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): A. J. Ellis • Charles Winckler • Gerry Fitt • James Bannerman (theologian) • Jean-Paul Belmondo • Jorge Andrade • Leo Fortune-West • Paulina Porizkova • Sam Harris

Born in the same month (April 1918): André Bazin • Astrid Varnay • Betty Ford • Eddy Christiani • Fanny Blankers-Koen • Gabriel Axel • George Allen (American football coach) • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Kai Siegbahn • Louis Applebaum • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Maurice Druon • Mickey Vernon • William Holden • William Jay Smith