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): Arapeta Awatere • Connie Marrero • Fred McLeod (golfer) • Gladwyn Jebb • Jonathan Bailey • Louis O'Neill (politician) • Nikolaos Roussen • Paul Mazursky • Razak Boukari • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery • Róisín Shortall • Sara Paxton • Steve Ferrone • Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher • Vicente Pernía

Born in the same month (April 1917): Barry Nelson • Bea Wain • Grigori Kuzmin • Hans Conried • Henry Hewes (critic) • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • James Kee • Melville Shavelson • Robert Burns Woodward • Tony Lupien • Valerie Hobson