Alexi Laiho

Alexi Laiho was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He was best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and was also the guitarist for Sinergy, the Local Band, Kylähullut, and Bodom After Midnight, which formed just prior to his death. Laiho had previously played with Thy Serpent and Impaled Nazarene on occasion, as well as Warmen and Hypocrisy.

8 April 1979

Born on the same birth date (8 April 1979): Amit Trivedi

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Ahmet Piriştina • Daigo (musician) • Dean Norris • Franco Corelli • Funda Arar • Geir Haarde • George Fisher (cartoonist) • Glendon Swarthout • Jeff McNeil • John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford • John Thomas Campbell • Kenny Benjamin • Khaled Badra • Kofi Annan • Kumar Gandharva • Lewis Morris • Patricia Arquette • Paul Gray (American musician) • R. P. Keigwin • Tilly Armstrong • Tim Thomerson

Born in the same month (April 1979): Barel Mouko • Barry Hawkins • Elena Grosheva • Eric Brewer (ice hockey) • Imany • James McAvoy • Josh Server • Lee Soo-young • Maksim Opalev • Natasha Lyonne • Pavlos Fyssas • Peter Kopteff • Roberto Luongo • Vlada Avramov