Bassam Tibi (80)
April 4th, 1944

German political scientist – Bassam Tibi was born in Damascus (Capital and largest city of Syria) on April 4th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

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Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

79

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

*April 4th, 1945, Montauban

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

79

Guy Teissier

French politician

*April 4th, 1945, Marseille

76

Pick Withers

English rock and jazz drummer

*April 4th, 1948, Leicester

74

Christine Lahti

American actress and director (born 1950)

*April 4th, 1950, Birmingham

60

Anthony Perkins

American actor, director, and singer (1932–1992)

*April 4th, 1932, New York City †September 12th, 1992, Hollywood

60

David Cross

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

*April 4th, 1964, Roswell

92

Clive Davis

American music executive (born 1932)

*April 4th, 1932, Brooklyn

59

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor (born 1965)

*April 4th, 1965, Manhattan

26

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter Turkish Origin

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

75

Abdullah Öcalan

Ideologist, writer and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

*April 4th, 1949, Ömerli

61

Graham Norton

Irish comedian, actor and television host

*April 4th, 1963, Clondalkin

78

Hugh Masekela

South African jazz trumpeter

*April 4th, 1939, Witbank †January 23rd, 2018, Johannesburg

78

Lars-Göran Arwidson

Swedish biathlete

*April 4th, 1946, Malung

90

Catherine Tizard

New Zealand viceroy, academic, public administrator

*April 4th, 1931, Auckland †October 31st, 2021, Auckland

28

Heath Ledger

Australian actor (1979–2008)

*April 4th, 1979, Perth †January 22nd, 2008, Manhattan

94

Elizabeth Wilson

American actress (1921-2015)

*April 4th, 1921, Grand Rapids †May 9th, 2015, New Haven

44

Laurie Beechman

American singer (1953-1998)

*April 4th, 1953, Philadelphia †March 8th, 1998, White Plains

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

79

Jesús Posada

President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in the Tenth Legislature

*April 4th, 1945, Soria

73

Francesco De Gregori

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1951-)

*April 4th, 1951, Rome

54

Greg Garcia

American television director, producer and writer

*April 4th, 1970, Arlington County

89

François-Bernard Mâche

French composer

*April 4th, 1935, Clermont-Ferrand

64

Hugo Weaving

British actor

*April 4th, 1960, Ibadan

54

Judy Buenoano

American serial killer (1943-1998)

*April 4th, 1943, Quanah †March 30th, 1998, Starke

88

Trevor Griffiths

British playwright

*April 4th, 1935, Ancoats †March 29th, 2024

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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