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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[823]] – [[Lothair I]] is crowned [[King of Italy]] by [[Pope Paschal I]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Borovsky|first=Jozef|title=Chrysalis I: Metamorphosis of Odium|___location=Victoria, B.C.|publisher=Friesen Press|date=2019|isbn=9781525547706|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7OoDwAAQBAJ|page=150}}</ref>
* [[919]] – The [[Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921)|second Fatimid invasion]] of [[Medieval Egypt|Egypt]] begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah]], sets out from [[Raqqada]] at the head of his army.<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden | language = de | trans-title = The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids | publisher = C. H. Beck | ___location = Munich | year = 1991 | isbn = 3-406-35497-1 | page=188}}</ref>
*[[1242]] – During the [[Battle on the Ice]] of [[Lake Peipus]], [[Republic of Novgorod|Russian]] forces, led by [[Alexander Nevsky]], rebuff an invasion attempt by the [[Teutonic Knights]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Windhausen|first=John D.|chapter=Alexander Nevsky|title=Dictionary of World Biography. Vol. 2: The Middle Ages|editor-last=Magill|editor-first=Frank Northen|___location=Chicago|publisher=Salem Press|date=1998|isbn=9780893563141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBHSc2hTfeUC|pages=52–53}}</ref>
*[[1536]] – [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] makes a [[Royal Entry]] into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a [[Roman triumph]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Beard|first=Mary|title=The Roman Triumph|___location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Belknap Press|date=2009|isbn=9780674032187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwvKsHgd6cwC|pages=53–55}}</ref>
*[[1566]] – Two hundred [[Habsburg Netherlands|Dutch]] noblemen, led by [[Hendrick van Brederode]], force themselves into the presence of [[Margaret of Parma]] and present the [[Compromise of Nobles|Petition of Compromise]], denouncing the [[Spanish Inquisition]] in the [[Seventeen Provinces]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=James C.|title=A Concise History of the Netherlands|___location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2017|isbn=9780521875882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRkuDwAAQBAJ|pages=120–121}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] – In [[Virginia]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Pocahontas]] marries English colonist [[John Rolfe]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hutner|first=Heidi|title=Colonial Women: Race and Culture in Stuart Drama|___location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001|isbn=9780195141887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmnnCwAAQBAJ|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1621]] – The ''[[Mayflower]]'' sets sail from [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]] on a return trip to England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War|___location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|date=2006|isbn=9780143111979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9AXww_XysC|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1792]] – United States President [[George Washington]] exercises his authority to [[Veto power in the United States|veto a bill]], the first time this power is used in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Daynes|first=Byron W.|chapter=George Washington: Reluctant Occupant, Uncertain Model for the Presidency|title=George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency|editor-last1=Rozell|editor-first1=Mark J.|editor-last2=Pederson|editor-first2=William D.|editor-last3=Williams|editor-first3=Frank J.|___location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Praeger Press|date=2000|isbn=9780275968670|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FPpEd0sBJQC|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1795]] – [[Peace of Basel]] between France and [[Prussia]] is made.<ref>{{cite book|last=Biesinger|first=Joseph A.|title=Germany: A Reference Guide From the Renaissance to the Present|___location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2006|isbn=9780816045211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exMn24SA7fMC|page=398}}</ref>
*[[1818]] – In the [[Battle of Maipú]], [[Chile]]'s independence movement, led by [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] and [[José de San Martín]], win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Jerome R.|title=Latin American Heroes: Liberators and Patriots From 1500 to the Present|___location=New York|publisher=Ballantine Books|date=1993|isbn=9780345383846|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcCGDwAAQBAJ|pages=88–89}}</ref>
*[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Yorktown (1862)|Battle of Yorktown]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|___location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2002|isbn=9780743218467|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|pages=215–217}}</ref>
*[[1879]] – [[Bolivia]] declares war on [[Chile]], and Chile declares war on [[Peru]], starting the [[War of the Pacific]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eggenberger|first=David|title=Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles From 1479 B.C. to the Present|___location=New York|publisher=Dover Books|date=1985|isbn=9780486249131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5pkSZBIXW0C|page=426}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[1902 Ibrox disaster|A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park]] (now [[Ibrox Stadium]]) in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international [[association football]] match between [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[England national football team|England]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grahame|first=Ewing|date=2010-12-30|title=More than 600 people were killed or injured in the first Ibrox Disaster in 1902 when Scotland played England|journal=Daily Telegraph|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230537/More-than-600-people-were-killed-or-injured-in-the-first-Ibrox-Disaster-in-1902-when-Scotland-played-England.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230537/More-than-600-people-were-killed-or-injured-in-the-first-Ibrox-Disaster-in-1902-when-Scotland-played-England.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-27|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1910]] – The [[Transandine Railway]] connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/616/w3-article-8094.html?_noredirect=1|title=Expansión ferroviaria en Chile|date=|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Colecciones digitales|url-status=live|publisher=[[Archivo Nacional de Chile]]|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213062916/https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/616/w3-article-8094.html?_noredirect=1 |archive-date=2021-02-13 }}</ref>
*[[1922]] – The [[American Birth Control League]], forerunner of [[Planned Parenthood]], is incorporated.
*[[1932]] – [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]: [[1932 Colonial Building riot|Ten thousand rioters]] seize the [[Colonial Building]] leading to the end of self-government.
*[[1933]] – U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs two [[executive order]]s: 6101 to establish the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], and [[Executive Order 6102|6102]] "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
* 1933 – [[Andorran Revolution]]: The [[Young Andorrans]] occupy the [[Casa de la Vall]] and force the government to hold [[1933 Andorran parliamentary election|democratic elections]] with [[universal male suffrage]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gonzàlez i Vilalta|first=Andreu |title=La cruïlla andorrana de 1933: la revolució de la modernitat|url=http://www.cossetania.com/la-cruilla-andorrana-de-1933-la-revolucio-de-la-modernitat-939|year=2009|publisher=Fundació Julià Reig|isbn=978-84-9791-497-0|language=ca}}</ref>
*[[1936]] – [[1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak|Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak]]: An [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado kills 233 in [[Tupelo, Mississippi]].
*[[1938]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: Two days after the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalist army]] occupied the Catalan city of [[Lleida]], dictator [[Francisco Franco]] decrees the abolition of the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Generalitat]] (the autonomous government of [[Catalonia]]), the [[Autonomous Region of Catalonia (1931–1939)|self-government granted by the Republic]], and the official status of the [[Catalan language]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esculies |first1=Joan |title="¡El Estatuto de Cataluña ha muerto!" |url=https://elpais.com/cat/2018/04/05/cultura/1522908912_815846.html |newspaper=El País |date=5 April 2018 |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing [[Case Blue]], including the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|German Sixth Army]]'s [[Battle of Stalingrad|planned assault on Stalingrad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Battle of Stalingrad Timeline {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-battle-of-stalingrad|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
* 1942 – World War II: The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] launches [[Easter Sunday Raid|a carrier-based air attack on Colombo]], [[Ceylon]] during the [[Indian Ocean raid]]. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the [[Royal Navy]] [[cruisers]] {{HMS|Cornwall|56|6}} and {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}} are sunk southwest of the island.
*[[1943]] – World War II: [[United States Army Air Forces]] bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of [[Mortsel]]. Their target was the Erla factory {{convert|1|km}} from the residential area hit.
*[[1945]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] leader [[Josip Broz Tito]] signs an agreement with the [[Soviet Union]] to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
*[[1946]] – [[Soviet]] troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of [[Bornholm]].
* 1946 – A [[Fleet Air Arm]] [[Vickers Wellington]] [[1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash|crashes]] into a residential area in [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Ir-Rabat: 20 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-440-wellington-x-ir-rabat-20-killed |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209145837/https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-440-wellington-x-ir-rabat-20-killed |archive-date=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Accident details |url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1946/1946-19.htm |website=PlaneCrashInfo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209150524/http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1946/1946-19.htm |archive-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1949]] – A [[St. Anthony's Hospital fire|fire in a hospital]] in [[Effingham, Illinois]], kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
*[[1951]] – Cold War: [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]] are sentenced to death for [[espionage|spying]] for the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1956]] – [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Fidel Castro]] declares himself at war with [[President of Cuba|Cuban President]] [[Fulgencio Batista]].
*[[1958]] – [[Ripple Rock]], an underwater threat to navigation in the [[Seymour Narrows]] in [[Canada]] is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
*[[1966]] – During the [[Buddhist Uprising]], South Vietnamese Prime Minister [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of [[Da Nang|Đà Nẵng]] before backing down.<ref>{{cite book |title=Intervention : how America became involved in Vietnam |author=Kahin, George McT. |___location=New York City |publisher=Knopf |year=1986 |pages=423–424|isbn=0-394-54367-X |author-link=George McTurnan Kahin |url=https://archive.org/details/intervention00geor }}</ref>
*[[1971]] – In Sri Lanka, [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] launches [[1971 JVP insurrection|a revolt]] against the [[United Front (Sri Lanka)|United Front]] government of [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]].
*[[1974]] – ''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]'', the first novel by American author [[Stephen King]], is [[Carrie (novel)#Publication|published for the first time]] with a print run of 30,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/stephenkingfromt00beah/ |last=Beahm |first=George |author-link=George Beahm |title=Stephen King From A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work |publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]] |page=29|date=September 1998 |isbn=978-0-83626-914-7 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/04/carrie-stephen-king-horror |title=How Carrie changed Stephen King's life, and began a generation of horror |first=Alison |last=Flood |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 April 2014 |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[1976]] – In [[China]], the [[April Fifth Movement]] leads to the [[1976 Tiananmen Incident|Tiananmen Incident]].
*[[1977]] – The [[US supreme court|US Supreme Court]] rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the [[Sioux]] people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in ''Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Native North American Almanac|last=Champagne|first=Duane|publisher=Gale Group|year=2001|isbn=0787616559|___location=Farmington Hills, MI}}</ref>
*[[1983]] – The [[People's Armed Police]] is officially founded<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Jiaoying |date=2016-04-05 |title=历史上的今天4.5：武警成立 |trans-title=Today in history April 5 - the establishment of the PAP |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//mil/2016-04/05/c_128863571.htm |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Xinhua News Agency}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – An [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines|ASA]] [[EMB 120]] [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311|crashes]] in [[Brunswick, Georgia]], killing all 23 aboard including [[John Tower|Sen. John Tower]] and astronaut [[Sonny Carter]].
*1991 – The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-37]] to deploy the [[Compton Gamma Ray Observatory]].
*[[1992]] – [[Alberto Fujimori]], president of Peru, [[1992 Peruvian self-coup|dissolves the Peruvian congress]] by military force.
* 1992 – Peace protesters [[Suada Dilberovic]] and [[Olga Sučić]] are killed on the [[Vrbanja Bridge]] in [[Sarajevo]], becoming the first casualties of the [[Bosnian War]].
*[[1998]] – In [[Japan]], the [[Akashi Kaikyō Bridge]] opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
*[[1999]] – Two [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Libyans]] suspected of bringing down [[Pan Am Flight 103]] in [[1988]] are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swardson |first=Anne |date=1999-04-06 |title=Lockerbie Suspects Delivered For Trial |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/04/06/lockerbie-suspects-delivered-for-trial/1ae63486-6bba-4cd8-96a3-7f2626b43193/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[2007]] – The [[cruise ship]] [[MS Sea Diamond|MS ''Sea Diamond'']] strikes a volcanic reef near [[Nea Kameni]] and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-05|title=Flashback in maritime History - Sea Diamond sinking at Santorini 5 April 2007|url=https://maritimecyprus.com/2018/04/05/flashback-in-maritime-history-sea-diamond-sinking-at-santorini-5-april-2007/|access-date=2022-04-05|website=Maritime Cyprus|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2009]] – [[North Korea]] launches its controversial [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2]] satellite. The satellite passed over mainland [[Japan]], which prompted an immediate reaction from the [[United Nations Security Council]], as well as participating states of [[Six-party talks]].
*[[2010]] – Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two [[5 April 2010 North-West Frontier Province attacks|militant suicide bombings and attacks]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]]: the first on an [[Awami National Party]] rally in [[Timergara]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/pakistan-attacks-kill-46-target-us-consulate-20100405-rmv8.html|title=Pakistan attacks kill 46, target US consulate|first=Lehaz |last=Ali|date=6 April 2010|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> the second on the [[Consulate General of the United States, Peshawar|U.S. Consulate in Peshawar]].<ref>{{cite news |date=5 April 2010 |title=Explosions near U.S. consulate in Peshawar kill at least 8 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/pakistan.blast/index.html?hpt=T1 |work=CNN |___location=Islamabad}}</ref>
* 2010 – Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the [[Upper Big Branch Mine disaster|Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Urbina |first=Ian |date=2010-04-09 |title=No Survivors Found After West Virginia Mine Disaster |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/us/10westvirginia.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2010 – [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-131]] to resupply the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="fd01">{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2010 |title=NASA'S Shuttle Discovery Heads to Station After Predawn Launch |url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/apr/HQ_10-076_sts131_launch.html |access-date=April 5, 2010 |publisher=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – Agents with the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] raid a [[2018 Southeastern Provisions raid|slaughterhouse in Tennessee]], detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.<ref name="town">{{cite magazine |last1=Carpenter |first1=Zoe |title=When ICE Comes to Town |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-raid-tennessee-769293/ |access-date=July 9, 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1170]] – [[Isabella of Hainault]] (died 1190)<ref>{{cite book |title=Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 |first=Constance Brittain |last=Bouchard |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1987 |page=294}}</ref>
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*[[1315]] – [[James III of Majorca]] (died 1349)
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*[[1472]] – [[Bianca Maria Sforza]], Italian wife of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1510)<ref>{{cite book|author=William Coxe|title=History of the House of Austria, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the Death of Leopold the Second: 1218-1792|url=https://archive.org/details/historyhouseaus01coxegoog|year=1847|publisher=H. G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyhouseaus01coxegoog/page/n469 398]}}</ref>
*[[1521]] – [[Francesco Laparelli]], Italian architect (died 1570)<ref>{{cite book|title=L'architettura a Malta dalla preistoria all'ottocento: atti del XV congresso di storia dell'architettura, Malta, 11-16 settembre 1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yBNAAAAYAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Centro di studi per la storia dell'architettura|language=it|page=345}}</ref>
*[[1523]] – [[Blaise de Vigenère]], French cryptographer and diplomat (died 1596)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard A. Mollin|title=An Introduction to Cryptography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsxSygPO_fwC&pg=PA10|date=10 August 2000|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-58488-127-8|pages=10}}</ref>
*[[1533]] – [[Giulio della Rovere]], Italian Catholic Cardinal (died 1578)
*[[1539]] – [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick]], Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603)
*[[1549]] – [[Princess Elizabeth of Sweden]] (died 1597)
*[[1568]] – [[Pope Urban VIII]] (died 1644)
*[[1588]] – [[Thomas Hobbes]], English philosopher (died 1679)
*[[1591]] – [[Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg|Frederick Ulrich]], Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (died 1634)
*[[1595]] – [[John Wilson (composer)|John Wilson]], English composer and educator (died 1674)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine]] (died 1675)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles III (or IV) {{!}} duke of Lorraine [1604–1675] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-III-duke-of-Lorraine-1604-1675 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1616]] – [[Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Frederick]], Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1661)
*[[1622]] – [[Vincenzo Viviani]], Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1703)
*[[1649]] – [[Elihu Yale]], American-English merchant and philanthropist (died 1721)
*[[1656]] – [[Nikita Demidov]], Russian industrialist (died 1725)
*[[1664]] – [[Élisabeth Thérèse of Lorraine, Princess of Epinoy|Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine]], French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy (died 1748)
*[[1674]] – [[Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748)|Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg]] (died 1748)
*[[1691]] – [[Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt|Louis VIII]], [[Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (died 1768)
*[[1692]] – [[Adrienne Lecouvreur]], French actress (died 1730)<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrienne Lecouvreur {{!}} French actor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adrienne-Lecouvreur-French-actor |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1719]] – [[Axel von Fersen the Elder]], Swedish field marshal and politician, [[Lord Marshal (Sweden)|Lord Marshal of Sweden]] (died 1794)
*[[1726]] – [[Benjamin Harrison V]], American politician, planter and merchant (died 1791)
*[[1727]] – [[Pasquale Anfossi]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1797)
*[[1729]] – [[Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg|Frederick Charles Ferdinand]], Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1809)
*[[1730]] – [[Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt]], French archaeologist and historian (died 1814)
*[[1732]] – [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], French painter and etcher (died 1806)
*[[1735]] – [[Franziskus Herzan von Harras]], Czech Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1804)
*[[1739]] – [[Philemon Dickinson]], American lawyer and politician (died 1809)
*[[1752]] – [[Sébastien Érard]], French instrument maker (died 1831)
*[[1761]] – [[Sybil Ludington]], American figure of the American Revolutionary War (died 1839)<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Michael|title=Biographies of the American Revolution: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Paul Jones, and more|___location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services|year=2012|isbn=978-1-61530-685-5|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1769]] – [[Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet]], English admiral (died 1839)
*[[1773]] – [[José María Coppinger]], governor of [[East Florida|Spanish East Florida]] (died 1844)<ref name="Cortadellas1979">{{cite book|author=Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas|title=Genealogías Habaneras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6azEkZpg7v8C|access-date=7 July 2013|date=1 January 1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04474-9|pages=214–215}}</ref>
*1773 – [[Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (died 1839)
*[[1774]] – [[David Gillespie (surveyor)|David Gillespie]], American politician and surveyor (died 1829)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05483|title=David Gillespie Papers, 1797–1799, 1825 #5483-z|work=Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries|oclc=697620451}}</ref>
*[[1777]] – [[Marie Jules César Savigny]], French zoologist (died 1851)
*[[1782]] – [[Wincenty Krasiński]], Polish nobleman (died 1858)
*[[1784]] – [[Louis Spohr]], German violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1859)
*[[1788]] – [[Franz Pforr]], German painter (died 1812)
*[[1793]] – [[Casimir Delavigne]], French poet and dramatist (died 1843)
* 1793 – [[Felix de Muelenaere]], Belgian politician (died 1862)
*[[1795]] – [[Henry Havelock]], British general (died 1857)
*[[1799]] – [[Jacques Denys Choisy]], Swiss clergyman and botanist (died 1859)
*[[1801]] – [[Félix Dujardin]], French biologist (died 1860)
* 1801 – [[Vincenzo Gioberti]], Italian philosopher, publicist and politician (died 1852)
*[[1804]] – [[Matthias Jakob Schleiden]], German botanist (died 1881)
*[[1809]] – [[Karl Felix Halm]], German scholar and critic (died 1882)
*[[1810]] – [[Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Rawlinson]], British [[East India Company]] army officer and politician (died 1895)
*[[1811]] – [[Jules Dupré]], French painter (died 1889)
*[[1814]] – [[Felix Lichnowsky]], Czech soldier and politician (died 1848)
*[[1822]] – [[Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye]], Belgian economist (died 1892)
*[[1827]] – [[Joseph Lister]], English surgeon and academic (died 1912)
*[[1832]] – [[Jules Ferry]], French lawyer and politician, 44th [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1893)
*[[1834]] – [[Prentice Mulford]], American humorist and author (died 1891)
* 1834 – [[Wilhelm Olbers Focke]], German medical doctor and botanist (died 1922)
* 1834 – [[Frank R. Stockton]], American writer and humorist (died 1902)
*[[1835]] – [[Vítězslav Hálek]], Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (died 1874)
*[[1837]] – [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]], English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (died 1909)
*[[1839]] – [[Robert Smalls]], African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (died 1915)
*[[1840]] – [[Ghazaros Aghayan]], Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911)
*[[1842]] – [[Hans Hildebrand]], Swedish archaeologist (died 1913)
*[[1845]] – [[Friedrich Sigmund Merkel]], German anatomist and histopathologist (died 1919)
* 1845 – [[Jules Cambon]], French diplomat (died 1935)
*[[1846]] – [[Sigmund Exner]], Austrian physiologist (died 1926)
* 1846 – [[Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington|Henry Wellesley]], British peer and politician (died 1900)
*[[1848]] – [[Thure de Thulstrup]], American illustrator (died 1930)
* 1848 – [[Ulrich Wille]], Swiss army general (died 1925)
*[[1850]] – [[Enrico Mazzanti]], Italian engineer and cartoonist (died 1910)
*[[1852]] – [[Émile Billard]], French sailor (died 1930)
* 1852 – [[Walter W. Winans]], American marksman and sculptor (died 1920)
* 1852 – [[Franz Eckert]], German composer and musician (died 1916)
*[[1856]] – [[Booker T. Washington]], African-American educator, essayist and historian (died 1915)
*[[1857]] – [[Alexander of Battenberg]] (died 1893)
*[[1858]] – [[Washington Atlee Burpee]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Burpee Seeds]] (died 1915)
*[[1859]] – [[Reinhold Seeberg]], German theologian (died 1935)
*[[1860]] – [[Harry S. Barlow]], British tennis player (died 1917)
*[[1862]] – [[Louis Ganne]], French conductor (died 1923)
* 1862 – [[Leo Stern (musician)|Leo Stern]], English cellist (died 1904)
*[[1863]] – [[Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine]] (died 1950)
*[[1867]] – [[Ernest Lewis (tennis)|Ernest Lewis]], British tennis player (died 1930)
*[[1869]] – [[Sergey Chaplygin]], Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (died 1942)
* 1869 – [[Albert Roussel]], French composer (died 1937)
*[[1870]] – [[Motobu Chōki]], Japanese karateka (died 1944)
*[[1871]] – [[Stanisław Grabski]], Polish economist and politician (died 1949)
*[[1872]] – [[Samuel Cate Prescott]], American microbiologist and chemist (died 1962)
*[[1873]] – [[Joseph Rheden]], Austrian astronomer (died 1946)
*[[1874]] – [[Emmanuel Célestin Suhard]], French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1949)
* 1874 – [[Manuel María Ponce Brousset]], [[List of Presidents of Peru|President of Peru]] (died 1966)
*[[1878]] – [[Albert Champion (cyclist)|Albert Champion]], French cyclist (died 1927)
* 1878 – [[Georg Misch]], German philosopher (died 1965)
* 1878 – [[Paul Weinstein (athlete)|Paul Weinstein]], German high jumper (died 1964)
*[[1879]] – [[Arthur Berriedale Keith]], Scottish lawyer (died 1944)
* 1879 – [[Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien]], German naval officer and author (died 1956)
*[[1880]] – [[Eric Carlberg]], Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (died 1963)
* 1880 – [[Vilhelm Carlberg]], Swedish Army officer and shooter (died 1970)
*[[1882]] – [[Song Jiaoren]], Chinese revolutionary (died 1913)
* 1882 – [[Natalia Sedova]], 2nd wife of [[Leon Trotsky]] (died 1962)
*[[1883]] – [[Walter Huston]], Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1950)
*[[1884]] – [[Ion Inculeț]], Bessarabian academic and politician, [[President of Moldova]] (died 1940)
*[[1885]] – [[Dimitrie Cuclin]], Romanian composer (died 1978)
*[[1886]] – [[Gotthelf Bergsträsser]], German linguist (died 1933)
* 1886 – [[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell|Frederick Lindemann]], British physicist (died 1957)
* 1886 – [[Gustavo Jiménez]], Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd [[President of Peru]] (died 1933)
*[[1887]] – [[William Cowhig]], British gymnast (died 1964)
*[[1889]] – [[Vicente Ferreira Pastinha]], Brazilian martial artist (died 1981)
*[[1890]] – [[Karl Kirk]], Danish gymnast (died 1955)
* 1890 – [[William Moore (athlete)|William Moore]], British track and field athlete (died 1956)
*[[1891]] – [[Arnold Jackson (British Army officer)|Arnold Jackson]], English runner, soldier, and lawyer (died 1972)
* 1891 – [[Laura Vicuña]], Chilean nun (died 1904)
*[[1892]] – [[Raymond Bonney]], American ice hockey player (died 1964)
*[[1893]] – [[Frithjof Andersen]], Norwegian wrestler (died 1975)
* 1893 – [[Clas Thunberg]], Finnish speed skater (died 1973)
*[[1894]] – [[Lawrence Dale Bell]], American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (died 1956)
* 1894 – [[Hans Hüttig]], German SS officer (died 1980)
* 1894 – [[Carl Rudolf Florin]], Swedish botanist (died 1965)
*[[1895]] – [[Mike O'Dowd]], American boxer (died 1957)
*[[1896]] – [[Einar Lundborg]], Swedish aviator (died 1931)
*[[1897]] – [[Hans Schuberth]], German politician (died 1976)
*[[1898]] – [[Solange d'Ayen]], French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (died 1976)<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |date=1976 |title=Fichier des personnes décédées - DE LABRIFFE Solange Marie Christine Louise {{!}} Amiens 05/04/1898 - Paris 03/11/1976 |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/ZaMQ-EaLrz9A |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès}}</ref>
*[[1899]] – [[Alfred Blalock]], American surgeon and academic (died 1964)
*[[1900]] – [[Herbert Bayer]], Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (died 1985)
* 1900 – [[Roman Steinberg]], Estonian wrestler (died 1939)
* 1900 – [[Spencer Tracy]], American actor (died 1967)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Curt Bois]], German actor (died 1991)
* 1901 – [[Chester Bowles]], American diplomat and ambassador (died 1986)
* 1901 – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (died 1981)
* 1901 – [[Doggie Julian]], American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (died 1967)
*[[1902]] – [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], Russian-American rabbi (died 1994)
*[[1903]] – [[Marion Aye]], American actress (died 1951)
*[[1904]] – [[Richard Eberhart]], American poet and academic (died 2005)
*[[1906]] – [[Albert Charles Smith]], American botanist (died 1999)
* 1906 – [[Fernando Germani]], Italian organist (died 1998)
* 1906 – [[Ted Morgan (boxer)|Ted Morgan]], New Zealand boxer (died 1952)
*[[1907]] – [[Sanya Dharmasakti]], Thai jurist (died 2002)
*[[1908]] – [[Bette Davis]], American actress (died 1989)
* 1908 – [[Kurt Neumann (director)|Kurt Neumann]], German director (died 1958)
* 1908 – [[Jagjivan Ram]], Indian politician, 4th [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] (died 1986)
* 1908 – [[Herbert von Karajan]], Austrian conductor and manager (died 1989)
*[[1909]] – [[Albert R. Broccoli]], American film producer, co-founded [[Eon Productions]] (died 1996)
* 1909 – [[Giacomo Gentilomo]], Italian film director and painter (died 2001)
* 1909 – [[Károly Sós]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1991)
* 1909 – [[Erwin Wegner]], German hurdler (died 1945)
*[[1910]] – [[Sven Andersson (politician)|Sven Andersson]], Swedish politician (died 1987)
* 1910 – [[Oronzo Pugliese]], Italian football manager (died 1990)
*[[1911]] – [[Hedi Amara Nouira]], Tunisian politician (died 1993)
* 1911 – [[Johnny Revolta]], American golfer (died 1991)
*[[1912]] – [[Jehan Buhan]], French fencer (died 1999)
* 1912 – [[Habib Elghanian]], Iranian businessman (died 1979)
* 1912 – [[Antonio Ferri]], Italian scientist (died 1975)
* 1912 – [[Carlos Guastavino]], Argentine composer (died 2000)
* 1912 – [[Makar Honcharenko]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 1997)
* 1912 – [[John Le Mesurier]], English actor (died 1983)
* 1912 – [[István Örkény]], Hungarian author and playwright (died 1979)
* 1912 – [[Bill Roberts (athlete)|Bill Roberts]], English sprinter and soldier (died 2001)
*[[1913]] – [[Antoni Clavé]], Catalan artist (died 2005)
* 1913 – [[Nicolas Grunitzky]], 2nd President of Togo (died 1969)
* 1913 – [[Ruth Smith (artist)|Ruth Smith]], Faroese artist (died 1958)
*[[1914]] – [[Felice Borel]], Italian footballer (died 1993)
*[[1916]] – [[Gregory Peck]], American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)
*[[1917]] – [[Robert Bloch]], American author (died 1994)
* 1917 – [[Frans Gommers]], Belgian footballer (died 1996)
*[[1919]] – [[Lester James Peries]], Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2018)
*[[1920]] – [[Barend Biesheuvel]], Dutch politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (died 2001)
* 1920 – [[Arthur Hailey]], English-Canadian soldier and author (died 2004)
* 1920 – [[Alfonso Thiele]], Turkish-Italian race car driver (died 1986)
* 1920 – [[John Willem Gran]], Swedish bishop (died 2008)
*[[1921]] – [[Christopher Hewett]], English actor and theatre director (died 2001)
*[[1922]] – [[Tom Finney]], English footballer (died 2014)
* 1922 – [[Harry Freedman]], Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (died 2005)
* 1922 – [[Andy Linden (racing driver)|Andy Linden]], American race car driver (died 1987)
* 1922 – [[Gale Storm]], American actress and singer (died 2009)
*[[1923]] – [[Ernest Mandel]], German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (died 1995)
* 1923 – [[Michael V. Gazzo]], American actor (died 1995)
* 1923 – [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]], Vietnamese general and politician, 5th [[President of South Vietnam]] (died 2001)
*[[1924]] – [[Igor Borisov]], Soviet rower (died 2003)
*[[1925]] – [[Janet Rowley]], American human geneticist (died 2013)
* 1925 – [[Pierre Nihant]], Belgian cyclist (died 1993)
*[[1926]] – [[Roger Corman]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |date=2024-05-12 |title=Roger Corman, 98, Dies; Proud and Prolific Master of Low-Budget Cinema |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movies/roger-corman-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 1926 – [[Liang Yusheng]], Chinese writer (died 2009)
*[[1927]] – [[Thanin Kraivichien]], Thai lawyer and politician, 14th prime minister of Thailand (died 2025)
* 1927 – [[Arne Hoel]], Norwegian ski jumper (died 2006)
*[[1928]] – [[Enzo Cannavale]], Italian actor (died 2011)
* 1928 – [[Tony Williams (singer)|Tony Williams]], American singer (died 1992)
*[[1929]] – [[Hugo Claus]], Belgian author, poet, and painter (died 2008)
* 1929 – [[Ivar Giaever]], Norwegian-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2025)
* 1929 – [[Nigel Hawthorne]], English actor and producer (died 2001)
* 1929 – [[Joe Meek]], English songwriter and producer (died 1967)
* 1929 – [[Mahmoud Mollaghasemi]], Iranian wrestler
*[[1930]] – [[Mary Costa]], American singer and actress
* 1930 – [[Pierre Lhomme]], French director of photography (died 2019)
*[[1931]] – [[Jack Clement]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
* 1931 – [[Héctor Olivera (film director)|Héctor Olivera]], Argentine director, producer and screenwriter
*[[1933]] – [[Feridun Buğeker]], Turkish footballer (died 2014)
* 1933 – [[Frank Gorshin]], American actor (died 2005)
* 1933 – [[Barbara Holland]], American author (died 2010)
* 1933 – [[K. Kailasapathy]], Sri Lankan journalist and academic (died 1982)
*[[1934]] – [[John Carey (critic)|John Carey]], English author and critic
* 1934 – [[Roman Herzog]], German lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Germany]] (died 2017)
* 1934 – [[Moise Safra]], Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Banco Safra]] (died 2014)
* 1934 – [[Stanley Turrentine]], American saxophonist and composer (died 2000)
*[[1935]] – [[Giovanni Cianfriglia]], Italian actor (died 2024)
* 1935 – [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]], English talent manager (died 1995)
* 1935 – [[Donald Lynden-Bell]], English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018)
* 1935 – [[Frank Schepke]], German rower (died 2017)
*[[1936]] – [[Ronnie Bucknum]], American race car driver (died 1992)
* 1936 – [[Glenn Jordan]], American director and producer
* 1936 – [[Dragoljub Minić]], Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (died 2005)
*[[1937]] – [[Joseph Lelyveld]], American journalist and author (died 2024)
* 1937 – [[Colin Powell]], American general and politician, 65th [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 2021)
* 1937 – [[Andrzej Schinzel]], Polish mathematician (died 2021)
* 1937 – [[Arie Selinger]], Israeli volleyball player and manager
* 1937 – [[Juan Vicente Lezcano]], Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)
*[[1938]] – [[Colin Bland]], Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2018)
* 1938 – [[Mal Colston]], Australian educator and politician (died 2003)
* 1938 – [[Nancy Holt]], American sculptor and painter (died 2014)
* 1938 – [[Natalya Kustinskaya]], Soviet actress (died 2012)
* 1938 – [[Giorgos Sideris]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19202 | title=Giorgos Sideris, international football player }}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania|Leka I]], Crown Prince of Albania (died 2011)
* 1939 – [[Crispian St. Peters]], English singer-songwriter (died 2010)
* 1939 – [[Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas]], [[Prime Minister of Yemen]]
* 1939 – [[Ronnie White|Ronald White]], American singer-songwriter (died 1995)
* 1939 – [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]], English-American actor, choreographer and producer (died 2019)
*[[1940]] – [[Tommy Cash]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oganesyan |first1=Natalie |title=Tommy Cash Dies: Country Singer and Johnny Cash's Brother Was 84 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/tommy-cash-dead-country-singer-johnny-cash-brother-1236088127/ |website=Deadline |access-date=15 September 2024 |date=14 September 2024}}</ref>
* 1940 – [[Gilles Proulx]], Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
*[[1941]] – [[Michael Moriarty]], American-Canadian actor
* 1941 – [[Dave Swarbrick]], English singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2016)
*[[1942]] – [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], English singer-songwriter
* 1942 – [[Pascal Couchepin]], Swiss politician
* 1942 – [[Juan Gisbert Sr.]], Spanish tennis player
* 1942 – [[Peter Greenaway]], Welsh director and screenwriter
*[[1943]] – [[Dean Brown]], Australian politician, 41st [[Premier of South Australia]]
* 1943 – [[Max Gail]], American actor and director
* 1943 – [[Fighting Harada]], Japanese boxer
* 1943 – [[Miet Smet]], Belgian politician
* 1943 – [[Jean-Louis Tauran]], French cardinal (died 2018)
*[[1944]] – [[Willeke van Ammelrooy]], Dutch actress and director
* 1944 – [[János Martonyi]], Hungarian politician
* 1944 – [[Evan Parker]], British musician
* 1944 – [[Douangchay Phichit]], Laotian politician (died 2014)
* 1944 – [[Willy Planckaert]], Belgian cyclist
* 1944 – [[Pedro Rosselló]], Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th [[Governor of Puerto Rico]]
* 1944 – [[Peter T. King]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician
*[[1945]] – [[Ove Bengtson]], Swedish tennis player
* 1945 – [[Steve Carver]], American director and producer (died 2021)
* 1945 – [[Cem Karaca]], Turkish musician (died 2004)
* 1945 – [[Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)|Tommy Smith]], English footballer (died 2019)
*[[1946]] – [[Jane Asher]], English actress
* 1946 – [[Julio Ángel Fernández]], Uruguayan astronomer
* 1946 – [[Björn Granath]], Swedish actor (died 2017)
* 1946 – [[Georgi Markov (wrestler)|Georgi Markov]], Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
*[[1947]] – [[Đurđica Bjedov]], Yugoslav swimmer
* 1947 – [[Willy Chirino]], Cuban-American musician
* 1947 – [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], Filipino academic and politician, 14th [[President of the Philippines]]
* 1947 – [[Ramón Mifflin]], Peruvian footballer
* 1947 – [[Virendra Sharma]], Indian-English lawyer and politician
*[[1948]] – [[Pierre-Albert Chapuisat]], Swiss footballer
* 1948 – [[Dave Holland (drummer)|Dave Holland]], English drummer (died 2018)
* 1948 – [[Roy McFarland]], English footballer and manager
*[[1949]] – [[Stanley Dziedzic]], American wrestler
* 1949 – [[Larry Franco]], American film producer
* 1949 – [[Judith Resnik]], American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1950]] – [[Ann C. Crispin]], American writer (died 2013)
* 1950 – [[Franklin Chang Díaz]], Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist
* 1950 – [[Agnetha Fältskog]], Swedish singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="Palm2009">{{cite book|author=Carl Magnus Palm|title=Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CILUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT158|date=28 October 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-057-1|pages=158–}}</ref>
* 1950 – [[Toshiko Fujita]], Japanese actress, singer and narrator (died 2018)
* 1950 – [[Miki Manojlović]], Serbian actor
*[[1951]] – [[Les Binks]], Irish drummer and songwriter
* 1951 – [[Yevgeniy Gavrilenko]], Belarusian hurdler
* 1951 – [[Nedim Gürsel]], Turkish writer
* 1951 – [[Dean Kamen]], American inventor and businessman, founded [[Segway Inc.]]
* 1951 – [[Dave McArtney]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
* 1951 – [[Ubol Ratana]], Thai Princess
*[[1952]] – [[Alfie Conn Jr.|Alfie Conn]], Scottish international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/alfie-conn-4828/biography-of-spurs-career_a11232/|title=Alfie Conn|website=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1952 – [[John C. Dvorak]], American author and editor
* 1952 – [[Sandy Mayer]], American tennis player
* 1952 – [[Dennis Mortimer]], English footballer
* 1952 – [[Mitch Pileggi]], American actor
*[[1953]] – [[Frank Gaffney]], American journalist and radio host
* 1953 – [[Keiko Han]], Japanese actress
* 1953 – [[Tae Jin-ah]], South Korean singer
* 1953 – [[Raleb Majadele]], Israeli politician
* 1953 – [[Ian Swales]], English accountant and politician
*[[1954]] – [[Guy Bertrand (broadcaster)|Guy Bertrand]], Canadian linguist and radio host
* 1954 – [[Peter Case]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1954 – [[Mohamed Ben Mouza]], Tunisian footballer
* 1954 – [[Stan Ridgway]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1954 – [[Yoshiichi Watanabe]], Japanese footballer
*[[1955]] – [[Charlotte de Turckheim]], French actress, producer, and screenwriter
* 1955 – [[Ricardo Ferrero]], Argentine footballer (died 2015)
* 1955 – [[Christian Gourcuff]], French footballer and manager
* 1955 – [[Anthony Horowitz]], English author and screenwriter
* 1955 – [[Bernard Longley]], English prelate
* 1955 – [[Akira Toriyama]], Japanese illustrator (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yoon |first1=John |last2=Notoya |first2=Kiuko |title=Akira Toriyama, Creator of 'Dragon Ball,' Dies at 68 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 March 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
* 1955 – [[Takayoshi Yamano]], Japanese footballer
*[[1956]] – [[Diamond Dallas Page]], American wrestler and actor
* 1956 – [[Leonid Fedun]], Russian businessman
* 1956 – [[Reid Ribble]], American politician
*[[1957]] – [[Sebastian Adayanthrath]], Indian bishop
* 1957 – [[Karin Roßley]], German hurdler
*[[1958]] – [[Kevin Dann]], Australian rugby league player (died 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kevin-dann/summary.html|title=Kevin Dann - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
* 1958 – [[Henrik Dettmann]], Finnish basketball coach
* 1958 – [[Ryoichi Kawakatsu]], Japanese footballer
* 1958 – [[Johan Kriek]], South African-American tennis player
* 1958 – [[Daniel Schneidermann]], French journalist
* 1958 – [[Lasantha Wickrematunge]], Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)
*[[1959]] – [[Paul Chung]], Hong Kong actor and host (died 1989)
*[[1960]] – [[Asteris Koutoulas]], Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
* 1960 – [[Larry McCray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1960 – [[Ian Redford (footballer)|Ian Redford]], Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)
* 1960 – [[Hiromi Taniguchi]], Japanese long-distance runner
* 1960 – [[Adnan Terzić]], Bosnian politician
*[[1961]] – [[Andrea Arnold]], English filmmaker and actress
* 1961 – [[Anna Caterina Antonacci]], Italian soprano
* 1961 – [[Abdulhadi al-Khawaja]], Bahraini-Danish human rights activist
* 1961 – [[Lisa Zane]], American actress and singer
*[[1962]] – [[Lana Clarkson]], American actress and model (died 2003)
* 1962 – [[Sara Danius]], Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (died 2019)
* 1962 – [[Richard Gough]], Swedish born Scottish international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2980|title=Richard Gough|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1962 – [[Arild Monsen]], Norwegian cross-country skier
* 1962 – [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]], Russian businessman and politician, 1st [[Head of Kalmykia|President of Kalmykia]]
*[[1963]] – [[Arthur Adams (comics)|Arthur Adams]], American comic book artist and writer
*[[1964]] – [[Neil Eckersley]], British judoka
* 1964 – [[Vakhtang Iagorashvili]], Soviet modern pentathlete
* 1964 – [[Levon Julfalakyan]], Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
* 1964 – [[Marius Lăcătuș]], Romanian footballer and coach
*[[1965]] – [[Aykut Kocaman]], Turkish footballer and manager
* 1965 – [[Lang Tzu-yun]], Taiwanese actress
* 1965 – [[Elizabeth McIntyre]], American freestyle skier
* 1965 – [[Svetlana Paramygina]], Belarusian biathlete
*[[1966]] – [[Yoon Hyun]], South Korean judoka
* 1966 – [[Mike McCready]], American guitarist and songwriter
* 1966 – [[Peter Overton]], English-Australian journalist and television host<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/meet-the-team/sydney/peter-overton|title=Peter Overton, Presenter Sydney News Team - 9News|website=www.9news.com.au|date=10 May 2020 }}</ref>
*[[1967]] – [[Troy Gentry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
* 1967 – [[Franck Silvestre]], French footballer
* 1967 – [[Erland Johnsen]], Norwegian footballer
* 1967 – [[Laima Zilporytė]], Soviet cyclist
*[[1968]] – [[Paula Cole]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*[[1969]] – [[Dinos Angelidis]], Greek basketball player
* 1969 – [[Viatcheslav Djavanian]], Russian cyclist
* 1969 – [[Pontus Kåmark]], Swedish footballer
* 1969 – [[Pavlo Khnykin]], Ukrainian swimmer
* 1969 – [[Tomislav Piplica]], Bosnian footballer and manager
* 1969 – [[Ravindra Prabhat]], Indian writer and journalist
*[[1970]] – [[Soheil Ayari]], French race car driver
* 1970 – [[Valérie Bonneton]], French actress
* 1970 – [[Diamond D]], American hip hop producer
* 1970 – [[Petar Genov]], Bulgarian chess grandmaster
* 1970 – [[Thea Gill]], Canadian actress
* 1970 – [[Miho Hatori]], Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1970 – [[Irina Timofeyeva]], Russian long-distance runner
*[[1971]] – [[Dong Abay]], Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1971 – [[Krista Allen]], American actress
* 1971 – [[Austin Berry (footballer)|Austin Berry]], Costa Rican footballer
* 1971 – [[Simona Cavallari (actress)|Simona Cavallari]], Italian actress
* 1971 – [[Victoria Hamilton]], English actress
* 1971 – [[Nelson Parraguez]], Chilean footballer
* 1971 – [[Kim Soo-nyung]], South Korean archer
*[[1972]] – [[Nima Arkani-Hamed]], American-Canadian theoretical physicist
* 1972 – [[Tom Coronel]], Dutch race car driver
* 1972 – [[Paul Okon]], Australian footballer and manager
* 1972 – [[Duncan Spencer]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/duncan-spencer-20303|title=Duncan Spencer profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* 1972 – [[Yasuhiro Takemoto]], Japanese animator and director (died 2019)
* 1972 – [[Junko Takeuchi]], Japanese actress
*[[1973]] – [[Élodie Bouchez]], French-American actress
* 1973 – [[Brendan Cannon]], Australian rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/12281.html|title=Brendan Joseph Cannon|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
* 1973 – [[Lidia Trettel]], Italian snowboarder
* 1973 – [[Pharrell Williams]], American singer, songwriter and rapper
*[[1974]] – [[Sandra Bagarić]], Croatian opera singer and actress
* 1974 – [[Julien Boutter]], French tennis player
* 1974 – [[Katja Holanti]], Finnish biathlete
* 1974 – [[Oleg Khodkov]], Russian handball player
* 1974 – [[Ariel López (footballer, born 1974)|Ariel López]], Argentine footballer
* 1974 – [[Lukas Ridgeston]], Slovak actor and director
* 1974 – [[Vyacheslav Voronin]], Russian high jumper
*[[1975]] – [[Sarah Baldock]], English organist and conductor
* 1975 – [[John Hartson]], Welsh footballer and coach
* 1975 – [[Juicy J]], American rapper and producer
* 1975 – [[Serhiy Klymentiev]], Ukrainian ice hockey player
* 1975 – [[Caitlin Moran]], English journalist, author, and critic
* 1975 – [[Marcos Vales]], Spanish footballer
* 1975 – [[Shammond Williams]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1976]] – [[Luis de Agustini]], Uruguayan footballer
* 1976 – [[Péter Biros]], Hungarian water polo player
* 1976 – [[Sterling K. Brown]], American actor
* 1976 – [[Aleksei Budõlin]], Estonian judoka
* 1976 – [[Simone Inzaghi]], Italian footballer
* 1976 – [[Fernando Morientes]], Spanish footballer and coach
* 1976 – [[Natascha Ragosina]], Russian boxer
* 1976 – [[Henrik Stenson]], Swedish golfer
* 1976 – [[Valeria Straneo]], Italian long-distance runner
* 1976 – [[Indrek Tobreluts]], Estonian biathlete
* 1976 – [[Anouska van der Zee]], Dutch cyclist
*[[1977]] – [[Jonathan Erlich]], Israeli tennis player
* 1977 – [[Trevor Letowski]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1977 – [[Daniel Majstorović]], Swedish footballer
*[[1978]] – [[Dwain Chambers]], British track sprinter
* 1978 – [[Marcone Amaral Costa]], Qatari footballer
* 1978 – [[Tarek El-Said]], Egyptian footballer
* 1978 – [[Jairo Patiño]], Colombian footballer
* 1978 – [[Sohyang]], South Korean singer
* 1978 – [[Stephen Jackson]], American basketball player
* 1978 – [[Arnaud Tournant]], French cyclist
* 1978 – [[Franziska van Almsick]], German swimmer
* 1978 – [[Günther Weidlinger]], Austrian long-distance runner
*[[1979]] – [[Vlada Avramov]], Serbian footballer
* 1979 – [[Josh Boone (director)|Josh Boone]], American screenwriter and director
* 1979 – [[Song Dae-nam]], South Korean judoka
* 1979 – [[Timo Hildebrand]], German footballer
* 1979 – [[Imany]], French singer
* 1979 – [[Barel Mouko]], Congolese footballer
* 1979 – [[Cesare Natali]], Italian footballer
* 1979 – [[Mitsuo Ogasawara]], Japanese footballer
* 1979 – [[Alexander Resch]], German luger
* 1979 – [[Andrius Velička]], Lithuanian footballer
* 1979 – [[Dante Wesley]], American football player
* 1979 – [[Chen Yanqing]], Chinese weightlifter
*[[1980]] – [[Matt Bonner]], American basketball player
* 1980 – [[Alberta Brianti]], Italian tennis player
* 1980 – [[Rafael Cavalcante]], Brazilian mixed martial artist
* 1980 – [[David Chocarro]], Argentinian baseball player and actor
* 1980 – [[Mike Glumac]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – [[Mario Kasun]], Croatian basketball player
* 1980 – [[Lee Jae-won (singer)|Lee Jae-won]], South Korean DJ and singer
* 1980 – [[Joris Mathijsen]], Dutch footballer
* 1980 – [[Rasmus Quist Hansen]], Danish rower
* 1980 – [[Odlanier Solís]], Cuban boxer
*[[1981]] – [[Matthew Emmons]], American rifle shooter
* 1981 – [[Michael A. Monsoor]], American sailor, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 2006)
* 1981 – [[Mariqueen Maandig]], Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter
* 1981 – [[Daba Modibo Keïta]], Malian taekwondo athlete
* 1981 – [[Marissa Nadler]], American musician
* 1981 – [[Tom Riley (actor)|Tom Riley]], English actor and producer
* 1981 – [[Mompati Thuma]], Botswana footballer
* 1981 – [[Pieter Weening]], Dutch cyclist
*[[1982]] – [[Hayley Atwell]], English-American actress
* 1982 – [[Matheus Coradini Vivian]], Brazilian footballer
* 1982 – [[Thomas Hitzlsperger]], German footballer
* 1982 – [[Kelly Pavlik]], American boxer
* 1982 – [[Matt Pickens]], American soccer player
* 1982 – [[Alexandre Prémat]], French race car driver
* 1982 – [[Danylo Sapunov]], Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete
* 1982 – [[Hubert Schwab]], Swiss cyclist
* 1982 – [[Marcel Seip]], Dutch former footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Jaime Castrillón]], Colombian footballer
* 1983 – [[Jorge Andrés Martínez]], Uruguayan footballer
* 1983 – [[Brock Radunske]], Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player
* 1983 – [[Yohann Sangaré]], French basketball player
* 1983 – [[Cécile Storti]], French cross-country skier
* 1983 – [[Shikha Uberoi]], Indian-American tennis player
*[[1984]] – [[Marshall Allman]], American actor
* 1984 – [[Aram Mp3]], Armenian singer and comedian
* 1984 – [[Rune Brattsveen]], Norwegian biathlete
* 1984 – [[Alexei Glukhov]], Russian ice hockey player
* 1984 – [[Maartje Goderie]], Dutch field hockey player
* 1984 – [[Darija Jurak]], Croatian tennis player
* 1984 – [[Dejan Kelhar]], Slovenian footballer
* 1984 – [[Dmitry Kozonchuk]], Russian cyclist
* 1984 – [[Shin Min-a]], South Korean actress
* 1984 – [[Jess Sum]], Hong Kong actress
* 1984 – [[Peter Penz]], Austrian luger
* 1984 – [[Samuele Preisig]], Swiss footballer
* 1984 – [[Cristian Săpunaru]], Romanian footballer
* 1984 – [[Fabio Vitaioli]], San Marinese footballer
* 1984 – [[Kisho Yano]], Japanese footballer
* 1984 – [[Saba Qamar]], Pakistani actress-model
*[[1985]] – [[Daniel Congré]], French footballer
* 1985 – [[Erwin l'Ami]], Dutch chess player
* 1985 – [[Jolanda Keizer]], Dutch heptathlete
* 1985 – [[Sergey Khachatryan]], Armenian violinist
* 1985 – [[Linas Pilibaitis]], Lithuanian footballer
* 1985 – [[Jan Smeets]], Dutch chess grandmaster
* 1985 – [[Kristof Vandewalle]], Belgian cyclist
*[[1986]] – [[Anna Sophia Berglund]], American model and actress
* 1986 – [[Anzor Boltukayev]], Chechen wrestler
* 1986 – [[Diego Chará]], Colombian footballer
* 1986 – [[Charlotte Flair]], American wrestler, author and actress
* 1986 – [[Róbert Kasza]], Hungarian Modern pentathlete
* 1986 – [[Eetu Muinonen]], Finnish footballer
* 1986 – [[Manuel Ruz]], Spanish footballer
* 1986 – [[Albert Selimov]], Azerbaijani boxer
*[[1987]] – [[Max Grün]], German footballer
* 1987 – [[Balázs Hárai]], Hungarian water polo player
* 1987 – [[Anton Kokorin]], Russian sprint athlete
* 1987 – [[Fyodor Kudryashov]], Russian footballer
* 1987 – [[Etiënne Reijnen]], Dutch footballer
*[[1988]] – [[Gerson Acevedo]], Chilean footballer
* 1988 – [[Teresa Almeida]], Angolan handball player
* 1988 – [[Quade Cooper]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer
* 1988 – [[Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988)|Jonathan Davies]], Welsh rugby union player
* 1988 – [[Gevorg Ghazaryan]], Armenian footballer
* 1988 – [[Alisha Glass]], American ex-indoor volleyball player
* 1988 – [[Vurğun Hüseynov]], Azerbaijani footballer
* 1988 – [[Matthias Jaissle]], German footballer and manager
* 1988 – [[Christopher Papamichalopoulos]], Cypriot skier
* 1988 – [[Zack Smith]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1988 – [[Pape Sy (basketball)|Pape Sy]], French basketball player
* 1988 – [[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]], Russian biathlete
*[[1989]] – [[Kader Amadou]], Nigerien footballer
* 1989 – [[Yémi Apithy]], Beninese fencer
* 1989 – [[Liemarvin Bonevacia]], Dutch sprinter
* 1989 – [[Freddie Fox (actor)|Freddie Fox]], English actor
* 1989 – [[Emre Güral]], Turkish footballer
* 1989 – [[Justin Holiday]], American basketball player
* 1989 – [[Rachel Homan]], Canadian curler
* 1989 – [[Lily James]], English actress
* 1989 – [[Trevor Marsicano]], American speed skater
* 1989 – [[Jonathan Rossini]], Swiss footballer
* 1989 – [[Kiki Sukezane]], Japanese actress
* 1989 – [[Sosuke Takatani]], Japanese wrestler
*[[1990]] – [[Amer Said Al-Shatri]], Omani footballer
* 1990 – [[Alex Cuthbert]], Welsh rugby player
* 1990 – [[Patrick Dangerfield]], Australian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/players/9/patrick-dangerfield|title=Patrick Dangerfield {{pipe}} AFL|website=geelongcats.com.au}}</ref>
* 1990 – [[Fredy Hinestroza]], Colombian footballer
* 1990 – [[Chen Huijia]], Chinese swimmer
* 1990 – [[Haruma Miura]], Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)
* 1990 – [[Ismaeel Mohammad]], Qatari footballer
* 1990 – [[Iryna Pamialova]], Belarusian canoeist
* 1990 – [[Jakub Sedláček (ice hockey)|Jakub Sedláček]], Czech ice hockey player
* 1990 – [[Sercan Yıldırım]], Turkish footballer
* 1990 – [[Género Zeefuik]], Dutch footballer
*[[1991]] – [[Yassine Bounou]], Moroccan footballer
* 1991 – [[Nathaniel Clyne]], English footballer
* 1991 – [[Adriano Grimaldi]], Italian-German footballer
* 1991 – [[Joël Mall]], Swiss footballer
* 1991 – [[Guilherme dos Santos Torres]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1992]] – [[Emmalyn Estrada]], Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
* 1992 – [[Shintaro Kurumaya]], Japanese footballer
* 1992 – [[Kaveh Rezaei]], Iranian footballer
* 1992 – [[Dmytro Ryzhuk]], Ukrainian footballer
*[[1993]] – [[Andreas Bouchalakis]], Greek footballer
* 1993 – [[Maya DiRado]], American swimmer
* 1993 – [[Laura Feiersinger]], Austrian footballer
* 1993 – [[Benjamin Garcia]], French rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/benjamin-garcia/summary.html|title=Benjamin Garcia - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
* 1993 – [[Scottie Wilbekin]], American-Turkish basketball player
*[[1994]] – [[Mateusz Bieniek]], Polish volleyball player
* 1994 – [[Edem Rjaïbi]], Tunisian footballer
* 1994 – [[Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994)|Richard Sánchez]], Mexican footballer
*[[1995]] – [[Viliame Kikau]], Fijian rugby league player
* 1995 – [[Sei Muroya]], Japanese footballer
* 1995 – [[Gleb Rassadkin]], Belarusian footballer
* 1995 – [[Sebastian Starke Hedlund]], Swedish footballer
*[[1996]] – [[Nicolas Beer]], Danish race car driver
* 1996 – [[Raouf Benguit]], Algerian footballer
*[[1997]] – [[Borja Mayoral]], Spanish footballer
* 1997 – [[Dominik Mysterio]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Dominik Mysterio |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29768294/wwe-profile-page-dominik-mysterio |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 March 2023 |date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Nathan Broadhead]], Welsh football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Nathan Broadhead|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14636/Nathan-Broadhead/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Bobby Miller (baseball)|Bobby Miller]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bobby Miller Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/player/bobby-miller-676272 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Johnny Beecher (ice hockey)|Johnny Beecher]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Beecher Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/john-beecher-8481556 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 2001 – [[Felipe Peña]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Felipe Peña Biafore|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/felipe-pena-biafore/698520/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[517]] – [[Timothy I of Constantinople]], Byzantine patriarch
* [[582]] – [[Eutychius of Constantinople]], Byzantine patriarch
* [[
* [[
*[[1168]] – [[Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester]], English politician (born 1104)
*[[1183]] – [[Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence|Ramon Berenguer III]], Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence
*[[1205]] – [[Isabella I of Jerusalem]], queen regnant of Jerusalem (born 1172)
*[[1258]] – [[Juliana of Liège]], Belgian canoness and saint
*[[1308]] – [[Ivan Kőszegi]], Hungarian baron and [[Oligarch (Kingdom of Hungary)|oligarch]]
*[[1325]] – [[Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer|Ralph de Monthermer]], 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (born c. 1270)
*[[1419]] – [[Vincent Ferrer]], Spanish missionary and saint (born 1350)
*[[1431]] – [[Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden|Bernard I]], margrave of Baden-Baden (born 1364)
*[[1512]] – [[Lazzaro Bastiani]], Italian painter (born 1429)
*[[1534]] – [[Jan Matthys]], Dutch anabaptist reformer
*[[1594]] – [[Catherine of Palma]], Spanish nun (born 1533)
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] – [[John Stow]], English historian and antiquary (born 1524/25)<ref>{{ODNB |first=Barrett L. |last=Beer |title=Stow [Stowe], John (1524/5–1605) |id=26611 |year=2004 }}</ref>
*[[1612]] – [[Diana Scultori]], Italian engraver (born 1547)<ref>Mantuana [Ghisi; Mantovana; Scultori], Diana, (Grove Art Online. 20 October 2006)</ref>
*[[1617]] – [[Alonso Lobo]], Spanish composer (born 1555)
*[[1626]] – [[Anna Koltovskaya]], Russian tsarina
*[[1673]] – [[François Caron]], Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Formosa]] (born 1600)
*[[1679]] – [[Anne Geneviève de Bourbon]], French princess (born 1619)
*[[1684]] – [[William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker|William Brouncker]], English mathematician (born 1620)
* 1684 – [[Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein|Karl Eusebius]], prince of Liechtenstein (born 1611)
*[[1693]] – [[Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier|Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans]], French noblewoman (born 1627)
* 1693 – [[Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip William August]], German nobleman (born 1668)
*[[1695]] – [[George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax|George Savile]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (born 1633)
*[[1697]] – [[Charles XI of Sweden|Charles XI]], king of Sweden (born 1655)
*[[1704]] – [[Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels|Christian Ulrich I]], German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (born 1652)
*[[1708]] – [[Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach|Christian Heinrich]], German prince and member of the [[House of Hohenzollern]] (born 1661)
*[[1709]] – [[Roger de Piles]], French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (born 1635)
*[[1712]] – [[Jan Luyken]], Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (born 1649)
*[[1717]] – [[Jean Jouvenet]], French painter (born 1647)
*[[1723]] – [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]], Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (born 1656)
*[[1735]] – [[William Derham]], English minister and philosopher (born 1657)
*[[1751]] – [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]], prince consort and king of Sweden (born 1676)
*[[1765]] – [[Edward Young]], English poet and author (born 1683)
*[[1767]] – [[Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (born 1685)
*[[1768]] – [[Egidio Forcellini]], Italian philologist (born 1688)
*[[1769]] – [[Marc-Antoine Laugier]], Jesuit priest (born 1713)
*[[1794]] – [[Georges Danton]], French lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Justice (France)|French Minister of Justice]] (born 1759)
* 1794 – [[François Chabot]], French politician (born 1756)
* 1794 – [[Camille Desmoulins]], French journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1760)
* 1794 – [[Fabre d'Églantine]], French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (born 1750)
* 1794 – [[Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles]], French judge and politician (born 1759)
* 1794 – [[Pierre Philippeaux]], French lawyer (born 1754)
* 1794 – [[François Joseph Westermann]], French general (born 1751)
*[[1799]] – [[Johann Christoph Gatterer]], German historian (born 1727)
*[[1804]] – [[Jean-Charles Pichegru]], French general (born 1761)
*[[1808]] – [[Johann Georg Wille]], German engraver (born 1715)
*[[1830]] – [[Richard Chenevix (chemist)|Richard Chenevix]], Irish chemist and playwright (born 1774)
*[[1831]] – [[Pierre Léonard Vander Linden]], Belgian entomologist (born 1797)
*[[1842]] – [[Shah Shuja Durrani]], 5th [[Emir of Afghanistan]] (born 1785)
*[[1852]] – [[Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg]], (born 1800)
*[[1861]] – [[Ferdinand Joachimsthal]], German mathematician (born 1818)
*[[1862]] – [[Barend Cornelis Koekkoek]], Dutch artist (born 1803)
*[[1865]] – [[Manfredo Fanti]], Italian general (born 1806)
*[[1866]] – [[Thomas Hodgkin]], British physician (born 1798)
*[[1868]] – [[Karel Purkyně]], Czech painter (born 1834)
*[[1871]] – [[Paolo Savi]], Italian geologist and ornithologist (born 1798)
*[[1872]] – [[Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier]], French astronomer (born 1812)
*[[1873]] – [[Milivoje Blaznavac]], Serbian soldier and politician (born 1824)
*[[1882]] – [[Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play]], (born 1806)
*[[1888]] – [[Vsevolod Garshin]], Russian author (born 1855)
*[[1891]] – [[Johann Hermann Bauer]], Austrian chess master (born 1861)
*[[1900]] – [[Joseph Bertrand]], French mathematician, economist, and academic (born 1822)
* 1900 – [[Osman Nuri Pasha]], Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (born 1832)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Angelo Messedaglia]], Italian social scientist and statistician (born 1820)
*[[1902]] – [[Hans Ernst August Buchner]], German bacteriologist (born 1850)
*[[1904]] – [[Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen|Ernst Leopold]], 4th Prince of Leiningen (born 1830)
* 1904 – [[Frances Power Cobbe]], Irish writer (born 1822)
*[[1906]] – [[Eastman Johnson]], American painter (born 1824)
*[[1914]] – [[Bernard Borggreve]], German forestry scientist (born 1836)
*[[1916]] – [[Maksim Kovalevsky]], Russian sociologist (born 1851)
*[[1918]] – [[George Tupou II]], King of Tonga (born 1874)
* 1918 – [[Paul Vidal de La Blache]], French geographer (born 1845)
*[[1920]] – [[Laurent Marqueste]], French sculptor (born 1848)
*[[1921]] – [[Alphons Diepenbrock]], Dutch composer (born 1862)
* 1921 – [[Sophie Elkan]], Swedish writer and translator (born 1853)
*[[1923]] – [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English archaeologist and businessman (born 1866)
*[[1924]] – [[Victor Hensen]], German zoologist (born 1835)
*[[1928]] – [[Roy Kilner]], English cricketer and soldier (born 1890)
* 1928 – [[Viktor Oliva]], Czech painter and illustrator (born 1861)
*[[1929]] – [[Francis Aidan Gasquet]], English Benedictine monk (born 1846)
* 1929 – [[Ludwig von Sybel]], German archeologist (born 1846)
*[[1932]] – [[María Blanchard]], Spanish painter (born 1881)
*[[1933]] – [[Earl Derr Biggers]], American novelist and playwright (born 1884)
* 1933 – [[Hjalmar Mellin]], Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (born 1854)
*[[1934]] – [[Salvatore Di Giacomo]], Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (born 1860)
* 1934 – [[Jiro Sato]], Japanese tennis player (born 1908)
*[[1935]] – [[Achille Locatelli]], Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1856)
* 1935 – [[Emil Młynarski]], Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (born 1870)
* 1935 – [[Franz von Vecsey]], Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1893)
*[[1936]] – [[Chandler Egan]], American golfer and architect (born 1884)
*[[1937]] – [[Gustav Adolf Deissmann]], (born 1866)
* 1937 – [[José Benlliure y Gil]], Spanish painter (born 1858)
*[[1938]] – [[Helena Westermarck]], Finnish artist and writer (born 1857)
* 1938 – [[Verner Lehtimäki]], Finnish revolutionary (born 1890)
*[[1940]] – [[Charles Freer Andrews]], English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (born 1871)
* 1940 – [[Robert Maillart]], Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)
* 1940 – [[Jay O'Brien (bobsleigh)|Jay O'Brien]], American bobsledder (born 1883)
* 1940 – [[Song Zheyuan]], Chinese general (born 1885)
*[[1941]] – [[Parvin E'tesami]], Persian poet (born 1907)
* 1941 – [[Nigel Gresley]], Scottish-English engineer (born 1876)
* 1941 – [[Franciszek Kleeberg]], Polish general (born 1888)
*[[1945]] – [[Heinrich Borgmann]], German officer (born 1912)
* 1945 – [[Karl-Otto Koch]], German [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer (born 1897)
*[[1946]] – [[Vincent Youmans]], American composer and producer (born 1898)
*[[1947]] – [[Bernhard Pankok]], German painter, artist and architect (born 1872)
* 1947 – [[Elis Strömgren]], Swedish-Danish astronomer (born 1870)
*[[1948]] – [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller]], American socialite and philanthropist (born 1874)
*[[1949]] – [[Erich Zeigner]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Saxony]] (born 1886)
*[[1950]] – [[Hiroshi Yoshida]], Japanese painter (born 1876)
*[[1952]] – [[Agnes Morton]], British tennis player (born 1872)
*[[1954]] – [[Princess Märtha of Sweden]], (born 1901)
* 1954 – [[Claude Delvincourt]], French pianist and composer (born 1888)
*[[1955]] – [[Tibor Szele]], Hungarian mathematician (born 1918)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Szele|title=Tibor Szele|website=MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1956]] – [[William Titt]], British gymnast (born 1881)
*[[1958]] – [[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (born 1884)
* 1958 – [[Ásgrímur Jónsson]], Icelandic painter (born 1876)
* 1958 – [[Isidora Sekulić]], Serbian writer (born 1877)
*[[1961]] – [[Nikolai Kryukov (composer)|Nikolai Kryukov]], Russian composer (born 1908)
*[[1962]] – [[Boo Kullberg]], Swedish gymnast (born 1889)
*[[1963]] – [[Jacobus Oud]], Dutch architect (born 1890)
*[[1964]] – [[James Chapin]], American ornithologist (born 1889)
* 1964 – [[Aloïse Corbaz]], Swiss artist (born 1886)
* 1964 – [[Douglas MacArthur]], American general (born 1880)
*[[1965]] – [[Pedro Sernagiotto]], Italian-Brazilian footballer (born 1908)
* 1965 – [[Sándor Szalay (figure skater)|Sándor Szalay]], Hungarian figure skater (born 1893)
*[[1967]] – [[Mischa Elman]], Ukrainian-American violinist (born 1891)
* 1967 – [[Johan Falkberget]], Norwegian author (born 1879)
* 1967 – [[Hermann Joseph Muller]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1890)
* 1967 – [[Herbert Johnston]], British runner (born 1902)
*[[1968]] – [[Félix Couchoro]], Togolese writer (born 1900)
* 1968 – [[Lajos Csordás]], Hungarian footballer (born 1932)
* 1968 – [[Giuseppe Paris]], Italian gymnast (born 1895)
*[[1969]] – [[Alberto Bonucci]], Italian actor and director (born 1918)
* 1969 – [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan novelist and politician (born 1917)
* 1969 – [[Ain-Ervin Mere]], Estonian [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer (born 1903)
*[[1970]] – [[Louisa Bolus]], South African botanist and taxonomist (born 1877)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9FkFg5ogZAC&q=Louisa+Bolus+1877&pg=PA32|title=Ladies in the Laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries|last1=Creese|first1=Mary R. S.|last2=Creese|first2=Thomas M.|date=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810872899|pages=18|language=en}}</ref>
* 1970 – [[Alfred Sturtevant]], American geneticist and academic (born 1891)
* 1970 – [[Karl von Spreti]], German diplomat (born 1907)
*[[1971]] – [[José Cubiles]], Spanish pianist and conductor (born 1894)
*[[1972]] – [[Isabel Jewell]], American actress and singer (born 1907)
*[[1973]] – [[David Murray (racing driver)|David Murray]], British race car driver (born 1909)
* 1973 – [[Alla Tarasova]], Russian ballerina (born 1898)
*[[1974]] – [[Bino Bini]], Italian fencer (born 1900)
* 1974 – [[A. Y. Jackson]], Canadian painter (born 1882)
*[[1975]] – [[Tell Berna]], American middle and long-distance runner (born 1891)
* 1975 – [[Victor Marijnen]], Dutch politician (born 1917)
* 1975 – [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Chinese general and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of China]] (born 1887)
* 1975 – [[Harold Osborn]], American track and fielder (born 1899)
*[[1976]] – [[Howard Hughes]], American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)
* 1976 – [[Wilder Penfield]], American-Canadian surgeon and academic (born 1891)
* 1976 – [[Harry Wyld]], British cyclist (born 1900)
*[[1977]] – [[Carlos Prío Socarrás]], [[President of Cuba]], (born 1903)
* 1977 – [[Yuri Zavadsky]], Russian actor and director (born 1894)
*[[1981]] – [[Émile Hanse]], Belgian footballer (born 1892)
* 1981 – [[Bob Hite]], American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
* 1981 – [[Pinchus Kremegne]], French artist (born 1890)
*[[1982]] – [[Abe Fortas]], American lawyer and jurist (born 1910)
*[[1983]] – [[Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari]], Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (born 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maghribi|first1=Muhammad Ali|title=Aʻlām al-Ḥijāz fī al-qarn al-rābiʻ ʻashar lil-Hijrah |script-title=ar:أعلام الحجاز في القرن الرابع عشر والخامس عشر الهجري|trans-title=Eminents of Hejaz in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AH|date=1993|volume=2|page=204|publisher=Tahama|___location=Jedda, KSA|isbn=|edition=first |language=ar}}</ref>
*[[1984]] – [[Hans Lunding]], Danish military officer (born 1899)
* 1984 – [[Giuseppe Tucci]], Italian scholar of oriental cultures (born 1894)
*[[1986]] – [[Manly Wade Wellman]], American writer (born 1903)
*[[1987]] – [[Leabua Jonathan]], 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Lesotho|Prime Minister of Lesotho]] (born 1914)
*[[1988]] – [[Alf Kjellin]], Swedish actor and director (born 1920)
*[[1989]] – [[Frank Foss (athlete)|Frank Foss]], American pole vaulter (born 1895)
* 1989 – [[Karel Zeman]], Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (born 1910)
*[[1991]] – [[Sonny Carter]], American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (born 1947)
* 1991 – [[Jay Miller (basketball)|Jay Miller]], American basketball player (born 1943)
* 1991 – [[Jiří Mucha]], Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (born 1915)
* 1991 – [[William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle|William Sidney]], 1st Viscount De L'Isle (born 1909)
* 1991 – [[John Tower]], American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1925)
*[[1992]] – [[Takeshi Inoue (footballer)|Takeshi Inoue]], Japanese footballer (born 1928)
* 1992 – [[Molly Picon]], American actress (born 1898)
* 1992 – [[Sam Walton]], American businessman, founded [[Walmart]] and [[Sam's Club]] (born 1918)
*[[1993]] – [[Divya Bharti]], Indian actress (born 1974)
*[[1994]] – [[Kurt Cobain]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
*[[1995]] – [[Nicolaas Cortlever]], Dutch chess player (born 1915)
* 1995 – [[Emilio Greco]], Italian sculptor and engraver (born 1913)
* 1995 – [[Christian Pineau]], French Resistance fighter (born 1904)
*[[1996]] – [[Charlene Holt]], American actress (born 1928)
*[[1997]] – [[Allen Ginsberg]], American poet (born 1926)
*[[1998]] – [[Charles Frank (physicist)|Charles Frank]], British theoretical physicist (born 1911)
* 1998 – [[Cozy Powell]], English drummer (born 1947)
*[[1999]] – [[Giulio Einaudi]], Italian book publisher (born 1912)
*[[2000]] – [[Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1909)|Heinrich Müller]], Austrian footballer (born 1909)
* 2000 – [[Lee Petty]], American race car driver (born 1914)
*[[2001]] – [[Aldo Olivieri]], Italian footballer (born 1910)
*[[2002]] – [[Layne Staley]], American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
* 2002 – [[Kim Won-gyun]], North Korean composer and politician (born 1917)
*[[2003]] – [[Keizo Morishita]], Japanese painter (born 1944)
*[[2004]] – [[Fernand Goyvaerts]], Belgian footballer (born 1938)
* 2004 – [[Sławomir Rawicz]], Polish lieutenant (born 1915)
* 2004 – [[Heiner Zieschang]], German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
*[[2005]] – [[Saul Bellow]], Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1915)
* 2005 – [[Robert Borg]], American military officer and equestrian (born 1913)
* 2005 – [[Chung Nam-sik]], South Korean footballer (born 1917)
*[[2006]] – [[Allan Kaprow]], American painter and educator (born 1927)
* 2006 – [[Gene Pitney]], American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
* 2006 – [[Yevgeny Seredin]], Russian swimmer (born 1958)
* 2006 – [[Pasquale Macchi]], Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1923)
*[[2007]] – [[Maria Gripe]], Swedish journalist and author (born 1923)
* 2007 – [[Leela Majumdar]], Indian author and academic (born 1908)
* 2007 – [[Werner Maser]], German historian and journalist (born 1922)
* 2007 – [[Mark St. John]], American guitarist (born 1956)
* 2007 – [[Thomas Stoltz Harvey]], American pathologist (born 1912)
*[[2008]] – [[Charlton Heston]], American actor, director, and political activist (born 1923)
*[[2009]] – [[I. J. Good]], British mathematician (born 1916)
*[[2010]] – [[Vitaly Sevastyanov]], Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (born 1935)
*[[2011]] – [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]], American physician and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
* 2011 – [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], Central African politician (born 1937)
*[[2012]] – [[Ferdinand Alexander Porsche]], German designer (born 1935)
* 2012 – [[Pedro Bartolomé Benoit]], Dominican Republican politician military officer (born 1921)
* 2012 – [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]], English businessman, founded [[Marshall Amplification]] (born 1923)
* 2012 – [[Barney McKenna]], Irish musician (born 1939)
* 2012 – [[Bingu wa Mutharika]], Malawian economist and politician, 3rd [[President of Malawi]] (born 1934)
*[[2013]] – [[Regina Bianchi]], Italian actress (born 1921)
* 2013 – [[Piero de Palma]], Italian tenor and actor (born 1924)
* 2013 – [[Nikolaos Pappas]], Greek Navy admiral (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/635789 | title=Απεβίωσε ο ναύαρχος Νίκος Παππάς | date=4 May 2013 }}</ref>
*[[2014]] – [[Alan Davie]], Scottish saxophonist and painter (born 1920)
* 2014 – [[Mariano Díaz (cyclist)|Mariano Díaz]], Spanish cyclist (born 1939)
* 2014 – [[Peter Matthiessen]], American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded ''[[The Paris Review]]'' (born 1927)
* 2014 – [[John Pinette]], American comedian (born 1964)
* 2014 – [[José Wilker]], Brazilian actor, director, and producer (born 1947)
*[[2015]] – [[Fredric Brandt]], American dermatologist and author (born 1949)
* 2015 – [[Juan Carlos Cáceres]], Argentinian singer and pianist (born 1936)
*[[2016]] – [[Koço Kasapoğlu]], Turkish footballer (born 1936)
*[[2017]] – [[Attilio Benfatto]], Italian cyclist (born 1943)
* 2017 – [[Arthur Bisguier]], American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)
* 2017 – [[Paul G. Comba]], Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)
* 2017 – [[Makoto Ōoka]], Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)
* 2017 – [[Paul O'Neill (producer)|Paul O'Neill]], American rock composer and producer (born 1956)
* 2017 – [[Tim Parnell]], British race car driver (born 1932)
* 2017 – [[Memè Perlini]], Italian actor and director (born 1947)
* 2017 – [[Atanase Sciotnic]], Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)
* 2017 – [[Ilkka Sinisalo]], Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)
*[[2018]] – [[Isao Takahata]], Japanese director (born 1935)
*[[2019]] – [[Sydney Brenner]], South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news|author=Georgina Ferry|url= https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/05/sydney-brenner-obituary |title= Sydney Brenner Obituary |website=The Guardian|date=2019-04-05|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Paul Ritter (actor)|Paul Ritter]], English actor (born 1966)
*[[2022]] – [[Nehemiah Persoff]], Israeli-American actor (born 1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/nehemiah-persoff-dead-obituary-actor-yentl-gunsmoke-was-102-1234995573/|title=Nehemiah Persoff Dies: Prolific Actor Of 'Yentl', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Gunsmoke' & Many More Was 102|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 6, 2022|date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
* 2022 – [[Jimmy Wang Yu]], Taiwanese actor (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=The 10 best films of martial arts star Jimmy Wang Yu, who has died aged 79 |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3173159/jimmy-wang-yu-dies-79-martial-arts-superstars-10-best-films |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* [[2024]] – [[C. J. Snare]], American musician and songwriter (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-04-07 |title=FireHouse Singer C.J. Snare Dead at 64 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/firehouse-singer-c-j-snare-dead-obituary-1235000301/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Albert of Montecorvino]]
**[[Saint Derfel|Derfel Gadarn]]
**[[Æthelburh of Kent]]
**[[Gerald of Sauve-Majeure]]
**[[Juliana of Liège]]
**[[Maria Crescentia Höss]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Mariano de la Mata]]
**[[Pandita Mary Ramabai]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[Ruadhán of Lorrha]]
**[[Vincent Ferrer]]
**[[April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Cold Food Festival]], held on April 4 if it is a [[leap year]] (China); and its related observances:
*Earliest day on which [[Sham el-Nessim]] can fall, while May 9 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after the [[Eastern Christianity|Orthodox]] [[Easter]] ([[Egypt]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Palestinian territories]])
*[[First Contact Day]] ([[International observance]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Matt |date=2015-10-21 |title=Next Up: First Contact Day |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2015/10/next-up-first-contact-day/626093/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sikmogil]] ([[South Korea]])
*[[Indian maritime history#National Maritime Day|National Maritime Day]] is observed in India, in commemoration of the first voyage of [[RMS Empress of India (1890)|SS ''Loyalty'']] of the [[Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.]] in 1919.
* [[International Day of Conscience]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=ODS |title=ODS HOME PAGE |url=https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/233/14/PDF/N1923314.pdf?OpenElement |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=documents-dds-ny.un.org}}</ref>
==Other==
* [[April the Fifth]] (1929–1954), British Thoroughbred racehorse<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=Roger |last2=Onslow |first2=Richard |last3=Willett |first3=Peter |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing |___location=London |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |year=1978 |isbn=0-354-08536-0}}</ref>
* {{slink|Fiscal year|United Kingdom}} (ends 5 April)<ref>{{cite web |title=Check your Income Tax for the current year |website=www.gov.uk |url=https://www.gov.uk/check-income-tax-current-year |access-date=21 September 2021 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/5 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=5}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/5 Historical Events on April 5]
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[[Category:Days of April]]
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