April 21 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 21, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#332 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 21 birthdays
Charlotte Brontë · British novelist and poet1816
Hippolyte Taine · French literary critic and historian1828
Fredrik Bajer · Danish politician1837
John Muir · Scottish-American naturalist1838
Max Weber · German sociologist1864
Percy Williams Bridgman · American physicist1882
Paul Karrer · Swiss chemist1889
Anthony Quinn · Mexican and American actor1915
Elizabeth II · Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 20221926
Masao Uchino · Japanese association football player1934
Iggy Pop · American musician1947
Faustin-Archange Touadéra · President of the Central African Republic since 20161957
Andie MacDowell · American actress1958
Robert Smith · English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter1959
Narges Mohammadi · Iranian human rights activist1972
James McAvoy · Scottish actor1979
Robbie Amell · Canadian-American actor and producer1988
Isco · Spanish association football player1992
Mikel Oyarzabal · Spanish footballer1997
Xavi Simons · Dutch association football player2003
On this day in history
1789The Ladies of Trenton social club hosted a reception for President-elect George Washington as he journeyed to New York City for his first inauguration.
1962The Century 21 Exposition, the first world's fair in the United States since World War II, opened in Seattle.
1967A violent tornado strikes multiple schools and destroys houses in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, causing over 450 casualties.
2014The city of Flint, Michigan, U.S., changed its water source to the Flint River, which exposed residents to lead poisoning.a
1970In response to a dispute over wheat production quotas, Leonard Casley declared his 75 km2 (29 sq mi) farm in Western Australia to be an independent country as the Hutt River Province.
1972Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing.
1975South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam War.
2010Ukraine and Russia signed the Kharkiv Pact, extending the Russian lease on naval facilities in Crimea.
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