What happened on April 7 ?

1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)

1613 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)

1644 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)

1648 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)

1652 - Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)

1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)

1727 - Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806)

1763 - Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer

1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)

1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)

1803 - Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)

1803 - James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)

1848 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)

1860 - Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. 1951)

1867 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953)

1870 - Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. 1919)

1873 - John McGraw, baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

1883 - Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)

1886 - Ed Lafitte, baseball player (d. 1971)

1889 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

1890 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998)

1891 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor (d. 1958)

1893 - Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)

1897 - Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972)

1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)

1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)

1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)

1915 - Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958)

1917 - R.G. Armstrong, American actor

1918 - Bobby Doerr, baseball player

1919 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer

1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player

1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)

1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer

1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)

1928 - James Garner, American actor

1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American producer and director (d. 1998)

1928 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. 1999)

1929 - Bob Denard, French soldier

1930 - Andrew Sachs, British actor

1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author

1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor

1934 - Ian Richardson, British actor

1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician

1936 - Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist

1938 - Jerry Brown, American politician

1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter

1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director

1939 - Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and television host

1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002)

1944 - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany

1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef

1945 - Magnús ÿór Jónsson (Megas), Icelandic vocalist, songwriter and writer

1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director

1946 - Colette Besson, French runner

1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall and Oates)

1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter

1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor

1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player

1955 - Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)

1956 - Charles Carreon, American lawyer and author

1956 - Christopher Darden, American O.J. Simpson prosecuter

1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer

1962 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)

1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber

1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor

1965 - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian

1965 - Alison Lapper, British artist

1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player

1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player

1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist

1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor

1971 - Rob Steele, American author

1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier

1973 - ÿve Salvail, Canadian model

1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player

1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player

1979 - Tony Malone, British designer and activist

1982 - Sonjay Dutt, Indian professional wrestler