Birthdays Date 1935 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 6 Luis del Sol, Spanish soccer midfielder (16 caps; Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma) and manager (Betis), born in Arcos de Jalón, Spain (d. 2021)
Apr 7 Bobby Bare, American country singer ("500 Miles Away From Home"; "Come Sundown"; "Marie Laveau"), born in Ironton, Ohio
Apr 7 Hodding Carter III, American White House press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
Apr 7 Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder (Childhelp USA)
Apr 8 Albert G. Bustamante, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1985-93), born in Asherton, Texas (d. 2021)
Apr 8 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
Apr 9 Aulis Sallinen, Finnish contemporary classical composer, born in Salmi, Russia
Apr 9 Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
Apr 9 Reuben Wilson, American jazz organist ("Got to Get Your Own"), born in Mounds, Oklahoma (d. 2023)
Apr 10 Jorge Mester, Mexican conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1967-79), born in Mexico City
Apr 10 Ken Squier, American sportscaster (NASCAR on CBS, TBS 1983–99; first lap-by-lap commentary of Daytona 500 1979), born in Waterbury, Vermont (d. 2023)
Apr 10 Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), born in England (d. 2013)
Apr 11 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands (d. 2022)
Apr 11 Richard Berry, American doo-wop bass vocalist and songwriter ("Louie, Louie"), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)

Richard Kuklinski (1935-2006)

Apr 11 American mafia hit man, born in Jersey City, New Jersey

Apr 12 Wendy Savage, British obstetrician and gynaecologist, born in Surrey, England
Apr 13 Kenneth Hayr, Air Marshal, born in Whangarei, New Zealand (d. 2001)
Apr 13 Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2020)
Apr 14 Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer (Chariots of the Gods), born in Zofingen, Aargau
Apr 14 Ioannis V. Yannas, Greek-American chemist and engineer, co-inventor of artificial skin [1]
Apr 14 Joan Darling (née Kugell), American actress (Owen Marshall Counselor at Law - "Frieda"), and dramatic arts teacher, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 14 Susan Cunliffe-Lister [Lady Marsham of Ilton], British disability campaigner and paralympic athlete (longest-serving female member of UK House of Lords), born in Caithness, Scotland (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 15 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Bobby Vinton, American pop singer, known as "The Polish Prince" ("Roses Are Red (My Love)"; "Blue Velvet"; "My Melody Of Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 16 Haskell Sadler, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Sarah Kirsch, German poet, born in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony (d. 2013)
Apr 17 Lamar Lundy, American NFL football defensive end, 1957-69 (Los Angeles Rams), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 2002)
Apr 17 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (Eternity and a Day, The Travelling Players), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2012)
Apr 18 Joel Hefley, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado), born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Apr 18 Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (Janis Joplin's final album - "Pearl"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1995)

Dudley Moore (1935-2002)

Apr 19 English comedian, actor (10; Arthur; Bedazzled), jazz pianist, and composer, born in London

Apr 19 Josef Vojta, Czech soccer midfielder (7 caps; AC Sparta Prague 351 games; Olympic silver 1964), born in Plzeň, Czech Republic (d. 2023)
Apr 20 Jon Arnett, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (USC; 5 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
Apr 21 Charles Grodin, American stage and screen actor (Heartbreak Kid; Midnight Run; Ishtar: Beethoven series), writer, and talk show host, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2021) [1]
Apr 21 Pat Rebillot, American jazz and session pianist, arranger, and composer (Herbie Mann), born in Louisville, Ohio
Apr 21 Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic gold 1960)
Apr 21 Thomas Kean, American politician
Apr 22 Christopher Ball, British linguist and Warden of Keble College, Oxford (1980-88)
Apr 22 Dick Conway, New Zealand rugby union flanker/#8 (10 Tests; Otago RFU, Bay of Plenty RU), born in Whakatāne, New Zealand (d. 2022)
Apr 22 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (Miles Davis Quintet, 1955-63; Wynton Kelly Trio, 1963-68), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
Apr 22 Rita Johnston, Canadian politician (first female premier in Canada, Premier of British Columbia 1991), born in Melville, Saskatchewan [1]
Apr 22 W. S. "Fluke" Holland, American rockabilly session and touring drummer (Sun Records; Carl Perkins; Johnny Cash), born in Saltillo, Tennessee (d. 2020)
Apr 23 Milton Banana [Antônio de Souza], Brazilian bossa nova jazz drummer (João Gilberto and Stan Getz), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1998)
Apr 23 Vernice "Bunky" Green, American jazz saxophonist (Healing The Pain), and educator, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 24 Louis Keith, physician (expert on multiple-births), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 25 April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021)
Apr 25 James Peebles, Canadian American astrophysicist (Ostriker–Peebles criterion), 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Apr 26 James Cecil "Humpy" Parker, American disgraced ex-Sheriff convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture, born in San Jacinto County, Texas (d. 1994)
Apr 29 Lennie "Len" Weinrib, American comedian and actor (H.R. Pufnstuf, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in New York City (d. 2006)
Apr 29 Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in Philadelphia. Mississippi (d. 2018)
Apr 29 Otto Zykan, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2006)