List of Famous people born in April
Joe Francis
Joseph R. Francis is an American entrepreneur, film producer and was the founder and creator of the Girls Gone Wild entertainment brand. Francis worked as a production assistant on the syndicated program Real TV before releasing the direct-to-video film Banned from Television in 1998.
Xavi Simons
Xavier Quentin Shay Simons is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for French team Paris Saint-Germain U19.
Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and the Vancouver Canucks. Luongo is a two-time NHL Second Team All-Star and a winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy for backstopping his team to the lowest goals against average in the league. He was a finalist for several awards, including the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender, the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers, and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player (2007). Luongo is second all time in games played as an NHL goaltender (1,044) and third all time in wins (489). He employed the butterfly style of goaltending.
Fernando Aristeguieta
Fernando Luis Aristeguieta de Luca is a Venezuelan international footballer who plays for Liga MX club Mazatlán and the Venezuela national team as a striker.
Jamie Hewlett
Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an English comic creator, animator, designer, illustrator, and director, best known as the creator of the comic book Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz, alongside Blur frontman Damon Albarn.
Héctor Herrera
Héctor Miguel Herrera López is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Mexico national team.
Metin Akdülger
Metin Akdülger is a Turkish actor. Akdülger, who took part in amateur plays and made short films during his youth, attended acting classes at his school due to his interest in acting while continuing his education at Koç University. He continued to take part in amateur theatre plays at the university. He joined the Craft Theatre team in 2012. His professional theatre career began in 2012 with his role in the play Tape. In 2013, he entered television, and began starring in the popular TV series Medcezir. In the same year, he made his cinematic debut with the movie Bensiz, in which he portrayed a footballer who suffers a stroke. After this experience, Akdülger returned to theatre by joining the cast of Mary, which went on stage in 2014 at Didaskali Theatre. In 2015, he starred in the period series Analar ve Anneler.
Dominic Matteo
Dominic Matteo is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender and midfielder in a 17-year professional career from 1992 to 2009. He made a total of 366 league and cup appearances, of which 276 were in the Premier League. He was capped six times by Scotland after originally representing England at under-21 and 'B' team level.
Hisashi Iwakuma
Hisashi Iwakuma is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 2000 to 2004, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2011, and Yomiuri Giants in 2019, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners from 2012 to 2017. Iwakuma retired in 2020 due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year.
Grafite
Edinaldo Batista Libânio, commonly known as Grafite is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He currently works as a pundit for TV Globo and SporTV.