Edgar Streck (82)
April 26th, 1942

German judge, Federal Court of Justice – Edgar Streck was born in Engers (Human settlement in Germany) on April 26th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 26

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

84

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer and composer

*April 26th, 1940, Urtijëi

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

36

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

54

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

66

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

81

Peter Zumthor

Swiss architect

*April 26th, 1943, Basel

69

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

44

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

46

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

61

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

68

Diethard Prengel

German cinematographer

*April 26th, 1956, Celle

63

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

78

Patrick Bricard

French actor

*April 26th, 1940, Caen †January 26th, 2019, Vernon

35

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

60

Regine Hildebrandt

German biologist and politician (1941-2001)

*April 26th, 1941, Berlin †November 26th, 2001, Woltersdorf

71

Howard Davies

British theatre and television director (1945-2016)

*April 26th, 1945, Durham †October 25th, 2016

81

Ina Albowitz

German politician

*April 26th, 1943, Weimar

64

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

84

Dietmar Hopp

German businessman

*April 26th, 1940, Heidelberg

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

78

Marilyn Nelson

American writer

*April 26th, 1946, Cleveland

59

Kevin James

American actor and comedian

*April 26th, 1965, Mineola

79

Winfried Glatzeder

German actor

*April 26th, 1945, Sopot

69

Toni Iwobi

Italian politician

*April 26th, 1955, Gusau

90

Arno Allan Penzias

German-born American physicist

*April 26th, 1933, Munich †January 22nd, 2024, San Francisco

63

Joan Chen

Chinese-American actress and director

*April 26th, 1961, Shanghai

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Edgar Streck