Famous people born in April include Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 to her death in 2022, and Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. Also born in April are the former Supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, the late Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, and Israeli actor Gal Gadot who is famous as Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films.
Actors and martial artists Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Steven Seagal are April birthday celebrities. The richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, singer Akon, and actors Eddie Murphy and Heath Ledger were also born in April.
Kourtney Kardashian the American TV personality famous in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Pope Benedict XVI who was head of the Catholic Church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, U.S. first Lady Melania Trump, and the late Marvin Gaye, the R&B & soul singer famous for the hits Sexual Healing and Let’s Get It On are other famous people born in April.
Celebrities with birthdays in April
41 years old
Israeli actress famous as Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023), beginning with Batman v Superman (2016)
Died aged 95
Pope and head of the Catholic Church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013
Died aged 71
Kenyan environmentalist, author, first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004), political activist & founder of the Green Belt Movement
Died aged 45
American R&B, soul singer whose famous hits include Sexual Healing (1982), What's Going On (1971), Let's Get It On (1973)
47 years old
American TV personality famous in Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007) & The Kardashians (2022) with sisters Kim and Khloé
69 years old
Nigerian businessman famous as the richest man in Africa and the richest black man in the world with a net worth of about $26.3 billion
Died aged 96
Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from February 6, 1952 until her death in 2022
56 years old
Slovenian-American former model, wife of President Donald Trump and First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025
Died aged 86
Supreme leader of Iran from 1989 to his assassination in 2026, and 3rd president of Iran from 1981 to 1989
74 years old
American actor, screenwriter, martial artist famous in Under Siege (1992), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Machete (2010)
Famous politicians born in April include American diplomat and former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell. Others are German chancellors Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder, and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Famous WWE superstars and former presidents born in April
Famous April birthdays also include former presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda. Also born in April are famous WWE wrestlers John Cena, Kane, Randy Orton, and Diamond Dallas Page.
April birthdays actors, actresses, and TV personalities
Other famous April birthdays include American TV host David Letterman, actors Michael Fassbender (Magneto in X-men films), Dean Norris of Breaking Bad, Max von Sydow of Judge Dredd, and Sam Huntington. Actors Pedro Pascal of Avengers: Doomsday, Jean-Pierre Marielle of The Da Vinci Code, and Johnny Galecki who stars as Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory were also born in April.
Famous actresses who celebrate their birthdays in April include Orange Is the New Black actresses Natasha Lyonne and Lorraine Toussaint, Heather Burns who stars in Miss Congeniality, and Keshia Knight Pulliam who rose to fame as a child actress (Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show).
More famous people born in April
United Nations secretary general António Guterres, The Phantom comic creator Lee Falk, radio presenter and voice artist Casey Kasem, and TV host Jay Leno were also born in the 4th month.
Comedians John Oliver and Cedric the Entertainer are April birthday celebrities. Famous sportspeople born in April include French footballer Franck Ribery, Carles Puyol of Spain, Roberto Carlos of Brazil, and tennis player Andre Agassi.
Other famous April birthdays are Nigerian John Obi Mikel, Dele Alli of England, and Bayern Munich manager and former Manchester City player Vincent Kompany.
April Historical Events
4th April 1975: American Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft (short for micro-computer software), the leading PC operating system manufacturer that is famous for their Microsoft Windows Operating system. Gates was the CEO of the new company. He and Allen were childhood friends who had skills in computer programming.4th April 1968: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famous American minister and civil rights activist, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, United States by James Earl Ray. King was standing on a balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel.5th April 1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain due to his increasing health problems. But Churchill continued to serve as MP for Woodford in east London until 1964 when he retired from politics. He was the British PM twice, from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. 5th April 1879: Chile declared war on Bolivia and Peru, the War of the Pacific or the Saltpeter War that was fought until 1883. The war resulted in Chile annexing the mineral-rich territories of Tarapacá in Peru and the Department of the Litoral in Bolivia, and Bolivia became a landlocked country.6th April 1994: Presidents Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of neighboring Burundi were killed when a rocket downed their plane over the capital of Rwanda, Kigali. About 800,000 people, mostly Tutsis, were killed during the ensuing Rwandan genocide that lasted about 100 days.6th April 1917: The United States, under President Thomas Woodrow Wilson, officially entered World War I after declaring war on Germany. This was after Germany sunk several U.S. and British passenger and merchant ships. The war ended with victory for the Allies (France, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, Italy, and the United States) on November 11, 1918.7th April 1948: The World Health Organization was established by the United Nations. It's mission is to promote global good health and thereby keep the world safe. The WHO also directs and coordinates global response to health emergencies caused by wars and diseases such as Ebola and the COVID-19 pandemic.7th April 1933: The Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted after being signed into law, 2 weeks earlier, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The new legislation allowed the manufacturing and selling of low-alcohol beer in the U.S. As a result, April 7 is celebrated every year in the U.S where it is known as The National Beer Day.8th April 1953: Kenya's founding president Jomo Kenyatta was sentenced to seven years with hard labor, together with five associates, for being associated with the Mau Mau rebellion. The Mau Mau movement was formed to free the East African country from domination by the British colonialists who had seized land in the fertile regions of the country.8th April 1986: American actor, movie producer and director Clinton Eastwood Jr. became the mayor of Carmel, a city in Monterey County in California. He won by a landslide, defeating Charlotte Townsend who was seeking a third term. Clint served as mayor for a single two-year term.