April 7th Birthdays

Bobby Bare, American musician, was born on this day in 1935 in Ironton, Ohio, as Robert Joseph Bare.

Also born on April 7th:

• 1939
  Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
• 1941
  Cornelia Frances, British actress
• 1943
  Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944
  Bill Stoneman, American baseball player, manager
• 1947
  Patricia Bennett, American singer
  Florian Schneider, German musician
• 1948
  Carol Douglas, American singer
• 1949
  John Oates, American rock guitarist, lyricist
• 1951
  Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
• 1952
  Clarke Peters, American actor
• 1954
  Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor
  Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1960
  Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
• 1961
  Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
• 1963
  Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
• 1965
  Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
  Matt Servitto, American actor
• 1968
  Jennifer Lynch, American actress
• 1971
  Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
• 1973
  Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975
  Atiim Kiambu Barber (Tiki) and Jamael Orondé Barber (Rondé), identical twin American football players
  Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1976
  Kevin Alejandro, American actor
  Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 1979
  Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
  Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 1983
  Jon Stead, British football player
• 1992
  Alexis Jordan, American singer

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 7th:

• 1804
  Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (age 59)
• 1891
  P. T. Barnum, American showman, businessman (age 80)
• 1947
  Henry Ford, American engineer, businessman (age 83)
• 1950
  Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor, singer (age 67)
• 1955
  Theda Bara, American actress (age 69)
• 1972
  Joe Gallo, American gangster (age 43)
• 1981
  Kit Lambert, English record producer, manager (age 45)
  Norman Taurog, American director, screenwriter (age 82)
• 2001
  David Graf, American actor (age 50)
  Beatrice Straight, American actress (age 86)
• 2002
  John Agar, American actor (age 81)
• 2003
  David Greene, English-American actor, director (age 82)
• 2004
  Victor Argo, American actor (age 69)
• 2007
  Barry Nelson, American actor (age 89)
• 2012
  Mike Wallace, American journalist, actor (age 93)
• 2013
  Les Blank, American director (age 77)
  Andy Johns, English-American record producer (age 61)
• 2015
  Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, actor, singer (age 88)
  Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (age 79)
• 2019
  Seymour Cassel, American actor (age 84)
• 2020
  Allen Garfield, American actor (age 80)
  John Prine, American singer (age 73)
• 2024
  Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American singer (age 87)