List of Famous people born in April
Jonathan Brown
Jonathan David Brown is a Welsh professional footballer and former Wales under-21 international who plays as a winger for USL Championship club OKC Energy FC.
Marwan Awartani
Prof. Marwan Awartani was born in Anabta town east of Tulkarm Governorate, Palestine on April 21, 1949. Dr. Awartani has become one of the leaders in innovative thinking and education development and education reform in the Middle East. Prof. Awartani was the Acting President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Secretary General of the Universal Education Foundation and is the Chairman of the Arab Foundations Forum. Prof. Awartani is the President of the Palestinian Society for Mathematical Sciences, and Founding President of Alpha International, and the president of Palestine Technical University-Khadoorie in Tulkarem-west Bank. Now he is the Minister for Education and Higher Education.
Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
Jeanne Lapoirie
Jeanne Lapoirie is a French cinematographer. She began her career in the 1980s, working as camera operator and cinematographer with directors such as Luc Besson and Agnès Varda. She is also known for her collaborations with André Téchiné and François Ozon. She was nominated for a César Award for Best Cinematography for her work in Ozon's 8 femmes in 2003 and Michael Kohlhaas in 2014.
James Mackinnon Fernie
Federico Olivera
Adolf Hoffmann
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson is the Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He works in the field of solid mechanics concerned with a broad range of problems in structures and engineering materials. A brief history of his education and professional experience follows.
Yu Hua
Yu Hua is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Shortly after his debut as a fiction writer in 1983, Yu Hua was regarded as a promising avant-garde or post-New Wave writer. Many critics also regard him as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing. His novels To Live (1993) and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (1995) were widely acclaimed. When he experimented with more chaotic themes like in Brothers (2005–06), Yu Hua received criticism from critics and readers.
Ivano Camozzi
Ivano Camozzi is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. He came 4th in the Giant Slalom event, won by compatriot Alberto Tomba.