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April 7 birthdays

294 notable historical figures were born on April 7, and 186 died on this day. Everyone born on April 7 is a Aries.

16% of April 7 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (71) than any other country.

Born on April 7

Billie Holiday (1915 to 1959. American jazz singer (1915–1959))
Franck Ribéry (born 1983. French footballer (born 1983))
Russell Crowe (born 1964. New Zealand Actor (born 1964))
Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939. American filmmaker (born 1939))
Jackie Chan (born 1954. Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954))
Ravi Shankar (1920 to 2012. Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012))
William Wordsworth (1770 to 1850. English Romantic poet (1770–1850))
Kaitlan Collins (born 1992. American journalist (born 1992))
Francis Xavier (1506 to 1552. Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552))
Gerhard Schröder (born 1944. Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005)
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (born 1968. American politician (born 1968))
Janis Ian (born 1951. American singer-songwriter (born 1951))
Ram Gopal Varma (born 1962. Indian film director, screenwriter and producer)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853 to 1884. British prince (1853–1884))
William R. King (1786 to 1853. Vice President of the United States in 1853)
Jennifer Lynch (born 1968. American filmmaker and author (born 1968))
Charles Fourier (1772 to 1837. French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837))
Gabriela Mistral (1889 to 1957. Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957))
Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891 to 1958. Danish businessman and founder of The Lego Group (1891–1958))
Martin Nowak (born 1965. Austrian-born scientist (born 1965))
Stan Winston (1946 to 2008. American special effects artist (1946–2008))
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933. Iranian philosopher, theologian, and Islamic scholar (born 1933))
Vilma Espín (1930 to 2007. Cuban revolutionary and politician (1930–2007))
Clement XII (1652 to 1740. Head of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740)
Robert Metcalfe (born 1946. American engineer (born 1946))
Linda Carroll (born 1944. American writer)
Donald Barthelme (1931 to 1989. American writer and professor (1931 – 1989))
Marmaduke Pickthall (1875 to 1936. English Islamic scholar (1875–1936))
Ilan Eshkeri (born 1977. British composer)
Maria Beatrice of Este (1750 to 1829. Archduchess of Austria-Este)
John Joseph of Austria (1629 to 1679. Spanish general and political figure (1629–1679))
Victoria Ocampo (1890 to 1979. Argentine writer (1890–1979))
Léon Krier (1946 to 2025. Luxembourgish architect (1946–2025))
T. H. Green (1836 to 1882. English philosopher (1836–1882))
William Ellery Channing (1780 to 1842. American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842))
Sherman Fairchild (1896 to 1971. American businessman and investor (1896–1971))
Steven W. Gilland (born 1968. U.S. Army general)
Rafael del Riego (1784 to 1823. Spanish army officer and politician (1784–1823))
Charles H. Bennett (physicist) (born 1943. American physicist, information theorist, and IBM Research fellow)
Charlotte Maxeke (1871 to 1939. South African religious leader and activist (1871?–1939))
Ayesha Siddiqa (born 1966. Pakistani journalist and scholar)
Roy Amara (1925 to 2007. American researcher, scientist)
Rachel Beer (1858 to 1927. British newspaper editor (1858–1927))
Makoto Kobayashi (born 1944. Japanese physicist (born 1944))
Violette Leduc (1907 to 1972. French writer (1907–1972))
Rajee Narinesingh (born 1967. American actress and television personality)
Lloyd Osbourne (1868 to 1947. American novelist (1868-1947))
James Garner (1928 to 2014. American actor (1928–2014))
David Fairchild (1869 to 1954. American botanist (1869–1954))
Anne-Marie (born 1991. English singer (born 1990))
Shyamala Gopalan Harris (1938 to 2009. Indian-born American biomedical scientist and researcher (1938–2009))
Christopher Bishop (born 1959. British computer scientist (born 1959))
Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805 to 1869. American politician (c. 1805–1869))
Otto IV the Illustrious (1206 to 1253. Duke of Bavaria (1206–1253))
Eugen Slutsky (1880 to 1948. Russian mathematical statistician and economist)
Christopher Wood (painter) (1901 to 1930. English painter (1901–1930))
Jack Lawrence (songwriter) (1912 to 2009. American writer and composer (1912-2009))
Domenico Dragonetti (1763 to 1846. Musical artist)
Jerry Brown (born 1938. Governor of California (1975–1983; 2011–2019))
Satur Ocampo (born 1939. Filipino politician, activist, journalist and writer)

Died on April 7

Jesus (Christian) (7 BC to 30. Founder of Christianity)
Henry Ford (1863 to 1947. American business magnate (1863–1947))
Carl Schmitt (1888 to 1985. German jurist and political theorist (1888–1985))
Toussaint Louverture (1743 to 1803. Haitian general and revolutionary (1744–1803))
El Greco (1541 to 1614. Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance (1541–1614))
Charles VIII of France (1470 to 1498. King of France from 1483 to 1498)
William Godwin (1756 to 1836. English philosopher and novelist (1756–1836))
Mangal Pandey (1827 to 1857. Indian soldier and freedom fighter (1827–1857))
Abdul Hamid I (1725 to 1789. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789)
Taksin (1734 to 1782. King of Siam from 1767 to 1782)
Thomas Bayes (1702 to 1761. British statistician (c. 1701 – 1771))
Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820 to 1879. Regent of Awadh, 1857–1858)
Alexander Bogdanov (1873 to 1928. Russian physician, philosopher, and revolutionary (1873–1928))
Frederic Edwin Church (1826 to 1900. American landscape painter (1826–1900))
Joseph Lyons (1879 to 1939. Prime Minister of Australia from 1932 to 1939)
Berengar I of Italy (840 to 924. Holy Roman Emperor from 915 to 924)
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919 to 1979. Prime Minister of Iran from 1965 to 1977)
Sophia Paleologue (1455 to 1503. Grand Princess of Moscow from 1472 to 1503)
William Finn (1952 to 2025. American composer and lyricist (1952–2025))
Ernst L. Freud (1892 to 1970. Austrian architect (1892–1970))
Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953 to 1994. Prime Minister of Rwanda from 1993 to 1994)
Benedict III (810 to 858. Head of the Catholic Church from 855 to 858)
Yang Kyoungjong (1920 to 1992. Rumored Korean soldier (fl. 20th century))
Leonid Kantorovich (1912 to 1986. Russian mathematician (1912–1986))
Golo Mann (1909 to 1994. 20th-century German popular historian)
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865 to 1925. 11th Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia and saint (1865–1925))
Julie Clary (1771 to 1845. Queen of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13))
Rómulo Gallegos (1884 to 1969. Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969))
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo (1962 to 2015. Prince of Tarnovo)
Sancho VII the Strong (1157 to 1234. King of Navarre from 1194 to 1234)

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