Jean Vigo

Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

26 April 1905

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Akseli Gallen-Kallela • Fanny Blankers-Koen • Gary Wright • Gerard Cafesjian • Giancarlo Esposito • Granny Hamner • Jeanne Sauvé • José María López • Melania Trump • Mitch Rein • Morris West • Owen Willans Richardson • Richard Bradshaw (conductor) • Rudolf Hess • Yuliya Zaripova

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Erika Nõva • Frits Philips • Gaston Eyskens • George Nēpia • Helen Joseph • Louis Jean Heydt • Rae Johnstone • Robert Sink • Sydney Halter