Birthdays Date 1925 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 12 Bill Burrud, American television host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1990)
Jan 12 Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie - "Harriet Oleson"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
Jan 12 Laurentiu Profeta, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2006)
Jan 12 Ralph Legall, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2003)
Jan 13 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity), born in Culver City, California (d. 2000)
Jan 13 Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2014)
Jan 14 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-born French businessman, entrepreneur and soft-drink manufacturer (Orangina), born in Boufarik, French Algeria (d. 2013)
Jan 14 Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
Jan 14 Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1970)
Jan 15 Keith Bentley, English international racing cyclist, born in Leicester, England (d. 1997)
Jan 15 Ruth Slenczynska, American concert pianist, and educator (Southern Illinois University, 1964-87), born in Sacramento, California
Jan 17 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and politician (captained Pakistan's 1st Test, prev played for India), born in Lahore, British India (d. 1996)
Jan 17 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2009)
Jan 17 Duane Hanson, American artist, made life-sized realistic sculptures of people, born in Alexandria, Minnesota (d. 1996)
Jan 17 Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher, K.K.K. member and murderer, born in Philadelphia, Mississippi (d. 2018)

Jan 17 Robert Cormier, American author (d. 2000)
Jan 18 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, English TV documentary film producer (BBC), born in Sale, England (d. 1995)
Jan 18 Christian Kellens, Belgian jazz trombonist, born in Andenne, Belgium (d. 2019)
Jan 18 Edouard Dermithe, Italian actor (Orpheus; Thomas the Impostor), born in Gallignana, Istria, Italian Empire (d. 1995)
Jan 18 Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), born in Paris, France (d. 1995)
Jan 18 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic bronze, 1948/silver 1952), born in Heemstede, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Jan 19 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman), (d. 2012)
Jan 20 Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Catholic priest, politician, poet, and writer, born in Granada, Nicaragua (d. 2020)
Jan 20 Eugen Gomringer, Bolivian-born German poet, born in Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia
Jan 21 George Conner, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle / linebacker (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53, 55; Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
Jan 22 Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer, Chairman of Leeds United, born in London, England (d. 2014)
Jan 23 Marty Paich, American jazz pianist, conductor, producer and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson), born in Oakland, California (d. 1995)

Maria Tallchief (1925-2013)

Jan 24 American prima ballerina (The Nutcracker), born in Fairfax, Oklahoma

Jan 24 William Hudson, American actor (I Led 3 Lives), born in Gilroy, California (d. 1974)
Jan 25 Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, TS 47, 2 wickets; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
Jan 25 Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1992)
Jan 26 Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (d. 2004)
Jan 26 David Jenkins, English controversial cleric (Bishop of Durham), born in Bromley, England (d. 2016)
Jan 26 Joan Leslie, American actress (High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Jan 26 American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), auto racer and team owner (Newman/Haas Racing) and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Jan 27 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant who helped Macmillan, Heath and Thatcher into office, born in Bristol, England (d. 2003)
Jan 27 John Bury, British stage designer who worked with Peter Hall (d. 2000)
Jan 28 Henry Harris, British cell biologist (identified genes capable of suppressing cancers), born in Russia (d. 2014) [1]
Jan 29 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting) (d. 1995)
Jan 30 Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (U of Michigan) and college athletics administrator (Iowa), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
Jan 30 Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)

Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)

Jan 30 American computer scientist (computer mouse, Engelbart's Law), born in Portland, Oregon

Jan 31 Benjamin Hooks, American lawyer, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader (NAACP executive director, 1977-92), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2010)
Jan 31 Charles Aidman, American actor and TV narrator (New Twilight Zone), born in Frankfort, Indiana (d. 1993)
Jan 31 Fred Catherwood, British politician (Vice President of the European Parliament 1989-1992), born in Castledawson, County Londonderry (d. 2014)
Jan 31 Micheline Lannoy, Belgian figure skating pairs (Olympic gold 1948), born in Brussels, Belgium
Feb 2 Elaine Stritch, American actress (30 Rock; Two's Company), singer and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
Feb 2 Michel Philippot, French composer and musicologist, born in Verzy, France (d. 1996)
Feb 3 John Fiedler, American stage and screen actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Peterson"; The Odd Couple - "Vinnie"; 12 Angry Men), born in Platteville, Wisconsin (d. 2005)
Feb 3 Joop Swart, Dutch journalist, photographer, and publisher (founder of World Press Photo), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1994)
Feb 3 Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician, President Swiss Federal Council (1984), born in Felsberg, Switzerland (d. 2012)
Feb 4 Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, born in Leipzig, German Weimar Republic (d. 2003)
Feb 4 Russell Hoban, American author (Riddley Walker, Pilgermann), born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
Feb 6 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), born in Blora Regency, Indonesia (d. 2006)
Feb 7 Arthur Berry, English artist and playwright, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent (d. 1994)
Feb 7 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, born in Linz (d. 1986)
Feb 7 Marius Constant, Romanian-born French composer and conductor (founded Ars Nova), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2004)
Feb 7 Romolo Valli, Italian actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia), born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1980)
Feb 8 Alvin Brehm, American classical double bassist, conductor, and composer, born in New York City (d. 2014)

Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

Feb 8 American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Feb 8 Raimondo d'Inzeo, Italian equestrian, 1st athlete to compete in 8 Olympic games (Olympic gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76), born in Poggio Mirteto, Italy (d. 2013)
Feb 9 Billy Williamson, American steel guitar player (Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; Bill Haley & His Comets), born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
Feb 9 Bobby Lewis, American rock and roll singer (Tossin' and Turnin'), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2020)
Feb 9 Burkhard Heim, German physicist (Heim theory), born in Potsdam, Germany (d. 2001)
Feb 9 Salah El Mahdi, Tunisian composer, conductor, musicologist, and artistic director, born in Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia (d. 2014)
Feb 9 Vic Wertz, American MLB player, born in York, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
Feb 11 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), born in Tularosa, New Mexico (d. 2001)
Feb 11 Virginia E. Johnson, American doctor and sexologist (Masters & Johnson), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2013)
Feb 12 Anthony Berry, British politician (killed in the Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA) (d. 1984)
Feb 12 Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
Feb 13 Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
Feb 13 Jan Arends, Dutch poet and author, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1974)
Feb 14 Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Feb 14 Gwendolyn Faison, American politician (Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, 2000-10), born in Clinton, North Carolina (d. 2021)
Feb 16 Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitar master, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 2004)
Feb 16 David Emms, British educator (London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates) (d. 2015)
Feb 16 Paul Crawford, American Dixieland jazz musician, arranger, (Olympic Brass Band), and music historian (Tulane University), born in Atmore, Alabama (d. 1996)
Feb 17 Fritz Behrendt, German-Dutch political cartoonist (Het Parool; De Telegraaf; New York Herald Tribune), born in Berlin, Weimar Republic (d. 2008)
Feb 17 Hal Holbrook, American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the President's Men; “Mark Twain Tonight!”), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
Feb 17 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor, born in Plymouth, England (d. 2003)
Feb 18 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Feb 18 Marcel Barbeau, Canadian abstract artist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
Feb 19 Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
Feb 19 Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold men's 4x400m relay 1952 WR 3:03.9), born in Linstead, Saint Catherine, Jamaica (d. 2021)
Feb 20 Alex La Guma, South African novelist (A Walk in the Night), and anti-apartheid activist (1956 Treason Trial), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1985)
Feb 20 Frank Isola, American jazz drummer (Stan Getz; Gerry Mulligan; Mose Allison), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
Feb 20 Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader (ÖTV (Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr - Public service, transport and traffic) president, 1964-82), born in Wuppertal, Germany (d. 2005)

Robert Altman (1925-2006)

Feb 20 American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player; M*A*S*H; Nashville), born in Kansas City, Missouri

Feb 21 Al Fann, American actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
Feb 21 Jack Ramsay, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977 NBA Champions), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Feb 21 Sam Peckinpah, American film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs), born in Fresno, California (d. 1984)
Feb 22 Edward Gorey, American author and artist (Curious Sofa), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
Feb 22 Gerald Stern, American poet, (The One Thing in Life), essayist (Some Secrets), and educator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
Feb 22 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect (d. 1995)
Feb 22 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), born in Hill of Beath, Fife, Scotland (d. 2000)
Feb 23 Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spinner (1947-58) who averaged 64.08, born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2015)
Feb 23 Louis Stokes, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1969-99), born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2015)
Feb 25 Bert Remsen, American actor (Mario-It's a Living), born in Glen Cove, New York (d. 1999)
Feb 25 Shehu Shagari, Nigerian politician, President of Nigeria (1979-83), born in Sokoto, Nigeria (d. 2018)
Feb 26 Dave Pell, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown), bandleader (Dave Pell Octet), and record producer, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2017)

Everton Weekes (1925-2020)

Feb 26 West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests; 4,455 runs @ 58.61, 15 x 100s), born in Saint Michael, Barbados

Feb 27 Hugh Leggatt, British art dealer (d. 2014)
Feb 27 Michael Kaye, British arts director (LSO, South Bank), born in London, England (d. 2008)
Feb 27 Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
Feb 28 C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2021)
Feb 28 Harry H. Corbett, English actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1982)
Mar 1 Lusine Amara, American concert and operas soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1950-91), born in Hartford, Connecticut [sources vary for birth year, 1924-27]
Mar 2 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis [Charles Thompson], American blues musician (Cold Hands), born in Tippo, Mississippi (d. 1995)
Mar 4 Paul Mauriat, French easy listening orchestra leader, composer, and arranger ("Love Is Blue"), born in Marseille, France (d. 2006)
Mar 7 Rene Gagnon, US Marine shown in photograph of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1979)
Mar 7 Richard Vernon, British character actor (A Hard Days Night; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Gandhi), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1997)
Mar 8 Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer and choral conductor, born in Talagante, Chile (d. 1988)
Mar 8 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra), born in Aguilas Spain (d. 2001)
Mar 10 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1900)
Mar 10 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
Mar 12 G. William Whitehurst, American politician (Rep-R-VA 1969-87), born in Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 12 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon; A Little Romance), born in Roubaix, France (d. 1992)
Mar 12 Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy), (d. 2012)
Mar 12 Leo Esaki [Esaki Reona], Japanese physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973), born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Mar 12 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), born in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France (d. 1983)
Mar 13 Bertha Tickey, American softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973), born in Dinuba, California (d. 2014)
Mar 13 Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Thelonious Monk; Eric Dolphy; Chick Corea), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 14 (George) "Sonny" Cohn, American jazz trumpeter (Red Saunders, 1945-60; Duke Ellington, 1960-84), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
Mar 14 Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
Mar 14 John Barrington Wain, English novelist and poet (Hurry on Down), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England (d. 1994)
Mar 15 Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (1st Chairman Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change), born in Nyköping, Sweden (d. 2007)
Mar 16 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), born in Šilutė, Lithuania (d. 2014)
Mar 16 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
Mar 17 Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor (L'Avventura), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2015)
Mar 18 Don Paul, American football player (LA Rams), (d. 2015)
Mar 18 James Pickles, English judge and columnist, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire (d. 2010)
Mar 19 Brent Scowcroft, American Air Force officer and National Security advisor, born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2020)
Mar 20 David Warren, Australian scientist and inventor (Flight Data Recorder; Cockpit Voice Recorder - "the black box"), born in Groote Eylandt, Australia (d. 2010)
Mar 20 John Erlichman, American politician aid to Nixon (convicted over Watergate break-in), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1999)
Mar 21 Harold Ashby American jazz tenor saxophonist (Willie Dixon; Duke Ellington, 1968-75), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2003)
Mar 21 Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
Mar 21 John E. Grotberg, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86), born in Winnebago, Minnesota (d. 1986)
Mar 21 Peter Brook, English theater and film director (Marat/Sade, Lord of the Flies), born in London, England (d. 2022)
Mar 22 Colin Spedding, British biologist and animal welfare advocate (d. 2012)
Mar 22 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
Mar 23 David McNee, Scottish law enforcement officer (City of Glasgow/Strathclyde Police Chief Constable, 1971-77; Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 1977-82), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2019)
Mar 23 David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
Mar 24 Duncan Wood, English TV director and producer (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe & Son), born in Bristol, England (d. 1997)
Mar 24 Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)
Mar 25 Flannery O'Connor, American Southern novelist (A Good Man is Hard to Find), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1964)
Mar 26 Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer (MP for Montgomeryshire 1962-79), (d. 2012)
Mar 26 Ben Mondor, Canadian baseball executive who was International League Executive of the Year 1978, 99 Pawtucket Red Sox, born in St-Ignace-du-Lac, Maskinongé, Quebec (d. 2010)
Mar 26 Claudio Spies, Chilean American composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2020)
Mar 26 James Moody, American Grammy Award-winning bebop jazz saxophonist, flutist, and orchestra leader, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2010)
Mar 26 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricket all-rounder who played 16 tests (2 x 50, 3 wickets; Karachi Blues, Rawalpindi) and broadcaster (PTV, BBC, Radio Pakistan), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
Mar 26 Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor (Visage Nuptial), born in Montbrison, France (d. 2016)
Mar 26 Ted Graham, Lord Graham of Edmonton, English politician, House of Lords (chief opposition whip), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 2020)
Mar 27 Charles Henry Plumb, British Conservative politician and 15th President of the European Parliament (1987-89), born in Warwickshire, England (d. 2022)
Mar 27 John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2015)
Mar 27 Robert Cohan, American-British dancer (Martha Grahame Dance Company, 1946-57, 1962-69), choreographer, and artistic director (London Contemporary Dance Theatre, 1969-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
Mar 28 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian baritone (1951-88), opera director State Opera, 1975-88), and parliamentarian, born in Mămăești, Romania (d. 2016)
Mar 28 Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Soviet actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye), born in Tat'yanovka, Russia (d. 1994)
Mar 29 Emlen Tunnell, American Pro Football HOF safety (NFL C'ship 1956 NY Giants, 1961 GB Packers; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 9 × Pro Bowl), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
Mar 30 Ivo Malec, Croat-French composer (Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll; Lumina), born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2019)
Mar 31 Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
Apr 1 Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, born in South Shields, England (d. 2014)
Apr 1 Sala Burton, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-87), born in Białystok, Poland (d. 1987)
Apr 2 George MacDonald Fraser, British poet and author (Flashman at the Charge), born in Carlisle, England (d. 2008)
Apr 2 Hard Boiled Haggerty [Don Stansauk], American pro wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWA World Tag Team C'ship; IWA World Heavyweight C'ship) and actor (The Incredible Hulk), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
Apr 3 Tony Benn, British politcian, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, born in Marylebone, London (d. 2014)
Apr 4 (Huberdina) "Erna" Spoorenberg, Dutch soprano (Vienna State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera), and voice teacher, born in Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) (d. 2004)
Apr 4 Claude Wagner, French Canadian politician and judge, born in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada (d. 1979)
Apr 4 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen and stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2015)
Apr 4 Emmett Williams, American poet, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2007)
Apr 4 Mother Divine [Edna Rose Ritchings], cult leader of the International Peace Mission Movement, born in Vancouver (d. 2017)
Apr 5 Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don't Live Here Any Longer), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1998)
Apr 6 Art Larsen, American tennis player (US Open 1950), born in Hayward, California (d. 2012)
Apr 6 Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, (d. 2012)
Apr 8 Shecky Greene [Fred Sheldon Greenfield], American stand-up comedian and actor (Love Machine; Combat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 9 Art Kane [Kanofsky], American art director (Seventeen Magazine), and portrait photographer (A Great Day In Harlem), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Apr 9 Michael Richardson, British investment banker and advisor to Margaret Thatcher known as "Mr Privatisation", born in London (d. 2003)
Apr 9 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire (d. 2003)

Bernard Moitessier (1925-1994)

Apr 10 French sailor, vagabond and author who famously led the 1st non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race before sailing a 2nd lap of the world back to Tahiti, born in Saigon, French Vietnam [1]

Apr 11 Johan van Zonderen, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
Apr 11 Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and founder of Quebecor, born in Montreal (d. 1997)
Apr 11 Rik Kuypers, Belgian director (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor), born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 2019)
Apr 12 Evelyn Berezin, American computer pioneer, invented first word processor, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
Apr 12 Johnny Jordan, English cameraman (You Only Live Twice), born in Oxfordshire, England (d. 1969)
Apr 12 Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer and writer, born in Hendon, London (d. 2008)