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)

#Emperor_Go-Saga

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Claude_Cohen-Tannoudji

Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)

#Gaston_Eyskens

Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2009)

#Norm_Van_Lier

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and musician

#Jimmy_Cliff

Walter Mead, English cricketer (d. 1954)

#Walter_Mead_(cricketer)

Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator

#Hazem_El_Masri

Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (d. 1980)

#Cicely_Courtneidge

Javier Irureta, Spanish footballer and manager

#Javier_Irureta

John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer

#John_Butler_(musician)

Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer

#Barry_Sonnenfeld

Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (d. 1983)

#Larry_McDonald

Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor

#Christian_Finnegan

Francine Prose, American novelist, short story writer, and critic

#Francine_Prose

Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter

#Hillary_Scott

Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright

#Milan_Kundera

Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

#Chris_Grayling

Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player

#Ding_Junhui

Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (d. 2010)

#Loris_Kessel

Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1382)

#Blanche_of_France,_Duchess_of_Orléans

Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)

#Edmond_Rostand

Philippe Kirsch, Canadian lawyer and judge

#Philippe_Kirsch

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (d. 1691)

#Jean-Henri_d'Anglebert

Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician

#Daniel_Paillé

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347)

#Louis_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper

#Bjørn_Einar_Romøren

Phillip Schofield, English television host

#Phillip_Schofield

Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)

#Walter_Bahr

Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (d. 1977)

#Clementine_Churchill

Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)

#Edgar_Wallace

Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)

#Denise_Nickerson

Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)

#Luigi_Schiavonetti

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)

#Richard_Adolf_Zsigmondy

Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security

#Nikitas_Kaklamanis

Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)

#Lon_Chaney

Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1898)

#Otto_von_Bismarck

Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper

#Ruth_Beitia

José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator

#José_Rodrigues_dos_Santos

Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)

#Ferenc_Puskás

Brook Lopez, American basketball player

#Brook_Lopez

Oliver Turvey, English racing driver

#Oliver_Turvey

Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager

#Jonathan_Haze

Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)

#Toshiro_Mifune

Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager

#Arrigo_Sacchi

Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)

#Simon_Bolivar_Buckner

Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright

#Rolf_Hochhuth

Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993)

#Memos_Makris

Beth Tweddle, English gymnast

#Beth_Tweddle

Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager

#Clarence_Seedorf

Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)

#Paul_Hasluck

Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon

#Paul_Manafort

Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1997)

#Ronnie_Lane

Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (d. 1703)

#Charles_de_Saint-Évremond

Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam

#Tarun_Gogoi

Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist

#Haimar_Zubeldia

Daniel Murphy, American baseball player

#Daniel_Murphy_(baseball)

Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager

#Phil_Niekro

Bijou Phillips, American actress and model

#Bijou_Phillips

Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)

#Joseph_de_Maistre

Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011)

#Anne_McCaffrey

Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver

#Álex_Palou

Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)

#Stanislaus_Zbyszko

George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)

#George_Dance_the_Younger

D. Boon, American singer and musician (d. 1985)

#D._Boon

Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach

#Stephen_Fleming

Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (d. 2014)

#Frederic_Schwartz

Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater

#Jan_Blokhuijsen

David Oyelowo, English actor

#David_Oyelowo

Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician

#Dafydd_Wigley

Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)

#Sean_Taylor

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1998)

#Jean-Pascal_Delamuraz

Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)

#Payut_Ngaokrachang

William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (d. 1944)

#William_James_Sidis

Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager

#Samboy_Lim

Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic

#Samuel_R._Delany

Dean Windass, English footballer and manager

#Dean_Windass

Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Darren_McCarty

Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach

#Sergio_Scariolo

Ève Lavallière, French actress (d. 1929)

#Ève_Lavallière

F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)

#F._Melius_Christiansen

Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic

#Richard_D._Wolff

Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

#Wangari_Maathai

Etan Thomas, American basketball player

#Etan_Thomas

Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1831)

#Sophie_Germain

Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author

#Rachel_Maddow

Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)

#Harry_Carney

William Harvey, English physician and academic (d. 1657)

#William_Harvey

Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist (d. 2019)

#Shivakumara_Swami

Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver

#Shinji_Nakano

David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster

#David_Gower

Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic

#Bernard_Stiegler

Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic

#Alain_Connes

David N'Gog, French footballer

#David_N'Gog

Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager

#Erik_Breukink

William Mulready, Irish genre painter (d. 1863)

#William_Mulready

Asa Butterfield, English actor

#Asa_Butterfield

Randy Orton, American wrestler

#Randy_Orton

Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (d. 1901)

#Louis-Zéphirin_Moreau

David Gilliland, American race car driver

#David_Gilliland

Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player

#Antonis_Fotsis

John Abizaid, American general

#John_Abizaid

Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Jane_Powell

K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)

#K._B._Hedgewar

Susan Boyle, Scottish singer

#Susan_Boyle

Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist

#Samuel_Alito

Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager

#Mehmet_Özdilek

Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland

#Alexander_Stubb

Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

#Magdalena_Maleeva

Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan

#Humayun_Akhtar_Khan

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)

#Sergei_Rachmaninoff

Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales

#Mike_Baird

Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)

#Edward_Clark_(governor)

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)

#Alexander_Sergeyevich_Yakovlev

Annette O'Toole, American actress

#Annette_O'Toole

Ali MacGraw, American model and actress

#Ali_MacGraw

Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)

#Duke_Jordan

Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)

#Ernest_Barnes

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer

#Abdul_Qadeer_Khan

Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager

#Alberto_Zaccheroni

Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799)

#Pieter_Hellendaal

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)

#Jean_Anthelme_Brillat-Savarin

Laurette Taylor, Irish-American actress (d. 1946)

#Laurette_Taylor

Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast

#Deng_Linlin

Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower

#Andreas_Thorkildsen

Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1938)

#Octavian_Goga

Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player

#Mirka_Federer

Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director

#Andreas_Schnaas

James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872)

#James_Fisk_(financier)

Christian Vietoris, German racing driver

#Christian_Vietoris

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)

#François_de_Bonne,_Duke_of_Lesdiguières

Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)

#Dan_Flavin

Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)

#Gil_Scott-Heron

Julia Fischer, German discus thrower

Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer

Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer

Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)

Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player

Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager

Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter

Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower

Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player

Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete

Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach

Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress

John Morris, English cricketer

Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)

Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (d. 1988)

Mark Shulman, American author

Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Terry Nichols, American criminal

Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster

Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach

Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (d. 2018)

Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)

Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)

Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host

George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)

Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)

William Manchester, American historian and author (d. 2004)

Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)

William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)

Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)

Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)

Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)

Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002)

Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (d. 1998)

Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)

Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)

Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)

Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)

Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (d. 1981)

Gustavs Celmi?š, Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)

Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)

Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)

William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)

Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763)

Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)