Mike Chapman

Michael Donald Chapman is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including the Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Smokie, Mud and Racey with business partner Nicky Chinn, creating a sound that became identified with the "Chinnichap" brand. He later produced breakthrough albums for Blondie and the Knack. Chapman received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2014 Australia Day Honours. ^{Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer}

13 April 1947

Born on the same birth date (13 April 1947): Jean-Jacques Laffont • Rae Armantrout • Thanos Mikroutsikos

Born on the same birth day (13 April): Alfred Mosher Butts • Bill Clements • Eudora Welty • Jacques Lacan • James Ensor • Jeanne Guyon • John-Allison Weiss • Kermit Tyler • Michael Stuart Brown • Seamus Heaney • Stanley Donen • Thomas Lawrence • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford • William Sadler (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1947): Bernadette Devlin McAliskey • David Omand • Eli Soriano • Iggy Pop • John Weider • Larry Norman • Mats Odell • Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie • Ray Fosse • Richard Field (judge) • Thanos Mikroutsikos • Uli Edel