History Births on April 21

Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Jencarlos_Canela

Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)

#Efrem_Zimbalist

Pawe? Bro?ek, Polish footballer

#Pawe?_Bro?ek

John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (d. 1914)

#John_Muir

Mitchell Weiser, German footballer

#Mitchell_Weiser

John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)

#John_Law_(economist)

Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer (d. 1952)

#Vincent_Scotto

Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (d. 1932)

#Alfred_Henry_Maurer

Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player

#Alexander_Edler

Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (d. 1973)

#Romeo_Bertini

Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor

#Roy_Dupuis

Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (d. 1523)

#Ulrich_von_Hutten

Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robert_Smith_(musician)

Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian

#Rob_Riggle

Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (d. 1729)

#Simon_de_la_Loubère

Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist

#Phillip_Longman

Al Bumbry, American baseball player

#Al_Bumbry

James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#James_Morrison_(actor)

Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player

#Jeff_Keppinger

Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress

#Cathy_Cavadini

Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

#Michel_Goulet

Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

#Eddy_Christiani

Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1967)

#Tatu_Kolehmainen

Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (d. 1619)

#Ludovico_Carracci

Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater

#Jamie_Salé

Dieter Fromm, German runner

#Dieter_Fromm

Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer

#Carlos_Muñoz_(Chilean_footballer)

Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)

#Max_Weber

Licio Gelli, Italian financer (d. 2015)

#Licio_Gelli

Don Cornell, American singer and trumpet player (d. 2004)

#Don_Cornell

Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic

#Michael_Freedman

Thomas Helmer, German footballer

#Thomas_Helmer

Yuliya Pechonkina, Russian hurdler

#Yuliya_Pechonkina

Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter

#Elaine_May

Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian lawyer and military officer (d. 1571)

#Marco_Antonio_Bragadin

Patti LuPone, American actress and singer

#Patti_LuPone

John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria

#John_Brumby

Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter

#Steve_Backshall

James McAvoy, Scottish actor

#James_McAvoy

Alex Baumann, Czech-Canadian swimmer

#Alex_Baumann

Louis de Noailles, French general (d. 1793)

#Louis_de_Noailles

Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and coach

#Arno_Pijpers

Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)

#Silvana_Mangano

Marco Donadel, Italian footballer

#Marco_Donadel

Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Souleymane_Cissé

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms

#Elizabeth_II

Craig Robinson, American basketball player and coach

#Craig_Robinson_(basketball)

Orlando Jordan, American wrestler

#Orlando_Jordan

Axl Rotten, American wrestler (d. 2016)

#Axl_Rotten

Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ebiet_G._Ade

Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host

#Charles_Grodin

Mirko Valdifiori, Italian footballer

#Mirko_Valdifiori

Randall Thompson, American composer and academic (d. 1984)

#Randall_Thompson

Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1711)

#Joseph_Vaz

Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (d. 1700)

#Pieter_Gerritsz_van_Roestraten

Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Glen_Hansard

Norman Parkinson, English photographer (d. 1990)

#Norman_Parkinson

Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer

#Slide_Hampton

Reni Santoni, American actor

#Reni_Santoni

Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author

#Hervé_Le_Tellier

Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ed_Belfour

Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian singer

#Anastasia_Prikhodko

Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Iggy_Pop

Jean Hélion, French painter (d. 1987)

#Jean_Hélion

Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

#Nicole_Sullivan

Adam Rooney, Irish footballer

#Adam_Rooney

John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)

#John_Putnam_Chapin

Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter

#Peter_Kosminsky

Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (d. 1876)

#Manuel_Blanco_Encalada

Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey

#Thomas_Kean

Sancho VI, king of Navarre (d. 1194)

#Sancho_VI_of_Navarre

Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player

#Rodney_Stuckey

Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (d. 2009)

#Yoshito_Usui

Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet (d. 1855)

#Charlotte_Brontë

Eric Devendorf, American basketball player

#Eric_Devendorf

David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)

#David_Servan-Schreiber

Joc Pederson, American baseball player

#Joc_Pederson

Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (d. 1818)

#Humphry_Repton

Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia

#Anthony_Mason_(judge)

Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)

#Fredrik_Bajer

Virginie Basselot, French chef

#Virginie_Basselot

Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player

#Petero_Civoniceva

Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright

#Murathan_Mungan

Leroy George, Dutch footballer

#Leroy_George

Gary Condit, American businessman and politician

#Gary_Condit

Marcel Boussac, French businessman (d. 1980)

#Marcel_Boussac

Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town (d. 1677)

#Jan_van_Riebeeck

Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906)

#Angela_Burdett-Coutts,_1st_Baroness_Burdett-Coutts

Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian

#Fiona_Kelleghan

Shayna Fox, American voice actress

#Shayna_Fox

Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1862)

#Jean-Baptiste_Biot

Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales

#Cheryl_Gillan

Audra Cohen, American tennis player

#Audra_Cohen

Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)

#Reg_Fleming

Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1700)

#Francesco_Maidalchini

Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)

#Alson_Sherman

James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family

#James_Dobson

Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)

#Charles_Barrois

Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer

#Gwendal_Peizerat

John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#John_Cameron_Mitchell

Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer

#Pedro_Mosquera

Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (d. 1998)

#Dieter_Roth

Jeff Anderson, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jeff_Anderson

Gerald Early, American author and academic

#Gerald_Early

Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer

#Jukka_Nevalainen

Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer and coach

#Tobias_Linderoth

Micheal Luck, Australian rugby league player

#Micheal_Luck

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (d. 1807)

#Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent_Forfait

Tony Romo, American football player

#Tony_Romo

Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)

#Anthony_Quinn

Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)

#Pat_Brown

Tony Danza, American actor and producer

#Tony_Danza

Jesse Orosco, American baseball player

#Jesse_Orosco

Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier

#Tatyana_McFadden

Bob Varsha, American sportscaster

#Bob_Varsha

Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

#Paul_Karrer

William Stang, German-American bishop (d. 1907)

#William_Stang

Gary Peters, American baseball player

#Gary_Peters_(baseball)

Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)

#Joe_McCarthy_(manager)

Khalif Barnes, American football player

#Khalif_Barnes

Toby Stephens, English actor

#Toby_Stephens

Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (d. 1719)

#Michel_Rolle

Mads Junker, Danish footballer

#Mads_Junker

Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer

#Andie_MacDowell

Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand

#Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)

Aleksandar Prijovi?, Swiss-born Serbian footballer

#Aleksandar_Prijovi?

Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player

#Vincent_Lecavalier

Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author

#Herbert_Wetterauer

Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver (d. 1870)

#Alexander_Anderson_(illustrator)

Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)

#Percy_Williams_Bridgman

Shivaji Satam, Indian actor

#Shivaji_Satam

Isco, Spanish footballer

#Isco

Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer

Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer

Carnell Williams, American football player

Jacob Burns, Australian footballer

Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator

Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player

Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer

David Peachey, Australian rugby league player

Maksim Gruznov, Estonian footballer

Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler and coach

Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (d. 2001)

Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (d. 2008)

John Kibowen, Kenyan runner

Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer and coach

Emilio Valle, Cuban hurdler

Gary Grant, American basketball player

Karen Foster, American model and actress

Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish hurdler

Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (d. 2004)

Aavo Sarap, Estonian footballer and coach

Les Lancaster, American baseball player and coach

Neale Marmon, English-German footballer, coach, and manager

Chad Hayes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Carey Hayes, American screenwriter and producer

Julius Korir, Kenyan runner

Olga Kuragina, Russian pentathlete

Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter

Michael Zarnock, American author

Doug Soetaert, Canadian ice hockey player

Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player

Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist

Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2008)

John Weider, English bass player

Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)

Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (d. 2017)

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire

David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma

Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author

John McCabe, English pianist and composer (d. 2015)

Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014)

Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator

Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Angela Mortimer, English tennis player

Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012)

Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)

Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)

Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (d. 1991)

Arthur Rowley, English footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2002)

John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (d. 2018)

Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965)

John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (d. 2009)

Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 2011)

Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (d. 1987)

Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)

Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981)

Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)

Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (d. 2003)

Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)

Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982)

Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)

Kemal Sat?r, Turkish physician and politician (d. 1991)

Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (d. 2000)

Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)

Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (d. 1934)

Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. 1956)

Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1941)

Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1788)

Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)