Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro, nicknamed "Knucksie", was an American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays. Niekro is generally regarded as the greatest knuckleball pitcher of all time.
1 April 1939
Born on the same birth date (1 April 1939): Ali MacGraw
Born on the same birth day (1 April): Ali MacGraw • Barry Sonnenfeld • Edvard Drabløs • Georg Mohr • Gil Scott-Heron • Hazem El Masri • James Fisk (financier) • Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor • Mirka Federer • Pieter Hellendaal • Vitorino Antunes
Born in the same month (April 1939): Desiré Ecaré • Francis Ford Coppola • Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas • Hawk Taylor • John Foley (British Army officer) • John Sculley • Jorge Fons • Judy Carne • Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) • Paul Craig Roberts • Peter S. Beagle • Seamus Heaney