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): Abraham Ribicoff • Alexandra Hunt • Charles Baudelaire • Harris Wofford • James Craggs the Younger • Leila Khaled • Nate Colbert • Nigel Shadbolt • Nigel Slater • Richard Hatfield • Viktor Chernomyrdin

Born in the same month (April 1918): Astrid Varnay • Betty Ford • Bobby Doerr • Clifton Hillegass • Eddy Christiani • Gabriel Axel • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Hans Billian • Hsuan Hua • Kai Siegbahn • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Maurice Druon • Mickey Vernon • Shinobu Hashimoto • Spike Milligan • Sten Rudholm • Tony Mottola • William Holden • William Jay Smith