Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
29 April 1899
Born on the same birth date (29 April 1899): Mary Petty
Born on the same birth day (29 April): Carl Millöcker • Christina Shakovets • Dorothy Manley • Elmer Kelton • Georg Carl von Döbeln • Hanne Darboven • Jo O'Meara • Michel Bussi • Rafael Sabatini • Vladimir Propp • Willie Nelson
Born in the same month (April 1899): Alan Arnett McLeod • Aleksander Klumberg • Alfred Blalock • Alfred Mosher Butts • Bertil Ohlin • Cemal Tollu • George O'Brien (actor) • Gustavs Celmiņš • Harold Osborn • Hillel Oppenheimer • Mary Petty • Minoru Shirota • Oscar Rabin • Osman Achmatowicz • Percy Lavon Julian • Randall Thompson • Robert Casadesus • Vladimir Nabokov • Walter Lantz