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): Benjamin Lee Whorf • Clemens Binninger • David Usher • Erich Raeder • John de Mol Jr. • Manuel Ávila Camacho • Robert Penn Warren • Rory McCann • Sabina of Bavaria

Born in the same month (April 1904): Arshile Gorky • Cecil Day-Lewis • Clifford Bricker • Erwin Komenda • Iron Eyes Cody • John Hicks • K. L. Saigal • Nikos Zachariadis • Paul-Émile Léger • Pigmeat Markham • Richard Eberhart • Roland Wilson (economist) • Russel Wright • Sally Rand • Sharkey Bonano