History Births on April 02

Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Gregory_Abbott

Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)

#Prince_George_of_Denmark

Per Elofsson, Swedish skier

#Per_Elofsson

Clark Gregg, American actor

#Clark_Gregg

Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)

#Joseph_Bernardin

Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)

#Will_Hoy

Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)

#Clément_Ader

J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)

#J._C._Squire

Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Lee_DeWyze

Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player

#Tayfun_Korkut

Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)

#Rodney_King

Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)

#Elisabeth_of_Valois

Gloria Henry, American actress

#Gloria_Henry

David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player

#David_Ferrer

Joan D. Vinge, American author

#Joan_D._Vinge

Yves Lavandier, French director and producer

#Yves_Lavandier

Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach

#Reggie_Smith

Brad Jones, Australian race car driver

#Brad_Jones_(racing_driver)

Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)

#Max_Ernst

David Heyes, English politician

#David_Heyes

Dr. Demento, American radio host

#Dr._Demento

Anne Waldman, American poet

#Anne_Waldman

John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army

#John_Larsson

Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player

#Wairangi_Koopu

Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)

#Leon_Russell

David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004)

#David_Robinson_(horticulturist)

György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author

#György_Konrád

John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)

#John_C._Whitehead

William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (d. 1910)

#William_Holman_Hunt

Miralem Pjani?, Bosnian footballer

#Miralem_Pjani?

Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)

#Alec_Guinness

Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

#Lise_Thibault

Camille Paglia, American author and critic

#Camille_Paglia

Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)

#Chico_Xavier

Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (d. 1940)

#Chiungtze_C._Tsen

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)

#Francesco_Maria_Grimaldi

Yung Joc, American rapper

#Yung_Joc

Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player

#Engin_Atsür

Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)

#Erastus_Brigham_Bigelow

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)

#Johann_Wilhelm_Ludwig_Gleim

Jack Evans, American wrestler

#Jack_Evans_(wrestler)

Pierre Carles, French director and producer

#Pierre_Carles

Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer

#Remo_D'Souza

Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach

#Larry_Drew

Christopher Meloni, American actor

#Christopher_Meloni

Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor

#Bill_Romanowski

Karl Beattie, English director and producer

#Karl_Beattie

Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)

#Charlemagne

Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)

#Francisco_de_Paula_Santander

Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Billy_Pierce

Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)

#Jack_Webb

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (d. 1665)

#Mary_of_Jesus_of_Ágreda

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (d. 1874)

#August_Heinrich_Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben

Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Billy_Dean

Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter

#Phil_Demmel

Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater

#Stéphane_Lambiel

Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)

#Bobby_Ávila

Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (d. 2018)

#Carl_Kasell

Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)

#Jan_Tschichold

David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#David_Frankel

Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress

#Roselyn_Sánchez

Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor

#Kapil_Sharma_(comedian)

Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)

#Mike_Hailwood

Mike Gascoyne, English engineer

#Mike_Gascoyne

Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach

#Pete_Incaviglia

Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer

#Shaul_Ladany

Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer

#Malika_Oufkir

Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)

#Paul_Triquet

Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (d. 1857)

#Dominic_Savio

Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)

#Marvin_Gaye

Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor

#Anthony_Lake

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)

#Ricky_Hendrick

Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler

#Jonathon_Sharkey

Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer

#Michael_Fassbender

Teddy Sheringham, English footballer and coach

#Teddy_Sheringham

John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)

#John_Corvinus

Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)

#Maria_Sibylla_Merian

Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer

#Rory_Sabbatini

Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice

#Hanno_Pevkur

Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)

#Léon_Gambetta

Scott Lynch, American author

#Scott_Lynch

Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast

#Yevgeniya_Kanayeva

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower

#Katrin_Rutschow-Stomporowski

Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter

#Jürgen_Drews

Linda Hunt, American actress

#Linda_Hunt

Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987)

#Lionel_Chevrier

Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player

#Jesse_Carmichael

Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (d. 1652)

#Pietro_Della_Valle

Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Don_Sutton

Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (d. 1958)

#Tristão_de_Bragança_Cunha

Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)

#Harald_Andersson

Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (d. 1875)

#Henry_L._Benning

Rita Gam, American actress (d. 2016)

#Rita_Gam

Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver

#Juha_Kankkunen

Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)

#Dick_Radatz

Roy Masters, English-American radio host

#Roy_Masters_(commentator)

Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator

#Rosemary_Bryant_Mariner

Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host

#Paul_Gambaccini

Andris Biedri?š, Latvian basketball player

#Andris_Biedri?š

Jesse Plemons, American actor

#Jesse_Plemons

Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

#Michael_Boyce,_Baron_Boyce

Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician

#Jim_Allister

Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Greg_Camp

Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Emmylou_Harris

Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)

#Hughie_Jennings

Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter

#Paquita_la_del_Barrio

Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer

#Ayako_Okamoto

Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter

#Linford_Christie

Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)

#Cornelis_de_Houtman

Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 1902)

#Émile_Zola

Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier

#Jeremy_Bloom

Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)

#Roberto_Arlt

Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic

#Caroline_Dean

Quavo, American rapper

#Quavo

Marc Pugh, English footballer

#Marc_Pugh

Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)

#Buddy_Ebsen

Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981)

#Delfo_Cabrera

Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

#Nicholas_Murray_Butler

Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner

#Gelindo_Bordin

Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015)

#Edward_Egan

Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)

#Lucio_Norberto_Mansilla

Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

#Todd_Woodbridge

Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)

#Giacomo_Casanova

Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)

#Wilhelmine_Reichard

Jérémy Morel, French footballer

#Jérémy_Morel

Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter

#Avi_Benedi

Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer

#Carlos_Salcido

Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1778)

#Francesca_Cuzzoni

Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter

#Buddy_Jewell

Tua Forsström, Finnish writer

#Tua_Forsström

Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi

#Dovid_Shmidel

Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)

#Jack_Brabham

Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver

#Guy_Fréquelin

Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (d. 2017)

#Larry_Coryell

Pamela Reed, American actress

#Pamela_Reed

Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer

#Michael_Clarke_(cricketer)

Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter

#Keren_Woodward

Lynn Westmoreland, American politician

#Lynn_Westmoreland

Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer

#Ibrahim_Afellay

Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter

#Gavin_Heffernan

Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player

#Thom_Evans

Donald Petrie, American actor and director

#Donald_Petrie

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1875)

#Hans_Christian_Andersen

Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)

#Walter_Chrysler

Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Zane_Lamprey

Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)

#Hans_Rosenthal

Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)

#Luke_Appling

Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)

#Francisco_Balagtas

Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)

#Serge_Gainsbourg

Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer

Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer

Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver

Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter

Marco Amelia, Italian footballer

Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist

Ethan Smith, American actor, director, and producer

Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer

Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter

Randy Livingston, American basketball player

Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer

Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer

Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler

Jason Lewry, English cricketer

Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer

Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer

Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist

Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager

Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player

Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman, co-owner of the New York Yankees

Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary

James Vance, American author and playwright (d. 2017)

Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2001)

Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist

David Robinson, American drummer

Bernd Müller, German footballer

Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author

Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)

Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator

Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)

Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)

Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer

Bill Malinchak, American football player

Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor

Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)

Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor

Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter

Penelope Keith, English actress

Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach

Al Weis, American baseball player

Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)

Richard Portman, American sound engineer (d. 2017)

Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)

Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007)

Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)

Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor

Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)

Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (d. 1980)

Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)

Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (d. 2012)

Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006)

George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)

G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (d. 2016)

Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2015)

Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)

Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)

Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)

Alfred Strange, English footballer (d. 1978)

Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)

Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)

Johnny Golden, American golfer (d. 1936)

Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (d. 1957)

William Donne, English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)

Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (d. 1935)

Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (d. 1907)