Vivienne Westwood

Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood was a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022, Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the last 50 years.

8 April 1941

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Adrian Boult • Ahmet Piriştina • Allen Butler Talcott • Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone • Donita Sparks • Erwin Keller • Grigori Kuzmin • Kofi Annan • Michael Jones (rugby union) • Rachel Roberts (model)

Born in the same month (April 1941): Allan Segal • Angeliki Laiou • Ann-Margret • Chrysostomos II of Cyprus • Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti • Fethullah Gülen • Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising • Howard Berman • Jean-Marc Reiser • Max Merritt • Michael D. Higgins • Michael Stuart Brown • Pete Rose • Peter Fluck • Philippé Wynne • Shirley Stelfox