April 7 - Births

Births

• 1506 – Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish co-founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
• 1539 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (d. 1584)
• 1613 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
• 1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
• 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)
• 1652 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
• 1718 – Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
• 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806)
• 1770 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
• 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
• 1780 – William Ellery Channing, Unitarian theologian (d. 1842)
• 1803 – Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)
• 1803 – James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
• 1848 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
• 1853 – Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1859 – Walter Camp, sports authority known as the "Father of American Football" (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. 1951)
• 1867 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953)
• 1870 – Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. 1919)
• 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)
• 1886 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998)
• 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)
• 1897 – Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)
• 1899 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American Naval officer (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
• 1911 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Ralph Flanagan, American big band leader (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1915 – Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958)
• 1916 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 – R.G. Armstrong, American actor
• 1918 – Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
• 1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
• 1919 – Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
• 1922 – Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
• 1928 – James Garner, American actor
• 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American film producer and director (d. 1998)
• 1928 – James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Andrew Sachs, English actor
• 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American author (d. 1989)
• 1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor
• 1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Bobby Bare, American musician
• 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
• 1936 – Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
• 1938 – Jerry Brown, American politician
• 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2008)
• 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
• 1939 – Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and TV host
• 1941 – Gorden Kaye, British actor
• 1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer
• 1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor
• 1942 – Nam Gi-nam, South Korean director of movies
• 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German politician
• 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 – Martyn Lewis, British newsreader
• 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
• 1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef
• 1945 – Werner Schroeter, German film director
• 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects, makeup artist and film director (d. 2008)
• 1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
• 1947 – Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1947 – Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
• 1948 – Carol Douglas, American singer
• 1949 – Mitch Daniels, American politician, governor of Indiana
• 1949 – John Oates, American rock guitarist and lyricst (Hall & Oates)
• 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
• 1954 – Jackie Chan, Chinese actor, director, producer, and martial artist
• 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 – Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and television news journalist
• 1956 – Annika Billström, Swedish politician
• 1956 – Christopher Darden, prosecutor of O.J. Simpson
• 1957 – Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
• 1960 – James "Buster" Douglas, American boxer
• 1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
• 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1962 – Andrew "Andy" Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1962 – Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1962 – Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• 1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
• 1963 – Paul Michael Robinson, American actor and erotic actor
• 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1964 – Jace Alexander, American television director
• 1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
• 1965 – Alison Lapper, British artist
• 1966 – Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 – Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
• 1968 – Jennifer Lynch, American director
• 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
• 1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
• 1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
• 1971 – Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater
• 1971 – Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
• 1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 – Ève Salvail, Canadian model
• 1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player
• 1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player
• 1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer
• 1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor
• 1977 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 – Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
• 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French football player
• 1983 – Jon Stead, British football player
• 1986 – Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
• 1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Edward Speleers, British model and actor
• 1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentine footballer
• 1989 – Alexa Demara, American model
• 1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Alexis Jordan, American singer