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): Adam Loewen • Armin Jordan • Austin Peck • Charles Winckler • David Gordon Green • Frank King (cartoonist) • Gerry Fitt • Henry Hewes (critic) • Hugh Gaitskell • Isambard Kingdom Brunel • Jayden Brailey • Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine • Jean-Paul Belmondo • Joe Brinkman • Margaret Peterson Haddix • Nigel Slater • Paula Nenette Pepin • Tito Gómez (Puerto Rican singer) • Tony Cragg • Viktor Chernomyrdin • Virginia Gibson

Born in the same month (April 1918): Astrid Varnay • Betty Ford • Eddy Christiani • Fanny Blankers-Koen • George Allen (American football coach) • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Hans Billian • Kai Siegbahn • Maurice Druon • Sten Rudholm • William Holden • William Jay Smith