On This Day — April 21
4009 noted people were born and 2004 died on April 21 in our archive, including Alan Fersht, Eileen Barker and Gabriel de Broglie.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 21
Alan Fersht
b. 1943
Eileen Barker
b. 1938
Gabriel de Broglie
1931 – 2025
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774 – 1862
Paul Karrer
1889 – 1971
Alexander Macfarlane
1851 – 1913
André Siegfried
1875 – 1959
Baruch Fischhoff
b. 1946
Boris Grekov
1882 – 1953
Charles Barrois
1851 – 1939
Choh Hao Li
1913 – 1987
Chris Whitty
b. 1966
Dolores Cooper Shockley
1930 – 2020
Eduard Stiefel
1909 – 1978
Elnur M. Allahverdiyev
b. 1978
Gene Andrew Jarrett
b. 1975
Geoffrey Palmer
b. 1942
Gerald Early
b. 1952
Gustaw Holoubek
1923 – 2008
Halfdan T. Mahler
1923 – 2016
Hippolyte Taine
1828 – 1893
Ilaria Capua
b. 1966
Irena Radović
b. 1978
John A. Pickett
b. 1945
John Brumby
b. 1953
Jolanta Róża Kozłowska
b. 1957
Josep Palau i Fabre
1917 – 2008
Kairat Abdrakhmanov
b. 1964
Kangni Alem
b. 1966
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam
b. 1971
Manfred Lachs
1914 – 1993
Mariano Fernández
b. 1945
Mark Shtaif
b. 1966
Matei Zaharia
b. 1985
Michael Freedman
b. 1951
Michael Succow
b. 1941
N. Gopalaswami
b. 1944
Nicola Pende
1880 – 1970
Oleksii Zhuravko
1974 – 2022
Oscar Hertwig
1849 – 1922
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 – 1961
Peter Guy Wolynes
b. 1953
Petr Pokorný
1933 – 2020
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
b. 1965
Piero Calamandrei
1889 – 1956
Richard Leese
b. 1951
Rollo May
1909 – 1994
Selina Tusitala Marsh
b. 1971
Soledad Gallego-Díaz
1951 – 2026
Teiji Takagi
1875 – 1960
Thomas Kean
b. 1935
Tūheitia
1955 – 2024
Walter Grotrian
1890 – 1954
Walther Flemming
1843 – 1905
Abram Bergson
1914 – 2003
Alan Stockdale
b. 1945
Alan West, Baron West of Spithead
b. 1948
Alexandra Harris
b. 1981
Alexandru Rogobete
b. 1991
Ali Al Shami
b. 1945
Alistair MacLean
1922 – 1987
Andrei Nikolayev (military officer)
b. 1949
Andrei Shved
b. 1973
Andrew Walls
1928 – 2021
Anna Murià
1904 – 2002
Anne Gorsuch Burford
1942 – 2004
Anthony Mason
1925 – 2026
Arnold Benz
b. 1945
Auguste Geffroy
1820 – 1895
Benno Landsberger
1890 – 1968
Bernd Engler
b. 1954
Bruno Maderna
1920 – 1973
Carl Stumpf
1848 – 1936
Carl Wachtmeister
1823 – 1871
Carola Lentz
b. 1954
Cheick Modibo Diarra
b. 1952
Cheryl Gillan
1952 – 2021
Chris Mason
b. 1980
Claire Denis
b. 1946
Claudia van Bruggen
b. 1980
Cristian Calude
b. 1952
David Boren
1941 – 2025
David J. Paterson
b. 1959
David M. O'Connell
b. 1955
David W. Deamer
b. 1939
Diana Temple
1925 – 2006
Dipankar Chatterji
b. 1951
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby
1775 – 1851
Ekin Deligöz
b. 1971
Esler Dening
1897 – 1977
Fleetwood Edwards
1842 – 1910
François-Léon Sicard
1862 – 1934
Fredrik Bajer
1837 – 1922
Garrett Hardin
1915 – 2003
Geoffrey Lawrence
b. 1950
Georg Kronawitter
1928 – 2016
Georgette LeBlanc
b. 1977
Georgios Chatzimarkakis
b. 1966
Gino Strada
1948 – 2021
Giorgio Pressburger
1937 – 2017
Giovanni Cassandro
1913 – 1989
Golda Meir
1898 – 1978
Gwendal Peizerat
b. 1972
Hannibal Goodwin
1822 – 1900
Harvey G. Cragon
1929 – 2018
Hazel Jane Raines
1916 – 1956
Heidi J. Larson
b. 1957
Heinrich Limpricht
1827 – 1909
Hervé Le Tellier
b. 1957
Hikakin
b. 1989
Hirokazu Shiba
1950 – 2025
Hélène Le Gal
b. 1967
Ian Gibson
b. 1939
Imanol Pradales
b. 1975
Isaac Jacob Schoenberg
1903 – 1990
Jacques-François Thisse
b. 1946
James Braid Taylor
1891 – 1943
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
1746 – 1820
Jennie Kidd Trout
1841 – 1921
Jennifer Morgan
b. 1966
Jodi Kantor
b. 1975
John H. Crowe
b. 1943
John Muir
1838 – 1914
John R. Huizenga
1921 – 2014
John Tsang
b. 1951
Jurjen Ferdinand Koksma
1904 – 1964
Karni Singh, Crown Prince of Bikaner
1924 – 1988
Kenneth Duberstein
1944 – 2022
Kerry Emanuel
b. 1955
Laure Moghaizel
1929 – 1997
Lawrence Gowing
1918 – 1991
Luke Harding
b. 1968
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
1889 – 1967
Marc Dufour
1843 – 1910
Margaret Ida Balfour
1866 – 1945
Marwan Awartani
b. 1949
Maurice Olender
1946 – 2022
Mehdi Jomaa
b. 1962
Mikhail Epstein
b. 1950
Mikhail Yevrayev
b. 1971
Mikołaj Jan Manugiewicz
1754 – 1834
Mário Covas
1930 – 2001
Nadya Dorofeeva
b. 1990
Narges Mohammadi
b. 1972
Noor Hisham Abdullah
b. 1963
Norman Newton
1898 – 1992
Otto Brunner
1898 – 1982
Palina Rojinski
b. 1985
Paolo Giovio
1483 – 1552
Park Soon-ae
b. 1965
Pat Brown
1905 – 1996
Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle
b. 1945
Philippe Séguin
1943 – 2010
Ralph Hungerford
1896 – 1977
Ralph Schallmeiner
b. 1976
Rama Sithanen
b. 1954
Randall Ray Rader
b. 1949
Randall Thompson
1899 – 1984
Richard Montgomery Field
1885 – 1961
Robert Brustein
1927 – 2023
Robert Herrick
1868 – 1938
Robert Jacobus Forbes
1900 – 1973
Ryamizard Ryacudu
1950 – 2026
Satyu Yamaguti
1894 – 1976
Sebastian Walter
b. 1990
Sergey Katanandov
b. 1955
Sharon White
b. 1967
Shōichi Watanabe
1930 – 2000
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
1925 – 2019
Soledad Murillo
b. 1956
Souleymane Cissé
1940 – 2025
Stanislav Rostotsky
1922 – 2001
Tatiana Solomatina
b. 1956
Tavi Gevinson
b. 1996
Thomas Gill
1922 – 2009
Tomás Burgos Gallego
b. 1962
Vincenzo Paglia
b. 1945
Vladimir Vitkovski
1885 – 1978
Wilfred van der Donk
b. 1966
Willemijn Aerdts
b. 1983
William Furse
1865 – 1953
Wioleta Tomczak
b. 1988
Étienne-Denis Pasquier
1767 – 1862
Aaron Mujajati
b. 1975
Abel Martínez
b. 1972
Abram Dragomirov
1868 – 1955
Ahn Duk-geun
b. 1968
Al Bumbry
b. 1947
Al Cole
b. 1964
Albert Merlin
1931 – 2015
Albert Wigand
1821 – 1886
Albin Roussin
1781 – 1854
Alejandra Reynoso Sánchez
b. 1975
Aleksandr Laveykin
b. 1951
Alex Baumann
b. 1964
Alexander Kuzemsky
b. 1944
Alexander Presnyakov
1870 – 1929
Alexandre-Maurice Delisle
1810 – 1880
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle
1883 – 1950
Alice Wu
b. 1970
… and 3,809 more
Died on April 21
André-Louis Danjon
1890 – 1967
John Graham Kerr
1869 – 1957
Aldo Leopold
1887 – 1948
Alexander Oparin
1894 – 1980
Alphonse Milne-Edwards
1835 – 1900
Arnold Koop
1922 – 1988
Boris Kozo-Polyansky
1890 – 1957
Donald Kennedy
1931 – 2020
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière
1760 – 1832
Hajkaz Kostanian
1897 – 1938
Heinrich Kiepert
1818 – 1899
Ivan Gubkin
1871 – 1939
Iñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza
1512 – 1580
Kintomo Mushanokōji
1882 – 1962
Louis Duchesne
1843 – 1922
Marc Ferro
1924 – 2021
Mykola Bahrov
1931 – 2015
Otto zur Strassen
1869 – 1961
Shōmei Yokouchi
1942 – 2020
Stafford Cripps
1889 – 1952
Stanley Deser
1931 – 2023
Suren Shadunts
1898 – 1938
Theodor von Sickel
1826 – 1908
Thomas H. D. Mahoney
1913 – 1997
Utako Okamoto
1918 – 2016
Wilhelm Kroll
1869 – 1939
Abdurrahim El-Keib
1950 – 2020
Alexander Shishkov
1754 – 1841
Alexander T. McGill
1845 – 1900
Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev
1769 – 1834
Alfred Elis Törnebohm
1838 – 1911
Alfred Kempe
1849 – 1922
Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann
1801 – 1877
Alphonse Moutte
1840 – 1913
Andreas Kornhuber
1824 – 1905
Angelo Maria Ripellino
1923 – 1978
Aron Gustaf Silfversparre
1727 – 1818
Arthur Fadden
1894 – 1973
Bargrave Deane
1848 – 1919
Carl Spielvogel
1928 – 2021
Carl Årmann
1894 – 1988
Carlos Blacker
1895 – 1975
Carsten Borchgrevink
1864 – 1934
Charles Colson
1931 – 2012
Claude Clark
1915 – 2001
Cyril Höschl
1949 – 2025
Dennis Robertson
1890 – 1963
Diosdado Macapagal
1910 – 1997
Dzhokhar Dudayev
1944 – 1996
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
1826 – 1893
Edward Victor Appleton
1892 – 1965
Emil Leon Post
1897 – 1954
Eric Trolle
1863 – 1934
Eugene of Savoy
1663 – 1736
Eulogios Kourilas Lauriotis
1880 – 1961
Foster Hewitt
1902 – 1985
Francisco Orts Llorca
1905 – 1993
Frederick Handley Page
1885 – 1962
Gordon D. Gayle
1917 – 2013
Gordon Guggisberg
1869 – 1930
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia
1917 – 1992
Hassa Horn
1873 – 1968
Henry Gleason
1882 – 1975
Herb Gray
1931 – 2014
Herman Z. Cummins
1933 – 2010
Hieronim Kubiak
1934 – 2024
Hisashi Shinma
1935 – 2025
Hugo Schuchardt
1842 – 1927
Ilmar Talve
1919 – 2007
Ingrid Beazley
2000 – 2017
Ireneusz Roszkowski
1909 – 1996
Jacques Perrin
1941 – 2022
Janaki Ballav Patnaik
1927 – 2015
Jerome Rothenberg
1931 – 2024
Johann Friedrich Pfaff
1765 – 1825
John Adams Dix
1798 – 1879
Kirill Ilyashenko
1915 – 1980
Käte Frankenthal
1889 – 1976
Laisenia Qarase
1941 – 2020
Martin T. McMahon
1838 – 1906
Max Mathews
1926 – 2011
Mykola Biliashivsky
1867 – 1926
Nina Doroshina
1934 – 2018
Odile de Vasselot
1922 – 2025
Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli
1910 – 1975
Peter B. Andrews
1937 – 2025
Peter von Matt
1937 – 2025
Pope Francis
1936 – 2025
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
1773 – 1843
Richard Paltauf
1858 – 1924
Richard Walker Bolling
1916 – 1991
Robert Blackburn
1920 – 2003
Robert Bridges
1844 – 1930
Robert Carr Bosanquet
1871 – 1935
Robert Silver
1913 – 1997
Rudi Gernreich
1922 – 1985
Shankha Ghosh
1932 – 2021
Shigeo Iwanami
1881 – 1946
Tancredo Neves
1910 – 1985
Tasileta Teevale
1973 – 2023
Torsten Friis
1882 – 1967
Vello Salo
1925 – 2019
Wang Shih-chieh
1891 – 1981
Will Hutchins
1930 – 2025
Yaron Silberberg
1951 – 2019
Yoshinori Futara
1886 – 1967
Adalbert Krueger
1832 – 1896
Aisha Galimbaeva
1917 – 2008
Albert Bauer
1928 – 2021
Albert von Le Coq
1860 – 1930
Alexandre Le Roy
1854 – 1938
Amir Machmud
1923 – 1995
Andrej Gosar
1887 – 1970
Andrés Rodríguez
1923 – 1997
Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton
1914 – 1966
Aso Tavitian
1940 – 2020
Asunción Linares
1921 – 2005
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
1965 – 2015
Bandino Panciatici
1629 – 1718
Bartolomeo Cerveri
1420 – 1466
Basile M. Missir
1843 – 1929
Benita Asas
1873 – 1968
Bertrand Clausel
1772 – 1842
Bharathidasan
1891 – 1964
Bogdan Wojdowski
1930 – 1994
Bruce Ryburn Payne
1874 – 1937
C. Bruce Littlejohn
1913 – 2007
Carl Frederick Wandel
1843 – 1930
Carl Friedrich Nägelsbach
1806 – 1859
Carl Wahlbom
1810 – 1858
Charles B. Macdonald
1855 – 1939
Charles François Riffardeau de Rivière
1763 – 1828
Charles Lafayette Bartlett
1853 – 1938
Charles Rogers
1904 – 1999
Chu Ki-chol
1897 – 1944
Clint Grant
1916 – 2010
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1519 – 1574
Dadash Bunyadzade
1888 – 1938
David Mallet
David Turpie
1828 – 1909
Dene Smuts
1949 – 2016
Dennis D. Donovan
1859 – 1941
Edgar Parks Rucker
1861 – 1908
Edith Green
1910 – 1987
Edmond Lareau
1848 – 1890
Edmund Lowe
1890 – 1971
Edward Salomon
1828 – 1909
Edwin Durning-Lawrence
1837 – 1914
Elaine D. Harmon
1919 – 2015
Eugène Lafontaine
1857 – 1935
F. A. Harper
1905 – 1973
F. C. Burnand
1836 – 1917
Francis Charles Philips
1849 – 1921
Francis Marindin
1838 – 1900
Francis Zammit Dimech
1954 – 2025
Francisco Franco Salgado-Araujo
1890 – 1975
Frank Lausche
1895 – 1990
Frank O'Keefe
1912 – 1989
Frank S. Monnett
1857 – 1953
Frank Trigg
1850 – 1933
Franklin D. Hale
1854 – 1940
François Duvalier
1907 – 1971
Frederick Vinton Hunt
1905 – 1972
Friedrich Gustav Piffl
1864 – 1932
Friedrich Wannieck
1838 – 1919
Friedrich von Gärtner
1791 – 1847
G. B. Caird
1917 – 1984
Gabriel Mudaeus
1500 – 1560
Gaishi Nagaoka
1858 – 1933
Gary W. Martini
1948 – 1967
Geoffrey Drummond
1886 – 1941
George A. Marshall
1851 – 1899
George Charles Hoste
1786 – 1845
George Collingwood
1903 – 1986
George W. Murray
1853 – 1926
George Walker
1734 – 1807
Gerson Peres
1931 – 2020
Gillian Brown
1923 – 1999
Granville Roland Fortescue
1875 – 1952
Gustav Bergmann
1906 – 1987
Gustav Lorentzen
1947 – 2010
Gwynfor Evans
1912 – 2005
H. S. S. Lawrence
1923 – 2009
Hamaguchi Goryō
1820 – 1885
Hans Koschnick
1929 – 2016
Harold Garfinkel
1917 – 2011
Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell
1865 – 1944
Haruyasu Nakajima
1909 – 1987
Henri Chapu
1833 – 1891
Henrietta M. Smith
1922 – 2021
Henry Baldwin
1780 – 1844
Henry J. Mansell
1937 – 2026
Henry VII of England
1457 – 1509
Herbert J. Gans
1927 – 2025
Herman Finck
1872 – 1939
Herman R. Page, Sr.
1866 – 1942
Hermann Loew
1807 – 1879
Hmayak Babayan
1901 – 1945
Huguette Tourangeau
1938 – 2018
Huseyn Rahmanov
1902 – 1938
… and 1,804 more