Birthdays Date 1950 April | History by KabAstro

Agnetha Fältskog (74 years old)

Apr 5 Swedish singer (ABBA - "Dancing Queen"), born in Jönköping, Sweden

Apr 5 Franklin Chang-Diaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American NASA astronaut (STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91), born in San José, Costa Rica
Apr 5 Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor (The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Apr 5 Mildred Douglas, Surinames-Dutch pop singer (Mai Tai; Fruitcake), born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Apr 5 Paul Oscher, American blues musician (Muddy Waters Blues Band), born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 6 Dennis E. Eckart, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1981-93), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 8 Carmen Twillie, American session singer (The Lion King - "Circle of Life"; Celene Dion; Pink Floyd), born in Playa del Rey, California
Apr 8 Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and manager, born in Malbork, Poland
Apr 9 Kenneth Cockrell, American astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80), born in Austin, Texas
Apr 9 Nathan Cook, American actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
Apr 9 Peter Wood, English session and touring rock keyboardist (Sutherland Bros and Quiver; Al Stewart; Joan Armatrading; Lou Reed), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1993)
Apr 9 Pierre Gagnaire, French chef, born in Apinac, France
Apr 10 Barry M. Riemer, American author (The Great American Con Machine)
Apr 10 Eddie Hazel, American pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Uncle Jam Wants You"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1992)
Apr 10 Ken Griffey Sr., American baseball outfielder (3 x MLB All Star; Cincinnati Reds, NY Yankees), born in Donora, Pennsylvania
Apr 11 Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall), born in Santa Monica, California
Apr 11 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2023)
Apr 12 David Cassidy, American singer ("I Think I Love You"), and actor (Partridge Family - "Keith"), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Apr 12 Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1), born in Verzuolo, Italy
Apr 12 Joyce Banda, President of Malawi (2012-2014), born in Malemia, Nyasaland
Apr 12 Kari Palaste, Finnish architect, born in Kajaani, Finland
Apr 12 Tom Werner, American producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show), born in New York City
Apr 13 Beto Fuscão, Brazilian soccer defender (8 caps; Fluminense, Grêmio, Palmeiras), born in Florianópolis, Brazil (d. 2022)
Apr 13 Riff West, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2014)

Ron Perlman (74 years old)

Apr 13 American actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast), born in The Bronx, New York

Apr 13 Terry Lester, American actor (Young & Restless, As World Turns), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Apr 13 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league halfback (20 Tests; Rothmans Medal 1972; Wests, Newtown) and coach (Wests, NSW), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 2021)
Apr 14 Ansje Beentjes, Dutch actress (Blindgangers), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands
Apr 14 Francis Collins, American scientist who led the Human Genome Project, born in Staunton, Virginia
Apr 14 Randolph Powell, American actor (Dallas - "Alan"; Logan's Run), born in Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 15 Amy Wright, American actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 16 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 2001)
Apr 16 Vladimir Golubev, Russian soccer defender (3 caps USSR; Zenit Leningrad 335 games) and manager (Zenit Leningrad), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2022)
Apr 17 Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner, born in Arcadia, California
Apr 17 Kevin Porter, American basketball point guard (NBA assists leader 1975, 78-79, 81), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 17 L. Scott Caldwell, American actress (Rose-Lost), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 18 Bill Sudderth III, American R&B trumpet player (Atlantic Starr - Touch a Four Leaf Clover), born in White Plains, New York
Apr 18 Ed Caraeff, American photographer, illustrator, and album cover art director (Steely Dan, Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Diamond, Tom Waits, Hall & Oates), born in Santa Monica, California
Apr 18 Grigory Sokolov, Russian-Spanish concert pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition, 1966), born in Leningrad, USSR
Apr 18 Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer (High School Musical trilogy), born in Palo Alto, California
Apr 19 Earl Gardner, American jazz trumpeter (Saturday Night Live), born in New York City
Apr 19 Jacques Herzog, Swiss architect (Herzog & de Meuron - Tate Modern), born in Basel, Switzerland
Apr 19 Jeff Hammond, Australian cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour), born in North Adelaide, South Australia
Apr 19 Marc Demeyer, Belgian road racing cyclist (Paris-Brussel 1974), born in Avelgem, Belgium (d. 1982)
Apr 20 Itumeleng J. Mosala, South African president (Azanian People's Org)
Apr 20 Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, born in Naravaripalli, India
Apr 20 Steve Erickson, American novelist (American Nomad), born in Santa Monica, California
Apr 22 (Jesse) "Pete" Carr, American guitarist and session musician (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section; LeBlanc and Carr), born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 2020)
Apr 22 Forrest McDonald, American blues rock guitarist (Blues In A Bucket), born in Austin, Texas
Apr 22 Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
Apr 22 Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
Apr 22 Peter Frampton, British rock guitarist and vocalist (Humble Pie; Frampton Comes Alive - "Show Me The Way"), born in Kent, England
Apr 23 Steve McCurry, American photographer (Afghan Girl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 24 Rob Hyman, American rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist, melodica and accordion player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Meriden, Connecticut
Apr 25 Steve Ferrone, British session and touring funk, rock, and R&B drummer (Average White Band, 1974-83; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1994 to 2017), born in Brighton, England
Apr 26 (Lakshminarayana) "L." Shankar, Indian rock, jazz and Indian classical violinist, singer and composer (Shakti; Frank Zappa; Peter Gabriel), born in Madras, Tamil Nadu
Apr 26 Peter Schaufuss, Danish dancer and director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin), born in Copenhagen, Denmark

Jay Leno (74 years old)

Apr 28 American comedian and TV talk show host (Tonight Show), born in New Rochelle, New York

Apr 28 Robert Greenidge, Trinidadian steelpan drum player (Jimmy Buffett; John Lennon; Grover Washington, Jr.), born in Success Village, Trinidad
Apr 28 Willie Colón, American salsa music pioneer producer (Fania Records), singer, trombonist, actor (The Last Fight), and social activist, born in The Bronx, New York City
Apr 29 Debbie Stabenow, American politician (Senator-D-Michigan 2001-), born in Gladwin, Michigan
Apr 29 Phillip Noyce, Australian film director (Rabbit-Proof Fence; The Bone Collector), born in Griffith, Australia