Jørn Utzon

Jørn Oberg Utzon was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973.

9 April 1918

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Al-Muqtafi • Armin Jordan • Brad Dexter • Elias Lönnrot • Habiba Ghribi • Helen Alfredsson • Iain Duncan Smith • Jay Baruchel • Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine • Jean-Marie Balestre • Jeremy Metcalfe • Ken Kalfus • Kousei Amano • Mance Lipscomb • Mariya Pisareva • Rick Tocchet • Ron Burgess (footballer) • Sharkey Bonano • Valerie Singleton

Born in the same month (April 1918): Alfredo Ovando Candía • André Bazin • Clifton Hillegass • Eddy Christiani • Fanny Blankers-Koen • Gabriel Axel • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Hans Billian • Hsuan Hua • Louis Applebaum • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Maurice Druon • Mickey Vernon • Spike Milligan • William Jay Smith