Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold, also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development of graphic design in the 20th century – first, by developing and promoting principles of typographic modernism, and subsequently idealizing conservative typographic structures. His direction of the visual identity of Penguin Books in the decade following World War II served as a model for the burgeoning design practice of planning corporate identity programs. He also designed the typeface Sabon.

2 April 1902

Born on the same birth date (2 April 1902): Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Aleksejs Semjonovs • Billy Dean • Ed Dorn • Emma Myers • Giacomo Casanova • Johnny Paton • Linda Hunt • Michael Stone (loyalist) • Tristão de Bragança Cunha • Will Hoy

Born in the same month (April 1902): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Eduard Eelma • Fernando Pessa • Halldór Laxness • Louis Beel • Marguerite Henry • Maria Maksakova Sr. • Maria Polydouri • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Philippe de Rothschild • Stanley G. Weinbaum • Theodore Schultz • Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté • Veniamin Kaverin • Waldemar Hammenhög