Julio Ángel Fernández

Julio Ángel Fernández Alves is a Uruguayan astronomer and teacher, member of the department of astronomy at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo. He is also a member of PEDECIBA,, and the Uruguayan Society of Astronomy. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Dean of the Universidad de la Republica's Faculty of Sciences. The asteroid 5996 Julioangel, discovered in 1983, was named after him.

5 April 1946

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1946): Björn Granath • Georgi Markov (wrestler) • Jane Asher

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Albert Selimov • Benjamin Garcia • Blaise de Vigenère • Doggie Julian • Erland Johnsen • Fernando Morientes • Gleb Rassadkin • Herbert von Karajan • Ivar Giaever • Lasantha Wickrematunge • Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt • Matthias Jakob Schleiden • Miet Smet • Pedro Rosselló • Sercan Yıldırım • Sybil Ludington

Born in the same month (April 1946): Adolf Winkelmann (film director) • Dee Murray • György Spiró • Hanna Suchocka • Michael Sarris • Nikitas Kaklamanis • Richard Collinge • Sue Townsend • Tim Thomerson • Vladimir Zhirinovsky