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): Alexei Emelin • Charles Sumner Tainter • Darren Woodson • Dominique Strauss-Kahn • Edward R. Murrow • Felix Berezin • Felix Klein • Foeke Booy • Gedhun Choekyi Nyima • Henck Arron • Jacques Santini • Jason Lee (actor) • Jerry Barber • Lorne Currie • Louis O'Neill (politician) • Marguerite Moreau • Michael Llewellyn-Smith • Oliver Cromwell • Peter Sutherland • Rainer Schüttler • Sara Paxton • Tony Christie • Zev Siegl

Born in the same month (April 1917): Brad Dexter • Celeste Holm • David Westheimer • Elmer Gedeon • Frans Gommers • Helen Forrest • Jean Lucas (racing driver) • Johannes Bobrowski • Melville Shavelson • Ron Burgess (footballer) • Sven Hassel