The 97th day of the year, the 98th in a leap year
Born on 7 April
Every 7 April birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Aries, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- AriesFire, cardinal, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- DiamondThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Daisy, Sweet peaUsually taken today to mean innocence and blissful pleasure.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 7 April in any year.
Which weekday 7 April falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 7 April falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 7 April is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,787 babies were born on 7 April in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 250th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 7 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jackie Chan | 1954– | Hong Kong actor and martial artist |
| William Wordsworth | 1770–1850 | English Romantic poet |
| Russell Crowe | 1964– | New Zealand actor |
| Gabriela Mistral | 1889–1957 | Chilean poet, diplomat and educator |
| Gerhard Schröder | 1944– | Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 |
| Francis Ford Coppola | 1939– | American filmmaker |
| Ravi Shankar | 1920–2012 | Indian sitar player |
| Billie Holiday | 1915–1959 | American jazz singer |
| Francis Xavier | 1506–1552 | Spanish Catholic saint and missionary |
| Franck Ribéry | 1983– | French footballer |
| Pope Clement XII | 1652–1740 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740 |
| Charles Fourier | 1772–1837 | French utopian socialist and philosopher |
| Kurt von Schleicher | 1882–1934 | German chancellor |
| James Garner | 1928–2014 | American film and television actor |
| William R. King | 1786–1853 | vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 |
| Martín Cáceres | 1987– | Uruguayan footballer |
| Anne-Marie | 1990– | British singer |
| Humza Yousaf | 1985– | First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 2024 |
Died on 7 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford | 1863–1947 | American business magnate |
| El Greco | 1541–1614 | Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect |
| P. T. Barnum | 1810–1891 | American showman and politician |
| Charles VIII of France | 1470–1498 | King of France from 1483 to 1498 |
| William Godwin | 1756–1836 | English journalist, political philosopher and novelist |
| Abdul Hamid I | 1725–1789 | 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789) |
| Leonid Kantorovich | 1912–1986 | Russian mathematician |
| Toussaint Louverture | 1743–1803 | Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution |
| Carl Schmitt | 1888–1985 | German jurist, political theorist and professor of law |
| Jim Clark | 1936–1968 | British racecar driver |
| Thomas Bayes | 1702–1761 | British mathematician and Presbyterian minister |
| Walter Huston | 1883–1950 | Canadian actor and singer |
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