This Week’s Birthdays – Week of April 4

April 4, 1951 – John Allen “Hawg” Hannah, a former American football left guard who played for the New England Patriots

April 5, 1937 – Colin Luther Powell , an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.

April 6, 1948 – Brian Marcil, is a former professional football player in the Canadian Football League.

April 7, 1915 – Billie Holiday, an American jazz singer and songwriter.

April 8, 1918 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States

April 9, 1990 – Kristen Jaymes Stewart, an American actress who is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga.

April 10, 1870 – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist.