Famous Birthdays for April 21st

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1132 – Sancho VI, king of Navarre (d. 1194)
• 1488 – Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (d. 1523)
• 1523 – Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian lawyer and military officer (d. 1571)
• 1555 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (d. 1619)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1619 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town (d. 1677)
• 1630 – Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (d. 1700)
• 1631 – Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1700)
• 1642 – Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (d. 1729)
• 1651 – Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1711)
• 1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (d. 1719)
• 1671 – John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
• 1673 – Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)
• 1713 – Louis de Noailles, French general (d. 1793)
• 1730 – Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1788)
• 1752 – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (d. 1807)
• 1752 – Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (d. 1818)
• 1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1862)
• 1775 – Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver (d. 1870)
• 1783 – Reginald Heber, English priest (d. 1821)^[8]
• 1790 – Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (d. 1876)
• 1810 – John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)
• 1811 – Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)
• 1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906)
• 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (d. 1855)
• 1837 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
• 1838 – John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (d. 1914)
• 1854 – William Stang, German-American bishop (d. 1907)
• 1864 – Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
• 1868 – Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (d. 1932)
• 1868 – Mary Rogers Miller, American author and educator (d. 1971)^[9]
• 1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Vincent Scotto, French composer and actor (d. 1952)
• 1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1885 – Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Marcel Boussac, French businessman (d. 1980)
• 1889 – Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1892 – Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (d. 1934)
• 1899 – Randall Thompson, American composer and academic (d. 1984)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Jean Hélion, French painter (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1905 – Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)
• 1912 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1913 – Norman Parkinson, English photographer (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)
• 1915 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
• 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981)
• 1919 – Licio Gelli, Italian financer (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1923 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965)
• 1925 – Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1925 – John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (d. 2018)
• 1926 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (d. 2022)^[10]
• 1926 – Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002)^[11]
• 1927 – Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
• 1930 – Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (d. 2020)^[12]
• 1932 – Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer
• 1932 – Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
• 1933 – Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator
• 1933 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (d. 2021) ^[13]
• 1935 – Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
• 1936 – James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
• 1936 – Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Gary Peters, American baseball player
• 1937 – Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player
• 1939 – John McCabe, English pianist and composer (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author
• 1939 – Reni Santoni, American actor (d. 2020)
• 1940 – Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1940 – Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
• 1942 – Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1945 – Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1945 – Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (d. 2017)
• 1945 – Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1947 – Al Bumbry, American baseball player
• 1947 – Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1947 – John Weider, English bass player
• 1948 – Gary Condit, American businessman and politician
• 1948 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist
• 1948 – Dieter Fromm, German runner
• 1949 – Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
• 1950 – Shivaji Satam, Indian actor
• 1951 – Tony Danza, American actor and producer
• 1951 – Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic
• 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
• 1951 – Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Gerald Early, American author and academic
• 1952 – Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2021)
• 1953 – John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
• 1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright
• 1956 – Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist
• 1957 – Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
• 1957 – Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
• 1958 – Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer
• 1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Michael Zarnock, American author
• 1959 – Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter
• 1959 – Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)
• 1965 – Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian
• 1969 – Toby Stephens, English actor
• 1971 – Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1973 – Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter
• 1977 – Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
• 1979 – Virginie Basselot, French chef
• 1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor^[14]
• 1980 – Tony Romo, American football player and announcer^[15]
• 1983 – Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (d. 2020)^[16]
• 1988 – Ricky Berens, American swimmer^[17]
• 1988 – Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1996 – Arianne Hartono, Dutch tennis player^[18][19]