This Week’s Birthdays – Week of April 27

April 27, 1856 – The Tongzhi Emperor, the tenth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the eighth Qing emperor to rule over China.

April 28, 1926 – Harper Lee, an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird

April 29, 1954 – “Jerry” Seinfeld, comedian.

April 30, 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)

May 1, 1925 – Scott Carpenter, Astronaut.

May 2, 1853 – Antonio Maura y Montaner, Prime Minister of Spain on five separate occasions

May 3, 1933 – James Brown, American pop singer.