What happened on April 21 ?

1555 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)

1651 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)

1652 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)

1671 - John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)

1713 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1793)

1729 - Empress Catherine II of Russia (d. 1796)

1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862)

1775 - Alexander Anderson, American wood-engraver and illustrator (d. 1870)

1810 - John Putnam Chapin, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)

1811 - Alson Sherman, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)

1814 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)

1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (d. 1855)

1837 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1922)

1838 - John Muir, American environmentalist (d. 1914)

1851 - Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939)

1864 - Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)

1870 - Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)

1879 - Kartini, Indonesian national heroine (d. 1904)

1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize winner (d. 1961)

1889 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1905 - Pat Brown, American politician (d. 1996)

1911 - Ivan Combe, American inventor (d. 2000)

1912 - Marcel Camus, French film director (d. 1982)

1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (d. 2001)

1919 - Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)

1920 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)

1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (d. 1987)

1923 - John Mortimer, English barrister and writer

1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

1927 - Gerald Flood, British actor (d. 1989)

1930 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)

1932 - Elaine May, American comedian, writer, director, and actress

1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor and journalist

1935 - Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey

1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist

1939 - Helen Prejean, American nun and writer

1947 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)

1947 - John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)

1948 - Gary Condit, American politician

1949 - Patti Lupone, American singer and actress

1951 - Tony Danza, American actor and talk show host

1951 - Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician

1951 - Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player

1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress

1959 - Gene Callahan, American writer

1959 - Robert Smith, British musician, singer, and songwriter (The Cure)

1959 - Michael Timmins, Canadian folk/rock guitarist, songwriter (Cowboy Junkies)

1960 - Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player

1963 - Ken Caminiti, baseball player (d. 2004)

1963 - Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor

1964 - Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete

1965 - Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 - Karen Foster, American model (Playboy)

1970 - Rob Riggle, American comedian

1970 - Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedian, and writer

1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor

1971 - Michael Turner, American comic book artist

1972 - Severina Vu?kovi?, Croatian singer

1977 - Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater

1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, drummer of Finnish heavy metal band Nightwish

1980 - Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player

1982 - Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, American football player

1983 - Pawe? Bro?ek, Polish footballer