Famous Birthdays for April 7th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1206 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)
• 1330 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)
• 1470 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
• 1506 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
• 1539 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1613 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
• 1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)
• 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)
• 1652 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)^[34]
• 1713 – Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)
• 1718 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)
• 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)
• 1763 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)
• 1770 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
• 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)^[35]
• 1780 – William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)
• 1803 – James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
• 1803 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)^[36]
• 1811 – Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1817 – Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot (d. 1881)
• 1848 – Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)
• 1867 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)
• 1870 – Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (d. 1919)
• 1871 – Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)
• 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)
• 1876 – Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)
• 1882 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)
• 1886 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)^[37]
• 1890 – Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Victoria Ocampo. Argentine writer (d. 1979)^[38]
• 1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)
• 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Julius Hirsch, German footballer (d. 1945)^[39][40]
• 1893 – José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (d. 1970)^{[citation needed]}
• 1893 – Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)
• 1895 – John Bernard Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
• 1897 – Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
• 1897 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
• 1903 – M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)
• 1908 – Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Melissanthi, Greek poet, teacher and journalist (d. 1990) ^[41]
• 1913 – Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1913 – Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (d. 2011) ^[42]
• 1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)
• 1915 – Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)
• 1916 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 – R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)
• 1919 – Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
• 1928 – James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)
• 1930 – Jane Priestman, English interior designer (d. 2021)
• 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author
• 1932 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• 1937 – Charlie Thomas, American singer
• 1938 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California
• 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Iris Johansen, American author
• 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)
• 1939 – Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer
• 1941 – Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
• 1941 – Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (d. 2018)
• 1941 – Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)
• 1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer
• 1943 – Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
• 1944 – Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist
• 1944 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor
• 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany
• 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Gerry Cottle, English circus owner (d. 2021)
• 1945 – Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
• 1945 – Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author
• 1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (d. 2018)
• 1945 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer
• 1946 – Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
• 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• 1946 – Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate
• 1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)
• 1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer
• 1947 – Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (d. 2020)
• 1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author
• 1948 – John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
• 1948 – Arnie Robinson, American athlete (d. 2020)^[43][44]
• 1949 – Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1950 – Neil Folberg, American-Israeli photographer^[45]
• 1951 – Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)
• 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 – Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1952 – Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 – Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1953 – Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist^[46]
• 1953 – Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
• 1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 1956 – Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
• 1956 – Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
• 1956 – Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
• 1957 – Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 1957 – Thelma Walker, British politician
• 1958 – Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
• 1960 – Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
• 1960 – Sandy Powell, English costume designer
• 1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
• 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1961 – Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
• 1962 – Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman
• 1963 – Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing
• 1963 – Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
• 1964 – Jace Alexander, American actor and director
• 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1965 – Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet
• 1965 – Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
• 1965 – Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician
• 1966 – Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer
• 1966 – Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer
• 1966 – Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 – Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Bodo Illgner, German footballer
• 1967 – Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1968 – Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist
• 1968 – Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
• 1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
• 1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
• 1971 – Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
• 1972 – Tim Peake, British astronaut
• 1973 – Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
• 1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 – Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
• 1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
• 1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1975 – John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 – Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
• 1976 – Martin Buß, German high jumper
• 1976 – Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
• 1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor
• 1976 – Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 1976 – Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor
• 1978 – Jo Appleby, English soprano
• 1978 – Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 – Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
• 1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1980 – Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
• 1980 – Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (d. 2021)
• 1980 – Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
• 1981 – Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
• 1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1982 – Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler
• 1982 – Kelli Young, English singer
• 1983 – Hamish Davidson, Australian musician
• 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer
• 1983 – Jon Stead, English footballer
• 1983 – Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
• 1983 – Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer
• 1985 – KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 – Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
• 1986 – Brooke Brodack, American comedian
• 1986 – Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1986 – Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer
• 1987 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete
• 1987 – Jamar Smith, American football player
• 1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Ed Speleers, English actor and producer
• 1989 – Alexa Demara, American actress, model and writer^[47]
• 1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Teddy Riner, French judoka
• 1990 – Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter^[48]
• 1990 – Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
• 1990 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
• 1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
• 1991 – Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
• 1991 – Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 – Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1994 – Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
• 1994 – Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 – Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player^[49]
• 1997 – Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player