page_title: 1969
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1969 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Gina Torres, actress, at the 2018 Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai
context_page_description: 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
  The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon, the creation of the internet, and the commencement of the LGBT Rights Movement.
context_section_description: April 1
  Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
  Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
  April 2 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director and producer
  April 3
  Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
  Lance Storm, Canadian professional wrestler
  April 6
  Bret Boone, American baseball player
  Paul Rudd, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
  April 9
  Barnaby Kay, English actor
  Debbie Schlussel, political commentator and film critic
  April 10 – Billy Jayne, American actor
  April 11
  Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
  Caren Miosga, German journalist and television presenter
  Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
  April 12 – Michael Jackson, former NFL wide receiver (d. 2017)
  April 13 – Ha Wen, Chinese director
  April 18 – Vladimir Tsyplakov, Belarusian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
  April 19
  Shannon Lee, Chinese-American actress
  Susan Polgár, Hungarian chess player
  April 20 – Marietta Slomka, German journalist
  April 21
  Nezam Hafiz, Guyanese-American cricketer (d. 2001)
  Toby Stephens, English actor
  Traci Paige Johnson, American animator, television producer, and voice actress
  April 22 – Dion Dublin, English footballer
  April 23 – Yelena Shushunova, Soviet gymnast (d. 2018)
  April 25
  Vanessa Beecroft, Italian artist
  Jon Olsen, American swimmer
  Gina Torres, American actress
  Renée Zellweger, American Academy Award-winning actress and producer
  April 27 – Cory Booker, American politician and U.S. Senator (New Jersey)
  April 29
  Jack Mackenroth, American swimmer, model and fashion designer
caption: Gina Torres
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