Famous People Born on April 1
Famous people born on April 1 include Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wangari Maathai (1940) and Toshiro Mifune (1920).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Otto von Bismarck
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist, first African woman Nobel laureate
Toshiro Mifune
Star of Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Yojimbo
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Milan Kundera
Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
Abraham Maslow
American psychologist (1908–1970)
Ferenc Puskás
Hungarian footballer (1927–2006)
William Harvey
English physician (1578–1657)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian composer and pianist (1873–1943)
Debbie Reynolds
American actress and singer (1932–2016)
Susan Boyle
Scottish singer (born 1961)
Alexander Stubb
President of Finland since 2024
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
French physicist (1933–2026)
Joseph de Maistre
Savoyard political philosopher (1753–1821)
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Austrian-born chemist (1865–1929)
Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776–1831)
Clarence Seedorf
Dutch footballer (born 1976)
Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
Edgar Wallace
British writer (1875–1932)
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Jesus
First-century Jewish preacher and religious leader
Lev Landau
Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
Val Kilmer
American actor (1959–2025)
Marvin Gaye
American singer and songwriter (1939–1984)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
Max Ernst
German artist (1891–1976)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen of France (1137–52) and England (1154–89); Duchess of Aquitaine (1137–1204)
Simo Häyhä
Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)
Martha Graham
American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
Robert Doisneau
French photographer
Sources
- April 1 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths