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): Albert Hammond Jr. • Bill Birch • David Robertson (baseball) • David Webb (footballer) • Dennis Sarfate • Elle Fanning • Georg Matthias Monn • Giovani Lo Celso • Hugh Gaitskell • Jay Chandrasekhar • Jean-Paul Belmondo • John Howard (singer-songwriter) • Ken Kalfus • Linda Kisabaka • Megan Connolly (actress) • Siiri Vallner

Born in the same month (April 1918): Astrid Varnay • Bobby Doerr • Clifton Hillegass • Fanny Blankers-Koen • George Allen (American football coach) • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Hans Billian • Kai Siegbahn • Louis Applebaum • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Maurice Druon • Spike Milligan • Tony Mottola • William Holden