April 1 - Births

Births

• 1220 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
• 1543 – François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
• 1578 – William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)
• 1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
• 1640 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
• 1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
• 1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
• 1753 – Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
• 1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
• 1776 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
• 1809 – Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian writer (d. 1852)
• 1815 – Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898)
• 1815 – Edward Clark, American politician (d. 1880)
• 1834 – Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872)
• 1854 – Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
• 1856 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
• 1866 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
• 1868 – Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (d. 1918)
• 1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Ernest William Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
• 1880 – Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
• 1882 – Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (d. 1991)
• 1883 – Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
• 1884 – Laurette Taylor, American stage actress (d. 1946)
• 1885 – Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1889 – K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and Hindu nationalism advocate (d. 1940)
• 1893 – Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
• 1898 – William James Sidis, American mathematician and child prodigy (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
• 1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
• 1902 – Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
• 1906 – Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
• 1911 – Fauja Singh, Indian athlete
• 1912 – Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate
• 1920 – Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1922 – William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Brendan Byrne, American politician
• 1924 – Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Charles Bressler, American tenor
• 1926 – John Scott Martin, English actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Anne McCaffrey, American author
• 1927 – Walter Bahr, American footballer
• 1927 – Peter Cundall, Australian horticulturist
• 1927 – Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980)
• 1928 – George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech writer
• 1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer
• 1929 – Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Grace Lee Whitney, American actress
• 1931 – Ita Ever, Estonian actress
• 1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German writer
• 1932 – Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress
• 1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1933 – Dan Flavin, American artist (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Don Hastings, American actor
• 1934 – Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
• 1935 – Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
• 1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Ali MacGraw, American actress
• 1938 – John Quade, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Phil Niekro, American baseball player
• 1939 – Rudolph Isley, American singer
• 1940 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1941 – Ajit Wadekar, Indian Cricketer
• 1942 – Samuel R. Delany, American author
• 1942 – Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey
• 1944 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player
• 1945 – John Barbata, American drummer
• 1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician
• 1946 – Ronnie Lane, English musician (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach
• 1947 – Alain Connes, French mathematician
• 1947 – Robin Scott, English singer
• 1947 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball player (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
• 1949 – Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
• 1949 – Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer
• 1949 – Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
• 1950 – Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist
• 1950 – Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (d. 2010)
• 1951 – John Philip Abizaid, American Army General
• 1952 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1952 – Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
• 1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
• 1954 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman
• 1955 – Terry Nichols, American mass murderer
• 1957 – David Gower, English cricketer
• 1957 – Denise Nickerson, American actress
• 1958 – D. Boon, American musician (d. 1985)
• 1960 – Michael Praed, British actor
• 1961 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and Britain's Got Talent contestant
• 1962 – Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player
• 1962 – Phillip Schofield, British television presenter
• 1962 – Dave Ulliott, English poker player
• 1964 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1964 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
• 1964 – Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Tomas Alfredson, Swedish film director
• 1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player
• 1965 – Robert Steadman, English composer
• 1966 – Chris Evans, English disc jockey
• 1967 – Phil Demmel, American musician
• 1968 – Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
• 1968 – Traci Lind, American actress
• 1968 – Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
• 1969 – Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
• 1969 – Dean Windass, English football player
• 1970 – Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
• 1971 – Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1971 – Jessica Collins, American actress
• 1971 – Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1971 – Method Man, American rapper
• 1971 – Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
• 1972 – Albert Hughes, American film director
• 1972 – Allen Hughes, American film director
• 1972 – Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Jesse Tobias, American musician
• 1973 – Christian Finnegan, American comedian
• 1973 – Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
• 1973 – Joe Francis, American adult video producer
• 1973 – Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst
• 1973 – Kris Marshall, British actor
• 1974 – Beatriz Batarda, Portuguese actress
• 1974 – China Chow, British actress
• 1974 – Richard Christy, American drummer
• 1974 – Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer
• 1974 – Sandra Völker, German swimmer
• 1975 – George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
• 1975 – John Butler, Australian singer and musician
• 1976 – David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor
• 1976 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
• 1977 – Jon Gosselin, American TV personality
• 1977 – Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
• 1978 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
• 1978 – Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress
• 1978 – Etan Thomas, American basketball player
• 1978 – Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
• 1979 – Ivano Balić, Croatian handballer
• 1980 – Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
• 1980 – Bijou Phillips, American actress
• 1980 – Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
• 1981 – Asli Bayram, Turkish-born German model and actress
• 1981 – Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
• 1981 – Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
• 1981 – Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actor
• 1981 – Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper
• 1982 – Sam Huntington, American actor
• 1982 – Taran Killam, American comedian and actor
• 1983 – Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Matt Lanter, American actor and model
• 1983 – Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer
• 1983 – Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
• 1985 – Josh Zuckerman, American actor
• 1986 – Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese musician
• 1986 – Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
• 1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
• 1987 – Li Ting, Chinese diver
• 1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 – Courtney McCool, American gymnast
• 1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
• 1989 – David N'Gog, French footballer
• 1989 – Vietoris Krisztián, German racing driver
• 1993 – Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer
• 1997 – Asa Butterfield, English actor