List of Famous people born in April
Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela is a Belgian fashion designer and the founder of French fashion house Maison Margiela. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) in 1979, a year before the avant-garde fashion collective the Antwerp Six.
Tim Houston
Timothy Jerome Houston is a Canadian politician, who is the premier-designate of Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Pictou East. Houston serves as the Leader of the Opposition. He and the Progressive Conservative party won a majority government in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, becoming the first Progressive Conservative premier since 2009.
Sepp Ferstl
Josef Ferstl Sr., known as Sepp Ferstl, is a retired German World Cup alpine ski racer who won the Hahnenkamm, the world's most prestigious downhill race, in consecutive years (1978, 1979). He made his World Cup debut at the race in 1974 at age 19, and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1978 in the combined.
Yuji Takahashi
Yuji Takahashi is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre back for Kashiwa Reysol.
Thomas Heurtel
Thomas Heurtel is a French professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.89 m, he plays at the point guard position.
Arturo Ernesto Reyes Montero
Arturo Ernesto Reyes Montero is a Colombian football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Colombia national under-23 and under-20 teams. He was the interim manager of the Colombian national football team.
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed is a British politician of Pakistani origin. A former member of the House of Lords, he was created a life peer in 1998 on the recommendation of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair. Ahmed sat in the House until his retirement in 2020, prior to pending expulsion after being found guilty by the Labour Conduct Committee of sexually exploiting a young woman. Many of his political activities relate to the Muslim community both in the UK and abroad.
Kevin Warsh
Kevin Maxwell Warsh, is an American academic, financier, and former government official. During and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Warsh was a governor of the Federal Reserve System, and acted as the central bank's primary liaison to Wall Street and served as the Federal Reserve's representative to the Group of Twenty (G-20) and as the Board's emissary to the emerging and advanced economies in Asia. Prior, Warsh served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Executive Secretary of the White House National Economic Council. He is the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, a scholar and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a member of the Group of Thirty, a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office, and a former steering committee member of the Bilderberg Group. He has conducted research in the field of economics and finance, and has advised several private and public companies.
Valeriy Andreev
Valeriy Nikolayevich Andreev, known as The Orsk Maniac, is a Russian serial killer and rapist responsible for the abductions, rapes and killings of various girls and women in the Orenburg Oblast from 2006 to 2012. Investigators have conclusively tied him to at least 7 murders, after which he was put on a wanted list, but managed to escape. As of 2020, he remains one of the ten most dangerous criminals wanted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In total, police suspect his involvement in the disappearances of more than 100 girls and women.
Katsumi Hirosawa
Katsumi Hirosawa is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. A slugger who divided his time between infield and the outfield, Hirosawa played for the Yakult Swallows, the Yomiuri Giants, and the Hanshin Tigers. Hirosawa was a four-time Central League Best Nine Award-winner, an eight-time NPB All-Star, and twice led the Central League in RBI.