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{{short description|Events on calendar date 19 April}}
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[AD 65](/source/AD_65) – The [freedman](/source/freedman) [Milichus](/source/Milichus) betrays [Piso's plot](/source/Pisonian_conspiracy) to kill the [Emperor](/source/Roman_emperor) [Nero](/source/Nero) and all of the [conspirators](/source/List_of_conspiracies_(political)) are arrested.[{{cite book|author=Richard Holland|title=Nero: The Man Behind the Myth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iJ_tAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Sutton|isbn=978-0-7509-2447-4|page=188}}]
* [531](/source/531) – [Battle of Callinicum](/source/Battle_of_Callinicum): A [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) army under [Belisarius](/source/Belisarius) is defeated by the [Persians](/source/Sasanian_Empire) at [Raqqa](/source/Raqqa) (northern [Syria](/source/Syria)).[{{cite book|author1=Irfan Shahid|author2=Irfan Shahîd|title=Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BEvEV9OVzacC&pg=PA134|year=1995|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks|isbn=978-0-88402-214-5|pages=134}}]
*[1024](/source/1024) – Election of [Pope John XIX](/source/Pope_John_XIX) following the death of his brother [Pope Benedict VIII](/source/Pope_Benedict_VIII).[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=354}}]
*[1042](/source/1042) – Following the attempt of [Byzantine Emperor](/source/Byzantine_Emperor) [Michael V Kalaphates](/source/Michael_V_Kalaphates) to depose his wife and empress [Zoe Porphyrogenita](/source/Zoe_Porphyrogenita), a popular uprising in [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) breaks out with the intention to restore her.[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=367}}]
*[1506](/source/1506) – The [Lisbon Massacre](/source/Lisbon_Massacre) begins, in which about two thousand Jews who had been [forcibly converted to Christianity](/source/Converso) are slaughtered by [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_people) Catholics.[{{cite book|author1=Paulo Mendes Pinto|author2=Susana Bastos Mateus|title=The Massacre of the Jews: Lisbon April 19, 1506|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LVmBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|date=2 September 2014|publisher=Alêtheia Editores|isbn=978-989-622-665-7|pages=28}}][{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=Jacob Rader |url=https://archive.org/details/the-jews-in-christian-europe-a-source-book-315-1791-by-marc-saperstein/page/193/mode/1up |title=The Jews in Christian Europe: A Source Book, 315–1791 |last2=Saperstein |first2=Marc |publisher=Hebrew Union College Press |year=2015 |pages=193}}]
*[1529](/source/1529) – Beginning of the [Protestant Reformation](/source/Protestant_Reformation): After the [Second Diet of Speyer](/source/Second_Diet_of_Speyer) bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (''German:'' [Fürst](/source/F%C3%BCrst)) and [independent cities](/source/Free_imperial_city) [protest](/source/Protestation_at_Speyer) the reinstatement of the [Edict of Worms](/source/Edict_of_Worms).
*[1539](/source/1539) – The [Treaty of Frankfurt](/source/Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1539)) between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.[Smith, ''The Age of the Reformation'', p. 122.]
*[1572](/source/1572) – [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England) and [France](/source/Kingdom_of_France) sign an alliance against Spain in the [treaty of Blois](/source/Treaty_of_Blois_(1572)).[{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=A. Lynn |title=Papal Policy and the European Conflict, 1559-1572 |journal=The Sixteenth Century Journal |date=1980 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=35–48 |doi=10.2307/2540031 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2540031 |access-date=14 April 2026 |issn=0361-0160}}]
===1601–1900===
*[1608](/source/1608) – In Ireland, [O'Doherty's Rebellion](/source/O'Doherty's_Rebellion) is launched by the [Burning of Derry](/source/Burning_of_Derry).[McCavitt p.115]
*[1677](/source/1677) – The French army [captures the town of Cambrai](/source/Siege_of_Cambrai_(1677)) held by Spanish troops.[{{cite book|author=John Ruler|title=Cross-Channel France: Nord-Pas de Calais - The Land Beyond the Ports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwXioEolUbMC&pg=PA184|year=2011|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-327-6|pages=184}}]
*[1713](/source/1713) – With no living male heirs, [Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Charles_VI%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor), issues the [Pragmatic Sanction of 1713](/source/Pragmatic_Sanction_of_1713) to ensure that [Habsburg](/source/House_of_Habsburg) lands and the [Austrian throne](/source/Habsburg_monarchy) would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, [Maria Theresa](/source/Maria_Theresa), was not born until 1717.[{{cite book|author=Thomas Carlyle|title=History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVUuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA420|year=1859|publisher=Harper & Brothers|pages=420}}]
*[1770](/source/1770) – Captain [James Cook](/source/James_Cook), still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.[{{cite book|author1=William Shurtleff|author2=Akiko Aoyagi|title=Early History of Soybeans and Soyfoods Worldwide (1024 BCE to 1899):: Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEwtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA273|date=4 November 2014|publisher=Soyinfo Center|isbn=978-1-928914-69-3|pages=273}}]
* 1770 – [Marie Antoinette](/source/Marie_Antoinette) marries [Louis XVI](/source/Louis_XVI) in a [proxy wedding](/source/proxy_marriage).[{{cite book|title=A New Historical and Commercial System of Geography: Containing a Comprehensive History and Description of the Present State of All the Kingdoms of the World...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARw7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT2|year=1806|publisher=S. Russell|pages=2}}]
*[1775](/source/1775) – [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War): The war begins during the [Battles of Lexington and Concord](/source/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord) with a victory of American [minutemen](/source/minutemen) and other [militia](/source/militia) over [British](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain) forces, later referred to as the "[shot heard round the world](/source/shot_heard_round_the_world)".[{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=David Hackett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oreq1YztDcQC&pg=PA9|title=Washington's Crossing|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780199756674|author-link=David Hackett Fischer|pages=9–10}}][{{cite web|title=The Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French|url=https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/the-minute-man-statue-by-daniel-chester-french.htm?mc_cid=6bed08a516&mc_eid=[2fcc1b24bd|website=nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 2, 2025}}]
* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the [Siege of Boston](/source/Siege_of_Boston) begins with American militias blocking land access to the British-held city.[{{cite web|title=Siege of Boston Map|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/siege-of-boston-map.htm|website=nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 2, 2025}}]
*[1782](/source/1782) – [John Adams](/source/John_Adams) secures [Dutch recognition of the United States](/source/Netherlands%E2%80%93United_States_relations) as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) becomes the first American embassy.[{{Cite web|title=The Netherlands - Countries - Office of the Historian|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/netherlands|access-date=2021-11-18|website=history.state.gov}}]
*[1809](/source/1809) – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the [Duchy of Warsaw](/source/Duchy_of_Warsaw) in the [Battle of Raszyn](/source/Battle_of_Raszyn_(1809)), part of the struggles of the [Fifth Coalition](/source/Fifth_Coalition). On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a [First French Empire](/source/First_French_Empire) Corps led by [Louis-Nicolas Davout](/source/Louis-Nicolas_Davout) at the [Battle of Teugen-Hausen](/source/Battle_of_Teugen-Hausen) in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
*[1810](/source/1810) – [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela) achieves home rule: [Vicente Emparán](/source/Vicente_Empar%C3%A1n), [Governor](/source/Governor) of the [Captaincy General](/source/Captaincy_General) is removed by the people of [Caracas](/source/Caracas) and a [junta](/source/Supreme_Junta) is installed.
*[1818](/source/1818) – French physicist [Augustin Fresnel](/source/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel) signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the [Fresnel integral](/source/Fresnel_integral)s.
*[1839](/source/1839) – The [Treaty of London](/source/Treaty_of_London_(1839)) establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
*[1861](/source/1861) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): [Baltimore riot of 1861](/source/Baltimore_riot_of_1861): A pro-[Secession](/source/Secession_in_the_United_States) mob in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore) attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) – The [Kishinev pogrom](/source/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u_pogrom_(1903)) in [Kishinev](/source/Kishinev) ([Bessarabia](/source/Bessarabia)) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in [Palestine](/source/History_of_Palestine) and the [Western world](/source/Western_world).
*[1925](/source/1925) – [Colo-Colo](/source/Colo-Colo), the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of [Chile](/source/Chile), was founded at the [El Llano Stadium](/source/Estadio_Monumental_David_Arellano) in [San Miguel, Santiago](/source/San_Miguel%2C_Chile), by footballer [David Arellano](/source/David_Arellano) and some of his teammates who had also left the [Deportes Magallanes](/source/Deportes_Magallanes) club.[Sebastián Salinas, ''Por empuje y coraje. Los Albos en la época amateur 1925-1933'' ("By drive and courage: The Albos in the amateur era 1925-1933")(Centro de Estudios del Deporte, 2004)|p.44 {{ISBN|9789562991254}}]
*[1927](/source/1927) – [Mae West](/source/Mae_West) is sentenced to ten days in jail for [obscenity](/source/obscenity) for her play ''[Sex](/source/Sex_(play))''.
*[1936](/source/1936) – The [Jaffa riots](/source/Jaffa_riots_(April_1936)) commence, initiating the [1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine](/source/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine).["9 Jews, 2 Arabs Dead, 54 Hurt In Jaffa Riots: Moslems Slain by British Police, Foes Knifed in Batlle (sic) Following Killing of a Jew by Bandits," [New York Herald Tribune](/source/New_York_Herald_Tribune), 20 April 1936, p. 1.]
*[1942](/source/1942) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski [ghetto](/source/ghetto) is established, situated between the [Lublin Ghetto](/source/Lublin_Ghetto) and a [Majdanek](/source/Majdanek) subcamp.
*[1943](/source/1943) – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the [Warsaw Ghetto Uprising](/source/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising) begins, after [German](/source/Nazi_Germany) troops enter the [Warsaw Ghetto](/source/Warsaw_Ghetto) to round up the remaining Jews.
*[1956](/source/1956) – Actress [Grace Kelly](/source/Grace_Kelly) marries [Prince Rainier of Monaco](/source/Rainier_III%2C_Prince_of_Monaco).
*[1960](/source/1960) – Students in South Korea hold [a nationwide pro-democracy protest](/source/April_Revolution) against [president](/source/president_of_South_Korea) [Syngman Rhee](/source/Syngman_Rhee), eventually forcing him to resign.
*[1971](/source/1971) – [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone) becomes a [republic](/source/republic), and [Siaka Stevens](/source/Siaka_Stevens) the president.
* 1971 – Launch of [Salyut 1](/source/Salyut_1), the first [space station](/source/space_station).
* 1971 – [Charles Manson](/source/Charles_Manson) is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for [conspiracy](/source/conspiracy_(criminal)) in the [Tate–LaBianca murders](/source/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders).
*[1973](/source/1973) – The Portuguese [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_(Portugal)) is founded in the German town of [Bad Münstereifel](/source/Bad_M%C3%BCnstereifel).
*[1975](/source/1975) – [India](/source/India)'s first satellite [Aryabhata](/source/Aryabhata_(satellite)) launched in orbit from [Kapustin Yar](/source/Kapustin_Yar), Russia.
* 1975 – [South Vietnamese forces](/source/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam) [withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc](/source/Battle_of_Xuan_Loc) in the last major battle of the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).[{{cite book|last=Veith|first=George|title=Black April The Fall of South Vietnam 1973–75|publisher=Encounter Books|year=2012|isbn=9781594035722 |page=465}}]
*[1976](/source/1976) – A [violent F5 tornado](/source/1976_Brownwood_tornado) strikes around [Brownwood](/source/Brownwood%2C_Texas), Texas, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least {{convert|1000|yd|m}} by the tornado and survived uninjured.[{{cite journal |editor1-last=Potter |editor1-first=Thomas D. |title=Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena |journal=Storm Data |date=April 1976 |volume=18 |issue=4 |page=14 | url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/dam/?next=%2Fark%3A%2F67531%2Fmetadc2542110%2Fm1%2F14%2F |publisher=[United States Department of Commerce](/source/United_States_Department_of_Commerce) / [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration) / [National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service](/source/National_Environmental_Satellite%2C_Data%2C_and_Information_Service) / [National Climatic Data Center](/source/National_Climatic_Data_Center) |language=English}}][{{cite web |author1=National Climatic Data Center |author2=National Centers for Environmental Information |title=Texas Event Report: F5 Tornado (Brown County) |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10129516 |website=Storm Event Database |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922035027/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10129516 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |language=English |url-status=live}}]
*[1985](/source/1985) – Two hundred [ATF](/source/Bureau_of_Alcohol%2C_Tobacco_and_Firearms) and [FBI](/source/FBI) agents lay siege to the compound of the [white supremacist](/source/White_supremacy) [survivalist](/source/Survivalism) group [The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord](/source/The_Covenant%2C_the_Sword%2C_and_the_Arm_of_the_Lord) in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
*[1989](/source/1989) – A [gun turret](/source/gun_turret) [explodes](/source/USS_Iowa_turret_explosion) on the {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}}, killing 47 sailors.
*[1993](/source/1993) – The 51-day FBI [siege](/source/Waco_siege) of the [Branch Davidian](/source/Branch_Davidian) building in [Waco](/source/Waco%2C_Texas), Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.
*[1995](/source/1995) – [Oklahoma City bombing](/source/Oklahoma_City_bombing): The [Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building](/source/Alfred_P._Murrah_Federal_Building) in [Oklahoma City](/source/Oklahoma_City), US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
*[1999](/source/1999) – The German [Bundestag](/source/Bundestag) [returns](/source/Decision_on_the_Capital_of_Germany) to Berlin.
*[2000](/source/2000) – [Air Philippines Flight 541](/source/Air_Philippines_Flight_541) crashes in [Samal, Davao del Norte](/source/Samal%2C_Davao_del_Norte), killing all 131 people on board.[{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000419-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H4 RP-C3010 Davao|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-04-17}}]
*[2001](/source/2001) – [Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour) is launched on [STS-100](/source/STS-100) carrying the [Canadarm2](/source/Mobile_Servicing_System) to the [International Space Station](/source/International_Space_Station).[{{Cite web |title=STS-100 Mission Status Report, #20 |url=https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts100/STS-100-20.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010626201453/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts100/STS-100-20.html |archive-date=2001-06-26 |website=spaceflight.nasa.gov}}]
*[2005](/source/2005) – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is [elected](/source/Papal_conclave%2C_2005) to the papacy and becomes [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI).
*[2008](/source/2008) – The [Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire](/source/Quito_Ultratumba_nightclub_fire) in [Quito](/source/Quito), Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more.[{{Cite news |date=2008|title=Incendio trágico en The Factory|url=http://www.expreso.ec/html/hechos088.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502145350/http://www.expreso.ec/html/hechos088.asp|archive-date=May 2, 2010|access-date=January 22, 2025|work=Diario Expreso}}]
*[2011](/source/2011) – [Fidel Castro](/source/Fidel_Castro) resigns as [First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba](/source/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Cuba) after holding the title since July 1961.
*[2013](/source/2013) – [Boston Marathon bombing](/source/Boston_Marathon_bombing) suspect [Tamerlan Tsarnaev](/source/Tamerlan_Tsarnaev) is killed in a shootout with police. His brother [Dzhokhar](/source/Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev) is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of [Watertown](/source/Watertown%2C_Massachusetts).
*[2020](/source/2020) – [A killing spree](/source/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks) in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.[{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mass-killing-shooting-victims-remembered-1.5538032|title=22 victims of N.S. rampage include retirees, pregnant health care worker, veteran|publisher=CBC News|access-date=April 21, 2020|date=April 20, 2020}}][{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79|title=16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history|last=Gillies|first=Rob |publisher=Associated Press|access-date=April 19, 2020|date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419202425/https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79|archive-date=April 19, 2020|url-status=live}}]
*[2021](/source/2021) – The ''[Ingenuity](/source/Ingenuity_(helicopter))'' helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.[{{cite web |last1=Talmazan |first1=Yuliya |title=NASA launches tiny Mars chopper 'Ingenuity' on a historic flight |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mars-helicopter-flight-test-promises-wright-brothers-moment-nasa-n1264449 |website=NBC News |date=19 April 2021 |publisher=Yuliya Talmazan, Associated Press and Reuters |access-date=19 April 2021}}]
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1452](/source/1452) – [Frederick IV](/source/Frederick_of_Naples), King of Naples (died 1504)[{{cite book|author=Richard J. Walsh|title=Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477): Politics and Personnel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4Wvl-xRpAoC&pg=PA302|year=2005|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-838-6|pages=302}}]
*[1593](/source/1593) – [Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Hobart%2C_2nd_Baronet), English politician (died 1647)[{{cite book|author=Vicesimus Knox|title=Elegant Epistles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hcNIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA144|year=1807|publisher=W. Flint|pages=144}}]
===1601–1900===
*[1603](/source/1603) – [Michel Le Tellier](/source/Michel_Le_Tellier), French politician, [French Minister of Defence](/source/Minister_of_Defence_(France)) (died 1685)[{{cite book|author=Franklin Henry Hooper|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLcmAQAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|page=969}}]
*[1613](/source/1613) – [Christoph Bach](/source/Christoph_Bach_(musician)), German musician (died 1661)[{{cite book|author=Philipp Spitta|title=Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9CJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|date=1 January 1992|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-27412-6|pages=142}}]
*[1633](/source/1633) – [Willem Drost](/source/Willem_Drost), Dutch painter (died 1659)[{{cite book|author1=Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)|author2=Walter A. Liedtke|title=Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtnQ7PIT8mcC&pg=PA167|year=2007|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=978-1-58839-273-2|pages=167}}]
*[1655](/source/1655) – [George St Lo(e)](/source/George_St_Lo), Royal Navy officer and administrator (died 1718)[{{cite book|author1=John Hutchins|author2=William Shipp|author3=James Whitworth Hodson|title=The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUI-AQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=EP Publishing|page=81|isbn=9780854099740}}]
*[1658](/source/1658) – [Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine](/source/Johann_Wilhelm%2C_Elector_Palatine), German husband of [Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria](/source/Archduchess_Maria_Anna_Josepha_of_Austria) (died 1716)[{{cite book|author=Antoni van Leeuwenhoek|title=Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek: 1695-1696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuzaAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=N. v. Swets & Zeitlinger|page=339}}]
*[1665](/source/1665) – [Jacques Lelong](/source/Jacques_Lelong), French author (died 1721)[{{cite book|author1=Lincoln's Inn (London, England). Library|author2=Frederick William Halfpenny|title=Catalogue of Books on Foreign Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA394|year=1849|publisher=C. Roworth and sons|pages=394}}]
*[1686](/source/1686) – [Vasily Tatishchev](/source/Vasily_Tatishchev), Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)
*[1715](/source/1715) – [James Nares](/source/James_Nares_(composer)), English organist and composer (died 1783)
*[1721](/source/1721) – [Roger Sherman](/source/Roger_Sherman), American lawyer and politician (died 1793)
*[1734](/source/1734) – [Karl von Ordóñez](/source/Karl_von_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez), Austrian violinist and composer (died 1786)
*[1757](/source/1757) – [Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth](/source/Edward_Pellew%2C_1st_Viscount_Exmouth), English admiral and politician (died 1833)
*[1758](/source/1758) – [William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk](/source/William_Carnegie%2C_7th_Earl_of_Northesk), Scottish admiral (died 1831)
*[1785](/source/1785) – [Alexandre Pierre François Boëly](/source/Alexandre_Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Bo%C3%ABly), French pianist and composer (died 1858)
*[1787](/source/1787) – [Deaf Smith](/source/Deaf_Smith), American soldier (died 1837)
*[1793](/source/1793) – [Ferdinand I of Austria](/source/Ferdinand_I_of_Austria) (died 1875)
*[1806](/source/1806) – [Sarah Bagley](/source/Sarah_Bagley), American labor organizer (died 1889)
*[1814](/source/1814) – [Louis Amédée Achard](/source/Louis_Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Achard), French journalist and author (died 1875)
*[1831](/source/1831) – [Mary Louise Booth](/source/Mary_Louise_Booth), American writer, editor and translator (died 1889)[{{Cite web|date=February 10, 2000|title=Mary Louise Booth: American Journalist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Louise-Booth|access-date=2020-09-19|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}]
*[1832](/source/1832) – [José Echegaray](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Echegaray), Spanish poet and playwright, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) laureate (died 1916)
*[1835](/source/1835) – [Julius Krohn](/source/Julius_Krohn), Finnish poet and journalist (died 1888)
*[1861](/source/1861) – [Amalie Andersen](/source/Amalie_Andersen_(actress)), Norwegian actress (died 1924)[{{cite book|last1=Jensson|first1=Liv|title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl|isbn=8200056228|page=15 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=15|language=no}}]
*[1863](/source/1863) – [Hemmo Kallio](/source/Hemmo_Kallio), Finnish actor (died 1940)
*[1872](/source/1872) – [Alice Salomon](/source/Alice_Salomon), German social reformer (died 1948)[{{cite book|first=Joachim|last=Schlör|title=Das Ich der Stadt: Debatten über Judentum und Urbanität, 1822-1938|location=Göttingen|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|year=2005|page=359|isbn=978-3-52556-990-0|language=DE}}]
*[1873](/source/1873) – [Sydney Barnes](/source/Sydney_Barnes), English cricketer (died 1967)
*[1874](/source/1874) – [Ernst Rüdin](/source/Ernst_R%C3%BCdin), Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (died 1952)
*[1877](/source/1877) – [Ole Evinrude](/source/Ole_Evinrude), Norwegian-American engineer, invented the [outboard motor](/source/outboard_motor) (died 1934)
*[1879](/source/1879) – [Arthur Robertson](/source/Arthur_Robertson_(athlete)), Scottish runner (died 1957)
*[1882](/source/1882) – [Getúlio Vargas](/source/Get%C3%BAlio_Vargas), Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th [President of Brazil](/source/President_of_Brazil) (died 1954)
*[1883](/source/1883) – [Henry Jameson](/source/Henry_Jameson), American soccer player (died 1938)
* 1883 – [Richard von Mises](/source/Richard_von_Mises), Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1953)
*[1885](/source/1885) – [Karl Tarvas](/source/Karl_Tarvas), Estonian architect (died 1975)
*[1889](/source/1889) – [Otto Georg Thierack](/source/Otto_Georg_Thierack), German jurist and politician (died 1946)[{{cite book |last1=Pauer-Studer |first1=Herlinde |last2=Velleman |first2=J. David |title=Konrad Morgan: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-49694-2 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iw3ACQAAQBAJ&pg=PP16 }}]
*[1891](/source/1891) – [Françoise Rosay](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_Rosay), French actress (died 1974)
*[1892](/source/1892) – [Germaine Tailleferre](/source/Germaine_Tailleferre), French composer and educator (died 1983)[{{cite book|first=Lindsey C.|last=Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Alfred Publishing Co.|year=1997|page=260|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3}}]
*[1894](/source/1894) – [Elizabeth Dilling](/source/Elizabeth_Dilling), American author and activist (died 1966)
*[1897](/source/1897) – [Peter de Noronha](/source/Peter_de_Noronha), Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 1970)
* 1897 – [Jiroemon Kimura](/source/Jiroemon_Kimura), Japanese super-centenarian, oldest verified man ever (died 2013)
*[1898](/source/1898) – [Constance Talmadge](/source/Constance_Talmadge), American actress and producer (died 1973)
*[1899](/source/1899) – [George O'Brien](/source/George_O'Brien_(actor)), American actor (died 1985)
* 1899 – [Cemal Tollu](/source/Cemal_Tollu), Turkish lieutenant and painter (died 1968)
*[1900](/source/1900) – [Iracema de Alencar](/source/Iracema_de_Alencar), Brazilian film actress (died 1978)
* 1900 – [Richard Hughes](/source/Richard_Hughes_(writer)), English author, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
* 1900 – [Roland Michener](/source/Roland_Michener), Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [Governor General of Canada](/source/Governor_General_of_Canada) (died 1991)
* 1900 – [Rhea Silberta](/source/Rhea_Silberta), American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (died 1959)
===1901–present===
*[1902](/source/1902) – [Veniamin Kaverin](/source/Veniamin_Kaverin), Russian author and screenwriter (died 1989)
*[1903](/source/1903) – [Eliot Ness](/source/Eliot_Ness), American law enforcement agent (died 1957)[{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2151|title=Eliot Ness - Ohio History Central|website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|access-date=27 November 2018}}]
*[1908](/source/1908) – [Irena Eichlerówna](/source/Irena_Eichler%C3%B3wna), Polish actress (died 1990)
*[1912](/source/1912) – [Glenn T. Seaborg](/source/Glenn_T._Seaborg), American chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1999)[{{cite web |title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 |url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1951/index.html |publisher = [Nobel Foundation](/source/Nobel_Foundation) |access-date = August 26, 2012 |archive-date = November 4, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081104054538/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1951/index.html |url-status = live }}]
*[1913](/source/1913) – [Ken Carpenter](/source/Ken_Carpenter_(discus_thrower)), American discus thrower and coach (died 1984)[{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Ken Carpenter |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78201 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=28 December 2025}}]
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Sven Hassel](/source/Sven_Hassel), Danish-German soldier and author (died 2012)[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/02/sven-hassel| title=Sven Hassel obituary| newspaper=The Guardian| date=2 October 2012| access-date=17 March 2014}}]
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Marvin Mandel](/source/Marvin_Mandel), American lawyer and politician, 56th [Governor of Maryland](/source/Governor_of_Maryland) (died 2015)[{{cite web |title=Marvin Mandel (1920-2015) |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001487/html/1487bio.html |website=Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) |access-date=19 June 2019}}]
* 1920 – [Julien Ries](/source/Julien_Ries), Belgian cardinal (died 2013)
* 1920 – [Ragnar Ulstein](/source/Ragnar_Ulstein), Norwegian journalist and war historian (died 2019)[{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Ulstein |first=Harald |last=Kjølås |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnar_Ulstein |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}]
*[1921](/source/1921) – [Anna Lee Aldred](/source/Anna_Lee_Aldred), American jockey (died 2006)[{{cite web |url=https://www.montrosepress.com/obituaries/anna-lee-aldred/article_61b09b4f-86e3-5497-b0fc-aced23b33791.html|title=Anna Lee Aldred|date=June 16, 2006|access-date=January 17, 2019|work=Montrose Press}}]
* 1921 – [Leon Henkin](/source/Leon_Henkin), American logician (died 2006)[{{cite web|url=http://www.orovillemr.com/news/bayarea/ci_4714675 |title=UC Berkeley mathematics professor dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524091446/http://www.orovillemr.com/news/bayarea/ci_4714675 |archive-date=May 24, 2011|website=Oroville Mercury-Register |date=November 24, 2006}}]
* 1921 – [Roberto Tucci](/source/Roberto_Tucci), Italian Jesuit leader, cardinal, and theologian (died 2015)
*[1922](/source/1922) – [Erich Hartmann](/source/Erich_Hartmann), German colonel and pilot (died 1993)[{{cite web |title=Erich Hartmann, German Ace of World War II, 71 (Published 1993) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/23/obituaries/erich-hartmann-german-ace-of-world-war-ii-71.html |website=New York Times |access-date=28 December 2025 |language=en |date=23 October 1993}}]
*[1925](/source/1925) – [Hugh O'Brian](/source/Hugh_O'Brian), American actor (died 2016)[{{cite web |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Hugh O’Brian obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/11/hugh-o-brian-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 December 2025 |date=11 September 2016}}]
*[1927](/source/1927) – [Cora Sue Collins](/source/Cora_Sue_Collins), American child actress (died 2025)[{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cora-sue-collins-dead-child-actress-mgm-1236202858/|title=Cora Sue Collins, Celebrated Child Actress at MGM in the 1930s, Dies at 98|publisher=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=April 28, 2025|accessdate=1 May 2025}}]
*[1928](/source/1928) – [John Horlock](/source/John_Horlock), English engineer and academic (died 2015)[{{cite web |last1=Dalyell |first1=Tam |author-link1=Tam Dalyell |title=Sir John Horlock: Engineer who led campaign to prevent closure of the Open University |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sir-john-horlock-engineer-who-led-campaign-to-prevent-closure-of-the-open-university-10303111.html |website=Independent |access-date=19 June 2019 |date=7 June 2015}}]
* 1928 – [Azlan Shah of Perak](/source/Azlan_Shah_of_Perak), Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2014)
* 1928 – [Richard Garwin](/source/Richard_Garwin), American physicist (died 2025)[{{cite | last=McFadden | first=Robert D. | title=Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97 | date=2025-05-14 | issn=0362-4331 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/richard-l-garwin-dead.html | language=en-US | access-date=2026-04-19 | page=}}]
* 1928 – [Alexis Korner](/source/Alexis_Korner), British blues musician and radio broadcaster (died 1984)[{{cite web | first=Bruce | last=Eder | title=Alexis Korner | website=AllMusic | date=1928-04-19 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-korner-mn0000001020#biography | access-date=2026-04-19}}]
*[1931](/source/1931) – [Walter Stewart](/source/Walter_Stewart_(journalist)), Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)
*[1932](/source/1932) – [Fernando Botero](/source/Fernando_Botero), Colombian painter and sculptor (died 2023)[{{cite news |last1=Caistor |first1=Nick |title=Fernando Botero obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/15/fernando-botero-obituary |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=15 September 2023}}]
*[1933](/source/1933) – [Dickie Bird](/source/Dickie_Bird), English cricketer and umpire (died 2025)[{{cite book|first=Dickie|last=Bird|title=Dickie Bird Autobiography: An honest and frank story|publisher=Hachette|year=2012|isbn=9781444756074|section=Early Days |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfT2qjcg6PoC&q=%22church+lane%22}}]
* 1933 – [Jayne Mansfield](/source/Jayne_Mansfield), American model and actress (died 1967)[{{cite news |title=Jayne Mansfield is Killed in Early Morning Smash Up on Narrow Louisiana Road |work=[St. Petersburg Times](/source/St._Petersburg_Times) |date=June 30, 1967 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RPYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4382,5839230 |quote=Born Vera Jayne Palmer in Bryn Mawr, Pa., April 19, 1933, Miss Mansfield grew up in Phillipsburg, N.J., }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Dudley Moore](/source/Dudley_Moore), English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)[{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389041/Dudley-Moore.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389041/Dudley-Moore.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituaries: Dudley Moore |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|date=22 March 2002 |access-date=23 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}]
*[1936](/source/1936) – [Wilfried Martens](/source/Wilfried_Martens), Belgian politician, 60th [Prime Minister of Belgium](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium) (died 2013)
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Antonio Carluccio](/source/Antonio_Carluccio), Italian-English chef and author (died 2017)[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/08/antonio-carluccio-obituary|title=Antonio Carluccio obituary|first=Tom|last=Jaine|date=8 November 2017|access-date=8 November 2017|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}]
* 1937 – [Joseph Estrada](/source/Joseph_Estrada), Filipino politician, 13th [President of the Philippines](/source/President_of_the_Philippines)
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Clay Shaw](/source/Clay_Shaw_(politician)), American accountant, judge, and politician (died 2013)[{{cite web |title=SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr., (1939 - 2013) |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000303 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=19 June 2019}}]
* 1939 – [Ali Khamenei](/source/Ali_Khamenei), [Supreme Leader of Iran](/source/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran) (died 2026)[{{cite web |last1=Cowell |first1=Alan |last2=Fassihi |first2=Farnaz |title=Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/middleeast/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-dead.html |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=28 February 2026 |access-date=1 March 2026}}]
*[1941](/source/1941) – [Michel Roux](/source/Michel_Roux), French-English chef and author (died 2020)
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Margo MacDonald](/source/Margo_MacDonald), Scottish journalist and politician (died 2014)[{{cite book |last1=Torrance |first1=David |title=MacDonald [née Aitken], Margo Symington Jack |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-108517 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=19 June 2019 |date=15 February 2018|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.108517 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}]
*[1944](/source/1944) – [James Heckman](/source/James_Heckman), American economist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences) laureate
* 1944 – [Bernie Worrell](/source/Bernie_Worrell), American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2016)[{{cite news|last= Sweeting|first=Adam |title= Bernie Worrell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/26/bernie-worrell-obituary |access-date= November 9, 2016|newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date=June 26, 2016}}]
*[1946](/source/1946) – [Tim Curry](/source/Tim_Curry), English actor and singer[{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tim-curry-once-got-thrown-out-of-a-rocky-horror-picture-show-screening|title = Tim Curry Once Got Thrown Out of a 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Screening|website = [The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date = 19 April 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/tim-curry-75th-birthday/|title=Tim Curry Fans Celebrate the Iconic Actor on His 75th Birthday|date=19 April 2021}}]
*[1951](/source/1951) – [Jóannes Eidesgaard](/source/J%C3%B3annes_Eidesgaard), Faroese educator and politician, [Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_Faroe_Islands)[{{Cite web |date=11 January 2025 |title=Former Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands - The Government |url=https://www.government.fo/en/the-government/ministries/prime-ministers-office/the-prime-minister-of-the-faroe-islands/former-prime-ministers-of-the-faroe-islands }}]
*[1952](/source/1952) – [Simon Cowell](/source/Simon_Cowell_(conservationist)), English conservationist and author (died 2024)[{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/wildlife-crusader-simon-cowell-when-i-collapsed-from-executive-burn-out-i-realised-that-i-really-wanted-to-work-with-injured-animals-34993206.html|title=Wildlife crusader Simon Cowell: 'When I collapsed from executive burn-out I realised that I really wanted to work with injured animals'|date=25 August 2016|work=Belfast Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716002336/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/wildlife-crusader-simon-cowell-when-i-collapsed-from-executive-burn-out-i-realised-that-i-really-wanted-to-work-with-injured-animals-34993206.html|url-status=live|archive-date=16 July 2022}}][{{cite tweet|user=wildlifeaid|number=722502970827530240|title=Happy birthday to our founder, Simon Cowell. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for wildlife!!}}]
*[1954](/source/1954) – [Trevor Francis](/source/Trevor_Francis), English footballer and manager (died 2023)
*[1956](/source/1956) – [Anne Glover](/source/Anne_Glover_(biologist)), Scottish biologist and academic
*[1957](/source/1957) – [Mukesh Ambani](/source/Mukesh_Ambani), Indian businessman, chairman of [Reliance Industries](/source/Reliance_Industries_Limited)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mukesh-Ambani|title=Mukesh Ambani {{!}} Indian businessman|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/|title=Mukesh Ambani|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}]
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Gustavo Petro](/source/Gustavo_Petro), Colombian politician, 34th and current [President of Colombia](/source/President_of_Colombia)[{{cite web |work=Semana |title=Gustavo Petro Urrego: hoja de vida del candidato de 'Colombia Humana' |url=http://especiales.semana.com/elecciones-presidenciales-2018/candidatos-hoja-de-vida/gustavo-petro.html |access-date=19 April 2025|archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620205209/http://especiales.semana.com/elecciones-presidenciales-2018/candidatos-hoja-de-vida/gustavo-petro.html |url-status=live }}][{{cite web|date=14 March 2022 |title=¿Quién es Gustavo Petro? Perfil del candidato de la izquierda en Colombia |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/03/14/gustavo-petro-candidato-izquierda-presidencia-colombia-orix/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |publisher=[CNN](/source/CNN) |archive-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607090046/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/05/29/gustavo-petro-perfil-candidato-izquierda-presidencia-colombia-orix/ |url-status=live }}]
* 1960 – [Frank Viola](/source/Frank_Viola), American baseball player and coach[{{cite book|author=Ron Smith|title=1997 Official Major League Baseball Fact Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moAH8Wr3m5AC|date=1 February 1997|publisher=Sporting News Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89204-570-9|page=235}}]
*[1965](/source/1965) – [Suge Knight](/source/Suge_Knight), American record executive[{{cite web |last1=Feeney |first1=Nolan |title=Everything to Know About Suge Knight As He Turns 50 |url=https://time.com/3827121/suge-knight/ |publisher=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407174925/https://time.com/3827121/suge-knight/ |url-status=dead }}]
*[1966](/source/1966) – [Véronique Gens](/source/V%C3%A9ronique_Gens), French soprano and actress
* 1966 – [Paul Reiffel](/source/Paul_Reiffel), Australian cricketer and umpire[{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7326.html|title=Players and Officials – Paul Reiffel|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-03-04}}]
*[1968](/source/1968) – [Ashley Judd](/source/Ashley_Judd), American actress[{{cite web |last1=Vulpo |first1=Mike |title=How Ashley Judd Emerged From Her Hollywood Hiatus to Become a Time's Up Advocate and More |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/926852/how-ashley-judd-emerged-from-her-hollywood-hiatus-to-become-a-time-s-up-advocate-and-more |publisher=[E!](/source/E!) |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=19 April 2018}}]
* 1968 – [Mswati III](/source/Mswati_III), King (''[Ngwenyama](/source/Ngwenyama)'') of [Eswatini](/source/Eswatini) (Swaziland)[{{cite web |title=Eswatini Public Holidays 2021 |url=https://publicholidays.africa/eswatini/2021-dates/ |website=PublicHolidays.africa |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128003342/https://publicholidays.africa/eswatini/2021-dates/ |url-status=dead }}]
*[1970](/source/1970) – [Kelly Holmes](/source/Kelly_Holmes), English athlete and double Olympic champion
*[1972](/source/1972) – [Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira](/source/Rivaldo_Vitor_Borba_Ferreira), Brazilian footballer[{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rivaldo|title=Rivaldo|publisher=[Britannica](/source/Britannica)|access-date=September 3, 2021}}]
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Madeleine Peyroux](/source/Madeleine_Peyroux), American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter[{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/booming/if-you-like-billie-holiday-try-madeleine-peyroux.html|last=Haller |first= Val|title=If You Like Billie Holiday, Try Madeleine Peyroux | work =The New York Times |date=March 20, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2016}}]
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Jason Gillespie](/source/Jason_Gillespie), Australian cricketer and coach[{{cite web|last1=Woodward|first1=Grant|title=Yorkshire's Jason Gillespie on cricket, family and why he's battling for veganism|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/yorkshire-s-jason-gillespie-on-cricket-family-and-why-he-s-batting-for-veganism-1-7945035|website=[Yorkshire Post](/source/Yorkshire_Post) |access-date=4 February 2018 |date=6 June 2016 }}]
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Michelle Feldman](/source/Michelle_Feldman), American bowler[{{Cite web |title=Six inductees to be enshrined in USBC Hall of Fame Class of 2026 |url=https://bowl.com/news/six-inductees-to-be-enshrined-in-usbc-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026 |last=Schroeder |first=Dave |website=bowl.com |date=2025-08-15 |access-date=2025-08-18 |language=en}}]
*[1978](/source/1978) – [James Franco](/source/James_Franco), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1978 – [Amanda Sage](/source/Amanda_Sage), American-Austrian painter and educator[{{cite web | url=http://templeofvisions.com/artists/amanda-sage/ | title=Amanda Sage | publisher=Temple of Visions | accessdate=1 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204223224/http://templeofvisions.com/artists/amanda-sage/ | archive-date=4 February 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}]
*[1979](/source/1979) – [Kate Hudson](/source/Kate_Hudson), American actress[{{cite web |last1=Sanwari |first1=Ahad |title=Kate Hudson provides glimpse into her home to share breathtaking birthday present |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/20220420138366/kate-hudson-rare-glimpse-into-home-breathtaking-birthday-present/ |publisher=[Hello!](/source/Hello!_(magazine)) |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=20 April 2022}}]
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Hayden Christensen](/source/Hayden_Christensen), Canadian actor[{{cite web |title=Happy 40th Birthday, Hayden Christensen! |url=https://scifi.radio/2021/04/19/happy-40th-birthday-hayden-christensen/ |website=SCIFI Radio |date=19 April 2021 |access-date=June 26, 2021}}]
* 1981 – [Lise Klaveness](/source/Lise_Klaveness), Norwegian footballer and lawyer, president of the [Norwegian Football Federation](/source/Norwegian_Football_Federation)[{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lise Klaveness |first=Jan |last=Holm |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date=19 December 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lise_Klaveness |language=no|access-date=22 March 2024}}]
* 1981 – [Troy Polamalu](/source/Troy_Polamalu), American football player[{{cite web |title=Troy Polamalu |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4474/troy-polamalu |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 April 2023}}]
*[1982](/source/1982) – [Samuel C. Morrison, Jr.](/source/Samuel_C._Morrison%2C_Jr.), Liberian-American journalist, producer, and screenwriter
* 1982 – [Ali Wong](/source/Ali_Wong), American comedian and actress[{{cite web |last1=Bird |first1=Michele |title=17 Things Absolutely Worth Knowing About Actor And Comedian Ali Wong |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelelbird/ali-wong-fun-facts |publisher=[BuzzFeed](/source/BuzzFeed) |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=9 May 2022}}]
*[1983](/source/1983) – [Joe Mauer](/source/Joe_Mauer), American baseball player[{{cite web |title=Joe Mauer |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/joe-mauer-408045 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=7 April 2023}}]
*[1986](/source/1986) – [Candace Parker](/source/Candace_Parker), American basketball player[{{cite web |title=Candace Parker |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/candace-parker/#/career |publisher=[WNBA](/source/WNBA) |access-date=7 April 2023}}]
*[1987](/source/1987) – [Joe Hart](/source/Joe_Hart), English footballer[{{cite web |title=Joe Hart |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3143/Joe-Hart/overview |publisher=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League) |access-date=7 April 2023}}]
* 1987 – [Maria Sharapova](/source/Maria_Sharapova), Russian tennis player[{{cite web |title=Sharapova Celebrates 33rd Birthday in Isolation |url=https://www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/sharapova-celebrates-33rd-birthday-in-isolation |website=Tennis.com |access-date=June 26, 2021}}]
*[1989](/source/1989) – [Simu Liu](/source/Simu_Liu), Canadian actor[{{cite web |last1=Rohoman |first1=Sarah |title=Simu Liu Was Surprised With An Early Birthday Gift By Fans & He Had Best Response |url=https://www.narcity.com/simu-liu-was-surprised-with-an-early-birthday-gift-by-fans-he-had-best-response-photos |publisher=[Narcity Media](/source/Narcity_Media) |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=10 April 2022}}]
*[1990](/source/1990) – [Jackie Bradley Jr.](/source/Jackie_Bradley_Jr.), American baseball player[{{cite web |title=Jackie Bradley Jr. |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jackie-bradley-jr-598265 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=7 April 2023}}]
* 1990 – [Kim Chiu](/source/Kim_Chiu), Filipino actress, singer, and dancer[{{cite news|title=Kim Chiu poses in bikini in birthday photo|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/20/13/kim-chiu-poses-bikini-birthday-photo|newspaper=ABS-CBN Entertainment News|date=April 20, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204025313/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/20/13/kim-chiu-poses-bikini-birthday-photo|archive-date=December 4, 2013}}]
*[1991](/source/1991) – [Kelly Olynyk](/source/Kelly_Olynyk), Canadian basketball player[{{Cite web |title=Kelly Olynyk |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203482/kelly-olynyk |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association)}}]
*[1999](/source/1999) – [Sebastian Kris](/source/Sebastian_Kris), Australian-NewZealand rugby league player[[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sebastian-kris/summary.html Rugby League Project]]
*[2001](/source/2001) – [Dalton Knecht](/source/Dalton_Knecht), American basketball player[{{cite web |title=Dalton Knecht - Los Angeles Lakers Guard |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4897943/dalton-knecht |website=ESPN |access-date=18 April 2025}}]
* 2001 – [PinkPantheress](/source/PinkPantheress), British singer-songwriter and record producer[{{cite web |title=PinkPantheress |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pinkpantheress/1552521489 |website=Apple Music |access-date=18 April 2026}}]
*[2002](/source/2002) – [Loren Gray](/source/Loren_Gray), American singer and internet personality[{{cite web |title=Loren Gray: 16 things you never knew about the TikTok star |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/loren-gray/ |website=Pop Buzz |access-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165844/https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/loren-gray/ |url-status=dead }}]
*[2003](/source/2003) – [Jackson Merrill](/source/Jackson_Merrill), American baseball player[{{Cite web |title=Jackson Merrill Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jackson-merrill-701538 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}]
*[2016](/source/2016) – [The Rizzler](/source/The_Rizzler), American internet personality[{{Cite Instagram |user=itztherealrizzler |postid=C58wEoULGak |date=19 April 2024 |title= Screaming Happy 8th Birthday to my main man}}]
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [843](/source/843) – [Judith of Bavaria](/source/Judith_of_Bavaria_(died_843)), Frankish empress
*[1012](/source/1012) – [Ælfheah of Canterbury](/source/%C3%86lfheah_of_Canterbury), English archbishop and saint (born 954)
*[1013](/source/1013) – [Hisham II](/source/Hisham_II), Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (born 966)
*[1044](/source/1044) – [Gothelo I](/source/Gothelo_I%2C_Duke_of_Lorraine), duke of Lorraine
*[1054](/source/1054) – [Leo IX](/source/Pope_Leo_IX), pope of the Catholic Church (born 1002)
*[1321](/source/1321) – [Gerasimus I](/source/Gerasimus_I_of_Constantinople), patriarch of Constantinople
*[1390](/source/1390) – [Robert II](/source/Robert_II_of_Scotland), king of Scotland (born 1316)
*[1405](/source/1405) – [Thomas West, 1st Baron West](/source/Thomas_West%2C_1st_Baron_West), English nobleman (born 1335)[{{Cite book |editor-last=Everingham |editor-first=Kimball G. |year=2011 |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families |location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Independently published|edition=2nd |volume=IV |page=317 |ref={{sfnref |Richardson IV |2011}} |isbn=978-1460992708 }}]
*[1431](/source/1431) – [Adolph III](/source/Adolph_III%2C_Count_of_Waldeck), count of Waldeck (born 1362)
*[1560](/source/1560) – [Philip Melanchthon](/source/Philip_Melanchthon), German theologian and reformer (born 1497)
*[1567](/source/1567) – [Michael Stifel](/source/Michael_Stifel), German monk and mathematician (born 1487)
*[1578](/source/1578) – [Uesugi Kenshin](/source/Uesugi_Kenshin), Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
*[1588](/source/1588) – [Paolo Veronese](/source/Paolo_Veronese), Italian painter (born 1528)
===1601–1900===
*[1608](/source/1608) – [Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset](/source/Thomas_Sackville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dorset), English poet, playwright, and politician, [Lord High Treasurer](/source/Lord_High_Treasurer) (born 1536)
*[1618](/source/1618) – [Thomas Bastard](/source/Thomas_Bastard), English priest and author (born 1566)
*[1619](/source/1619) – [Jagat Gosain](/source/Jagat_Gosain), Mughal empress (born 1573)[{{cite book|author=Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan|title=The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India|translator=Wheeler M. Thackston|url=https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha|date=1999|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=New York [u.a.]|isbn=9780195127188|page=[https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha/page/300 300]}}]
*[1629](/source/1629) – [Sigismondo d'India](/source/Sigismondo_d'India), Italian composer (born 1582)
*[1686](/source/1686) – [Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra](/source/Antonio_de_Sol%C3%ADs_y_Ribadeneyra), Spanish historian and playwright (born 1610)
*[1689](/source/1689) – [Christina](/source/Christina%2C_Queen_of_Sweden), queen of Sweden (born 1626)[{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrtbAAAAQAAJ&q=19+April+1689+christina&pg=PA334|title=Het leven en bedryf van Christina, koninginne van Sweeden, &c. sedert haar geboorte tot op des zelfs dood ...|first=Christian Gottfried|last=Franckenstein|date=10 July 1697|publisher=by Boudewyn vander Aa|access-date=10 July 2017|via=Google Books}}]
*[1733](/source/1733) – [Elizabeth Hamilton](/source/Elizabeth_Hamilton%2C_Countess_of_Orkney), countess of Orkney (born 1657)
*[1739](/source/1739) – [Nicholas Saunderson](/source/Nicholas_Saunderson), English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
*[1768](/source/1768) – [Canaletto](/source/Canaletto), Italian painter and etcher (born 1697)
*[1776](/source/1776) – [Jacob Emden](/source/Jacob_Emden), German rabbi and author (born 1697)
*[1791](/source/1791) – [Richard Price](/source/Richard_Price), Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (born 1723)
*[1813](/source/1813) – [Benjamin Rush](/source/Benjamin_Rush), American physician and educator (born 1745)
*[1824](/source/1824) – [Lord Byron](/source/Lord_Byron), English-Scottish poet and playwright (born 1788)
*[1831](/source/1831) – [Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger](/source/Johann_Gottlieb_Friedrich_von_Bohnenberger), German astronomer and mathematician (born 1765)
*[1833](/source/1833) – [James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier](/source/James_Gambier%2C_1st_Baron_Gambier), Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th [Commodore Governor of Newfoundland](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (born 1756)
*[1840](/source/1840) – [Jean-Jacques Lartigue](/source/Jean-Jacques_Lartigue), Canadian bishop (born 1777)
*[1854](/source/1854) – [Robert Jameson](/source/Robert_Jameson), Scottish mineralogist and academic (born 1774)
*[1881](/source/1881) – [Benjamin Disraeli](/source/Benjamin_Disraeli), English journalist and politician, [Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom) (born 1804)
*[1882](/source/1882) – [Charles Darwin](/source/Charles_Darwin), English biologist and theorist (born 1809)[{{cite web |url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.9&pageseq=16 |title=[Reminiscences of Charles Darwin's last years.] CUL-DAR210.9|author=Darwin, Emma|author-link=Emma Darwin |year=1882 |access-date=8 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628080442/http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.9&pageseq=16 |archive-date=28 June 2009}}]
*[1893](/source/1893) – [Martin Körber](/source/Martin_K%C3%B6rber), Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (born 1817)
===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) – [Alfred Horatio Belo](/source/Alfred_Horatio_Belo), American publisher, founded ''[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)'' (born 1839)
*[1903](/source/1903) – [Oliver Mowat](/source/Oliver_Mowat), Canadian politician, third [Premier of Ontario](/source/Premier_of_Ontario), eighth [Lieutenant Governor of Ontario](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ontario) (born 1820)[{{cite DCB |last=Romney |first=Paul |title=Mowat, Sir Oliver |volume=13 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mowat_oliver_13E.html}}]
*[1906](/source/1906) – [Pierre Curie](/source/Pierre_Curie), French physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1859)[{{cite journal |last1=Chavaudra |first1=Jean |title=Pierre and Marie Curie-Sklodowska |journal=Medical Physics |date=November 1995 |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=1877–1887 |doi=10.1118/1.597443|pmid=8587541 |bibcode=1995MedPh..22.1877C }}]
* 1906 – [Spencer Gore](/source/Spencer_Gore_(sportsman)), English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
*[1909](/source/1909) – [Signe Rink](/source/Signe_Rink), Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (born 1836)
*[1914](/source/1914) – [Charles Sanders Peirce](/source/Charles_Sanders_Peirce), American mathematician and philosopher (born 1839)
*[1915](/source/1915) – [Thomas Playford](/source/Thomas_Playford_II), English-Australian politician, 17th [Premier of South Australia](/source/Premier_of_South_Australia) (born 1837)
*[1916](/source/1916) – [Ephraim Shay](/source/Ephraim_Shay), American engineer, designed the [Shay locomotive](/source/Shay_locomotive) (born 1839)
*[1926](/source/1926) – [Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov](/source/Alexander_Alexandrovich_Chuprov), Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (born 1874)
*[1930](/source/1930) – [Georges-Casimir Dessaulles](/source/Georges-Casimir_Dessaulles), Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827)
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington](/source/Martin_Conway%2C_1st_Baron_Conway_of_Allington), English cartographer and politician (born 1856)
* 1937 – [William Morton Wheeler](/source/William_Morton_Wheeler), American entomologist and zoologist (born 1865)
*[1940](/source/1940) – [Jack McNeela](/source/Jack_McNeela), [Irish Republican Army](/source/Irish_Republican_Army), died on hunger strike[{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}]
*[1941](/source/1941) – [Johanna Müller-Hermann](/source/Johanna_M%C3%BCller-Hermann), Austrian composer (born 1878)
*[1949](/source/1949) – [Ulrich Salchow](/source/Ulrich_Salchow), Danish-Swedish figure skater (born 1877)
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Ernst Robert Curtius](/source/Ernst_Robert_Curtius), French-German philologist and scholar (born 1886)
*[1952](/source/1952) – [Steve Conway](/source/Steve_Conway_(singer)), British singer (born 1921)[{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}]
*[1955](/source/1955) – [Jim Corbett](/source/Jim_Corbett), British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (born 1875)
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Beardsley Ruml](/source/Beardsley_Ruml), American economist and statistician (born 1894)
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Max Hainle](/source/Max_Hainle), German swimmer (born 1882)
*[1966](/source/1966) – [Väinö Tanner](/source/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Tanner), Finnish politician of [Social Democratic Party of Finland](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland); the [Prime Minister of Finland](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Finland) (born 1881)[{{cite web |title=Väinö Tanner {{!}} prime minister of Finland |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006030803/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |archive-date=6 October 2019 |url-status=live }}]
*[1967](/source/1967) – [Konrad Adenauer](/source/Konrad_Adenauer), German politician, 1st [Chancellor of Germany](/source/Chancellor_of_Germany) (born 1876)
*[1971](/source/1971) – [Luigi Piotti](/source/Luigi_Piotti), Italian race car driver (born 1913)
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Percy Lavon Julian](/source/Percy_Lavon_Julian), American chemist and academic (born 1899)
*[1988](/source/1988) – [Kwon Ki-ok](/source/Kwon_Ki-ok), Korean pilot (born 1901)[{{cite book |first=Justin |last=Corfield |title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2014 |page=115 |isbn=978-1-78308-341-1}}]
*[1989](/source/1989) – [Daphne du Maurier](/source/Daphne_du_Maurier), English novelist and playwright (born 1907)[{{cite book|author1=Joanne Shattock|author2=Senior Lecturer Department of English Joanne Shattock|title=The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KoEYAAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-214176-7|page=138}}]
*[1991](/source/1991) – [Stanley Hawes](/source/Stanley_Hawes), English-Australian director and producer (born 1905)
*[1992](/source/1992) – [Frankie Howerd](/source/Frankie_Howerd), English actor and screenwriter (born 1917)[{{cite ODNB|id=51134|title=Howerd, Frankie}}]
*[1993](/source/1993) – [David Koresh](/source/David_Koresh), American cult leader (born 1959)
* 1993 – [George S. Mickelson](/source/George_S._Mickelson), American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th [Governor of South Dakota](/source/Governor_of_South_Dakota) (born 1941)
*[1998](/source/1998) – [Octavio Paz](/source/Octavio_Paz), Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) laureate (born 1914)
*[1999](/source/1999) – [Hermine Braunsteiner](/source/Hermine_Braunsteiner), Austrian-German [SS](/source/SS) officer (born 1919)
*[2000](/source/2000) – [Louis Applebaum](/source/Louis_Applebaum), Canadian composer and conductor (born 1918)
*[2002](/source/2002) – [Reginald Rose](/source/Reginald_Rose), American writer (born 1920)
*[2004](/source/2004) – [Norris McWhirter](/source/Norris_McWhirter), English author and activist co-founded the [Guinness World Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records) (born 1925)
* 2004 – [John Maynard Smith](/source/John_Maynard_Smith), English biologist and geneticist (born 1920)
* 2004 – [Jenny Pike](/source/Jenny_Pike), Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (born 1922)[{{Cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=jenny-pike&pid=157444998|title=Jenny Pike - Obituary|date=April 21, 2004|work=The Times Colonist|access-date=March 30, 2020}}]
*[2006](/source/2006) – [Albert Scott Crossfield](/source/Albert_Scott_Crossfield), American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
*[2007](/source/2007) – [Jean-Pierre Cassel](/source/Jean-Pierre_Cassel), French actor (born 1932)
*[2009](/source/2009) – [J. G. Ballard](/source/J._G._Ballard), English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
*[2011](/source/2011) – [Elisabeth Sladen](/source/Elisabeth_Sladen), English actress (born 1946)[{{cite web |last1=Hadoke |first1=Toby |title=Elisabeth Sladen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/doctor-who-fantasy |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 February 2020 |date=20 April 2011}}]
*[2012](/source/2012) – [Levon Helm](/source/Levon_Helm), American musician and actor (born 1940)[{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=David |title=Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of The Band, dead at 71 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/levon-helm-drummer-and-singer-of-the-band-dead-at-71-202155/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2021-04-21|date=2012-04-19}}]
*[2013](/source/2013) – [François Jacob](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jacob), French biologist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1920)
* 2013 – [Al Neuharth](/source/Al_Neuharth), American journalist, author, and publisher, founded ''[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)'' (born 1924)
*[2015](/source/2015) – [Raymond Carr](/source/Raymond_Carr), English historian and academic (born 1919)
* 2015 – [Roy Mason](/source/Roy_Mason), English miner and politician, [Secretary of State for Defence](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence) (born 1924)[{{cite news|title=Campaigning comes to a standstill in honour of Labour stalwart Roy Mason, 91|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/death-of-lord-mason-of-barnsley-at-91-1-7218568|access-date=20 April 2015|work=Yorkshire Post|date=20 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912045352/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/campaigning-comes-to-a-standstill-in-honour-of-labour-stalwart-roy-mason-91-1-7218568|url-status=dead}}]
*[2016](/source/2016) – [Patricio Aylwin](/source/Patricio_Aylwin), Chilean politician (born 1918)[{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/patricio-aylwin-president-who-guided-chile-to-democracy-diesat-97.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/patricio-aylwin-president-who-guided-chile-to-democracy-diesat-97.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Patricio Aylwin, President Who Guided Chile to Democracy, Dies at 97|last1=Kandell|first1=Jonathan|date=2016-04-19|last2=Bonnefoy|first2=Pascale|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-21}}{{cbignore}}]
*[2017](/source/2017) – [Lu Chao-Hsuan](/source/Lu_Chao-Hsuan), Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (born 1929)[{{Cite web|title=呂昭炫|url=http://www.luchaohsuan.com/2017132057--3214727511.html|access-date=2023-02-01|archive-date=2023-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201063133/http://www.luchaohsuan.com/2017132057--3214727511.html|url-status=dead|language=zh}}]
*[2020](/source/2020) – [Ian Whitcomb](/source/Ian_Whitcomb), English singer-songwriter (born 1941)[{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2020-05-08 |title=Ian Whitcomb, Rocker Turned Pop Music Historian, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/arts/music/ian-whitcomb-dead.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}]
*[2021](/source/2021) – [Walter Mondale](/source/Walter_Mondale), American politician, 42nd [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) (born 1928)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-has-died-at-93.html|title = Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president, dies at 93|website = [CNBC](/source/CNBC)|date = 20 April 2021}}]
* 2021 – [Jim Steinman](/source/Jim_Steinman), American composer, lyricist (born 1947)[{{Cite web|date=2021-04-22|title=Jim Steinman obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/22/steinman-obituary-bat-out-of-hell|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}][{{Cite news|date=2021-04-21|title=Jim Steinman: Tributes paid to 'the Wagner of rock'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56830626|access-date=2021-04-21}}]
*[2022](/source/2022) – [Kane Tanaka](/source/Kane_Tanaka), Japanese supercentenarian (born 1903)[{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2022-04-25 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425101320/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=The world's oldest person has died in Japan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425102051/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |url-status=live }}]
*[2023](/source/2023) – [Moonbin](/source/Moonbin), South Korean singer and actor (born 1998)[{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ho-young|title=[속보] "아스트로 문빈, 사망"…소속사 확인 중|url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633|date=April 20, 2023|access-date=April 19, 2023|website=iMBC|language=ko}}][{{Cite news|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Jean|last2=Ng|first2=Kelly|last3=Wright|first3=George|title=Moonbin: Fans anguished over K-pop star's death in suspected suicide|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65331824|date=19 April 2023|access-date=April 20, 2023|website=BBC|language=en}}]
* 2023 – [Ron Hamilton](/source/Ron_Hamilton_(musician)), American musician (born 1950)[{{Cite web |last=Gryboski |first=Michael |date=2023-04-20 |title=Ron Hamilton, musician known for 'Patch the Pirate,' dies at 72 |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/ron-hamilton-musician-known-for-patch-the-pirate-dies-at-72.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.christianpost.com |language=en}}]
*[2024](/source/2024) – [Daniel Dennett](/source/Daniel_Dennett), American philosopher and author (born 1942)[{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=2024-04-19 |title=Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/books/daniel-dennett-dead.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}]
*[2026](/source/2026) – [George Ariyoshi](/source/George_Ariyoshi), American lawyer and politician, 3rd [Governor of Hawaii](/source/Governor_of_Hawaii) (born 1926)[{{cite news|url = https://www.khon2.com/local-news/former-governor-ariyoshi-dies-at-age-100/|title = Former Governor Ariyoshi dies at age 100|last = Spangler|first = Sam|date = April 20, 2026|accessdate = April 20, 2026|work = [KHON-TV](/source/KHON-TV)}}]
==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [feast day](/source/Calendar_of_saints):
** [Ælfheah of Canterbury](/source/%C3%86lfheah_of_Canterbury) ([Anglican](/source/Anglican), [Catholic](/source/Catholic), [Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church))[{{cite book |author=Delaney, John P. |title=Dictionary of Saints|edition=Second |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |date=1980 |isbn=0-385-13594-7|pages=29–30}}]
** [Conrad of Ascoli](/source/Conrad_of_Ascoli)
** [Emma of Lesum](/source/Emma_of_Lesum)
** [Expeditus](/source/Expeditus)
** [George of Antioch](/source/Saint_George_the_Confessor)[{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |location=Vatican City|pages=243-244 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=14 April 2026}}]
** [Olaus](/source/Olaus_Petri) and [Laurentius Petri](/source/Laurentius_Petri) ([Lutheran](/source/Lutheran))
** [Pope Leo IX](/source/Pope_Leo_IX)