Leonid Derbenyov

Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov was a Russian poet and lyricist widely regarded as one of the stalwarts of the 20th century Soviet and Russian pop music.

12 April 1931

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Alvin Sargent • Antoine Laurent de Jussieu • Antonio da Sangallo the Younger • Brooklyn Decker • Germinal Pierre Dandelin • Gillo Dorfles • Henri Désiré Landru • Henry Darger • Hiroki Sakai • Manuel Neri • Mateja Kežman • Michał Życzkowski • Tama Janowitz • Tulsi Gabbard • Ádám Hanga

Born in the same month (April 1931): Bernie Brillstein • Bill Miles • Catherine Tizard • Dan Gurney • Felix Berezin • George Baker (British actor) • Héctor Olivera (film director) • Igor Oistrakh • Jack Clement • Jack Le Goff • John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) • John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles • Jon Stone • Kenneth Bloomfield • Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931) • Lonnie Donegan • Ram Dass • Richard Hatfield • Ronald Hynd • Vladimir Kuznetsov (javelin thrower) • Walter Stewart (journalist)