Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.

20 April 1908

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Albert Jean Amateau • Aleksandr Dianin • Brandon Belt • Carmen Electra • Clement Isong • Daniel Varoujan • Gro Harlem Brundtland • Jason Behrendorff • Johannes Agricola • Kostis Hatzidakis • Marie-Antoinette de Geuser • Michael Brandon • Mimis Fotopoulos • Myriam Bru • Peter S. Beagle • Rachel Whiteread • Willi Hennig

Born in the same month (April 1908): April 6 • Bette Davis • Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908) • Buddy Ebsen • Edward R. Murrow • Ethel Catherwood • Eve Arden • Herbert von Karajan • Jack Fingleton • Leo Rosten • Myron Waldman • Oskar Schindler • Peter Zaremba (athlete) • Robert Lee Scott Jr.