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Famous April Baby Names |
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April showers bring May flowers. And the month of April also gives us a wonderful array of famous birthdays. If you're little bundle is due this rainy month, take your baby name inspiration from one of these well-known April-ites. Read more>>> Famous people born in March World Leaders and US PresidentsPolitical figures - past and present - from around the world were born in the beautiful spring month of April.
Carl XVI Gustaf: King of Sweden since 1973 Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia, 1762 - 1796 James Buchanan: 15th President of the United States James Monroe: Fifth President of the United States Pope Benedict XVI: Elected in 2005 to lead the Catholic Church Queen Elizabeth II: Royal monarch of the Commonwealth realms since 1952 Queen Juliana: Queen regnant of the Netherlands, 1948 - 1980 Stephen Harper: Prime Minister of Canada since 2006 Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant: 18th President of the United States Read more>>> Names of American Presidents
These April babies contributed greatly to literary history.
Hans Christian Anderson: Danish author of many children's stories, includingThumbelina and The Princess and the Pea Harper Lee: 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner for To Kill a Mockingbird, her only published book Henry James: American writer best known for Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw Joseph Pulitzer: Hungarian-American newspaper publisher; inspired the Pulitzer Prizes Lowell Thomas: American writer and broadcaster best known for making Lawrence of Arabia famous Maya Angelou: American author, poet and auto-biographer; received critical acclaim for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Samuel Beckett: Irish dramatist and poet; student of James Joyce Tom Clancy: American author of The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and The Sum of All Fears William Shakespeare: 16th-century English poet and playwright of all time; gave us MacBeth and Romeo and Juliet Read more>>> Are boys or girls easier to name? Athletes
Andre Agassi: retired American tennis champion; former World #1 Dale Earnhardt: late NASCAR driver known as "The Intimidator" Earl Anthony: left-handed American bowler with 10 professional major titles Garry Kasparov: Russian chess champion; recognized as the greatest chess player of all time John Madden: former NFL player, coach and commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabar: retired NBA player with Milwaukee Bucks and LA Lakers, 1969 - 1989 Maria Sharapova: retired Russian tennis champion; former World #1 Pete Rose: played professional baseball from 1963 - 1986; aka "Charlie Hustle" Sonja Henie: Norwegian figure skater; won three Olympic medals (1928, 1932, 1936); later went into acting Read more>>> Top 50 Sports Baby Names Famous People in History
Booker T Washington: African American author, educator, orator and political leader Butch Cassidy: Notorious train robber and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang in the American Old West Colin Powell: retired four-star general in the US Army who served as the 65th US Secretary of State, 2001 - 2005 Coretta Scott King: helped lead the Civil Rights Movement after the death of her husband Martin Luther King, Jr Hugh Hefner: American magazine publisher and founder of Playboy Enterprises Jane Goodall: spent 45 years studying wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania John James Audobon: painter and naturalist best known for Birds of America Leonardo da Vinci: Italian mathematician and painter of the Mona Lisa Oscar Schindler: a German who saved nearly 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust Samuel Morse: American inventor best known for his contributions to the telegraph and Morse code Wilbur Wright: along with his brother Orville was known as the Wright Brothers, inventors and builders of the first successful airplane Read more>>> Famous people born in February Actors and Entertainers
Al Pacino: won an Academy Award for his role as a blind man in Scent of a Woman; played Michael Corleone in The Godfather saga Bette Davis: one of Hollywood's most famous leading ladies, 1929 - 1989 Carol Burnett: American comedienne and star of her own variety series, The Carol Burnett Show Doris Day: award-winning actress and singer, appeared in 39 films and recorded more than 650 songs Heath Ledger: Australian actor best known for his roles in Brokeback Mountain, A Knight's Tale and The Dark Knight; died at age 28 Marlon Brando: best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and Vito Corleone in The Godfather Shirley Temple: American actress and singer who began her film career at age 3; known for Bright Eyes, Curly Top and Heidi Spencer Tracy: American film actor who appeared in 75 films from 1930 - 1967 Read more>>> Famous people born in January Who's your favorite April baby from this list? More From SheKnows ExplorerComments (0)
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Charlotte Bronte
These April-born superstars represent a variety of competitve sports... even chess!
Our world would be a very different place without the contributions of these April babies.
April gave us some of the funniest and most dramatic performers of all time.
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