History Births on April 02

Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Gregory_Abbott

Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
#Prince_George_of_Denmark

Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
#Per_Elofsson

Clark Gregg, American actor
#Clark_Gregg

Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
#Joseph_Bernardin

Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
#Will_Hoy

Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
#Clément_Ader

J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)
#J._C._Squire

Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Lee_DeWyze

Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
#Tayfun_Korkut

Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
#Rodney_King

Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
#Elisabeth_of_Valois

Gloria Henry, American actress
#Gloria_Henry

David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
#David_Ferrer

Joan D. Vinge, American author
#Joan_D._Vinge

Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
#Yves_Lavandier

Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
#Reggie_Smith

Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
#Brad_Jones_(racing_driver)

Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
#Max_Ernst

David Heyes, English politician
#David_Heyes

Dr. Demento, American radio host
#Dr._Demento

Anne Waldman, American poet
#Anne_Waldman

John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
#John_Larsson

Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
#Wairangi_Koopu

Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
#Leon_Russell

David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004)
#David_Robinson_(horticulturist)

György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
#György_Konrád

John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)
#John_C._Whitehead

William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (d. 1910)
#William_Holman_Hunt

Miralem Pjani?, Bosnian footballer
#Miralem_Pjani?

Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
#Alec_Guinness

Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
#Lise_Thibault

Camille Paglia, American author and critic
#Camille_Paglia

Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
#Chico_Xavier

Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (d. 1940)
#Chiungtze_C._Tsen

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
#Francesco_Maria_Grimaldi

Yung Joc, American rapper
#Yung_Joc
Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
#Engin_Atsür

Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
#Erastus_Brigham_Bigelow

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
#Johann_Wilhelm_Ludwig_Gleim

Jack Evans, American wrestler
#Jack_Evans_(wrestler)

Pierre Carles, French director and producer
#Pierre_Carles

Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
#Remo_D'Souza

Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
#Larry_Drew

Christopher Meloni, American actor
#Christopher_Meloni

Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
#Bill_Romanowski

Karl Beattie, English director and producer
#Karl_Beattie

Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
#Charlemagne

Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
#Francisco_de_Paula_Santander

Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
#Billy_Pierce

Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
#Jack_Webb

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (d. 1665)
#Mary_of_Jesus_of_Ágreda

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (d. 1874)
#August_Heinrich_Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben

Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Billy_Dean

Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
#Phil_Demmel

Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
#Stéphane_Lambiel

Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
#Bobby_Ávila

Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (d. 2018)
#Carl_Kasell

Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)
#Jan_Tschichold

David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#David_Frankel

Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
#Roselyn_Sánchez

Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
#Kapil_Sharma_(comedian)

Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
#Mike_Hailwood

Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
#Mike_Gascoyne

Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
#Pete_Incaviglia

Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
#Shaul_Ladany

Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer
#Malika_Oufkir

Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
#Paul_Triquet

Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (d. 1857)
#Dominic_Savio

Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
#Marvin_Gaye

Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
#Anthony_Lake

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
#Ricky_Hendrick
Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
#Jonathon_Sharkey

Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
#Michael_Fassbender

Teddy Sheringham, English footballer and coach
#Teddy_Sheringham

John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)
#John_Corvinus

Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
#Maria_Sibylla_Merian

Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
#Rory_Sabbatini

Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
#Hanno_Pevkur

Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
#Léon_Gambetta

Scott Lynch, American author
#Scott_Lynch

Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
#Yevgeniya_Kanayeva

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
#Katrin_Rutschow-Stomporowski

Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
#Jürgen_Drews

Linda Hunt, American actress
#Linda_Hunt

Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987)
#Lionel_Chevrier

Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player
#Jesse_Carmichael

Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (d. 1652)
#Pietro_Della_Valle

Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Don_Sutton

Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (d. 1958)
#Tristão_de_Bragança_Cunha

Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)
#Harald_Andersson

Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (d. 1875)
#Henry_L._Benning

Rita Gam, American actress (d. 2016)
#Rita_Gam

Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
#Juha_Kankkunen

Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
#Dick_Radatz

Roy Masters, English-American radio host
#Roy_Masters_(commentator)

Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator
#Rosemary_Bryant_Mariner

Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
#Paul_Gambaccini

Andris Biedri?š, Latvian basketball player
#Andris_Biedri?š

Jesse Plemons, American actor
#Jesse_Plemons

Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
#Michael_Boyce,_Baron_Boyce

Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
#Jim_Allister

Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Greg_Camp

Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Emmylou_Harris

Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
#Hughie_Jennings

Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
#Paquita_la_del_Barrio

Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
#Ayako_Okamoto

Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
#Linford_Christie

Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
#Cornelis_de_Houtman

Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 1902)
#Émile_Zola

Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
#Jeremy_Bloom

Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
#Roberto_Arlt

Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
#Caroline_Dean

Quavo, American rapper
#Quavo

Marc Pugh, English footballer
#Marc_Pugh
Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
#Buddy_Ebsen

Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981)
#Delfo_Cabrera

Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
#Nicholas_Murray_Butler

Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
#Gelindo_Bordin

Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015)
#Edward_Egan

Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
#Lucio_Norberto_Mansilla

Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
#Todd_Woodbridge

Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
#Giacomo_Casanova

Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
#Wilhelmine_Reichard

Jérémy Morel, French footballer
#Jérémy_Morel

Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter
#Avi_Benedi

Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
#Carlos_Salcido

Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1778)
#Francesca_Cuzzoni
Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
#Buddy_Jewell

Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
#Tua_Forsström

Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi
#Dovid_Shmidel

Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)
#Jack_Brabham

Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
#Guy_Fréquelin

Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (d. 2017)
#Larry_Coryell
Pamela Reed, American actress
#Pamela_Reed

Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
#Michael_Clarke_(cricketer)

Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
#Keren_Woodward

Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
#Lynn_Westmoreland

Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
#Ibrahim_Afellay

Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
#Gavin_Heffernan

Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
#Thom_Evans

Donald Petrie, American actor and director
#Donald_Petrie

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1875)
#Hans_Christian_Andersen

Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
#Walter_Chrysler

Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
#Zane_Lamprey

Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
#Hans_Rosenthal

Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
#Luke_Appling

Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
#Francisco_Balagtas

Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
#Serge_Gainsbourg