Ben Nicholson

Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM was an English painter of abstract compositions, landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England.

10 April 1894

Born on the same birth day (10 April): Adolf Winkelmann (film director) • Andy Ram • Babyface (musician) • Chaz Mostert • Chrysostomos II of Cyprus • Floyd Simmons • Hayley Westenra • Jack Badcock • Jack Buchanan (rugby league) • Jesús Gámez • John M. Ford • Ken Griffey Sr. • Leo Vroman • Metin Göktepe • Noa Kirel • Paul Sweezy • Q-Tip (musician) • Robert Burns Woodward • Roberto Carlos • Stefan Heym • Willo Flood • Yvan Loubier

Born in the same month (April 1894): Arthur Fadden • Bessie Smith • Carl Rudolf Florin • Dorothy Cumming • Elizabeth Dilling • Francisco Craveiro Lopes • George Petty • Hans Hüttig • Joie Ray (runner) • Lawrence Dale Bell • Marietta Blau • Nicolas Slonimsky • Nikita Khrushchev • Rudolf Hess