Famous people born on 7 April

17 of the people we track were born on 7 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Jackie Chan 1954Actorliving, 72
2. William Wordsworth 1770English poetdied aged 80
3. Gabriela Mistral 1889Chilean poet and diplomatdied aged 67
4. Russell Crowe 1964Actorliving, 62
5. Gerhard Schröder 1944German politician who served as President of the Bundesrat of Germanyliving, 82
6. Francis Ford Coppola 1939American filmmakerliving, 87
7. Ravi Shankar 1920Indian composerdied aged 92
8. Billie Holiday 1915American jazz singerdied aged 44
9. Francis Xavier 1506Spanish missionarydied aged 46
10. Franck Ribéry 1983French footballerliving, 43
11. Pope Clement XII 1652Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 87
12. Charles Fourier 1772French socialist and philosopherdied aged 65
13. Makoto Kobayashi 1944Japanese theoretical physicistliving, 82
14. Kurt von Schleicher 1882German military officerdied aged 52
15. Bronisław Malinowski 1884Polish anthropologist and ethnographerdied aged 58
16. James Garner 1928American film actordied aged 86
17. Valentina Matviyenko 1949Russian politicianliving, 77