Birthday: 7 April
Famous people born on 7 April
28 of the best-known people in our data were born on 7 April, including William Wordsworth, Gabriela Mistral and Teresa of Ávila. The longest life among them was Ravi Shankar's, at 92 years.
- William WordsworthEnglish Romantic poet · 1770–185080 yrs
- Gabriela MistralChilean poet, diplomat and educator · 1889–195767 yrs
- Teresa of ÁvilaRoman Catholic saint · 1515–158267 yrs
- Ravi ShankarIndian sitar player · 1920–201292 yrs
- Billie HolidayAmerican jazz singer · 1915–195944 yrs
- Clement XIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740 · 1652–174087 yrs
- Charles FourierFrench utopian socialist and philosopher · 1772–183765 yrs
- Kurt von Schleicher ↗German chancellor · 1882–193452 yrs
- Bronisław Malinowski ↗Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA · 1884–194258 yrs
- James Garner ↗American film and television actor · 1928–201486 yrs
- William R. King ↗Vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 · 1786–185367 yrs
- Jens Peter Jacobsen ↗Danish novelist, poet, scientist · 1847–188538 yrs
- Rafael del Riego ↗Spanish general and politician · 1784–182339 yrs
- Allen Dulles ↗First civilian and longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) · 1893–196975 yrs
- Ivan II of Moscow ↗Grand Prince of Moscow · 1326–135933 yrs
- Alan J. Pakula ↗American film director, writer and producer · 1928–199870 yrs
- Le Duan ↗General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam · 1907–198679 yrs
- Flora Tristan ↗French writer and suffragist · 1803–184441 yrs
- Guillaume Depardieu ↗French actor · 1971–200837 yrs
- Michel Adanson ↗French naturalist · 1727–180679 yrs
- Thomas Hill Green ↗British philosopher · 1836–188245 yrs
- David Frost ↗British television host, journalist, comedian and writer · 1939–201374 yrs
- Florian Schneider ↗German musician · 1947–202073 yrs
- Gerrit Dou ↗Dutch painter · 1613–167561 yrs
- Pietro Anastasi ↗Italian association football player · 1948–202071 yrs
- Victoria Ocampo ↗Argentine writer and translator · 1890–197988 yrs
- Daniel Ellsberg ↗American whistleblower · 1931–202392 yrs
- Gino Severini ↗Italian painter · 1883–196682 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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