Famous people born on 1 April

18 of the people we track were born on 1 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Otto von Bismarck 1815German chancellordied aged 83
2. Wangarĩ Maathai 1940Kenyan environmentalist and politiciandied aged 71
3. Toshiro Mifune 1920Japanese actordied aged 77
4. Milan Kundera 1929Poet and novelistdied aged 94
5. Abraham Maslow 1908American psychologistdied aged 62
6. FPFerenc Puskás 1927Hungarian footballerdied aged 79
7. William Harvey 1578English physiciandied aged 79
8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873Russian composer and pianistdied aged 69
9. Debbie Reynolds 1932American actor and singerdied aged 84
10. Susan Boyle 1961British singerliving, 65
11. Alexander Stubb 1968Finnish politician who served as President of Finlandliving, 58
12. Joseph de Maistre 1753Sardinian philosopher and writerdied aged 67
13. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji 1933French physicistliving, 93
14. Sophie Germain 1776French mathematician and physicistdied aged 55
15. Richard Adolf Zsigmondy 1865Austrian chemistdied aged 64
16. Edmond Rostand 1868French poet and playwrightdied aged 50
17. Clarence Seedorf 1976Dutch footballerliving, 50
18. Edgar Wallace 1875British writer and journalistdied aged 56