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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin Abbey
Painter
1-Apr-1852 1-Aug-1911 American artist in London
John Abizaid
Military
1-Apr-1951   C-in-C, US Central Command, 2003-07
Jane Adams
Actor
1-Apr-1965   Dr. Mel Karnofsky on Frasier
Samuel Alito
Judge
1-Apr-1950   US Supreme Court Justice
George Baker
Actor
1-Apr-1931 7-Oct-2011 Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Wallace Beery
Actor
1-Apr-1885 15-Apr-1949 Grand Hotel
Abner Biberman
Actor
1-Apr-1909 20-Jun-1977 Knock on Wood
Otto von Bismarck
Head of State
1-Apr-1815 30-Jul-1898 Unifier of Germany
Leonard Bloomfield
Linguist
1-Apr-1887 18-Apr-1949 Structural linguistics of Tagalog
Susan Boyle
Singer
1-Apr-1961   Britain's Got Talent
Sophonisba Breckinridge
Activist
1-Apr-1866 30-Jul-1948 Suffragette and abolitionist
Ferruccio Busoni
Pianist
1-Apr-1866 27-Jul-1924 Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Brendan T. Byrne
Politician
1-Apr-1924   Governor of New Jersey, 1974-82
Louis Caldera
Government
1-Apr-1956   US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001
Whittaker Chambers
Author
1-Apr-1901 9-Jul-1961 Accuser of Alger Hiss
Lon Chaney
Actor
1-Apr-1883 26-Aug-1930 The Phantom of the Opera
Carl Charlier
Astronomer
1-Apr-1862 5-Nov-1934 Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
Jimmy Cliff
Singer/Songwriter
1-Apr-1948   Reggae musician
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Physicist
1-Apr-1933   Trapped atoms with laser light
Cicely Courtneidge
Actor
1-Apr-1893 26-Apr-1980 The Ghost Train
Peter Cundall
TV Personality
1-Apr-1927   Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008
Leora Dana
Actor
1-Apr-1923 13-Dec-1983 Some Came Running
Samuel R. Delany
Author
1-Apr-1942   Triton
Peter Deutsch
Politician
1-Apr-1957   Congressman from Florida, 1993-2005
Eddy Duchin
Pianist
1-Apr-1909 9-Feb-1951 The Magic Fingers of Radio
Charles F. Dunbar
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91
Gaston Eyskens
Head of State
1-Apr-1905 3-Jan-1988 Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium
Christian Finnegan
Comic
1-Apr-1973   Two For Flinching
Jim Fisk
Business
1-Apr-1834 6-Jan-1872 Business partner of Jay Gould
Jon Gosselin
TV Personality
1-Apr-1977   Jon & Kate Plus 8
David Gower
Cricket
1-Apr-1957   Left-handed batsman
George Grizzard
Actor
1-Apr-1928 2-Oct-2007 Advise and Consent
William Snow Harris
Physicist
1-Apr-1791 22-Jan-1867 Invented a lightning rod for ships
William Harvey
Doctor
1-Apr-1578 3-Jun-1657 Discovered circulation of blood
Albert Hughes
Film Director
01-Apr-1972   A Hughes Brother
Allen Hughes
Film Director
01-Apr-1972   A Hughes Brother
Alberta Hunter
Singer
1-Apr-1895 17-Oct-1984 Downhearted Blues
Sam Huntington
Actor
1-Apr-1982   Superman Returns
Gordon Jump
Actor
1-Apr-1932 22-Sep-2003 Maytag repairman who headed WKRP
Herbert G. Klein
Journalist
1-Apr-1918 2-Jul-2009 White House Communications Director, 1969-73
Milan Kundera
Author
1-Apr-1929   The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Leslie Langston
Bassist
1-Apr-1964   Bassist for Throwing Muses
Matt Lanter
Actor
1-Apr-1983   Liam Court on 90210
Charles W. Larson, Jr.
Politician
1-Apr-1968   US Ambassador to Latvia
Chris Lee
Politician
1-Apr-1964   Congressman from New York, resigned
Sung Hi Lee
Actor
1-Apr-1970   Playboy model, Actress
Daniele Liotti
Actor
1-Apr-1971   La herencia Valdemar
Wangari Maathai
Activist
1-Apr-1940 25-Sep-2011 Planted 12 million trees in Kenya
Ali MacGraw
Actor
1-Apr-1938   Love Story
Rachel Maddow
TV Personality
1-Apr-1973   The Rachel Maddow Show
Method Man
Rapper
1-Apr-1971   Wu-Tang Clan
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Damien Marchessault
Politician
1-Apr-1818 20-Jan-1868 Los Angeles mayor, committed suicide
Anamaria Marinca
Actor
1-Apr-1978   4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Abraham Maslow
Psychologist
1-Apr-1908 8-Jun-1970 Hierarchy of Needs
Anne McCaffrey
Author
1-Apr-1926 21-Nov-2011 Pern series
Larry McDonald
Politician
1-Apr-1935 1-Sep-1983 Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83
Toshirô Mifune
Actor
1-Apr-1920 24-Dec-1997 Yojimbo
Mary Miles Minter
Actor
1-Apr-1902 4-Aug-1984 Anne of Green Gables
Joseph E. Murray
Doctor
1-Apr-1919   Kidney transplants
Terry Nichols
Terrorist
1-Apr-1955   Timothy McVeigh's partner in crime
Annette O'Toole
Actor
1-Apr-1952   Martha Kent on Smallville
Randy Orton
Wrestling
1-Apr-1980   The Legend Killer
Hamaguchi Osachi
Head of State
1-Apr-1870 26-Aug-1931 Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31
George Pake
Scientist
1-Apr-1924 4-Mar-2004 First director of Xerox PARC
Bijou Phillips
Musician
1-Apr-1980   I'd Rather Eat Glass
Jane Powell
Actor
1-Apr-1929   Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Charles H. Price II
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931 12-Jan-2012 US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89
John Quade
Actor
1-Apr-1938 9-Aug-2009 Every Which Way But Loose
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932   Dancer, actress
Daniel C. Roper
Government
1-Apr-1867 11-Apr-1943 US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38
Edmond Rostand
Playwright
1-Apr-1868 2-Dec-1918 Cyrano de Bergerac
Bo Schembechler
Football
1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Gil Scott-Heron
Poet
1-Apr-1949 27-May-2011 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Melville Shavelson
Film Director
1-Apr-1917 8-Aug-2007 Yours, Mine and Ours
Barry Sonnenfeld
Film Director
1-Apr-1953   Men in Black
Hannah Spearritt
Singer
1-Apr-1981   In UK pop band S Club 7
Dennis Stanfill
Business
1-Apr-1927   CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81
Rusty Staub
Baseball
1-Apr-1944   2716 career hits
Sean Taylor
Football
1-Apr-1983 27-Nov-2007 Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007
Ronald W. Tysoe
Business
1-Apr-1953   Vice Chairman of Federated, 1990-2006
John Varley
Business
1-Apr-1956   CEO of Barclays
Edgar Wallace
Novelist
1-Apr-1875 10-Feb-1932 Highly prolific English novelist
Kelli White
Track and Field
1-Apr-1977   Gold medalist sprinter, banned for drug use
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
John Wilmot
Poet
1-Apr-1647 26-Jul-1680 Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery
George A. Wilson
Politician
1-Apr-1884 8-Sep-1953 Governor of Iowa, 1939-43
Philip Yordan
Screenwriter
1-Apr-1914 24-Mar-2003 The Battle of the Bulge
Richard Zsigmondy
Chemist
1-Apr-1865 23-Sep-1929 Ultramicroscope


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