Ravi Shankar

This day in history: 7th April 2009

Ravi Shankar1920 - Ravi Shankar born, 7 April, 1920 - is a Bengali Indian sitar player and composer. He is a disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan, the founder of the Maihar gharana of Hindustani classical music, and the father of Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. He was George Harrison's sitar teacher

1933 - Wayne Rogers born, 7 April, 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")

1938 - Spencer Dryden born, 7 April, 1938 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)

1939 - David Frost born, 7 April, 1939 - TV host ("That Was the Week that Was")