April 6 - Births

Births

1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)
1651 – André Dacier, French scholar (d. 1722)
1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist (d. 1722)
1664 – Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749)
1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and librettist, and Freemason (d. 1759)
1708 – Georg Reutter II, Austrian composer (d. 1772)
1725 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807)
1741 – Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (d. 1794)
1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and printmaker (d. 1853)
1773 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1836)
1810 – Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist (d. 1888)
1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
1815 – Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870)
1820 – Nadar, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist (d. 1910)
1823 – Joseph Medill, American editor, publisher, and politician (d. 1899)
1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
1841 – Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917)
1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932)
1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist (d. 1897)
1864 – William Bate Hardy, British biochemist (d. 1934)
1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1931)
1869 – Levon Shant, Armenian playwright, novelist and poet (d. 1951)
1871 – Prince Alexander John of Wales (d. 1871)
1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete (d. 1953)
1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor (d. 1950)
1886 – Athenagoras I, Greek religious leader, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
1886 – Walter Edward Dandy, American neurosurgeon and scientist (d. 1946)
1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist (d. 1976)
1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian (d. 1967)
1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation engineer (d. 1939)
1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aviation industrialist (d. 1981)
1892 – Lowell Thomas, American writer (d. 1981)
1894 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1895 – Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter (d. 1960)
1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani (d. 1920)
1900 – Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer (d. 1984)
1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic activist (d. 1925)
1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
1902 – Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet (d. 1933)
1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
1903 – Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
1904 – Kurt Kiesinger, German politician (d. 1988)
1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster (d. 1994)
1909 – William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965)
1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer (d. 1993)
1915 – Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, set designer and theater director (d. 1990)
1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor (d.1998)
1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist (d. 1987)
1917 – Leonora Carrington, British surrealist painter (d. 2011)
1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982)
1919 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (d. 1998)
1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun (d. 2009)
1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate
1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1990)
1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian cartoonist (d. 2000)
1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger (d. 1996)
1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and writer (d. 2005)
1929 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress (d. 1972)
1929 – André Previn, German composer and conductor
1931 – Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher
1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director (d. 2008)
1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor (d. 2004)
1933 – Roy Goode, British lawyer
1933 – Eduardo Malapit, American politician (d. 2007)
1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (d. 2010)
1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer (d. 2008)
1935 – Douglas Hill, Canadian writer (d. 2007)
1936 – Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli artist
1937 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and musician
1937 – Terrence Hardiman, English actor
1937 – Peter Maivia, Samoan wrestler (d. 1982)
1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor
1938 – Paul Daniels, English magician
1938 – Roy Thinnes, American actor
1939 – André Ouellet, French-Canadian politician
1939 – John Sculley, American Businessman, former Apple Inc. CEO
1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican writer and diplomat
1940 – Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor
1941 – Phil Austin, American comedian
1941 – Hans W. Geissendörfer, German director
1941 – Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, American drag racer
1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
1942 – Barry Levinson, American producer and director
1944 – Felicity Palmer, English soprano
1945 – Neal Boortz, American radio personality
1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor
1947 – Mike Worboys, British mathematician
1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director/Producer
1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress
1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter
1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1950 – Cleo Odzer, American writer
1951 – Bert Blyleven, Dutch baseball player
1952 – Udo Dirkschneider, German singer (Accept and U.D.O.)
1952 – Marilu Henner, American actress
1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian hockey player (d. 1992)
1953 – Christopher Franke, German musician and composer (Tangerine Dream)
1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist
1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer
1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian
1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician
1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor
1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean artist and journalist
1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator
1957 – Jaroslava Maxova, Czech soprano and vocal coach
1957 – Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut
1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician
1960 – Batem, French comic book artist
1960 – Warren Haynes, American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and The Dead)
1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader
1961 – Rory Bremner, Scottish comedian
1962 – Iris Häussler, German artist
1963 – Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador
1964 – Phil Gayle, English news anchor
1965 – Frank Black, American singer-songwriter (Pixies, Frank Black and the Catholics, and Grand Duchy)
1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player
1965 – Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete
1966 – Young Man Kang, Korean director
1967 – Jonathan Firth, British actor
1967 – Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish bowler
1968 – Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
1968 – Vanessa Lann, American composer
1969 – Bret Boone, American baseball player
1969 – Jack Canfora, American playwright
1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002)
1969 – Ari Meyers, Puerto Rican actress
1969 – Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver
1969 – Paul Rudd, American actor
1969 – Louie Spence, English dancer and choreographer
1969 – Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist
1970 – Olaf Kölzig, African-German hockey player
1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer (Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President, and Nausea)
1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player
1971 – Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model
1972 – Scott Martin Brooks, American actor
1972 – Chad Eaton, American football player
1972 – Jason Hervey, American actor
1972 – Ami James, Israeli-American tattoo artist
1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish screenwriter and director
1972 – Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player
1972 – Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower
1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player
1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player
1973 – Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer
1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress and model
1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
1974 – Camilla Dallerup, British-Danish dancer, teacher, and model
1974 – Érica García, Argentinian-American composer, singer, and actress (Fool's Gold)
1974 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer
1974 – Jeff Tymoschuk, Canadian composer
1974 – Gina Yashere, English comedian
1975 – Zach Braff, American actor
1975 – Hal Gill, American hockey player
1975 – Damon Pampolina, American musician and actor (The Party)
1975 – Joel West, American actor and model
1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress
1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor
1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player
1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist (Sigur Rós)
1976 – Markku Lappalainen, American bass player (Hoobastank)
1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer
1977 – Gabriela Cano, Mexican actress
1977 – Ville Nieminen, Finnish hockey player
1977 – Andy Phillips, American baseball player
1977 – Teddy Sears, American actor
1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
1978 – Myleene Klass, British singer, pianist, and model (Hear’Say)
1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist (Opeth)
1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player
1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer
1978 – Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author
1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor
1979 – Christine Smith, American model and actress
1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, British financial analyst
1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor
1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish ski racer
1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer
1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player and agent
1981 – Kari Jobe, American singer and songwriter (Gateway Worship)
1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist (Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League)
1982 – Alana Austin, American actress
1982 – Sofia Boutella, Algerian-French dancer and actress
1982 – Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist (The Academy Is... and Hillsong United)
1982 – Herculez Gomez, American soccer player
1982 – Ilan Hall, American chef
1982 – Bret Harrison, American actor
1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian hockey player
1982 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor
1983 – Diora Baird, American actress and model
1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer
1983 – Eliza Coupe, American actress
1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress
1983 – Dash Shaw, American writer and artist
1983 – Bobbi Starr, American porn actress
1983 – James Wade, English darts player
1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian hockey player
1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter (Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits)
1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer
1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer
1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player
1985 – Al Mukadam, Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor
1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer
1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer
1986 – Aaron Curry, American football player
1986 – Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer
1986 – Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009
1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer
1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model
1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
1988 – Mike Bailey, English actor and singer
1988 – Melisa Cantiveros, Filipina actress, comedienne, and television personality
1988 – Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer
1988 – Carlton Mitchell, American football player
1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer
1988 – Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rician actress and model
1988 – Jucilei da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Rigard van Klooster, Dutch track cyclist and former speed skater
1990 – Charlie McDermott, American actor
1990 – Natalya Milnichenko, Russian guitarist and singer (Ranetki Girls)
1990 – Kyle Swann, American actor
1995 – Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
1995 – Ryutaro Morimoto, Japanese actor and singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
1998 – Lily Jackson, American actress
1998 – Peyton List, American actress
1998 – Spencer List, American actor
1999 – Kwesi Boakye, American actor