Births on 7 April
1900s
Rafaela Gómez
1997
Ecuadorian tennis player
Emerson Hyndman
1996
American soccer player (born 1996)
Johanna Allik
1994
Estonian figure skater (born 1994)
Aaron Gray (rugby league)
1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Josh Hader
1994
American baseball pitcher (born 1994)
Ichinojō Takashi
1993
Japanese sumo wrestler
Andreea Acatrinei
1992
Romanian gymnast (born 1992)
Negueba
1992
Brazilian footballer
Luka Milivojević
1991
Serbian footballer (born 1991)
Anne-Marie
1991
English singer (born 1990)
Nickel Ashmeade
1990
Jamaican sprinter (born 1990)
Anna Bogomazova
1990
Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet
Sorana Cîrstea
1990
Romanian tennis player (born 1990)
Trent Cotchin
1990
Australian rules footballer
Franco Di Santo
1989
Argentine footballer
Mitchell Pearce
1989
Australian rugby league footballer
Teddy Riner
1989
French heavyweight judoka (born 1989)
Antonio Piccolo
1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Ed Speleers
1988
British actor (born 1988)
Martín Cáceres
1987
Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)
Eelco Sintnicolaas
1987
Dutch athlete
Jamar Smith
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Brooke Brodack
1986
American viral video comedian (born 1986)
Jack Duarte
1986
Mexican actor and singer
Andi Fraggs
1986
English musician (born 1986)
Christian Fuchs
1986
Austrian footballer (born 1986)
Choi Si-won
1986
South Korean singer and actor (born 1986)
KC Concepcion
1985
Filipina actress & singer (born 1985)
Humza Yousaf
1985
First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 2024
Hiroko Shimabukuro
1984
Japanese singer
Davidson Brothers
1983
Australian music duo
Franck Ribéry
1983
French footballer (born 1983)
Jon Stead
1983
English footballer
Jakub Smrž
1983
Czech motorcycle racer
Janar Talts
1983
Estonian basketball player
Silvana Arias
1982
Peruvian actress (born 1977)
Sonjay Dutt
1982
American professional wrestler (born 1982)
Kelli Young
1982
English musical artist (born 1982)
Hitoe Arakaki
1981
Musical artist
Kazuki Watanabe (musician)
1981
Japanese musician
Vanessa Olivarez
1981
American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1981)
Suzann Pettersen
1981
Norwegian professional golfer (born 1981)
Dragan Bogavac
1980
Montenegrin footballer
Bruno Covas
1980
Former mayor of São Paulo, Brazil
Tetsuji Tamayama
1980
Japanese actor (born 1980)
Adrián Beltré
1979
Dominican baseball player (born 1979)
Patrick Crayton
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Pascal Dupuis
1979
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)
Danny Sandoval
1979
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1979)
Jo Appleby
1978
Musical artist
Duncan James
1978
English singer and actor (born 1978)
Lilia Osterloh
1978
American tennis player (born 1978)
Tama Canning
1977
New Zealand cricketer (born 1977)
Karin Haydu
1977
Slovak actress (born 1977)
Kevin Alejandro
1976
American actor
Martin Buß
1976
German high jumper
Jessica Lee
1976
British politician
Aaron Lohr
1976
American actor
Barbara Jane Reams
1976
American actress
Gang Qiang
1976
Chinese news anchor (born 1976)
Karin Dreijer
1975
Swedish musician (born 1975)
Ronde Barber
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Tiki Barber
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Ronnie Belliard
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
John Cooper (musician)
1975
American bassist and singer (born 1975)
Simon Woolford
1975
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Marco Delvecchio
1973
Italian footballer
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
1973
Dutch politician (born 1973)
Carole Montillet
1973
French alpine skier
Christian O'Connell
1973
British-born Australian radio disc jockey (b. 1973)
Brett Tomko
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
Tim Peake
1972
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut (born 1972)
Guillaume Depardieu
1971
French actor (1971–2008)
Victor Kraatz
1971
Canadian ice dancer
Leif Ove Andsnes
1970
Norwegian pianist (born 1970)
Alexander Karpovtsev
1970
Russian ice hockey player (1970–2011)
Ricky Watters
1969
American football player (born 1969)
Duncan Armstrong
1968
Australian swimmer (born 1968)
Jennifer Lynch
1968
American filmmaker and author (born 1968)
Jože Možina
1968
Vasiliy Sokov
1968
Athletics competitor
Artemis Gounaki
1967
Greek-German singer and composer
Bodo Illgner
1967
German footballer
Simone Schilder
1967
Dutch tennis player
Richard Gomez
1966
Filipino actor and politician (born 1966)
Zvika Hadar
1966
Israeli actor, comedian and television host
Béla Mavrák
1966
Hungarian tenor singer (born 1966)
Gary Wilkinson (snooker player)
1966
English snooker player
Bill Bellamy
1965
American actor and stand-up comedian (born 1965)
Rozalie Hirs
1965
Dutch composer and poet
Alison Lapper
1965
English artist (born 1965)
Nenad Vučinić
1965
Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
Jace Alexander
1964
American television director and actor (born 1964)
Russell Crowe
1964
New Zealand-born actor (born 1964)
Steve Graves
1964
Canadian ice hockey player
Jaime de Marichalar
1963
Spanish noble (born 1963)
Nick Herbert
1963
British Conservative politician
Dave Johnson (decathlete)
1963
American decathlete
Jon Cruddas
1962
British politician (born 1962)
Andrew Hampsten
1962
American cyclist (born 1962)
Thurl Bailey
1961
American basketball player (born 1961)
Pascal Olmeta
1961
French footballer (born 1961)
Brigitte van der Burg
1961
Dutch politician (born 1961)
Buster Douglas
1960
American boxer (born 1960)
Sandy Powell (costume designer)
1960
British costume designer (born 1960)
Brian Haner
1958
American musician
Hindrek Kesler
1958
Estonian architect
Kim Kap-soo
1957
South Korean actor (born 1957)
Thelma Walker
1957
British politician
Annika Billström
1956
Swedish politician (born 1956)
Christopher Darden
1956
American lawyer (born 1956)
Georg Werthner
1956
Austrian decathlete (born 1956)
Tim Cochran
1955
American mathematician
Gregg Jarrett
1955
American journalist
Jackie Chan
1954
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
Tony Dorsett
1954
American football player (born 1954)
Santa Barraza
1953
American mixed-media artist and painter
Douglas Kell
1953
British biochemist
David Baulcombe
1952
British plant scientist and geneticist
Jane Frederick
1952
American heptathlete (born 1952)
Gilles Valiquette
1952
Canadian rock musician
Dennis Hayden (actor)
1952
American actor
Bruce Gary
1951
American drummer
Janis Ian
1951
American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Brian J. Doyle
1950
American convicted sex offender
Neil Folberg
1950
American-Israeli photographer and gallerist
Mitch Daniels
1949
American politician and academic administrator (born 1949)
John Oates
1948
American musician (born 1948)
Arnie Robinson
1948
American athlete (1948–2020)
Ecaterina Andronescu
1948
Romanian engineer, professor and politician
The Chiffons
1947
American girl group
Florian Schneider
1947
German musician (1947–2020)
Michèle Torr
1947
French singer and author (born 1947)
Zaid Abdul-Aziz
1946
American basketball player (born 1946)
Colette Besson
1946
French sprinter
Herménégilde Chiasson
1946
Canadian politician (born 1946)
Robert Metcalfe
1946
American engineer (born 1946)
Dimitrij Rupel
1946
Slovenian politician (born 1946)
Stan Winston
1946
American special effects artist (1946–2008)
Megas
1945
Icelandic musical artist
Gerry Cottle
1945
Circus owner (1945–2021)
Marilyn Friedman
1945
American philosopher (born 1945)
Martyn Lewis
1945
Welsh journalist and newscaster
Joël Robuchon
1945
French chef and restaurateur
Werner Schroeter
1945
German film director and screenwriter (1945–2010)
Hans van Hemert
1945
Musical artist
Shel Bachrach
1944
American insurance businessman (1944–2024)
Warner Fusselle
1944
American sportscaster (1944–2012)
Oshik Levi
1944
Israeli singer, actor, and entertainer (born 1944)
Julia Phillips
1944
American film producer
Gerhard Schröder
1944
Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005
Bill Stoneman
1944
American baseball player and executive (born 1944)
Mick Abrahams
1943
British musician (1943–2025)
Dennis Amiss
1943
English cricketer and administrator
Jeetendra
1942
Indian film actor (born 1942)
James Di Pasquale
1941
American classical composer
Peter Fluck
1941
British caricaturist
Cornelia Frances
1941
English-Australian actress (1941–2018)
Gorden Kaye
1941
British actor (1941–2017)
Marju Lauristin
1940
Estonian politician and sociologist
Francis Ford Coppola
1939
American filmmaker (born 1939)
David Frost
1939
British television host and journalist (1939–2013)
Gary Kellgren
1939
American audio engineer (1939–1977)
Brett Whiteley
1939
Australian artist (1939–1992)
Jerry Brown
1938
Governor of California (1975–1983; 2011–2019)
Spencer Dryden
1938
American drummer (1938–2005)
Freddie Hubbard
1938
American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
Iris Johansen
1938
American writer (born 1938)
Charlie Thomas (musician)
1937
American rhythm and blues singer (1937–2023)
Bobby Bare
1935
American country music singer (born 1935)
Hodding Carter III
1935
American journalist (1935–2023)
Ian Richardson
1934
Scottish actor (1934–2007)
Wayne Rogers
1933
American actor (1933–2015)
Sakıp Sabancı
1933
Turkish businessman (1933–2004)
Cal Smith
1932
American country music singer (1932–2013)
Donald Barthelme
1931
American writer and professor (1931 – 1989)
Daniel Ellsberg
1931
American political activist (1931–2023)
Ted Kotcheff
1931
Canadian film and television director (1931–2025)
Jane Priestman
1930
British designer (1930–2021)
Yves Rocher
1930
French businessman (1930–2009)
Andrew Sachs
1930
British actor (1930–2016)
Roger Vergé
1930
French chef and restaurateur
Bob Denard
1929
French mercenary (1929–2007)
Joe Gallo
1929
Italian-American mobster (1929–1972)
James Garner
1928
American actor (1928–2014)
Alan J. Pakula
1928
American film director, writer and producer (1928–1998)
James White (author)
1928
Northern Irish science fiction author (1928–1999)
Babatunde Olatunji
1927
Nigerian drummer and educator (1927–2003)
Leonid Shcherbakov
1927
Chaturanan Mishra
1925
Indian politician
Jan van Roessel
1925
Dutch footballer (1925–2011)
Johannes Mario Simmel
1924
Austrian writer (1924–2009)
Mongo Santamaría
1922
Afro-Cuban musician (1917–2003)
Feza Gürsey
1921
Turkish mathematician and physicist
Ravi Shankar
1920
Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)
Roger Lemelin
1919
Canadian novelist, television writer, and essayist
Edoardo Mangiarotti
1919
Italian fencer (1919–2012)
Bobby Doerr
1918
American baseball player (1918–2017)
R. G. Armstrong
1917
American actor (1917–2012)
Anthony Caruso (actor)
1916
American actor (1916–2003)
Stanley Adams (actor)
1915
American actor and screenwriter
Billie Holiday
1915
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
Henry Kuttner
1915
American fiction author (1915–1958)
Ralph Flanagan
1914
American bandleader and composer (1914–1995)
Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou
1914
Greek sprinter
Louise Currie
1913
American actress (1913–2013)
Charles Vanik
1913
American politician (1913–2007)
Melissanthi
1910
Greek poet, teacher and journalist
Robert Charroux
1909
French writer
Percy Faith
1908
Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator and composer (1908–1976)
Peter Zaremba (hammer thrower)
1908
American hammer thrower (1908–1994)
Roland Wilson (economist)
1904
Australian public servant and economist (1904–1996)
M. Balasundaram
1903
Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament
Edwin T. Layton
1903
US Navy intelligence officer (1903–1984)
Eduard Eelma
1902
Estonian footballer
Adolf Dymsza
1900
Polish comedy actor
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
1900
British racewalker
1800s
Robert Casadesus
1899
French pianist and composer (1899–1972)
Erich Loewenhardt
1897
German World War I flying ace
Walter Winchell
1897
American gossip reporter (1897–1972)
Frits Peutz
1896
Dutch architect (1896–1974)
John Bernard Flannagan
1895
American sculptor (1895–1942)
Margarete Schön
1895
German actress (1895–1985)
Almada Negreiros
1893
Portuguese artist (1893–1970)
Allen Dulles
1893
Director of Central Intelligence from 1953 to 1961
Julius Hirsch
1892
German footballer (1892–?)
Ole Kirk Christiansen
1891
Danish businessman and founder of The Lego Group (1891–1958)
Paul Berth
1890
Danish footballer (1890–1969)
Victoria Ocampo
1890
Argentine writer (1890–1979)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
1890
American journalist (1890–1998)
Gabriela Mistral
1889
Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957)
Ed Lafitte
1886
American baseball player (1886–1971)
Clement Smoot
1884
American golfer (1884–1963)
Gino Severini
1883
Italian painter (1883–1966)
Bert Ironmonger
1882
Australian cricketer
Kurt von Schleicher
1882
Chancellor of Germany from 1932 to 1933
Fay Moulton
1876
American Olympian and football coach (1876–1945)
Frederick Carl Frieseke
1874
American painter
John McGraw
1873
American baseball player and manager (1873–1934)
Epifanio de los Santos
1871
Filipino academic (1871–1928)
Gustav Landauer
1870
German anarchist and revolutionary (1870–1919)
Holger Pedersen (linguist)
1867
Danish linguist (1867–1953)
Will Keith Kellogg
1860
American businessman (1860–1951)
Walter Camp
1859
American football player and coach (1859–1925)
Randall Davidson
1848
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 to 1928
Francesco Selmi
1817
Italian chemist and one of the founders of colloid chemistry
Hasan Tahsini
1811
Albanian astronomer, mathematician, rector and philosopher (1811–1881)
James Curtiss
1803
American politician
Flora Tristan
1803
French writer and suffragist (1803–1844)
Before 1800
William Ellery Channing
1780
American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)
Charles Fourier
1772
French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)
William Wordsworth
1770
English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
Domenico Dragonetti
1763
Musical artist
Michel Adanson
1727
French naturalist (1727–1806)
Hugh Blair
1718
Scottish philosopher (1718–1800)
Nicola Sala
1713
Italian opera composer and music theorist (1713–1801)
Pope Clement XII
1652
Head of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
1648
British military officer, writer and politician (1648–1721)
François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy
1644
French Royal Army officer and nobleman
Gerrit Dou
1613
Dutch painter (1613–1675)
Tobias Stimmer
1539
Swiss painter and illustrator (1539–1584)
Francis Xavier
1506
Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire
1470
John, 3rd Earl of Kent
1330
English nobleman (1330–1352)
Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
1206
Duke of Bavaria (1206–1253)