Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

25 April 1917

Born on the same birth date (25 April 1917): Jean Lucas (racing driver)

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Alejandro Valverde • Alex Bowman • David Shepherd (artist) • Dominique Blanc • Georg Sverdrup • Joel Brand • Paulo Vanzolini • Tony Phillips

Born in the same month (April 1917): Dorian Leigh • Grigori Kuzmin • Hans Conried • Helen Forrest • James Kee • Leonora Carrington • Lloyd Bott • Maya Deren • Robert Bloch • Robert Manzon • Sidney Nolan • Valerie Hobson • Yvette Chauviré