List of Famous people born in April
Shen Haixiong
Shen Haixiong is a Chinese journalist and propaganda official, serving since July 2015 as the propaganda chief of Guangdong Province. He is the current head of the China Media Group, the umbrella state media organization. He also serves as deputy minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Shen was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. He earned a bachelor's degree in Chinese at Hangzhou University, then an executive MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He spent much of his career as a reporter and news editor, starting at the Zhejiang provincial division of Xinhua News Agency, then the editor-in-chief of the Shanghai branch of Xinhua, specializing in finance. He was selected for the "ten best Xinhua journalists" award in its inaugural year. In addition, he has worked in Korean Broadcasting System and Asahi Shimbun for more than five years. During much of this time he worked under Xi Jinping, who was party chief in Zhejiang then Shanghai. In 2010, while serving in Shanghai, he was named "outstanding and progressive individual" by the Chinese government for his work at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. In August 2012 he was elevated to deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua, then in July 2014 the deputy director of the agency.
Lama Khater
Lama Khater is a Palestinian journalist and writer who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East. The mother of five children, she has written for many newspapers and websites such as Felestin. Khater is a vociferous critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority's political stands.
Wang Bit-na
Wang Bit-na is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing Bu-yong in the popular historical drama Hwang Jini.
Ali Kaya
Ali Kaya is a Turkish long distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. He holds the 10,000 m European record for juniors, set in 2013.
Magdalena Tul
Magdalena Ewa Tul is a Polish singer and composer. In 2000 she moved from Gdańsk to Warsaw where she started working as a singer and actress for Studio Buffo, a musical theater. She performed there as a lead singer in Metro. Three years later, she started working with another musical theater, Roma. She performed there in the musicals Miss Saigon, Grease, Cats and Academy of Mister Kleks.
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
Nikoloz Tskitishvili is a Georgian professional basketball player. He most recently played for Henan Golden Elephants of the National Basketball League. He is a 7'0" forward-center, who was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA draft. Tskitishvili has also played for the senior Georgian national basketball team.
Guo Yonghuai
Guo Yonghuai, or Yung-huai Kuo was a Chinese aerospace engineer. He was an expert in aerodynamics.
Ansar Ahmad
Ansar Ahmad is an Indonesian politician who served as the governor of Riau Islands following the 2020 gubernatorial election. He had previously served as a member of the People's Representative Council, and before that he served 10 years as regent of Bintan Regency.
Rahim Ayew
Ibrahim Abdul Rahim Ayew, also known as Ibrahim Ayew or Rahim Ayew, is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Europa of Gibraltar as a defensive midfielder.
Xia Da
Xia Da is a Chinese manhua artist. She is best known for creating the comics Zi Bu Yu and Chang Ge Xing, and five million copies of her works have been sold as of 2018. Her art has been noted for its classical style, and have been met with positive reception in both China and Japan.