Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Chester G. Atkins |
Politician |
14-Apr-1948 |
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Congressman from Massachusetts, 1985-93 |
Andrew C. Barrett |
Government |
14-Apr-1942 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1989-96 |
Lynne A. Battaglia |
Judge |
14-Apr-1946 |
|
Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals |
Peter Behrens |
Architect |
14-Apr-1868 |
27-Feb-1940 |
Invented corporate identity |
Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
Ritchie Blackmore |
Guitarist |
14-Apr-1945 |
|
Deep Purple and Rainbow |
Lothaire Bluteau |
Actor |
14-Apr-1957 |
|
Jesus of Montreal |
Da Brat |
Rapper |
14-Apr-1974 |
|
Potty-mouthed rapper chick |
Abigail Breslin |
Actor |
14-Apr-1996 |
|
Little Miss Sunshine |
Adrien Brody |
Actor |
14-Apr-1973 |
|
The Pianist |
Arnold I. Burns |
Attorney |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88 |
Horace Bushnell |
Religion |
14-Apr-1802 |
17-Feb-1876 |
Nature and the Supernatural |
James Branch Cabell |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1879 |
5-May-1958 |
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice |
Peter Capaldi |
Actor |
14-Apr-1958 |
|
Malcolm Tucker on The Thick of It |
Robert Carlyle |
Actor |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
The Full Monty |
Gordon Childe |
Archaeologist |
14-Apr-1892 |
19-Oct-1957 |
The Dawn of European Civilisation |
Julie Christie |
Actor |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Darling |
Daniel Clowes |
Cartoonist |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
Eightball, Ghost World, David Boring |
Francis Collins |
Scientist |
14-Apr-1950 |
|
Human Genome Project |
Roberto De Vicenzo |
Golf |
14-Apr-1923 |
|
Winner, 1967 British Open |
Catherine Dent |
Actor |
14-Apr-1965 |
|
Danni Sofer on The Shield |
Bradford Dillman |
Actor |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Sudden Impact |
William J. B. Dorn |
Politician |
14-Apr-1916 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1947-74 |
Amy Dumas |
Wrestling |
14-Apr-1975 |
|
WWE diva, ex of Matt Hardy |
François Duvalier |
Head of State |
14-Apr-1907 |
21-Apr-1971 |
Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti |
Chris Ellis |
Actor |
14-Apr-1956 |
|
Character actor |
Péter Esterházy |
Author |
14-Apr-1950 |
|
Celestial Harmonies |
Norman Foerster |
Critic |
14-Apr-1887 |
1-Aug-1972 |
New Humanist movement |
Arun Gandhi |
Activist |
14-Apr-1934 |
|
Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi |
Isabella Stewart Gardner |
Philanthropist |
14-Apr-1840 |
17-Jul-1924 |
Prominent art patron, collector |
Brad Garrett |
Actor |
14-Apr-1960 |
|
Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond |
George W. Gekas |
Politician |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-2003 |
Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Actor |
14-Apr-1977 |
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Terrorist |
14-Apr-1974 |
|
Charged with bombing US Embassies |
John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
Bob Grant |
Actor |
14-Apr-1932 |
8-Nov-2003 |
On the Buses |
Anthony Michael Hall |
Actor |
14-Apr-1968 |
|
Sixteen Candles |
Lamartine G. Hardman |
Politician |
14-Apr-1856 |
18-Feb-1937 |
Governor of Georgia, 1927-31 |
Robert Harrison |
Publisher |
14-Apr-1904 |
17-Feb-1978 |
Publisher of tabloid Confidential |
Steve Hartman |
Columnist |
14-Apr-1963 |
|
60 Minutes II |
Valerie Hobson |
Actor |
14-Apr-1917 |
13-Nov-1998 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
John Hodiak |
Actor |
14-Apr-1914 |
19-Oct-1955 |
Lifeboat |
John Howard |
Actor |
14-Apr-1913 |
19-Feb-1995 |
Bulldog Drummond |
John Hubbard |
Actor |
14-Apr-1914 |
6-Nov-1988 |
Dramatic School |
Christiaan Huygens |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1629 |
8-Jul-1695 |
Wave theory of light |
Fredric Jameson |
Author |
14-Apr-1934 |
|
The Political Unconscious |
Gloria Jean |
Actor |
14-Apr-1926 |
|
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
Richard Jeni |
Comic |
14-Apr-1957 |
10-Mar-2007 |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me |
DeAnne S. Julius |
Economist |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs |
David Justice |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
Outfielder, ex-husband of Halle Berry |
Chris Langham |
Actor |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
The Thick of It |
Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
Audrey Long |
Actor |
14-Apr-1922 |
|
Born to Kill |
Loretta Lynn |
Country Musician |
14-Apr-1932 |
|
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
J. Farrell MacDonald |
Actor |
14-Apr-1875 |
2-Aug-1952 |
My Darling Clementine |
Greg Maddux |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
Won four consecutive Cy Young Awards |
Kenneth Mars |
Actor |
14-Apr-1936 |
12-Feb-2011 |
The Producers |
Yukihiro Matsumoto |
Computer Programmer |
14-Apr-1965 |
|
Creator of Ruby programming language |
Jack McDevitt |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1935 |
|
Academy Universe |
Gina McKee |
Actor |
14-Apr-1964 |
|
The Forsyte Saga |
Marvin Miller |
Labor Leader |
14-Apr-1917 |
|
MLB Player Association, 1966-82 |
Roger J. Miner |
Judge |
14-Apr-1934 |
18-Feb-2012 |
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-97 |
Junius Spencer Morgan |
Business |
14-Apr-1813 |
8-Apr-1890 |
J. S. Morgan and Company |
Bobby Nichols |
Golf |
14-Apr-1936 |
|
Winner, 1964 PGA Championship |
Abraham Ortelius |
Cartographer |
14-Apr-1527 |
4-Jul-1598 |
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas |
Lloyd Owen |
Actor |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
Philip III |
Royalty |
14-Apr-1578 |
31-Mar-1621 |
King of Spain, 1598-1621 |
James Plimpton |
Inventor |
14-Apr-1828 |
1911 |
Four-wheeled roller skates |
Charles B. Purvis |
Doctor |
14-Apr-1842 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Pioneering African-American physician |
Shari Redstone |
Business |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
President of National Amusements |
Jay Robinson |
Actor |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Caligula in The Robe |
Shorty Rogers |
Jazz Musician |
14-Apr-1924 |
7-Nov-1994 |
Shorty Rogers and His Giants |
Don Roos |
Screenwriter |
14-Apr-1955 |
|
The Opposite of Sex |
Pete Rose |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Cincinnati Reds |
Thomas C. Schelling |
Economist |
14-Apr-1921 |
|
The Strategy of Conflict |
Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
Gloria R. Scott |
Educator |
14-Apr-1938 |
|
President of Bennett College, 1987-2001 |
Frank Serpico |
Activist |
14-Apr-1936 |
|
The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop |
John Shea |
Actor |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
Lex Luthor on Lois & Clark |
Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
Rod Steiger |
Actor |
14-Apr-1925 |
9-Jul-2002 |
In The Heat of the Night |
Bruce Sterling |
Author |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
Schismatrix |
Anne Sullivan |
Educator |
14-Apr-1866 |
20-Oct-1936 |
The Miracle Worker |
Arnold Toynbee |
Historian |
14-Apr-1889 |
22-Oct-1975 |
A Study of History |
Lee Tracy |
Actor |
14-Apr-1898 |
18-Oct-1968 |
Crashing Hollywood |
Marvin S. Traub |
Business |
14-Apr-1925 |
11-Jul-2012 |
CEO of Bloomingdale's, 1978-92 |
William vanden Heuvel |
Diplomat |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN Europe, 1977-79 |
Richard Vinroot |
Politician |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Charlotte, 1991-95 |
Erich von Däniken |
Author |
14-Apr-1935 |
|
Chariots of the Gods? |
Linus Yale, Jr. |
Inventor |
14-Apr-1821 |
24-Dec-1868 |
Pin tumbler locks |