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 Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr.. Also born in April are the Supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, and Israeli actress Gal Gadot who is famous as Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films.
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.
Celebs with birthday in April
American actress who has starred in The Russia House (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992)
Argentine professional football manager, former player who played as a midfielder & has managed Atlético Madrid
American singer, actress famous as Penny Lane in musical Almost Famous (2000), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Truth Be Told (2022)
American singer, songwriter, record producer who has written & produced 26 number-one R&B hit songs, won 13 Grammy Awards
Scottish actor famous as Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, & stars in Filth (2013), It Chapter Two (2019)
Senegalese footballer, one of the greatest African players of all time, African Footballer of the Year in 2020 & 2022
Leader of the Soviet Union who famously presided over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
American actor and film producer who stars in It's Complicated (2010), Along Came Polly (2004), The Aviator (2004), Blue Jasmine (2013)
English fashion designer, singer famous as Posh Spice of pop group Spice Girls, married to former football player David Beckham
Cuban-Spanish actress who stars in Ballerina (2025), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), & as Bond girl in No Time to Die (2021)
April Historical Events
1st January 1912:The Republic of China was formed, marking the end of the Xinhai Revolution that brought an end to the 2,000 years of imperial rule during which China was ruled by successive dynasties of emperors. The first emperor was Qin Shi Huang, founder of the Qin dynasty in 221 BC. The last emperor was Aisin-Gioro Puyi of the Qing Dynasty, whose fall led to the founding of the Peoples Republic of China.
8th January 1912:The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in South Africa. The social-democratic party began as a liberation movement that was formed to oppose the apartheid (institutionalized racial segregation) that black South Africans were subject to from around 1948. In 1994, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, became the first president of South Africa after the end of white minority rule.
12th January 1964:The Zanzibar Revolution was started by the black majority inhabitants of the Indian Ocean island. Located in East Africa and 15 miles off the coast of Tanzania, the island was ruled by an Arab government led by the Sultans of Zanzibar who were in power from 1856 to 1964.
The revolution led to the overthrow of the Sultan, and Abeid Karume became the president. The country was also renamed to the People's Republic of Zanzibar.
15th January 1929:Famous U.S civil rights movement activist, Martin Luther King Jr, was born. Martin Luther King Jr was the outspoken spokesperson of the civil rights movement that was formed to protest racial discrimination on the basis of skin color, ethnicity and race.
Although Dr. King was born on 15th, the third Monday of each January is celebrated in the U.S as the Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
26th January 1950: The Constitution of India came into effect, replacing the Government of India Act 1935 that was the governing document of India and which was adapted from the UK Parliament. India had, 3 years earlier, attained independence from the UK on 15 August 1947, the date on which the British Raj (the period of British rule of India) ended.Share this!