Notable Birthdays for April 1
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- German military theorist Prince Otto von Bismarck in 1815
- Italian pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni in 1866
- Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1873
- actor Lon Chaney Sr. in 1883
- actor Wallace Beery in 1885
- actor Toshiro Mifune in 1920
- author William Manchester (Death of a President) in 1922
- author Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern) in 1926
- actor/singer Jane Powell in 1929 (age 86)
- football Hall of Fame Coach Bo Schembechler in 1929
- actor/singer Debbie Reynolds in 1932 (age 83)
- actor Ali MacGraw in 1939 (age 76)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai in 1940
- musician Jimmy Cliff in 1948 (age 67)
- actor Annette O'Toole in 1952 (age 63)
- singer Susan Boyle in 1961 (age 54)
- political commentator Rachel Maddow in 1973 (age 42)
- reality television personality Jon Gosselin in 1977 (age 38)
- actor Asa Butterfield in 1997 (age 18).
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