Famous people born on 21 April

18 of the people we track were born on 21 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Elizabeth II 1926Monarch of the United Kingdomdied aged 96
2. Max Weber 1864German sociologist and philosopherdied aged 56
3. CBCharlotte Brontë 1816British novelist and poetdied aged 38
4. Narges Mohammadi 1972Iranian human rights defenderliving, 54
5. Anthony Quinn 1915Mexican actordied aged 86
6. Percy Williams Bridgman 1882American physicistdied aged 79
7. Hippolyte Taine 1828French literary critic and historiandied aged 64
8. Iggy Pop 1947American musicianliving, 79
9. James McAvoy 1979British actorliving, 47
10. Jean-Baptiste Biot 1774French physicistdied aged 87
11. PKPaul Karrer 1889Swiss chemistdied aged 82
12. Isco 1992Spanish footballerliving, 34
13. Andie MacDowell 1958American actorliving, 68
14. Fredrik Bajer 1837Danish politiciandied aged 84
15. Faustin-Archange Touadéra 1957Central African politician who served as President of the Central African Republicliving, 69
16. Numa Pompilius 753 BCKing of Romedied aged 81 or 82
17. John Muir 1838Scottish naturalistdied aged 76
18. Januarius AD 272Roman bishopdied aged 33