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Famous Writers Born in April

Famous novelists, poets, playwrights, and journalists whose words changed minds and moved hearts.

23 biography pages

April 1

Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

b. April 1, 1929 — d. 2023

April 2

Émile Zola

b. April 2, 1840

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

b. April 2, 1805 — d. 1875

April 4

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

b. April 4, 1928 — d. 2014

Thomas Mayne Reid

Thomas Mayne Reid

b. April 4, 1818

April 5

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

b. April 5, 1856 — d. 1915

Gotthelf Bergsträsser

Gotthelf Bergsträsser

b. April 5, 1886

April 8

Chris Kyle

Chris Kyle

b. April 8, 1974

April 10

Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer

b. April 10, 1847

April 12

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

b. April 12, 1947 — d. 2013

April 13

Alan Clark

Alan Clark

b. April 13, 1928

Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

b. April 13, 1909 — d. 2001

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

b. April 13, 1906 — d. 1989

Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

b. April 13, 1939 — d. 2013

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

b. April 13, 1743 — d. 1826

April 15

Corrie ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom

b. April 15, 1892 — d. 1983

April 16

José de Diego

José de Diego

b. April 16, 1866

Polly Adler

Polly Adler

b. April 16, 1900

April 22

Kaneto Shindo

Kaneto Shindo

b. April 22, 1912

April 23

Georg Fabricius

Georg Fabricius

b. April 23, 1516

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

b. April 23, 1564 — d. 1616

April 25

Ross Lockridge Jr.

b. April 25, 1914

April 28

Harper Lee

Harper Lee

b. April 28, 1926 — d. 2016