Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

24 April 1904

Born on the same birth day (24 April): Alessandro Costacurta • Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993) • Clemens Binninger • David Oliver (hurdler) • Djimon Hounsou • Franco Leccese • Gaston, Duke of Orléans • Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua • Guy Nève • Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton • Inga Gentzel • Jordan Fisher • Marte Mjøs Persen • Philippe Pétain • Roxanna Panufnik • Ruth Kobart • Ruth Osburn • Stephen Wiltshire • Steve Roach (rugby league)

Born in the same month (April 1904): Bruce Cabot • Cecil Day-Lewis • Chancellor of Germany • David Robinson (philanthropist) • Erwin Komenda • Fifi D'Orsay • Hirsch Jacobs • Iron Eyes Cody • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Jean Hélion • K. L. Saigal • Louis Muhlstock • Paul-Émile Léger • Pigmeat Markham • Richard Eberhart • Roland Wilson (economist) • Sally Rand • Sharkey Bonano • Xenophon Zolotas