Birthdays Date 1918 April | History by KabAstro

Bobby Doerr (1918-2017)

Apr 7 American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (9 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox), born in Junction City, Oregon

Apr 7 Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller's Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2003)
Apr 7 Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge, Come September, Murder She Said), born in Norwood, England (d. 1996)

Betty Ford (1918-2011)

Apr 8 First Lady of the United States (1974-77) and founder of the Betty Ford Center clinic for substance abuse, born in Chicago, Illinois

Apr 8 Glendon Swarthout, American novelist (Where The Boys Are; The Shootist), born in Pickney, Massachusetts (d. 1992)
Apr 8 Lenore Engdahl, American classical pianist, and educator (Boston University School of Music, 1972–83), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2018)
Apr 9 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2008)
Apr 11 Jimmy Lewis, American jazz double bassist and soul electric bassist, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
Apr 11 Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003)
Apr 13 A. L. [Audrey] Barker, English writer, born in St Pauls Cray, Kent, England (d. 2002)
Apr 14 Mary Healy, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, He Married his Wife), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2016)
Apr 15 John Baragrey, American actor (Creeper, The Loves of Carmen), born in Haleyville, Alabama (d. 1975)
Apr 16 Dick Gibson, British racing driver, born in Bourne, Lincolnshire (d. 2010)

Spike Milligan (1918-2002)

Apr 16 Irish-British actor and comedian (The Goon Show, 3 Musketeers), born in Ahmednagar, India

Apr 17 Anne Shirley [Dawn Evelyeen Paris], British actress (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Murder My Sweet), born in New York City (d. 1993)

William Holden (1918-1981)

Apr 17 American actor (The Blue Knight, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Bridge on the River Kwai), born in O'Fallon, Illinois

Apr 18 Cliff Hillegass, American publisher (Cliffsnotes), born in Rising City, Nebraska (d. 2001)
Apr 18 Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian rowing coxswain (Olympic gold USA men's eight 1964; bronze Hungary coxed pair 1948), born in Sárvár, Hungary (d. 2004)
Apr 18 Roger de Grey, British landscape painter and President of Royal Academy (1984-93) (d. 1995)
Apr 18 Tony Mottola, American jazz guitarist, born in Kearney, New Jersey (d. 2004)
Apr 20 June Storey, Canadian-born American actress (South of the Border), born in Toronto (d. 1991)
Apr 22 Mickey Vernon, American baseball first baseman (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1960; AL batting champion 1946, 53), born in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
Apr 23 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer, born in London (d. 1966)
Apr 23 Gordon Hirabayshi, American civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent (Hirabayshi v. United States), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2012)
Apr 23 Maurice Druon, French writer and journalist (Prix Goncourt), born in Paris (d. 2009)
Apr 25 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1941-56), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2006)
Apr 25 Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer, born in Paris (d. 1995)
Apr 26 Francina "Fanny" Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles, 4x100m relay 1948), born in Lage Vuursche, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Apr 26 Stafford Repp, American actor (Playhouse 90, Batman, Plunder Road), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1974)
Apr 27 John Alfred Scali, American journalist and diplomat, born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1995)
Apr 27 Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four - "Baubles Bangles & Beads"), born in New York City (d. 1981)
Apr 27 Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy, born in Karlstad, Sweden (d. 2008)
Apr 29 George Allen, American Pro Football HOF coach, 1966-78 (NFL Coach of the Year 1967, 71; Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins), born in Nelson County, Virginia (d. 1990)
Apr 30 Don McNeill, American tennis player (French C'ship 1939, US Nat C'ship 1940), born in Chickasha, Oklahoma (d. 1996)