April 21

2024 Calendar

April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

43 BC – Aulus Hirtius, Roman writer and politician (b. 90 BC)
1073 - Pope Alexander II
1109 – Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033)
1142 - Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)
1329 - Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
1509 – King Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
1551 - Oba Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)
1574 – Cosimo de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
1699 – Jean Racine, French writer (b. 1639)
1701 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
1719 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
1792 – Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)
1852 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
1894 - James W. Throckmorton, Governor of Texas (b. 1825)
1900 - Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian Maharajah (b. 1819)

1901 – 2000

1910 – Mark Twain, American writer (b. 1835)
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter pilot (b. 1892)
1922 - Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato singer (b. 1858)
1924 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
1932 - Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1864)
1938 – Muhammad Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan (b. 1877)
1941 - Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
1952 - Stafford Cripps, British politician (b. 1889)
1965 – Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (b. 1892)
1971 – Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc), dictator of Haiti (b. 1907)
1973 – Arthur Fadden, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1977 – Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892)
1980 - Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
1983 - Walter Slezak, Austrian-born actor (b. 1902)
1984 – Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist, writer and architect (b. 1895)
1985 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian politician, President-elect (b. 1910)
1990 – Romain de Tirtoff (Erte), Russian-born French artist (b. 1892)
1996 – Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen politician (b. 1944)

From 2001

2003 – Nina Simone, American singer (b. 1933)
2005 – Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (b. 1941)
2005 - Gwynfor Evans, Welsh politician, leader of Plaid Cymru (b. 1912)
2005 - Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1904)
2008 – Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish Olympic official (b. 1920)
2011 – Harold Garfinkel, American sociologist (b. 1917)
2012 – Charles Colson, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1931)
2013 - Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician (b. 1929)
2013 - Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author and educator (b. 1905)
2013 - Chrissy Amphlett, American singer and actress (b. 1959)
2014 - Alexander Lenkov, Russian actor (b. 1943)
2014 - Win Tin, Burmese journalist and former political prisoner (b. 1930)
2014 - Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose, California (b. 1926)
2014 - Herb Gray, Canadian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)
2014 - Arlene McQuade, American actress (b. 1936)
2014 - Mundo Earwood, American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2014 - George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)
2015 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1927)
2015 - Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, Egyptian poet (b. 1938)
2015 - Steve Byrnes, American sports announcer (b. 1959)
2015 - Roy Mason, British politician (b. 1924)
2015 - Mary Doyle Keefe, American model (b. 1922)
2015 - Gideon Eilat, German-Israeli soldier (b. 1924)
2015 - Cindy Yang, Taiwanese model and actress (b. 1990)
2015 - Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, Russian movie director (b. 1965)
2015 - M. H. Abrams, American literary critic (b. 1912)
2016 - Prince, American singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1958)
2016 - Hans Koschnick, German politician (b. 1929)
2016 - Marco Leto, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2016 - Lonnie Mack, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
2017 - Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (b. 1972)
2017 - Cecilia Alvear, Ecuadorean-American journalist (b. 1939)
2017 - Carl Christ, American economist (b. 1923)
2018 - Firmin Le Bourhis, French author (b. 1950)
2018 - Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian film director (b. 1928)
2018 - Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900)
2018 - Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)
2018 - Huguette Tourangeau, Canadian mezzo-soprano (b. 1940)
2019 - Peter Colotka, Slovakian academic, lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
2019 - Hannelore Elsner, German actress (b. 1942)
2019 - Steve Golin, American film producer (b. 1955)
2019 - Aminul Haque, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1943)
2019 - Ken Kercheval, American actor (b. 1935)
2019 - Shantha Mayadunne, Sri Lankan chef (b. 1968)
2019 - Amelia Vargas, Cuban actress (b. 1925)

Births

1901 – 1950

1904 – Odilo Globocnik, Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)
1905 – Pat Brown, Governor of California (d. 1996)
1911 – Ivan Combe, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1912 – Marcel Camus, French movie director (d. 1982)
1912 – Eve Arnold, American photographer (d. 2012)
1913 - Norman Parkinson, English photographer (d. 1990)
1913 - Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, English engineer and Head of British Railways (d. 1985)
1914 - Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American professional wrestler
1915 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
1919 - Licio Gelli, Italian financier (d. 2015)
1920 – Bruno Maderna, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1920 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish writer (d. 1987)
1922 - Nazim Al-Haqqani, Turkish Cypriot spiritual leader (d. 2014)
1923 - John Mortimer, English barrister and writer (d. 2009)
1924 - Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1965)
1925 - Anthony Mason, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
1925 – Alfred Kelbassa, German footballer (d. 1988)
1926 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms
1928 - Georg Kronawitter, German politician (d. 2016)
1930 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
1930 - Jack Taylor, English football referee (d. 2012)
1930 - Mario Covas, Brazilian politician (d. 2001)
1930 - Dieter Roth, German artist (d. 1998)
1931 - Gabriel de Broglie, French historian
1931 - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi-Syrian Orthodox Church leader (d. 2014)
1932 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
1932 - Elaine May, American comedienne
1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor
1935 - Thomas Kean, 48th Governor of New Jersey
1941 - David L. Boren, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
1942 - Geoffrey Palmer, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1943 - Jan de Graaff, Dutch television journalist (d. 2014)
1944 - Russell Boyd, Australian cameraman
1944 - Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 - Guity Novin, Iranian-Canadian artist
1947 – Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
1947 - John Weider, English musician
1948 - Gary Condit, American politician

1951 – 1975

1951 - Tony Danza, American actor
1951 - David Mallett, American singer-songwriter
1951 - Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician
1951 - Kim Young-ae, South Korean actress (d. 2017)
1952 - Cheryl Gillan, British politician
1954 - James Morrison, American actor
1955 - Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, short story writer, playwright and poet
1956 - Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer and screenwriter
1957 - Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor and author
1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (d. 2009)
1958 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
1959 - Jerry Only, American singer and musician
1959 - Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and musician
1959 - Arno Pijpers, Dutch football coach
1960 - Julius Korir, Kenyan athlete
1961 - Carey Hayes, American screenwriter and producer
1961 - Chad Hayes, American actor, screenwriter and producer
1961 - Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress and singer
1962 - Craig Robinson, American basketball coach and brother of Michelle Obama
1962 - Sergei Zalyotin, Russian cosmonaut
1963 – Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
1964 – Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish athlete
1965 - Thomas Helmer, German footballer
1968 - Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer
1969 – Toby Stephens, British actor
1969 – Robin Meade, American news anchor
1970 – Nicole Sullivan, American actress
1971 - Alexander Kravchenko, Russian poker player
1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
1971 - Axl Rotten, American professional wrestler (d. 2016)
1972 - José Luis Munuera, Spanish comic artist
1972 - Vidar Riseth, Norwegian footballer
1973 - Steve Backshall, English television presenter
1974 - John Hasler, English actor and voice actor

From 1976

1976 - Abir Goswami, Indian actor (d. 2013)
1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer
1979 – Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer
1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1980 – Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tony Romo, American football player
1983 – Pawel Brozek, Polish footballer
1983 – Marco Donadel, Italian footballer
1983 - Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
1986 – Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player
1986 – Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
1987 – Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 – Eric Devendorf, American basketball player
1987 - Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian singer
1988 - Adam Rooney, Irish footballer
1989 - Tatyana McFadden, Russian-born American Paralympic athlete
1991 - Max Chilton, British racing driver
1992 - Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
1992 - Isco, Spanish footballer
2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark

Deaths

Observances

John Muir Day (California)
San Jacinto Day (Texas)
Kartini Day (Indonesia)
National Tree Planting Day (Kenya)
First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i faith)
Grounation Day (Rastafari movement)
Tiradentes Day (Brazil)