page_title: 1919
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1919 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Madalyn Murray O'Hair. 1983 at Robert Ingersoll statue, Peoria, Illinois.
context_page_description: 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1919th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1919, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: April 1
  Joseph Murray, American surgeon, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2012)
  Jeannie Rousseau, French Allied intelligence agent (d. 2017)
  April 5 – Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
  April 8 – Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1967–79) (d. 2007)
  April 12 – Billy Vaughn, American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader (d. 1991)
  April 13
  Howard Keel, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
  Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist activist (d. 1995)
  April 15 – Emyr Humphreys, Welsh poet
  April 18 – Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending (d. 2002)
  April 19 – Gloria Marín, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
  April 21
  Licio Gelli, Italian financer (d. 2015)
  André Bettencourt, French politician (d. 2007)
  April 22 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
  April 23 – Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, Ghanaian Islamic cleric
  April 24
  Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot president (1993–2003) (d. 2013)
  César Manrique, Spanish artist, sculptor, architect and activist (d. 1992)
  Yi Hae-won, South Korean princess (d. 2020)
caption: Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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