Died On April 7th
Discover the most famous people who died on April 7. The list includes people like Henry Ford, Toussaint Louverture, William Godwin, Walter Huston, Begum Hazrat Mahal. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, mathematicians and composers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Henry Ford(The Founder of the ‘Ford Motor Company’)
Birthdate: July 30, 1863
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Springwells Township, Michigan, United States
Died: 1947
Business magnate and founder of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford is credited to have made the automobile an accessible conveyance for Americans in the 20th century. Following the success of his company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He also became known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I.
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P. T. Barnum(Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1875 to 1876)
Birthdate: July 5, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bethel, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1891
P. T. Barnum was an American politician, showman, and businessman. He is credited with founding the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, which ran for 146 years. He is also credited with co-founding the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, which is one of the oldest American ferry companies. His life and work have inspired many films, including The Greatest Showman.
Birthdate: May 20, 1743
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint-Dominigue (present day Haiti)
Died: 1803
Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture, was the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. A revolutionary leader, he was devoted to the cause of Haitian independence and fought hard until he was killed by the French in a treacherous manner. The revolution continued after his death, leading to Haiti’s independence. He is now known as the Father of Haiti.
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Peaches Geldof(British Model, Television Personality and Writer for the UK Edition of ‘Elle Girl’ Magazine)
Birthdate: March 13, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: 2014
Peaches Geldof, daughter of singer Bob Geldof and TV presenter Paula Yates, wrote for publications such as Elle Girl and The Guardian. She later presented her own TV shows, such as Peaches Geldof: Teen America, and modeled. Geldof was a Scientologist. She died of a heroin overdose at age 25.
Birthdate: May 9, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2012
A popular American journalist and media personality, Mike Wallace is credited with bringing important information to the household of several Americans during his illustrious career that spanned nearly 70 years; he interviewed prominent personalities like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Ayn Rand, and Salvador Dalí among others. His life and career inspired several films and he was portrayed by popular actors.
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John Prine(Known for an Often Humorous Style of Original Music That Has Elements of Protest and Social Commentary)
Birthdate: October 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Maywood, Illinois, United States
Died: 2020
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El Greco(Greek Painter, Sculptor and Architect of the Spanish Renaissance)
Birthdate: October 1, 1541
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: 1614
Artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos never let anyone forget his Greek heritage and almost always signed his art in Greek letters. Popularly known as El Greco, he was a significant figure of the Spanish Renaissance. His best-known works remain The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and The Assumption of the Virgin.
Birthdate: August 14, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Died: 1982
Brenda Benet was an American actress best remembered for playing important roles in soap operas, such as The Young Marrieds and Days of Our Lives. Benet became a much-sought-after TV actress in the 1960s and 1970s. However, Benet faced several personal challenges, especially after her divorce from Bill Bixby. In 1982, she took her own life due to depression.
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David Graf(Best Known for His Role as ‘Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry’ in the ‘Police Academy’ Film Series)
Birthdate: April 16, 1950
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, United States
Died: 2001
David Graf is best known as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry from the Police Academy film franchise. He has appeared in series such as Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and The West Wing, too. He has also been part of the Screen Actors Guild national board.
Birthdate: January 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2002
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Blackjack Mulligan
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: November 25, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sweetwater, Texas, United States
Died: 2016
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
Birthdate: April 5, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 1950
Walter Huston was a Canadian singer and actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Howard in the 1948 American Western film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Walter Huston was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame a decade after his death.
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Jim Clark
(One of the Greatest Formula One Racing Drivers and Two-Time World Champion in 1963 and 1965)
Birthdate: March 4, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kilmany, Fife, Scotland
Died: 1968
British Formula One racing-driver James Clark Jr. is counted among the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He won his first World Driver’s Championships in 1963 making a record of winning seven out of ten races in a season. He again won the championship in 1965. His 1965 Indianapolis 500 win marked the first win for a rear-engined car.
Birthdate: June 30, 1470
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Amboise, France
Died: 1498
Charles VIII, the only son of Louis XI, was a sickly 13-year-old when he succeeded his father. He made a few initial conquests in the Italian Wars. He died rather unceremoniously, after striking his dead against a door lintel while on his way to watch a game of court tennis.
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Theda Bara
(Former actress of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols)
Birthdate: July 29, 1885
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: 1955
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: April 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2007
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: May 13, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died: 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: January 22, 1935
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Detroit
Died: 2019
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Stan Freberg
(Actor, Musician)
Birthdate: August 7, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: November 6, 2002
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Warwickshire, England
Died: 2019
Birthdate: March 3, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Korea
Died: 1992
Birthdate: 1820 AD
Birthplace: Faizabad
Died: 1879
Also known as Begum of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. She is remembered for rebelling against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Following her husband’s exile, she took over affairs in the state of Awadh. However, she was forced by the British to abandon Awadh.
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Ronald Evans
(American Electrical Engineer and Aeronautical Engineer)
Birthdate: November 10, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: St. Francis, Kansas, United States
Died: 1990
Birthdate: September 23, 1865
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France
Died: 1938
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Birthdate: November 22, 1939
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2020
Birthdate: March 20, 1725
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Topkapi Palace Museum, İstanbul, Turkey
Died: 1789
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Alexander Bogdanov
(Physician)
Birthdate: August 22, 1873
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sokolka, Poland
Died: 1928
Alexander Bogdanov was a Russian physician, science fiction writer, philosopher, and Bolshevik revolutionary. Bogdanov is credited with inventing Tektology, which is widely considered a forerunner of systems theory. A multi-talented personality, Alexander Bogdanov was also a renowned economist and culture theorist.
Birthdate: May 30, 1879
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London
Died: 1961
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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
(Economist)
Birthdate: February 18, 1919
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nur, Iran
Died: 1979
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was an Iranian economist and politician. He served as prime minister of Iran from January 1965 to August 1977 and is the longest-serving prime minister in Iran's history. Following the Iranian Revolution, he was tried by the newly established Revolutionary Court and executed. He was posthumously named Commander of the Legion of Honor.
Birthdate: March 3, 1756
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wisbech
Died: 1836
Birthdate: September 1, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana, United States
Died: 1936
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Thomas Bayes
(Former Statistician who is known for formulating a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes' theorem)
Birthdate: 1701 AD
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1761
Birthdate: March 28, 1862
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nantes
Died: 1932
Nobel Peace Prize-winning French stateman Aristide Briand had been the prime minister of his country for 11 terms, apart from holding 26 ministerial posts throughout his career. He played major roles in the drafting of the Pact of Locarno and Kellogg-Briand Pact, and had founded journals such as l’Humanité.
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Frederic Edwin Church
(Painter)
Birthdate: May 4, 1826
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: 1900
Birthdate: January 19, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1986
Leonid Kantorovich was a Soviet economist and mathematician. Credited with founding linear programming, Kantorovich was honored with the prestigious Stalin Prize in 1949. In 1975, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of optimum allocation of resources. He also made important contributions to functional analysis, operator theory, and approximation theory.
Birthdate: February 23, 1899
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1981
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Jacques Charles
(Physicist, Chemist, Inventor, Balloonist, Mathematician)
Birthdate: November 12, 1746
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Beaugency
Died: 1823
Best known for developing the Charles’s law, which explains the expansion of gases when heated, Jacques Charles was a prominent French physicist. He was the first to ascend in a hydrogen-filled gas balloon, thus pioneering hot-air balloon flight. The Académie des Sciences member later became a professor of physics.
Birthdate: July 24, 1942
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Detmold, Germany
Died: 2000
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Steven Kanumba
(Actor, Film director)
Birthdate: January 8, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Shinyanga, Tanzania
Died: 2012
Birthdate: March 3, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Americus, Georgia, United States
Died: 1976
Birthdate: April 2, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1993
Birthdate: June 25, 1948
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Died: 2000
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William Monroe Trotter
(Editor)
Birthdate: April 7, 1872
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Died: 1934
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George Nissen
(Gymnast, Inventor)
Birthdate: February 3, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blairstown, Iowa, United States
Died: 2010
Known as the father of the trampoline, George Nissen, a 3-time NCAA champion gymnast, not only invented the trampoline, inspired by the safety nets of trapeze artists, but also popularized it as a global sport. After getting a business degree, he had performed as part of the Three Leonardos traveling acrobatics group.
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Sancho VII
(King of Navarre)
Birthdate: April 17, 1154
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tudela, Spain
Died: 1234
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Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte
(French Nobleman, Revolutionary and Politician Who Played a Key Role in the French Revolution (1789–99))
Birthdate: October 11, 1815
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 1881
Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte was a French nobleman, politician, and revolutionary. He played an important role during the Revolutions of 1848, serving as a member of the Constituent Assembly. He also played a prominent role in helping his cousin Louis Napoleon become the first president of France.
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Lilly Pulitzer
(Designer, Socialite)
Birthdate: November 10, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Roslyn
Died: 2013
Birthdate: February 17, 1871
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 1943
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Sophia Palaiologina
(Princess)
Birthdate: 1449 AD
Birthplace: Mystras, Greece
Died: 1503
Birthdate: September 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Died: 2005