Hello/Goodbye: April

Born, April 1979

Apr 4 – Heath Ledger (d. 2008)

Apr 7 - Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player

Apr 8 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player

Apr 9 - Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress 


Apr 9 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes)


Apr 9 - Keith Nobbs, American actor


Apr 10 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer


Apr 10 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)

Apr 12 - Claire Danes, NYC, actress

Apr 12 - Paul Nicholls, English actor


Apr 13 - Baron Davis, American basketball player


Apr 18 - Michael Bradley, American basketball player


Apr 18 - Kourtney Kardashian, American reality television skank star

Apr 19 - Kate Hudson, American actress

Apr 21 - James McAvoy, Scottish actor


Apr 22 - Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)


Apr 23 - Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)


Apr 23 - Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model


Apr 23 - Jaime King, American actress


Apr 27 – Jacquelyn Burnham, American Librarian, Akron OH

Died, April 1979

Apr 4 - Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), 77


Apr 4 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, 51


Apr 6 - Milton Ager, US composer, 85


Apr 10 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), 67


Apr 23 - Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)


Apr 29 - Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor, 55, Akron OH


Apr 29 - Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator, “Little Toot”, 72