Anniversaries 1 April

Birth

Francois Villon18

Mediæval French poet 1431–1463

William Harvey8

English physician 1578–1657

Guru Tegh Bahadur3

The ninth Guru of Sikhism 1621–1675

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester34

English poet, and peer of the realm 1647–1680

Antoine François Prévost11

French novelist 1697–1763

Joseph De Maistre13

Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat 1753–1821

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin3

French lawyer, politician and writer 1755–1826

James McCosh8

British philosopher 1811–1894

Otto von Bismark1

German statesman, Chancellor of Germany 1815–1898

Otto von Bismarck35

German statesman, Chancellor of Germany 1815–1898

Agnes Repplier11

American essayist 1855–1950

Ferruccio Busoni2

Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and p… 1866–1924

Edmond Rostand20

French writer 1868–1918

Ernest Barnes9

English mathematician and clergyman 1874–1953

Edgar Wallace5

British crime writer, journalist and playwright 1875–1932

Aurelia Henry Reinhardt7

American educator and social activist 1877–1948

Laurette Taylor4

American stage and silent film actress 1884–1946

Clementine Churchill2

wife of Sir Winston Churchill and a life peeress in her own… 1885–1977

K. B. Hedgewar3

Founding leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 1889–1940

Howard Scott4

American engineer 1890–1970

Whittaker Chambers33

Defected Communist spy 1901–1961

Abraham Maslow34

American psychologist 1908–1970

William Manchester6

(April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) American author, journalist … 1922–2004

Alan Perlis30

American computer scientist 1922–1990

Anne McCaffrey20

American-Irish novelist 1926–2011

Milan Kundera198

Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

Rolf Hochhuth2

german writer 1931

Debbie Reynolds10

American actress, singer, and dancer 1932–2016

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji2

French physicist 1933

Wangari Maathai9

Kenyan environmental and political activist 1940–2011

Lavina Washines1

American politician 1940–2011

Samuel R. Delany131

American author, professor and literary critic 1942

Richard D. Wolff18

American economist 1942

Yu Zhengsheng3

Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's … 1945

Arrigo Sacchi1

Italian footballer 1946

Francine Prose7

American writer 1947

Paul Manafort6

American political consultant 1949

Gil Scott-Heron3

American musician, poet and author 1949–2011

Samuel Alito10

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1950

Stephen Robson1

Bishop of Dunkeld 1951

Jeffrey N. Steenson2

American bishop 1952

Tathagata Satpathy8

Indian politician 1956

Susan Boyle3

British singer 1961

Chris Grayling3

British politician 1962

Begum Aga Khan11

German philanthropist 1963

Janette Rallison31

American writer 1966

Alexander Stubb4

Finnish politician 1968

Marcus Sedgwick5

British writer and illustrator 1968

Thich Nhat Tu13

Vietnamese philosopher 1969

Brad Meltzer13

writer 1970

Rachel Maddow49

American journalist 1973

John Elkann11

Italian businessman 1976

Karol Cariola3

Chilean politician 1987

Death

Daniel Clement Colesworthy1

American writer 1810–1893

Thomas Dunn English3

American state and federal politician 1819–1902

John Cunningham Geikie6

Scottish Presbyterian minister and author 1824–1906

Philipp Mainländer5

German poet and philosopher 1841–1876

Mikhail Vrubel1

Russian painter 1856–1910

J.A. Hobson26

English economist, social scientist and critic of imperiali… 1858–1940

Scott Joplin6

American composer, musician, and pianist 1868–1917

Max Ernst20

German painter, sculptor and graphic artist 1891–1976

Martha Graham48

American dancer and choreographer 1894–1991

Elizabeth Goudge20

English fiction writer 1900–1984

Charles R. Drew1

African-American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher 1904–1950

Lin Huiyin1

Chinese architect and writer 1904–1955

Lev Landau3

Soviet physicist 1908–1968

Richard M. Weaver110

American scholar 1910–1963

Flann O'Brien30

Irish writer 1911–1966

Evsey Domar1

American economist 1914–1997

Yevgeny Yevtushenko17

Russian poet, film director, teacher 1932–2017

Marvin Gaye23

American singer-songwriter and musician 1939–1984

Vonda N. McIntyre5

American writer 1948–2019

Pavel 1832

Russian street artist 1983–2013