Anniversaries 7 April
Birth
English poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart…
1648–1721
British philosopher
1718–1800
English music historian
1726–1814
English Romantic poet
1770–1850
French utopian socialist and philosopher
1772–1837
United States Unitarian clergyman
1780–1842
German anarchist
1870–1919
Filipino politician
1871–1928
American baseball player, manager
1873–1934
Italian painter
1883–1966
Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and…
1884–1942
Chilean poet-diplomat, writer, educator and feminist.
1889–1957
British cartoonist
1891–1963
cricketer and author
1894–1968
American gossip journalist
1897–1972
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
1907–1986
American gay rights activist
1912–2002
American author
1915–1958
American jazz singer and songwriter
1915–1959
German-American economist; member of the French Resistance
1915–2012
Indian musician and sitar player
1920–2012
American researcher, scientist
1925–2007
American journalist
1925–2017
Czech-American botanist and environmentalist
1925–2016
American film and television actor
1928–2014
American writer, editor, and professor
1931–1989
American economist and whistleblower
1931
Hindu spiritual teacher
1934–2005
American politician/lawyer and current governor of Californ…
1938
English journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and…
1939–2013
German politician (SPD)
1944
American computer scientist
1944
Taiwanese politician
1948
Hong Kong actor and martial artist
1954
author, director, screenwriter, editor
1959
New Zealand-born Australian actor, film producer and musici…
1964
Death
Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Chr…
-7–30 BC
Greek painter, sculptor and architect
1541–1614
English poet and playwright
1606–1668
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
1743–1803
English journalist, political philosopher and novelist
1756–1836
English priest, poet and critic
1762–1850
American showman and businessman
1810–1891
Canadian politician
1825–1868
British jurist and constitutional theorist
1835–1922
American industrialist
1863–1947
Physician, philosopher, writer
1873–1928
British businessman and writer
1874–1957
Silent film actress
1885–1955
German jurist, political theorist and professor of law
1888–1985
Plastic surgeon, self-help author
1889–1975
writer, actress; Romanian princess
1897–1945
American writer
1906–1977
American economist
1908–1978
German historian
1909–1994
Russian mathematician
1912–1986
English novelist
1913–2012
American fashion designer
1931–2013
American cartoonist
1931–2007
British racecar driver
1936–1968
American country singer/songwriter
1946–2020
Zimbabwean writer
1964–2005
British journalist, television presenter and model
1989–2014