Gerda Lerner

Gerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. In 1980, she was appointed Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught until retiring in 1991.

30 April 1920

Born on the same birth date (30 April 1920): Captain Tom Moore • Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)

Born on the same birth day (30 April): Arnór Guðjohnsen • Dave Meggett • Dion Dreesens • Ferdinand von Hochstetter • Félix Guattari • Gaston III, Count of Foix • Gerardo Torrado • Jacques Audiard • Jane Campion • Jeroen Verhoeven • Juraj Jakubisko • Lee Roache • Michael Cleary (rugby) • Theodore Schultz • Tom Køhlert • Turbo B • William III, Landgrave of Thuringia

Born in the same month (April 1920): Arthur Hailey • Barend Biesheuvel • Carmen McRae • Edward Blishen • Gino Valenzano • Godfrey Stafford • Harold Shapero • Ignatius IV of Antioch • Ivor Forbes Guest • Jack Stokes (director) • John F. Wiley • John Paul Stevens • Julien Ries • Liam Cosgrave • Ragnar Ulstein • Theodore L. Thomas • Toshiro Mifune • William Royer