On This Day — April 1
5037 noted people were born and 2442 died on April 1 in our archive, including Abraham Maslow, Alain Connes and Yoshihide Kozai.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 1
Abraham Maslow
1908 – 1970
Alain Connes
b. 1947
Yoshihide Kozai
1928 – 2018
Abdul Qadeer Khan
1936 – 2021
Akshata Murty
b. 1980
Alan Stanley Collins
b. 1948
Albert-Édouard Janssen
1883 – 1966
Alexander Aitken
1895 – 1967
Alexander Stubb
b. 1968
Anatoly Vishnevsky
1935 – 2021
Avraami Zavenyagin
1901 – 1956
Bernard Stiegler
1952 – 2020
Beşir Atalay
b. 1947
Cristina Gallach
b. 1960
Dezső Szilágyi
1840 – 1901
Emmanuel Mounier
1905 – 1950
Emmanuel de Martonne
1873 – 1955
Gaetano Mosca
1858 – 1941
Giovanna Tinetti
b. 1972
Guy Breton
b. 1950
Henry Ware
1764 – 1845
Hugo Kołłątaj
1750 – 1812
Jacob Appelbaum
b. 1983
Johanna Wanka
b. 1951
Josef Richard Vilímek
1835 – 1911
Katō Tomosaburō
1861 – 1923
Kay Davies
b. 1951
Khoren Abrahamyan
1930 – 2004
Larissa Behrendt
b. 1969
Lawrence Sirovich
b. 1933
Lina Mendoni
b. 1960
Lisa S. Jones
b. 1974
Lothar Binding
b. 1950
Luis Ernesto Derbez
b. 1947
Margaret Austin
b. 1933
Mary K. Gaillard
1939 – 2025
Mohammed Moussaoui
b. 1964
Nonce Paolini
1949 – 2024
Paul Hasluck
1905 – 1993
Prana Krushna Parija
1891 – 1978
Predrag Cvitanović
b. 1946
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865 – 1929
Ronald Jensen
1936 – 2025
Ruth Beitia
b. 1979
Samuel Alito
b. 1950
Samuel Bard
1742 – 1821
Shumin Zhai
b. 1961
Siddhartha Roy
b. 1954
Sydney Newman
1917 – 1997
Tadeusz Sulimirski
1898 – 1983
Truby King
1858 – 1938
Utako Okamoto
1918 – 2016
Václav Riedlbauch
1947 – 2017
Wangari Muta Maathai
1940 – 2011
William Homan Thorpe
1902 – 1986
Wojciech Gerwel
b. 1978
Abu-'l-Qāsim H̱ān Nāṣir-al-Mulk
1863 – 1927
Acacio Gabriel Viegas
1856 – 1933
Akihiko Yamamoto
b. 1947
Alain Bravo
b. 1945
Alan Perlis
1922 – 1990
Albert Anker
1831 – 1910
Albert Pézard
1875 – 1927
Alexander Alexandrov
1883 – 1946
Alexey Tryoshnikov
1914 – 1991
Alfred von Rauch
1824 – 1900
Alice Louise Reynolds
1873 – 1938
Anahí Durand Guevara
b. 1978
Andreas Deja
b. 1957
Andrzej Koźmiński
b. 1941
André Stil
1921 – 2004
Antonio Spallino
1925 – 2017
Arthur C. Lundahl
1915 – 1992
Arup Bose
b. 1959
Ashok Bhan
b. 1950
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
1877 – 1948
Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen
1884 – 1962
Bennett Lorber
b. 1943
Berla Mundi
b. 1988
Björn Höcke
b. 1972
Boaz Raviv
b. 1961
Boris Grynjov
b. 1956
Boyd K. Rutherford
b. 1957
Božidar Đelić
b. 1965
Brendan Byrne
1924 – 2018
Brittni De La Mora
b. 1987
C. D. Batchelor
1888 – 1977
Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg
1813 – 1899
Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
1862 – 1934
Carlo Tiengo
1892 – 1945
Catherine Millet
b. 1948
Chai Feldblum
b. 1959
Charles Lee
b. 1969
Chris Grayling
b. 1962
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
b. 1933
Clementine Churchill
1885 – 1977
Conrad Gröber
1872 – 1948
Danielle Smith
b. 1971
Dave Cull
1950 – 2021
David Childs
1941 – 2025
David Lodge
b. 1957
Debbie Reynolds
1932 – 2016
Deepak Kumar
1946 – 2016
Denis Paradis
b. 1949
Diane Awerbuck
b. 1974
Doug Naysmith
1941 – 2023
Edmond Rostand
1868 – 1918
Edwin Austin Abbey
1852 – 1911
Eimutis Misiūnas
b. 1973
Ernest Barnes
1874 – 1953
Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff
1755 – 1820
Fatma Gadri
1907 – 1968
Ferruccio Busoni
1866 – 1924
Florin Cîțu
b. 1972
Francine Prose
b. 1947
François-René de La Tour du Pin, Chambly de La Charce
1834 – 1924
François-Xavier Fabre
1766 – 1837
Frederic Schwartz
1951 – 2014
Fredrik Cygnaeus
1807 – 1881
Friedrich Goppelsroeder
1837 – 1919
Gaston Eyskens
1905 – 1988
Geoff Stedman
1943 – 2026
George Barbu Știrbei
1832 – 1925
George Harris
1844 – 1922
Georges Barboteu
1924 – 2006
Gildo Pallanca Pastor
b. 1967
Gustav S. Christensen
1929 – 2007
Gérald Tenenbaum
b. 1952
Gérard Mestrallet
b. 1949
Hanna Turčynova
b. 1970
Hans von Pechmann
1850 – 1902
Harald Bergström
1908 – 2001
Harry Julian Allen
1910 – 1977
Henk Krol
b. 1950
Henrik Hololei
b. 1970
Hugo Carvajal
b. 1960
Ioannis Chryssavgis
b. 1958
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
b. 1949
Ita Ever
1931 – 2023
Ivan Stancioff
1929 – 2021
Iwo Gall
1890 – 1959
James A. Shanley
1896 – 1965
James McCosh
1811 – 1894
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
1855 – 1949
Jan Jacob van Oosterzee
1817 – 1882
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
1936 – 1998
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
1746 – 1807
Jesmyn Ward
b. 1977
Joaquim Forn
b. 1964
Joaquin Duato
b. 1962
Joe Francis
b. 1973
Johannes C. H. de Meijere
1866 – 1947
John Abizaid
b. 1951
John Elkann
b. 1976
John Patrick Diggins
1935 – 2009
John Rhea Barton
1794 – 1871
Józefa Hennelowa
1925 – 2020
Kai Donner
1888 – 1935
Katrine Hildyard
b. 1970
Keith J. Krach
b. 1957
Ken'ichi Yoshida
1912 – 1977
Levent Alpöge
b. 1992
Louis Caldera
b. 1956
Louis Didier Jousselin
1776 – 1858
László Tőkés
b. 1952
Mansfield Smith-Cumming
1859 – 1923
Marcelijus Martinaitis
1936 – 2013
Mario Botta
b. 1943
Mark Evans Austad
1917 – 1988
Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
1883 – 1965
Martin Weitzman
1942 – 2019
Mazen Al-Farrayah
b. 1969
Michael Omolewa
b. 1941
Mike Baird
b. 1968
Milan Kundera
1929 – 2023
Miles Joseph Berkeley
1803 – 1889
Miriam Ben-Peretz
1927 – 2020
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
b. 1937
Moncef Ben Salem
1953 – 2015
Mordechai Omer
1941 – 2011
Nicola Roxon
b. 1967
Nicoline van der Sijs
b. 1955
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
b. 1974
Nikitas Kaklamanis
b. 1946
Nobuo Kishi
b. 1959
Norman Abramson
1932 – 2020
Nuzhat Katzav
1932 – 2022
Octave de Rochebrune
1824 – 1900
Otto von Bismarck
1815 – 1898
Paul Myners
1948 – 2022
Paul T. P. Wong
1937 – 2024
Peter S. Kim
b. 1958
Philippe Kirsch
b. 1947
R. B. Freeman
1915 – 1986
Rachel Maddow
b. 1973
Ragnar Edenman
1914 – 1998
Ramanujan Shankar Hegde
b. 1971
Rashid Choudhury
1932 – 1986
Richard Goldstein
1927 – 2024
Riki Kawara
1937 – 2013
… and 4,837 more
Died on April 1
Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen
1913 – 2003
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
1817 – 1894
Isaac Milner
1750 – 1820
Kathleen Lonsdale
1903 – 1971
Mykola Rudenko
1920 – 2004
Anne Innis Dagg
1933 – 2024
Artur Górski
1970 – 2016
Carl Johannes Thomae
1840 – 1921
Charles Drew
1904 – 1950
Dimitrij Andrusov
1897 – 1976
Gennady Khripel
1949 – 2024
Guido Horn d'Arturo
1879 – 1967
Jacques Le Goff
1924 – 2014
Jakob Steiner
1796 – 1863
James Burrill Angell
1829 – 1916
Leon Geršković
1910 – 1992
Ogawa Gōtarō
1876 – 1945
Robert Coldwell Wood
1923 – 2005
Robert Rutherford McCormick
1880 – 1955
Sergey Mavrin
1951 – 2025
Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman
1904 – 1993
William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond
1888 – 1970
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
1895 – 1960
Alexandru Diordiță
1911 – 1996
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș
1872 – 1952
Alfred Jahn
1915 – 1999
Andrei Babitsky
1964 – 2022
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli
1802 – 1875
Aslan Vezirzade
1898 – 1984
Břetislav Bakala
1897 – 1958
Charles I of Austria
1887 – 1922
Christen Collin
1857 – 1926
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe
1899 – 1977
David Driskell
1931 – 2020
David Rivett
1885 – 1961
Dezső Nemes
1908 – 1985
Donald V. DeRosa
1941 – 2026
Donato Sbarretti
1856 – 1939
Driss Chraïbi
1926 – 2007
Eduard Grégr
1827 – 1907
Edvard Carleson
1820 – 1884
Efraín Ríos Montt
1926 – 2018
Elias Landolt
1926 – 2013
Emil Keres
1925 – 2016
Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley
1865 – 1941
Faucher de Saint-Maurice
1844 – 1897
Ferenc Molnár
1878 – 1952
Francis Otto Matthiessen
1902 – 1950
Franz Seldte
1882 – 1947
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
1868 – 1933
Gao Yihan
1885 – 1968
Gennady Voronov
1910 – 1994
George Gibson
1858 – 1930
Gerhard Woeginger
1964 – 2022
Gobind Behari Lal
1889 – 1982
Gregory Gowans
1904 – 1994
Hans Filbinger
1913 – 2007
Harald Juhnke
1929 – 2005
Hasan Hafizur Rahman
1932 – 1983
Hugo Portisch
1927 – 2021
Hugo von Mohl
1805 – 1872
Isamu Akasaki
1929 – 2021
Ismayil Daghistanli
1906 – 1980
Jaime Guzmán
1946 – 1991
Janez Orešnik
1935 – 2024
Jean Noté
1858 – 1922
Johann Christian Moier
1786 – 1858
Johannes Kielstra
1878 – 1951
John Paul Hammerschmidt
1922 – 2015
John S. Samuel
1913 – 2002
Joseph Loth
1847 – 1934
Jules Émile Planchon
1823 – 1888
Justin Girod-Chantrans
1750 – 1841
Kailash Vajpeyi
1936 – 2015
Karl Wilhelm Valentiner
1845 – 1931
Lev Landau
1908 – 1968
Lionel Bowen
1922 – 2012
Lorenz Jaeger
1892 – 1975
Ludolf von Alvensleben
1901 – 1970
Luigi Pigorini
1842 – 1925
Manning Marable
1950 – 2011
Marcos Moshinsky
1921 – 2009
Martha Graham
1894 – 1991
Martin Ohm
1792 – 1872
Nicholas Russo
1845 – 1902
Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h
1865 – 1940
Rasul Rza
1910 – 1981
Robert Doisneau
1912 – 1994
Rolf Rendtorff
1925 – 2014
Samuel Liljeblad
1761 – 1815
Severino Grattoni
1815 – 1876
Shirley Smoyak
1935 – 2022
Sophus Mads Jørgensen
1837 – 1914
St. George Jackson Mivart
1827 – 1900
Susumu Hagiwara
1922 – 1989
Thanasis Apartis
1899 – 1972
Thomas Ethelbert Page
1850 – 1936
Victor von Strauß und Torney
1809 – 1899
Willard J. Smith
1910 – 2000
William McIntosh
1838 – 1931
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
1932 – 2017
Yoon Nung-min
1927 – 2009
Yury Masliukov
1937 – 2010
İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu
1886 – 1978
Aaron Bank
1902 – 2004
Agniya Barto
1901 – 1981
Alan Kulwicki
1954 – 1993
Albert Henry Vestal
1875 – 1932
Albert Ndele Bamu
1930 – 2023
Alexander Severance
1905 – 1985
Alfi Kabiljo
1935 – 2025
Alfred A. McKethan
1908 – 2002
Alfred Barry
1826 – 1910
Alfred Touny
1886 – 1944
Andreas Achenbach
1815 – 1910
Andreas Engel
1943 – 2026
Anthony B. Akers
1914 – 1976
Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard
1799 – 1869
Anton Makarenko
1888 – 1939
Anton Wolfradt
1582 – 1639
Antonio Lamela
1926 – 2017
Antonios Kriezis
1796 – 1865
Arthur M. Free
1879 – 1953
Arvid Jacobson
1904 – 1976
Asaf Ali
1888 – 1953
Audrey Cahn
1905 – 2008
Avichai Rontzki
1951 – 2018
Bo Ekelund
1894 – 1983
Bruno Coquatrix
1910 – 1979
Camil Ressu
1880 – 1962
Camille Doucet
1812 – 1895
Carlos Sampaio Garrido
1883 – 1960
Carrie Snodgress
1945 – 2004
Cecile Storey
1933 – 1997
Charles Allerton Coolidge
1858 – 1936
Charles Aurelius Smith
1861 – 1916
Charles Broke Vere
1779 – 1843
Charles C. Carpenter
1834 – 1899
Charles D. Drake
1811 – 1892
Charles Edmonstone
1764 – 1821
Charles H. Jacoby, Jr.
1954 – 2025
Charles Wells
1842 – 1914
Chelso Tamagno
1912 – 1986
Clifford E. Horton
1892 – 1981
Dan Pippin
1926 – 1965
Darcus Howe
1943 – 2017
Dave Täht
1965 – 2025
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder
1932 – 1991
Dolf Joekes
1885 – 1962
Dorothy Whitson Freed
1919 – 2000
Earl W. Vaughn
1928 – 1986
Ed Roberts
1941 – 2010
Eddie LeBaron
1930 – 2015
Edmund Boyd Osler
1919 – 1987
Edward Cuthbert Butler
1858 – 1934
Edward Settle Godfrey
1843 – 1932
Edward W. Pou
1863 – 1934
Elliott Skinner
1924 – 2007
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
1934 – 2020
Ellis Yarnal Berry
1902 – 1999
Erik Bruhn
1928 – 1986
Ettore Lucchesi Palli, 9th Prince of Campofranco and 4th Duke of the Grazia
1806 – 1864
Eugène Gautier
1822 – 1878
Eulogius Schneider
1756 – 1794
Fernand Grenard
1866 – 1945
Ferrin Fraser
1903 – 1969
Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III
1889 – 1937
Floris Michael Neusüss
1937 – 2020
Francis Egon of Fürstenberg
1626 – 1682
Francis Scott
1721 – 1750
Frank Meyer
1909 – 1972
François-Marie Raoult
1830 – 1901
Fred Schwengel
1906 – 1993
Frederick Denison Maurice
1805 – 1872
Fuboku Kosakai
1890 – 1929
Gabriel Anton, Baron Splény de Miháldy
1734 – 1818
George II of Greece
1890 – 1947
Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
1949 – 2020
Ginette Spanier
1904 – 1988
Ginjirō Toki
1894 – 1976
Giuseppe Girotti
1905 – 1945
Hans Brøchner Bruun
1793 – 1863
Harald Johnsson
1898 – 1987
Harry Crerar
1888 – 1965
Henri Gaidoz
1842 – 1932
Henri Hitier
1864 – 1958
Henri Marescaux
1943 – 2021
Hippolyte Delehaye
1859 – 1941
Hiram Parkes Wilkinson
1866 – 1935
Horace B. Willard
1825 – 1900
Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood
1898 – 1970
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
1913 – 1993
Inna Nikolaevna Leman-Balanovskaja
1881 – 1945
Ioannis Krestenitis
1850 – 1915
Isaac Davis
1799 – 1883
Isaac McKim
1775 – 1838
Jacques Dauphin
1923 – 1994
Jakob Buchli
1876 – 1945
Jalmari Ruokokoski
1886 – 1936
James D. Post
1863 – 1921
… and 2,242 more