Antique photo of a man wearing a bowtie and knickers standing with a bicycle.
Author Henry James learned to ride the bicycle at age 52, and rode whenever he visited the countryside. He was a bit self-conscious due to his age and lack of prowess, however. He once wrote to a friend, "I too – deride me not – do it".
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Henry!
April 15 (1843-1916)
Photo of a woman, taken from behind, standing astride a small-wheeled bicycle and looking behind her. She's on a country road and there's a white car next to her.
Actress Julie Christie
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Born April 14, 1940
Photo of a woman riding a bicycle on a road. She's wearing a sweater.
Billie Fleming, aka Billie Dovey, set the woman's record for greatest distance cycled in a year in 1938 at 29,603.7 miles (47,642.5 km)
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April 13 (1914-2014)
Photo of a man resting on a bicycle on a city street. His eyes appear to be closed.
Chess grandmaster and pro-democracy activist Garry Kasparov riding (and perhaps visualizing the chess board?) in 1983
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Born April 13, 1963
Vintage photo of an adolescent girl posing with a bicycle.
“I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute I reached our house, I started to read."
-Eudora Welty, writer
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Eudora!
April 13 (1909-2001)
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A man wearing a white shirt and tie rides a bicycle that's pulling a trailer on a street. Liquid is shooting up from the trailer.
TV presenter/comedian David Letterman pilots a bike powered by mixing 648 Mentos candies into 108 two-liter Coke Zero bottles down a Manhattan street.
#BicycleBirthday David Letterman
Born April 12, 1947
Photo of a woman sitting on a step-through cruiser bike and waving. She's in front of a white picket fence.
Actress/dancer Ann Miller sets off on a ride
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ann!
April 12 (1923-2004)
Photo of a man and a woman riding bicycles on a street.
Actress Saoirse Ronan riding with then-boyfriend, now-spouse Jack Lowden in London, 2022
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Saoirse!
April 12, 1994
Photo of a man in uniform riding a bicycle with a woman in a dress and hat sitting on the frame in front of him. They look like they're riding on a country road near a village.
Signe Stade and Eddie Axberg in the 1966 Swedish coming-of-age film Här har du ditt liv (Here Is Your Life)
#BicycleBirthday Signe Stade
April 11 (1944-2023)
A casually dressed woman and a more formally dressed man ride bikes next to each other on a road.
Actress Gene Tierney and fashion designer Oleg Cassini riding in 1942
#BicycleBirthday Oleg Cassini
April 11 (1913-2006)
Photo of a woman wearing sunglasses riding an all-white bicycle.
Model Alessandra Ambrosio riding in Los Angeles, 2014
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Born April 11, 1981
Photo of a woman wearing sunglasses and a straw hat riding a bicycle with dropped handlebars, downtube shifters, and a fender on the rear wheel.
Actress Jamie Chung riding in 2016
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Born April 10, 1983
Photo of a man in a Hawaiian shirt posing astride a bicycle in a tropical setting.
Author Paul Theroux riding in French Polynesia
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Paul!
Born April 10, 1941
Photo of two men standing on a road. The man on the left (Max von Sydow) has a bicycle next to him. The man on the right (Erik Hell) is has a wooden wagon filled with branches.
Max von Sydow and Erik Hell in scene from Ingmar Bergman's The Passion of Anna (1969)
#BicycleBirthday Max von Sydow
April 10 (1929-2020)
Photo of three young men wearing t-shirts that say "Cutters" watching a man with a helmet on riding a bicycle. The helmeted man is wearing a similar t-shirt. There's a crowd of people in stands behind them. Photo by Scott Goldsmith for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky
Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, and Jackie Earle Haley look on as Dennis Christopher strives for Cutter glory in Breaking Away (1979)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dennis Quaid!
Born April 9, 1954
A woman rides a bike with her feet resting on the front fender.
Actress Mary Pickford on her bike, circa 1930.
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April 8 (1892-1979)
Photo of two children and two adults riding a small-wheel tandem bicycle. Text: Roman, Eleanor, Francis and Gio in San Francisco in 1969.
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and family loads up on a Graziella tandem, 1969
#BicycleBirthday Francis Ford Coppola
Born April 7, 1939
Photo of a man in a shirt and tie riding a small-wheeled bicycle on a lawn. A paper number "6" is affixed to the front of the bike.
Actor James Garner rides a Raleigh RSW Compact during a visit to Fort Belvedere, Surrey, UK in 1966
Happy #BicycleBirthday, James Garner!
April 7 (1928-2014)
Photo of a man wearing a backpack and bicycle helmet riding a bicycle. He's giving us some side-eye.
Actor/filmmaker Zach Braff senses something's up
#BicycleBirthday, Zach!
Born April 6, 1975
Photo of a woman in a bikini top and shorts resting astride a bicycle. She appears to be on the driveway of a house.
Actress, pin-up model, and nightclub singer Joi Lansing had many forgettable roles in B-movies, but gained notoriety for portraying the blonde passenger in the famous cut-less opening shot of Orson Welles 1958 noir drama Touch of Evil.
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April 6 (1929-1972)
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Photo of a woman riding a bicycle on a city street.
Model Hilary Rhoda riding in the West Village, New York City
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April 6, 1987
Photo of a man smiling as he lifts a bicycle on a what appears to be a balcony.
Actor Paul Rudd poses for the March 2023 issue of Men's Health
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Paul!
April 6, 1969
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Photo of a man using a spanner (a.k.a. wrench) on a bicycle wheel.
"See how he uses a spanner to tighten that nut!"
It's all in a day's work for actor Gregory Peck.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Gregory!
April 5 (1916-2003)
Photo of a man holding a yellow bicycle on his shoulder in front of some signboards. Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images
Musician Pharrell Williams poses with a bicycle he helped design at the Brooklyn Element launch party in Beverly Hills, 2009. The bicycle is described as a "park bike," designed for tricks, jumps, and urban commuting.
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Born April 5, 1973
Photo of a woman in a long dress and hat standing astride a bicycle. She's on a country wall with a low wall behind her. In the background there's a mountain village, which may be a movie backdrop.
Bette Davis plays Miss Moffat, a teacher who opens a school in a Welsh mining village in the 1945 drama The Corn is Green
#BicycleBirthday Bette Davis
April 5 (1908-1989)
Photo of four people riding bicycles.
The Swedish pop group ABBA goes for a spin
(left to right: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Agnetha Fältskog!
Born April 5, 1950
Photo of a man riding a bicycle speaking to a woman running next to him. Via ridesabike.com
Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy) plays a sports promoter enlisted to help Pat Pemberton (Katharine Hepburn) get in shape in the 1952 rom-com Pat and Mike.
#BicycleBirthday Spencer Tracy
April 5 (1900-1967)
Photo of a sunglassed man standing with a bicycle on a city sidewalk. He's putting something into a small U.S. mailbox. via ridesabike.com
Actor Anthony Perkins mails a letter in New York City, 1964
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April 4 (1932-1992)
Photo of a man talking on a mobile phone while riding a fixed-gear bicycle.
Heath Ledger riding his fixie in New York City, 2007
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April 4 (1979-2008)
Photo of a woman in a yellow jacket riding a bicycle. There are yellow and orange flowers behind her.
“One of the reasons I like living where I do in Beverly Hills is that I can bike everywhere I go. The bike has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It's marvelous exercise and it also allows me to explore. I know all the unusual trees in my neighborhood, every backyard that has a dog, flower beds of distinction. My bike is an extension of my body, a part of myself. Every time I go for a ride, it's an adventure- and when I return home after an hour of pedaling, my body has had a workout from head to toe.” ~Doris Day: Her Own Story
"My bike is an extension of my body, a part of myself. Every time I go for a ride, it's an adventure."
-- actress and singer Doris Day
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Doris!
April 3 (1922-2019)
