Erich von Däniken

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken is a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.

14 April 1935

Born on the same birth date (14 April 1935): John Oliver (bishop) • Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton

Born on the same birth day (14 April): Amy Leach (theatre director) • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky • Bob Massie • Bobbi Brown • Claire Windsor • Erwin Hoffer • Francis Collins • George Grey • Gerry Anderson • Henry I of Castile • Jim Smith (bassist) • Joe Haden • John Sergeant (journalist) • Magnus Julius De la Gardie • Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock • Rebecca DiPietro • Steve Byrnes • Thomas Schelling • Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland • William Obeng • Árpád Tóth

Born in the same month (April 1935): Albert Bustamante • Aulis Sallinen • Charles Grodin • Costas Ferris • Donald Lynden-Bell • Dudley Moore • Giovanni Cianfriglia • Hodding Carter III • Jimmy Makulis • Larry McDonald • Marcel Carrière • Oscar Zeta Acosta • Otis Rush • Paul Chambers • Peter Grant (music manager) • Reinier Kreijermaat • Richard Berry (musician) • Ron Morris (pole vaulter) • Sarah Kirsch • Stavros Paravas • Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton • Theo Angelopoulos • Thomas Kean • Trevor Griffiths