Famous people born on 1 April

• Otto von BismarckGerman statesman and Chancellor · 1815–1898
  83 yrs
• Wangari Muta MaathaiKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 · 1940–2011
  71 yrs
• Toshirō MifuneJapanese actor · 1920–1997
  77 yrs
• Milan KunderaFranco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist · 1929–2023
  94 yrs
• Abraham MaslowAmerican psychologist · 1908–1970
  62 yrs
• Ferenc PuskásHungarian association football player · 1927–2006
  79 yrs
• Sergei RachmaninoffRussian composer, pianist and conductor · 1873–1943
  69 yrs
• Debbie ReynoldsAmerican actress, singer, and dancer · 1932–2016
  84 yrs
• Joseph de MaistreSavoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat · 1753–1821
  67 yrs
• Richard Adolf ZsigmondyAustrian chemist · 1865–1929
  64 yrs
• Sophie GermainFrench mathematician, physicist, and philosopher · 1776–1831
  55 yrs
• Edmond Rostand ↗French poet and dramatist · 1868–1918
  50 yrs
• Robert II of France ↗King of the Franks from 996 to 1031 · 972–1031
  59 yrs
• Edgar Wallace ↗British crime writer, journalist and playwright · 1875–1932
  56 yrs
• Antoine François Prévost ↗French novelist · 1697–1763
  66 yrs
• Joseph Murray ↗US surgeon · 1919–2012
  93 yrs
• Ferruccio Busoni ↗Italian composer, pianist, and conductor · 1866–1924
  58 yrs
• Margaret of Anjou ↗15th-century English royal consort · 1430–1482
  52 yrs
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza ↗First ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · 1820–1873
  53 yrs
• Malcolm III of Scotland ↗King of Scotland from 1058 to 1093 · 1031–1093
  62 yrs
• Wallace Beery ↗American actor · 1885–1949
  64 yrs
• William James Sidis ↗American child prodigy · 1898–1944
  46 yrs
• Alfonso II of Aragon ↗Aragonese monarch · 1157–1196
  39 yrs
• Lon Chaney ↗American actor · 1883–1930
  47 yrs
• Alan Perlis ↗American computer scientist · 1922–1990
  67 yrs
• Leonard Bloomfield ↗American linguist · 1887–1949
  62 yrs
• Abdul Qadeer Khan ↗Pakistani nuclear engineer · 1936–2021
  85 yrs
• Alexandr Yakovlev ↗Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft designer and founder of the Yakovlev Design Bureau · 1906–1989
  83 yrs
• Conradin ↗Duke of Swabia, King of Jerusalem and King of Sicily · 1252–1268
  16 yrs
• Anne McCaffrey ↗American-Irish novelist · 1926–2011
  85 yrs
• Guru Tegh Bahadur ↗The ninth Guru of Sikhism · 1621–1675
  54 yrs
• Howard Staunton ↗English chess master and Shakespearean scholar · 1810–1874
  64 yrs
• Yılmaz Güney ↗Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor · 1937–1984
  47 yrs
• Clementine Churchill ↗Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer · 1885–1977
  92 yrs
• Emmanuel Mounier ↗French philosopher · 1905–1950
  44 yrs
• Edwin Austin Abbey ↗American illustrator and painter · 1852–1911
  59 yrs
• Gil Scott-Heron ↗American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author · 1949–2011
  62 yrs
• Katō Tomosaburō ↗Japanese admiral · 1861–1923
  62 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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