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 • Bob Gutowski • Dinesh D'Souza • Finn Helgesen • Georg Major • Georg Sverdrup • George Roth • Giedo van der Garde • Ian McCartney • Jacob Nicol • Jason Lee (actor) • Johann Heinrich Buttstett • Ketil Bjørnstad • Kojo Tovalou Houénou • Maggie Rogers • Michael van Gerwen • Mike Selvey • Miran Tepeš • Patricia Castell • Paul Mazursky • Stephen Nickell • Steve Ferrone

Born in the same month (April 1917): Frans Gommers • Grigori Kuzmin • Hans Conried • I. M. Pei • James Kee • Johannes Bobrowski • Leonora Carrington • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Sydney Newman • Valerie Hobson • Virgil Trucks • Winifred Asprey • Yvette Chauviré