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In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show.
Famous Birthdays on April 21
1951 — Tony Danza
American actor and producer
April 21 has 163 recorded notable births across history, from 1132 to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1967 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. Source
- 1789 George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration. Source
- 1963 The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith. Source
- 1796 War of the First Coalition: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later and decisively turning the Italian campaign in France's favor. Source
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From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Captain Flint in the Starz television series Black Sails, followed by one of the lead roles in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space from 2018 to 2021.
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Paul Davis's most successful songs are 1977's "I Go Crazy", a No.
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Licio Gelli was revealed in 1981 as being the Venerable Master of the clandestine Masonic lodge Propaganda Due (P2).
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John Brumby contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election.
More major people born on April 21
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1969
Toby Stephens
English actor
Toby Stephens is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India.
1948
Paul Davis
American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2008)
Paul Lavon Davis was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career that started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country, and pop.
1919
Licio Gelli
Italian financer (died 2015)
Licio Gelli was an Italian Freemason, businessman, and terrorist. A fascist volunteer in his youth, he is chiefly known for his role in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal and in the Bologna massacre.
1953
John Brumby
Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010.
1941
David Boren
American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)
David Lyle Boren was an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma.
1976
Petero Civoniceva
Fijian-Australian rugby league player
Petero Civoniceva, is a Fijian-Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
1887
Joe McCarthy
American baseball manager (died 1978)
Joseph Vincent McCarthy was an American manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), most renowned for his leadership of the "Bronx Bombers" teams of the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1946.
1913
Norman Parkinson
English photographer (died 1990)
Norman Parkinson was an English portrait and fashion photographer. His work revolutionised British fashion photography, as he moved his subjects out of the studio and used outdoor settings.
1783
Reginald Heber
English priest (died 1821)
Reginald Heber was an English Anglican bishop, a man of letters, and hymn-writer. After 16 years as a country parson, he served as Bishop of Calcutta until his death at the age of 42.
1995
Ana Grozdanović
Serbian politician
Ana Grozdanović is a Serbian politician. She serves on the main board of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and is a prominent member of the party's youth wing.
1940
Jacques Caron
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Jacques Joseph Caron is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. He played 72 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, St.
1870
Edwin Stanton Porter
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941)
Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
1912
Eve Arnold
Russian-American photojournalist (died 2012)
Eve Arnold, OBE (honorary), FRPS (honorary) was an American photojournalist and long time resident of Mayfair in the UK. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957.
1814
Angela Burdett-Coutts
1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts.
1935
Charles Grodin
American actor and talk show host (died 2021)
Charles Sidney Grodin was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host.
1947
Iggy Pop
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
James Newell Osterberg Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor who was the lead vocalist of the proto-punk band the Stooges.
1915
Garrett Hardin
American ecologist, author, and academic (died 2003)
Garrett James Hardin was an American ecologist and microbiologist.
1936
Reg Fleming
Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009)
Reginald Stephen "Reggie, the Ruffian" Fleming was a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and…
1947
Al Bumbry
American baseball player
Alonza Benjamin Bumbry is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres from 1972 through 1985.