April 7

Jackie Chan (MOVIE ACTOR) 1954

Russell Crowe (MOVIE ACTOR) 1964

Anne-Marie (POP SINGER) 1991

April 7 – Famous Birthdays

1506 St Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
1534 José de Anchieta Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
1613 Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School)
1622 Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart
1629 Juan José of Austria, Spanish General/Governor of Netherlands
1648 Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter
1694 Coelestin Praelisauer composer
1699 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer
1727 Henri Hardouin composer
1727 Michel Adanson French biologist (Natural History of Sénégal)
1745 Georg Druschetzky composer
1748 Georg Wenzel Ritter composer
1756 Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31)
1763 Domenico Dragonetti composer
1768 Karl Theodor Toeschi composer
1770 William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude)
1772 F M Charles Fourier French socialist
1775 Francis C Lowell founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
1780 William Ellery Channing US, Unitarian clergyman
1786 William Rufus DeVane King (D) 13th US Vice President (1853)
1801 Henry Eagle Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
1803 Flora Tristan writer
1805 Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Governor-SC, Confederacy), died in 1869
1819 Hubert Leonard composer
1820 György Klapka Hungarian General/MP (Komárom-castle)
1822 Gershom Mott Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 Johann Hermann Berens composer
1841 Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanicus
1841 Joseph H “Jozef” Neuhuys painter
1847 J P Jacobsen writer
1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell composer
1858 Adrien H Gerhard Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)
1859 Walter Camp Connecticut, father of American football (Yale)
1860 W K Kellogg a real corn flake
1869 David Grandison Fairchild US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US
1870 Gustav Landauer German socialist
1870 Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron
1872 William Monroe Trotter famous African
1878 C M M Hathorn cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)
1878 Jozef C Bittremieux Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)
1882 Bert “Dainty” Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian representative 1928-33)
1882 Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
1884 Charles Dodd English new testament authority
1884 Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal Dutch politician/resistance fighter
1889 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolación, Tenderness)/Nobel 1945
1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
1893 Allan W Dulles US diplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany’s Underground)
1893 Irene Castle dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
1894 Gerald Brenan English writer
1895 Eduardo Toldra composer
1895 Lewis B Combs naval commander/civil engineer
1896 Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25)
1897 Walter Winchell Harlem New York NY, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
1897 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer
1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer)
19– Elaine Miles actress (Marilyn-Northern Exposure)
19– Morris Johnson Jr drag race car driver
19– Shane rocker (Electric Angels-I Believe, Whiplash)
1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson England, 50K walker (Olympics-bronze-1952)
1903 Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl)
1908 Percy Faith conductor (Summer Place)
1908 Le Duan Vietnamese politician
1912 John Adrian Hope politician/businessman
1912 Valère Depauw Flemish writer
1914 Sydney Thompson rock climber
1915 Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia PA, singer (Ain’t Nobody’s Business)
1915 Henry Kuttner US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner)
1917 R G Armstrong Birmingham AL, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
1918 Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1918 Ronald Howard Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style)
1918 C B Bertie Clarke cricketer (Barbados & West Indian leg-spinner)
1918 Peter Aryans [PCJ Vander] Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out)
1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy, épée (Olympics-gold-1952)
1919 Ralph Flanagan Loraine OH, orchestra leader (Let’s Dance)
1920 Ravi Shankar Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
1920 Terence Edward Armstrong polar geographer
1922 Kenneth Howard Peacock composer
1924 Nick Perito Denver CO, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
1924 Harry Cordon comic/host (Fred Haché Show)
1924 Ikuma Dan composer
1926 Johannes Rood Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant)
1928 Alan J Pakula director (All the President’s Men, Klute)
1928 James [Scott Bumgarner] Garner Norman OK, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
1928 James White UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
1930 Andrew Sachs actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
1931 Donald Barthelme Philadelphia PA, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
1931 Daniel Ellsberg whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
1932 Louis “Mr Bo” Collins Indianola MS, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money)
1933 Wayne Rogers Birmingham AL, actor (MASH, House Calls, Chiefs)
1934 Ian Richards Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
1935 Hodding Carter III press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
1935 Bobby Bare Irontown OH, country singer (Detroit City)
1935 Yvonne Fedderson co-founder (Childhelp USA)
1937 [Big] Charlie Thomas New York NY, jazz/rock singer (Drifters)
1938 Freddie Hubbard Indianapolis IN, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1938 Yvonne Lime Glendale CA, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis)
1938 [Edmund G] Jerry Brown Jr San Francisco CA, (Governor-Democrat-CA, 1975-83)
1939 David Frost Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
1939 Donald L Holmquest Dallas TX, astronaut
1939 Francis Ford Coppola Detroit MI, film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti)
1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer
1940 Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip)
1942 Edda Barends actress (Arthur & Eva)
1943 Roberta Shore [Schourup] Monterey Park CA, actress/singer (Virginian)
1943 Dennis Amiss cricketer (prolific English batsman)
1943 Mick Abrahams Luton Bedfordshire England, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-This Was)
1943 Spencer Dryden New York NY, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
1946 Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
1946 Barbara Benary composer
1947 Patricia Bennett US singer (He’s So Fine)
1949 John Oates guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
1951 Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, folk singer (Society’s Child, At 17)
1951 John Dittrich Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1952 Bruce Gary Burbank CA, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
1952 Jane Frederick US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976)
1953 Everard Endt US, yachting (Olympics-gold-1952)
1954 Donna White LPGA golfer
1954 Jackie Chan martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
1954 Tony Dorsett NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy)
1955 Andrea Fisher artist
1956 Gail Lee Hirata LPGA golfer
1958 Alexandra Neil Boston MA, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
1958 Tony Ayre rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1960 Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
1962 Andy Hampsten Columbus OH, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1962 Bonny Warner Mount Baldy CA, lugist
1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O’Connor actor (In the Heat of the Night)
1964 Helen Wadsworth S Wales, golfer (Curtis Cup 1990)
1964 Joe Durant Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th)
1965 Alexander Mronz Cologne Germany, tennis star
1965 Kaushik Amalean cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88)
1966 Teri Ann Linn Honolulu HI, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
1967 Steve Wisniewski NFL guard (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Bill Bellamy actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker)
1968 Don[ald] Smith North Tonawanda NY, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
1969 Clark Sheehan Denver CO, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Jeremy Lincoln NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
1969 Peggy Clasen St Paul MN, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 Ricky Bones Salinas Puerto Rico, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees)
1969 Ricky Watters NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 Alexander Karpovtsev Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1970 Kevin Smith NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Cara Kendra Bernosky Miss Pennsylvania-USA (1997)
1971 Mark Thompson Russellville KY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1971 Stephen Brimacombe Australian 100 meter/200 meter (Olympics-96)
1971 Victor Kraatz Berlin Germany, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champions-4th)
1972 Greg Clark tight end (San Francisco 49ers)
1972 Joanne Brown Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972 Lovett Purnell wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1972 Malcolm Huckaby NBA guard (Miami Heat)
1972 Shana Williams Bridgeton NJ, long jumper/heptathlete
1974 Anita Maxwell WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 Beverly Peele super model (Elle)
1975 Ronde Barber cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 Tiki Barber running back (New York Giants)
1975 Victoria Adams “Posh Spice”, Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1976 Erich Goldmann Dingolfing Germany, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1978 Siobhan Drake-Brockman Bunbury Australia, tennis star (1994 Port Pirie)