April 15th Birthdays

Roy Clark, American singer and musician, was born on this day in Merrinville, VA in 1933. Roy won many accolades throughout his long career, both in music and as a star of “Hee Haw.” He passed away at the age of 85 on November 18, 2018 at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Also born on April 15th:

• 1939
  Marty Wilde, British singer
• 1940
  Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
  Robert Walker Jr., American actor
• 1942
  Walt Hazzard, American basketball player
• 1947
  Lois Chiles, American actress
  Mike Chapman, British songwriter
• 1949
  Tonio K, American singer
• 1950
  Josiane Balasko, French actress
  Amy Wright, American actress
• 1951
  Heloise, American newspaper columnist
• 1952
  Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
  Sam McMurray, American actor
• 1956
  Michael Cooper, American basketball player
• 1957
  Evelyn Ashford, American athlete
• 1958
  Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer
• 1959
  Emma Thompson, English actress
  Thomas F. Wilson, American actor
• 1960
  Philippe, King of Belgium
• 1962
  Tom Kane, American voice actor
• 1965
  Linda Perry, American musician
• 1966
  Samantha Fox, English singer
• 1967
  Frankie Poullain, British musician
• 1968
  Ed O’Brien, British musician
• 1969
  Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
• 1970
  Flex Alexander, American actor
• 1971
  Jason Sehorn, American football player
• 1974
  Mike Quinn, American football player
• 1974
  Keith Malley, American comedian
  Danny Pino, American actor
  Douglas Spain, American actor
• 1975
  Phil Labonte, American singer
• 1976
  Susan Ward, American actress
• 1978
  Milton Bradley, American baseball player
  Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
  Anna Torv, Australian actress
• 1980
  Patrick Carney, American musician
  Natalie Casey, British actress
  Billy Yates, American football player
• 1982
  Anthony Green, American musician
  Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, writer
  Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
• 1983
  Matt Cardle, British singer/songwriter
• 1984
  Ben Kasica, guitarist
• 1985
  Chris Cates, American baseball player
  John Danks, American baseball player
  Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
• 1987
  Sapphire Elia, English actress
• 1988
  Eliza Doolittle, English singer
• 1990
  Emma Watson, English actress
• 1992
  Amy Deasismont, Swedish singer

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 15th:

• 1865
  Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (age 56)
• 1888
  Matthew Arnold, English poet, critic (age 65)
• 1889
  Father Damien, Belgian priest, saint (age 49)
• 1949
  Wallace Beery, American actor, director (age 64)
• 1980
  Raymond Bailey, American actor (age 75)
  Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, author (age 74)
• 1982
  Arthur Lowe, English actor (age 66)
• 1984
  Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian, magician (age 63)
• 1986
  Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (age 75)
• 1988
  Kenneth Williams, English actor, screenwriter (age 62)
• 1990
  Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (age 84)
• 1998
  Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (age 72)
• 2001
  Joey Ramone, American singer, songwriter (age 49)
• 2010
  Michael Pataki, American actor, director (age 72)
• 2012
  Paul Bogart, American director, producer (age 92)
• 2017
  Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor, screenwriter (age 66)
• 2017
  Clifton James, American actor (age 96)
• 2018
  R. Lee Ermey, American actor (age 74)
• 2020
  Brian Dennehy, American actor (age 81)
• 2022
  Liz Sheridan, American actress (age 93)