April 2
Hans Christian Andersen
Sir Alec Guinness
Marvin Gaye
Emmylou Harris
Marion Bell
Leon Russell
Buddy Jewell
April 2, 1975 Deedee Magno, rocker, Party-Rodeo, That's Why
April 2, 1973 Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican Model
April 2, 1972 Graham Hood, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1.5k runner, Olympics 1992, 1996
April 2, 1971 James Ransom, born in Toronto, Ontario, Epee fencer 1996 Olympics
April 2, 1971 Jenny Craig, Miss Georgia USA 1996
April 2, 1971 Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon
April 2, 1970 Jerry Reynolds, NFL guard and tackle for the New York Giants
April 2, 1970 Jon Lieber, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
April 2, 1970 Marcus Christensen, born in Toronto Ontario, figure skater, 1995 Canadian-2nd
April 2, 1970 Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard, Utah Starzz
April 2, 1969 Yj Nagata, [Yuji], wrestler, NJPW
April 2, 1966 Andrei Kovalev, NHL forward Belarus, 1998 Olympics
April 2, 1966 Bill Romanowski, NFL linebacker, Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
April 2, 1966 Willie Green, NFL wide reciever, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
April 2, 1965 Rodney King, born in Sacramento, California, black motorist beaten by LA cops
April 2, 1964 Pete Incaviglia, born in Pebble Beach, California, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
April 2, 1963 Dermot Reeve, cricketer, in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992
April 2, 1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996
April 2, 1962 Billy Dean, born in Quincy, Florida, country singer, Billy the Kid
April 2, 1962 Bruce Kozerski, NFL tackle and guard for the Cincinnati Bengals
April 2, 1961 Cindy Mackey, born in Athens, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am
April 2, 1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
April 2, 1961 Keren Jane Woodward, born in Bristol, England, rock vocalist, Bananarama-Venus
April 2, 1960 Linford Christie, St. Andrews, Jamaica, 4x100m runner 1992 Olympics gold
April 2, 1959 Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach 1996 Olympics
April 2, 1959 Brian Goodell, U.S., 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-1976
April 2, 1959 Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, born in New York City, 5K runner
April 2, 1959 Dean Townson, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake
April 2, 1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner 1988 Olympics gold
April 2, 1959 Ken Macleay, cricketer, at Bedford-on-Avon Aussie ODI medium pacer
April 2, 1959 Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex
April 2, 1956 Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner, bowled 10 overs Pak vs. NZ 1976
April 2, 1955 Dana Carvey, comedian, SNL, Wayne's World
April 2, 1954 Ron Palillo, born in Connecticut, actor, Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter
April 2, 1953 David Robinson, drummer, Cars
April 2, 1953 Debralee Scott, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, actress, Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie
April 2, 1952 Dan Halldorson, born in Winnipeg, Canadian Tour golfer, 1985 World Cup
April 2, 1952 Joseph Kent Massey, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, soling yachter 1996 Olympics bronze
April 2, 1952 Leon Wilkerson, rocker, Lynard Skynard
April 2, 1951 Ayako Okamoto, born in Hiroshima, Japan, LPGA golfer, 1990 Sara Lee
April 2, 1949 Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court
April 2, 1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
April 2, 1948 Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
April 2, 1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Dune
April 2, 1948 Kerry Minnear, rocker, Gentle Giant
April 2, 1948 Marlene Floyd, LPGA golfer
April 2, 1947 Camille Paglia, born in Endicott, New York, actress, Female Misbehavior, It's Pat
April 2, 1947 Emmylou Harris, born in Birmingham, Alabama, country singer, Together Again
April 2, 1946 Kurt Winter, rocker, Guess Who
April 2, 1946 Lynda Carr, educationist
April 2, 1946 Richard Collinge, cricketer, NZ rec wicket-taker, 116, before Hadlee
April 2, 1946 Sue Townsend, English Novelist
April 2, 1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
April 2, 1945 Linda Hunt, born in Morristown, New Jersey, actress, Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado
April 2, 1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister, C
April 2, 1943 Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist, Fortunes Deal
April 2, 1943 Larry Coryell, born in Galveston, Texas, jazz guitarist, 11th House
April 2, 1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
April 2, 1941 Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny
April 2, 1940 Penelope Keith, British actress, Norman Conquests, Priest of Love
April 2, 1940 Peter Haining, writer and editor, Anatomy of Witchcraft
April 2, 1939 Marvin P. Gaye, Jr., Washington D.C., singer, Sexual Healing
April 2, 1939 Marvin Gaye, American Musician
April 2, 1937 Paul E. Kanjorski, Rep-D-PA, 1985-
April 2, 1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, world champ 1966
April 2, 1935 Sharon Acker, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Della Street-Perry Mason 1973
April 2, 1934 Brian Glover, actor, McGuffin
April 2, 1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary, Department of Health
April 2, 1934 Diane Cilento, Rabaul, actress, Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man
April 2, 1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary, Treasury
April 2, 1933 George Konrad, Hungarian Novelist
April 2, 1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests
April 2, 1931 Imre Olsvai, composer
April 2, 1930 Girolamo Arriego, composer
April 2, 1930 W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
April 2, 1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist, Fiona, Coporation Wife
April 2, 1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP, KVP/CDA
April 2, 1928 Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
April 2, 1928 Rita Gam, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron
April 2, 1928 Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer, Ford Mustang
April 2, 1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star
April 2, 1927 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic
April 2, 1926 Elena Verdugo, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD
April 2, 1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter and coin designer
April 2, 1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet and author, Flashman at the Charge
April 2, 1924 Denis Rooke, CEO, British Gas
April 2, 1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat
April 2, 1923 Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist, Agogisch Moment
April 2, 1922 Nikolaj G. Bassov, born in Russia, atomic physicist, laser, Nobel 1964
April 2, 1920 Jack Webb, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Joe Friday-Dragnet
April 2, 1920 Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist, Waddenzee, Rhone-delta
April 2, 1919 Antoon J. Hubben, Dutch mayor and trade union leader
April 2, 1919 Ian Hunter, impresario
April 2, 1917 Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie
April 2, 1917 Lou Monte, born in New Jersey, singer, Peppino the Italian Mouse
April 2, 1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
April 2, 1915 Arthur Ballard, artist
April 2, 1914 Alec Guinness, born in London, England, British actor, Bridge on River Kwai
April 2, 1911 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, Tap
April 2, 1910 Arnie Herber, born in NFL QB, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants
April 2, 1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire
April 2, 1910 Joeri German, Russian writer
April 2, 1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer
April 2, 1908 Buddy Ebsen, born in Belleville, Illinois, actor, Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
April 2, 1905 Edmond Jouhaud, general
April 2, 1905 Kurt Adler, therapist and writer
April 2, 1905 Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet
April 2, 1902 Danilo Svara, composer
April 2, 1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer
April 2, 1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
April 2, 1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
April 2, 1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air
April 2, 1891 Max Ernst, born in Germany, painter and sculptor, founded surrealism
April 2, 1877 Arnold Schering, German musicologist, Humor, Heldentum, Tragik
April 2, 1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler
April 2, 1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer and pianist, Dutch cabaret
April 2, 1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect, Art Nouveau
April 2, 1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931
April 2, 1844 George Haven Putnam, American Soldier
April 2, 1841 Clement Ader, French engineer
April 2, 1840 Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse
April 2, 1834 Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty
April 2, 1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
April 2, 1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World
April 2, 1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1897
April 2, 1817 Teodulo Mabellini, composer
April 2, 1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General Confederate Army
April 2, 1806 Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal and assistant sec of state for Pius IX
April 2, 1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
April 2, 1805 Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author
April 2, 1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer
April 2, 1798 H vs. Fallersleben, writer
April 2, 1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
April 2, 1740 Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO, Council of 500
April 2, 1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
April 2, 1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
April 2, 1733 Giacomo Tritto, composer
April 2, 1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer
April 2, 1725 Casanova, writer
April 2, 1713 Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet, Fatherland
April 2, 1711 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, illustrator and actor, Gideonschool
April 2, 1632 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
April 2, 1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
April 2, 1618 Francesco M. Grimaldi, mathematician and physicist, light defraction
April 2, 1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
April 2, 742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor, 800-14