April 7
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Art and culture
Births
- 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
- 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- 1803 - Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)
- 1883 - Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)
- 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
- 1911 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996)
- 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
- 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author
- 1934 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
- 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter
- 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director
- 1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
- 1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
- 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor
Deaths
- 1614 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- 1836 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum, American circus impresario (b. 1810)
- 1920 - Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
- 1928 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
- 1943 - Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet
- 1943 - Alexandre Millerand, President of France (b. 1859)
- 1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)
- 1950 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (b. 1884)
- 1955 - Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
- 1968 - Jimmy Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
- 1981 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
- 1981 - Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
- 1982 - Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
- 1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1984 - Frank Church, U.S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
- 1990 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
- 1992 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
- 1994 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
- 1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla) (b. 1910)
- 2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2001 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2002 - John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
- 2004 - Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2007 - Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
Notes
William Wordsworth
Charles Fourier
Zéro de conduite
Victor Brauner
Billie Holiday
Violette Leduc
Theda Bara
P. T. Barnum
El Greco
August
Daniel Emilfork
Madeleine Laure
Donald Barthelme
Henry Ford
Francis Ford Coppola
Bronisław Malinowski
Jim Thompson
Axel Bauer
Talk:18th century in literature
Alan J. Pakula
7 April (redirect page)
History of modern literature
William Godwin
Ian Richardson
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