Adrienne Lecouvreur

Adrienne Lecouvreur, born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public. Together with Michel Baron, she was credited for having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting.

5 April 1692

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Alfonso Thiele • Bianca Maria Sforza • Curt Bois • Freddie Fox (actor) • James III of Majorca • John Willem Gran • Kisho Yano • Larry Franco • Lasantha Wickrematunge • Leonid Fedun • Pasquale Anfossi • Ramón Mifflin • Virendra Sharma • Vyacheslav Voronin

Born in the same month (April 1692): Giuseppe Tartini