Births on 12 April
1900s
Jan Bednarek
1996
Polish footballer (born 1996)
Matteo Berrettini
1996
Italian tennis player (born 1996)
Pedro Cachin
1995
Argentine tennis player
Eric Bailly
1994
Ivorian footballer (born 1994)
Isabelle Drummond
1994
Brazilian actress (born 1994)
Guido Rodríguez
1994
Argentine footballer (born 1994)
Saoirse Ronan
1994
American actress (born 1994)
Sehun
1994
South Korean rapper (born 1994)
Robin Anderson (tennis)
1993
American tennis player (born 1993)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
1993
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Chad le Clos
1992
South African swimmer (born 1992)
Lionel Carole
1991
French footballer (born 1991)
Oliver Norwood
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Magnus Pääjärvi
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Jazz Richards
1991
Welsh footballer
Hiroki Sakai
1990
Japanese footballer (born 1990)
Bethan Dainton
1989
Wales international rugby union & league player
Ádám Hanga
1989
Hungarian basketball player
Miguel Ángel Ponce
1989
Mexican footballer (born 1989)
Valentin Stocker
1989
Swiss footballer (born 1989)
Kaitlyn Weaver
1989
American-Canadian ice dancer (born 1989)
Ricky Álvarez
1988
Argentine footballer
Stephen Brogan
1988
English footballer (born 1988)
Amedeo Calliari
1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Jessie James Decker
1988
American country pop singer (born 1988)
Moamen Zakaria
1988
Egyptian footballer (born 1988)
Luiz Adriano
1987
Brazilian footballer (born 1987)
Brooklyn Decker
1987
American model and actress (born 1987)
Shawn Gore
1987
Canadian gridiron football player (born 1987)
Brendon Urie
1987
American singer and musician (born 1987)
Blerim Džemaili
1986
Swiss footballer (born 1986)
Marcel Granollers
1986
Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
Jonathan Pitroipa
1986
Burkinabè footballer (born 1986)
Brennan Boesch
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Hitomi Yoshizawa
1985
Japanese singer and actress
Aleksey Dmitrik
1984
Russian high jumper
Jelena Dokic
1983
Australian tennis player (born 1983)
Luke Kibet Bowen
1983
Kenyan long-distance runner
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
1981
Russian middle-distance runner
Nicolás Burdisso
1981
Argentine footballer
Tulsi Gabbard
1981
Samoan-American politician (born 1981)
Grant Holt
1981
English former footballer (born 1980)
Hisashi Iwakuma
1981
Japanese baseball player (born 1981)
Sara Head
1980
British table tennis player
Brian McFadden
1980
Irish singer (born 1980)
Claire Danes
1979
American actress (born 1979)
Elena Grosheva
1979
Russian artistic gymnast
Mateja Kežman
1979
Serbian footballer
Jennifer Morrison
1979
American actress and director (born 1979)
Sergio Pellissier
1979
Italian footballer (born 1979)
Cristian Ranalli
1979
Italian footballer (born 1979)
Lee Soo-young
1979
South Korean singer (born 1979)
Guy Berryman
1978
Scottish bassist (born 1978)
Scott Crary
1978
American film director
Svetlana Lapina
1978
Russian high jumper
Robin Walker
1978
British Conservative politician
Giovanny Espinoza
1977
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1977)
Sarah Monahan
1977
Australian former child actress (born 1977)
Jason Price
1977
Welsh footballer (born 1977)
Glenn Rogers
1977
Australian cricketer (born 1977)
Olga Kotlyarova
1976
Russian runner (born 1976)
Brad Miller (basketball)
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Belinda Emmett
1974
Australian actress and singer (1974–2006)
Bryan Fletcher (rugby league)
1974
Australia international rugby league footballer (born 1974)
Roman Hamrlík
1974
Czech ice hockey player (born 1974)
Marley Shelton
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Sylvinho
1974
Brazilian footballer and manager
J. Scott Campbell
1973
American comic book artist
Ryan Kisor
1973
American jazz musician
Antonio Osuna
1973
Mexican baseball player (born 1973)
Christian Panucci
1973
Italian footballer (born 1973)
Paul Lo Duca
1972
American baseball player (born 1972)
Nicholas Brendon
1971
American actor, artist and writer (1971–2026)
Shannen Doherty
1971
American actress (1971–2024)
Sylvain Bouchard
1970
Canadian speed skater
Michael Jackson (wide receiver)
1969
American football player (1969–2017)
Jörn Lenz
1969
German footballer (born 1969)
Lucas Radebe
1969
South African soccer player (born 1969)
Alicia Coppola
1968
American actress
Toby Gad
1968
German songwriter and producer (born 1968)
Adam Graves
1968
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)
Sarah Cracknell
1967
English singer-songwriter (born 1965)
Nils-Olav Johansen
1966
Norwegian entertainer and jazz musician
Lorenzo White
1966
American football player (born 1966)
Kim Bodnia
1965
Danish actor (born 1965)
Chi Onwurah
1965
British politician (born 1965)
Gervais Rufyikiri
1965
Burundian politician (born 1965)
Mihai Stoica
1965
Romanian football manager
Chris Fairclough
1964
English footballer and coach
Amy Ray
1964
American singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Lydia Cacho
1963
Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist
Art Alexakis
1962
American musician (born 1962)
Carlos Sainz Sr.
1962
Spanish rally driver (born 1962)
Nobuhiko Takada
1962
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
Corrado Fabi
1961
Italian racing driver (born 1961)
Charles Mann (American football)
1961
American football player (born 1961)
Magda Szubanski
1961
Australian actor and comedian (born 1961)
David Thirdkill
1960
American basketball player (born 1960)
Will Sergeant
1958
English guitarist (born 1958)
Klaus Tafelmeier
1958
German javelin thrower (born 1958)
Ginka Zagorcheva
1958
Bulgarian hurdler
Greg Child
1957
Australian mountain climber
Vince Gill
1957
American musician (born 1957)
Tama Janowitz
1957
American novelist (born 1956)
Andy Garcia
1956
American actor (born 1956)
Herbert Grönemeyer
1956
German singer, musician and actor (born 1956)
Fabian Hamilton
1955
British politician
John Faulkner
1954
Australian politician (born 1954)
Steve Stevaert
1954
Belgian politician (1954–2015)
Pat Travers
1954
Canadian rock musician (born 1954)
Tanino Liberatore
1953
Italian comics author and illustrator
Reuben Gant
1952
American football player (born 1952)
Leicester Rutledge
1952
Rugby player
Gary Soto
1952
American poet and writer (born 1952)
Ralph Wiley
1952
American sports journalist (1952–2004)
Tom Noonan
1951
American actor and director (1951–2026)
Joyce Banda
1950
President of Malawi from 2012 to 2014
Flavio Briatore
1950
Italian businessman (born 1950)
David Cassidy
1950
American actor and musician (1950–2017)
Nicholas Sackman
1950
English classical composer
Scott Turow
1949
American writer and lawyer (born 1949)
Pravin Gordhan
1949
South African politician (1949–2024)
Jeremy Beadle
1948
English television presenter, writer and producer (1948–2008)
Joschka Fischer
1948
German politician (born 1948)
Christos Iakovou
1948
Greek weightlifter (born 1948)
Marcello Lippi
1948
Italian footballer and manager
Roy M. Anderson
1947
British expert on epidemiology
Martin Brasier
1947
British paleontologist (1947–2014)
Tom Clancy
1947
American author (1947–2013)
David Letterman
1947
American comedian and television host (born 1947)
Wayne Northrop
1947
American actor (1947–2024)
John Dunsworth
1946
Canadian actor and comedian (1946–2017)
Ed O'Neill
1946
American actor (born 1946)
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
1946
British politician
Lee Jong-wook
1945
South Korean physician (1945–2006)
Lisa Jardine
1944
British historian (1944–2015)
John Kay (musician)
1944
American rock musician (born 1944)
Sumitra Mahajan
1943
16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019
Bill Bryden
1942
Scottish stage and film director and screenwriter (1942–2022)
Carlos Reutemann
1942
Argentine racing driver and politician (1942–2021)
Jacob Zuma
1942
President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018
Bobby Moore
1941
English professional footballer (1941–1993)
Woodie Fryman
1940
American baseball player (1940–2011)
Herbie Hancock
1940
American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)
Alan Ayckbourn
1939
English playwright (born 1939)
Johnny Raper
1939
Australian rugby league player and coach (1939–2022)
Dennis Banks
1937
American indigenous activist (1937–2017)
Igor Volk
1937
Soviet/Russian test pilot and cosmonaut (1937–2017)
Tony Earl
1936
American politician (1936–2023)
Charles Napier (actor)
1936
American actor (1936–2011)
Kennedy Simmonds
1936
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Jimmy Makulis
1935
Greek singer
Heinz Schneiter
1934
Swiss footballer and manager (1935-2017)
Montserrat Caballé
1933
Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)
Lakshman Kadirgamar
1932
Sri Lankan politician, diplomat and lawyer
Tiny Tim (musician)
1932
American musician and musical archivist (1932–1996)
Jean-Pierre Marielle
1932
French actor (1932–2019)
Leonid Derbenyov
1931
Russian poet and lyricist (1931–1995)
John Landy
1930
Australian athlete and Governor of Victoria (1930–2022)
Bryan Magee
1930
British philosopher and politician (1930–2019)
Manuel Neri
1930
American sculptor (1930–2021)
Pythagoras Papastamatiou
1930
Greek lyricist and playwright
Michał Życzkowski
1930
Polish mechanical engineer
Elspet Gray
1929
Scottish actress (1929–2013)
Mukhran Machavariani
1929
Georgian poet
Hardy Krüger
1928
German actor and author (1928–2022)
Jean-François Paillard
1928
French conductor (1928–2013)
Thomas Hemsley
1927
English baritone
Alvin Sargent
1927
American screenwriter (1927–2019)
Jane Withers
1926
American actress and hostess (1926–2021)
Evelyn Berezin
1925
American computer scientist
Ned Miller
1925
American country music singer-songwriter (1925–2016)
Oliver Postgate
1925
British animator, puppeteer and writer
Raymond Barre
1924
French politician and economist (1924–2007)
Peter Safar
1924
Austrian physician (1924–2003)
Curtis Turner
1924
American racing driver (1924–1970)
Ann Miller
1923
American actress and dancer (1923–2004)
Simon Kapwepwe
1922
Zambian politician, independence activist (1922–1980)
Robert Cliche
1921
Canadian lawyer, politician and judge
István Anhalt
1919
Hungarian-Canadian composer (1919–2012)
Billy Vaughn
1919
American musician (1919–1991)
Helen Forrest
1917
American pop singer (1917–1999)
Vinoo Mankad
1917
Indian cricketer
Robert Manzon
1917
French racing driver (1917–2015)
Beverly Cleary
1916
American writer (1916–2021)
Russell Garcia (composer)
1916
American composer and arranger (1916–2011)
Benjamin Libet
1916
American neuroscientist (1916–2007)
Armen Alchian
1914
American economist (1914–2013)
Keiko Fukuda
1913
Japanese-American martial artist (1913–2013)
Frank Dilio
1912
Canadian ice hockey administrator
Hamengkubuwono IX
1912
Indonesian politician and royal (1912–1988)
Hound Dog Taylor
1912
American blues guitarist and singer (1915–1975)
Mahmoud Younis
1911
Suez Canal nationalization Engineer
Gillo Dorfles
1910
Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher (1910–2018)
Irma Rapuzzi
1910
French politician (1910–2018)
Ida Pollock
1908
British writer (1908–2013)
Robert Lee Scott Jr.
1908
Brigadier General in the United States Air Force
Felix de Weldon
1907
Austrian sculptor (1907–2003)
Zawgyi (writer)
1907
Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic
Jan Tinbergen
1903
Dutch economist and Nobel Laureate (1903–1994)
Louis Beel
1902
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946–1948; 1958–1959)
Lowell Stockman
1901
American politician (1901–1962)
1800s
Lily Pons
1898
French-American operatic soprano (1898–1976)
Dorothy Cumming
1894
American actress
Francisco Craveiro Lopes
1894
President of Portugal From 1951 to 1958
Henry Darger
1892
American artist and writer (1892–1973)
Dan Ahearn
1888
Irish-American triple jumper
Cecil Kimber
1888
British automobile designer
Harold Lockwood
1887
American actor
Robert Delaunay
1885
French painter (1885–1941)
Tenby Davies
1884
Welsh athlete
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
1884
German biochemist (1884–1951)
Imogen Cunningham
1883
American photographer (1883–1976)
Dally Messenger
1883
Australian rugby league footballer (1883–1959)
Addie Joss
1880
American baseball player (1880–1911)
William B. Bankhead
1874
American politician (1874–1940)
Ioannis Metaxas
1871
Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)
Henri Désiré Landru
1869
French serial killer (1869–1922)
Akiyama Saneyuki
1868
Japanese military officer (1868–1918)
Raul Pompeia
1863
Brazilian writer (1863–1895)
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
1856
British politician
Ferdinand von Lindemann
1852
German mathematician (1852–1939)
José Gautier Benítez
1851
Puerto Rican writer
Edward Walter Maunder
1851
British astronomer studying sunspots (1851–1928)
Gustaf Cederström
1845
Swedish painter
Nikolay Przhevalsky
1839
Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888)
Alexander Ostrovsky
1823
Russian playwright (1823–1886)
Charles Gavan Duffy
1816
Irish poet, politician and journalist
Joseph Lanner
1801
Austrian dance music composer
Before 1800
Henri Druey
1799
Swiss politician (1799–1855)
George N. Briggs
1796
American politician and 19th Governor of Massachusetts
Germinal Pierre Dandelin
1794
French mathematician, soldier and professor of engineering
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
1792
British politician (1792–1840)
Henry Clay
1777
American politician (1777–1852)
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
1748
French botanist noted for the concept of plant families (1748–1836)
Lyman Hall
1724
American Founding Father and politician
Pietro Nardini
1722
Italian composer (1722–1793)
Felice Giardini
1716
Italian composer
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
1713
French writer (1713–1796)
Caffarelli (castrato)
1710
Italian castrato (1710–1783)
William Cookworthy
1705
Benoît de Maillet
1656
French diplomat and natural historian
Martin Lister
1639
English naturalist and physician (1639–1712)
Simone Cantarini
1612
Italian etcher and painter (1612–1648)
Christian IV of Denmark
1577
King of Denmark and Norway from 1588 to 1648
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
1550
English peer and courtier (1550–1604)
Marcus Antonius Muretus
1526
French humanist (1526–1585)
Joachim Camerarius
1500
German classical scholar (1500–1574)
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
1484
Italian architect (1484–1546)
Rana Sanga
1484
Maharana of Mewar from 1509 to 1528
Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia
1432
Duchess of Luxembourg (1432 – 1462)
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden
1116
Queen of Sweden (1129–1130, 1148–1156)
Emperor En'yū
959
Emperor of Japan from 969 to 984
Muhammad al-Jawad
811
Ninth of the Twelve Shia Imams (811–835)