Famous Birthdays for April 1st

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1220 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
• 1282 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347)
• 1328 – Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1382)
• 1543 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)
• 1578 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (d. 1657)^[21]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (d. 1703)
• 1629 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (d. 1691)
• 1640 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)
• 1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680)
• 1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763)^[22]
• 1721 – Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799)
• 1741 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
• 1753 – Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)
• 1755 – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)
• 1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)
• 1776 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1831)^[23]
• 1786 – William Mulready, Irish genre painter (d. 1863)
• 1815 – Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1898)^[24]
• 1815 – Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
• 1823 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)
• 1824 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (d. 1901)
• 1834 – James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872)^[25]
• 1852 – Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
• 1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
• 1866 – William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1866 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Ève Lavallière, French actress (d. 1929)^[26]
• 1868 – Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
• 1868 – Walter Mead, English cricketer (d. 1954)
• 1871 – F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)
• 1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
• 1874 – Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
• 1875 – Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)
• 1878 – C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)
• 1881 – Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
• 1883 – Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)
• 1883 – Laurette Taylor, Irish-American actress (d. 1946)
• 1885 – Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1885 – Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (d. 1977)
• 1889 – K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)
• 1893 – Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)
• 1898 – William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (d. 1981)^[27]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (d. 1961)
• 1902 – Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930) ^[28]
• 1905 – Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist (d. 2019)
• 1908 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
• 1908 – Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1909 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
• 1910 – Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)
• 1911 – Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (d. 1998)^[29]
• 1913 – Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993)
• 1915 – O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002)^[30]
• 1917 – Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1921 – William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – William Manchester, American historian and author (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018)
• 1926 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)
• 1927 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)^[31]
• 1929 – Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
• 1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
• 1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2021)
• 1930 – Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015)^[32]
• 1931 – George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (d. 2020)
• 1932 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2016)^[33]
• 1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)
• 1933 – Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (d. 1992)^[34]
• 1934 – Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
• 1935 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (d. 1983)
• 1936 – Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1998)
• 1936 – Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam (d. 2020)
• 1936 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer (d. 2021)
• 1939 – Ali MacGraw, American model and actress
• 1939 – Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
• 1940 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
• 1942 – Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
• 1943 – Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
• 1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
• 1946 – Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager^[35]
• 1947 – Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
• 1948 – Javier Irureta, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (d. 2006)^[36]
• 1949 – Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
• 1949 – Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon^[37]
• 1949 – Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1949 – Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1950 – Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
• 1951 – John Abizaid, American general
• 1952 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1952 – Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic (d. 2020)
• 1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer
• 1953 – Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1954 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
• 1957 – David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 – Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
• 1958 – D. Boon, American singer and musician (d. 1985)
• 1959 – Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1961 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
• 1961 – Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
• 1961 – Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Mark Shulman, American author
• 1962 – Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1962 – Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager
• 1962 – Phillip Schofield, English television host
• 1963 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1963 – Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, American aerospace engineer
• 1964 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1964 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
• 1964 – John Morris, English cricketer
• 1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
• 1965 – Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
• 1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Chris Evans, English radio and television host
• 1966 – Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1967 – Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
• 1968 – Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
• 1968 – Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
• 1968 – Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland
• 1969 – Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
• 1969 – Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
• 1969 – Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
• 1970 – Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 – Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower^[38]
• 1971 – Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
• 1972 – Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 – Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1973 – Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
• 1974 – Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1975 – John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 – Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1976 – Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
• 1976 – David Gilliland, American race car driver
• 1976 – David Oyelowo, English actor
• 1976 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
• 1977 – Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
• 1978 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
• 1978 – Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
• 1978 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
• 1978 – Etan Thomas, American basketball player
• 1979 – Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
• 1980 – Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
• 1980 – Randy Orton, American wrestler
• 1980 – Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
• 1981 – Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
• 1981 – Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1982 – Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
• 1982 – Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
• 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 – Beth Tweddle, English gymnast^[39]
• 1986 – Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greek weightlifter ^[40]
• 1986 – Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
• 1987 – Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
• 1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player^[41]
• 1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player^[42]
• 1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater^[43]
• 1989 – David N'Gog, French footballer
• 1989 – Christian Vietoris, German racing driver
• 1990 – Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
• 1992 – Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
• 1995 – Logan Paul, American Youtuber and actor
• 1997 – Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver