Birthdays Date 1902 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 11 Quentin Reynolds, American newscaster (Its News to Me) and author (FBI), born in New York City (d. 1965)
Apr 12 Louis J. M. Beel, Prime Minister of Netherlands (1946-48, 58-59), born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Apr 13 Del Porter, American jazz singer (Foursome - "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"; Spike Jones and His City Slickers - "Der Fuehrer's Face"), born in Newberg, Oregon (d. 1977)
Apr 13 Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest; Well's Theater), born in London (d. 1998)
Apr 13 Philippe de Rothschild, French race-car driver and manager (Bordeaux Vineyard), born in Paris, France (d. 1988)
Apr 14 Ken Loeffler, American College and Basketball Hall of Fame coach (National Invitation Tournament 1952; NCAA Basketball Tournament 1954, La Salle Explorers), born in Rumson, New Jersey (d. 1975)
Apr 14 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (head of Lubavitcher Jews), born in Nikolaev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1994)
Apr 14 Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1974)
Apr 15 Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist, born in Aveiro District, Portugal (d. 2002)
Apr 17 Anton Beuving, Dutch lyricist (Ketelbinkie), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Apr 17 Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician, 2nd Director-General of the UNESCO (1948-52), born in Mexico City (d. 1974)
Apr 18 Giuseppe Pella, 31st Prime Minister of Italy, born in Valdengo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1981)
Apr 20 Donald Wolfit, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed), born in New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1968)
Apr 20 Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer and pedagogue, born in Shumen, Bulgaria (d. 1969)
Apr 21 Ben Stroman, Dutch writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1985)

Apr 22 Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh - Carmarthen), born in Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, Wales (d. 1966)

Halldór Laxness (1902-1998)

Apr 23 Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955), born in Reykjavík, Iceland

Apr 24 Reuben "Rube" Bloom, American pianist, arranger, bandleader (The Bayou Boys), songwriter ("Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"; "Give Me the Simple Life"), born in New York City (d. 1976)
Apr 25 Fred Price, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 1969)
Apr 25 Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist, one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program, born in Forst, Germany (d. 1964)
Apr 27 Kitty Kelly, American actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors), born in New York City (d. 1968)
Apr 28 Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (Lillelord), born in Kristiana, Norway (d. 1979)
Apr 29 Theodore Chanler, American composer, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1961)
Apr 30 André-François Marescotti, Swiss organist and composer, born in Carouge, Switzerland (d. 1995)
Apr 30 Rudolf Wittelsbach, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Constantinople, Turkey (d. 1972)
Apr 30 Theodore Schultz, American agricultural economist (1979 Nobel Prize for Economics for development economics), born in Arlington, South Dakota (d. 1998) [1]