Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña |
Government |
22-Apr-1952 |
|
Mexican Minister of the Interior, 2006-08 |
Anwar al-Awlaki |
Religion |
22-Apr-1971 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Yemeni video cleric, AQAP |
Eddie Albert |
Actor |
22-Apr-1906 |
26-May-2005 |
Oliver on Green Acres |
Pope Alexander VIII |
Religion |
22-Apr-1610 |
1-Feb-1691 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1689-91 |
Byron Allen |
TV Personality |
22-Apr-1961 |
|
Real People, The Byron Allen Show |
Michael Atiyah |
Mathematician |
22-Apr-1929 |
|
Atiyah-Singer index theorem |
Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
Dana Barron |
Actor |
22-Apr-1968 |
|
National Lampoon's Vacation |
Manfred Bischoff |
Business |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
Chairman of EADS |
Joseph Bottoms |
Actor |
22-Apr-1954 |
|
The Dove |
Antoine de Bourbon |
Royalty |
22-Apr-1518 |
17-Nov-1562 |
King of France |
Ralph Byrd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1909 |
18-Aug-1952 |
Dick Tracy |
Glen Campbell |
Country Musician |
22-Apr-1936 |
|
Rhinestone Cowboy |
Francis Capra |
Actor |
22-Apr-1983 |
|
Weevil on Veronica Mars |
Paul Carrack |
Musician |
22-Apr-1951 |
|
White soul singer |
Mel Carter |
Singer |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me |
Marilyn Chambers |
Pornstar |
22-Apr-1952 |
12-Apr-2009 |
Behind the Green Door |
George Cole |
Actor |
22-Apr-1925 |
|
Arthur Daley on Minder |
Helene Cooper |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1966 |
|
NY Times editorial board |
Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
Paul Davies |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1946 |
|
The Mind of God |
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda |
Religion |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc. |
Janet Evanovich |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
Stephanie Plum mysteries |
Frank L. Farrar |
Politician |
22-Apr-1929 |
|
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71 |
Henry Fielding |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1707 |
8-Oct-1754 |
Tom Jones |
Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
Jon D. Fox |
Politician |
22-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-99 |
Peter Frampton |
Musician |
22-Apr-1950 |
|
Do You Feel Like We Do |
Terry Francona |
Baseball |
22-Apr-1959 |
|
Former manager, Boston Red Sox |
Walter N. Frank |
Business |
22-Apr-1908 |
15-Feb-2000 |
Chairman of the NYSE, 1965-67 |
Cassidy Freeman |
Actor |
22-Apr-1982 |
|
Tess Mercer on Smallville |
Ellen Glasgow |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1873 |
21-Nov-1945 |
In This Our Life |
Louise Glück |
Author |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
The Wild Iris |
Donald E. Graham |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1945 |
|
CEO of Washington Post |
Barry Guy |
Bassist |
22-Apr-1947 |
|
Free improv acoustic bassist and bandleader |
Jan de Hartog |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1914 |
22-Sep-2002 |
Hollands glorie |
Byron Haskin |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1899 |
16-Apr-1984 |
The War of the Worlds |
Rondo Hatton |
Actor |
22-Apr-1894 |
2-Feb-1946 |
Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly |
Amber Heard |
Actor |
22-Apr-1986 |
|
And Soon The Darkness |
Lauri Hendler |
Actor |
22-Apr-1965 |
|
Julie Kanisky Maxwell on Gimme a Break! |
Guillermo Cabrera Infante |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1929 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Tres Tristes Tigres |
Queen Isabella |
Royalty |
22-Apr-1451 |
26-Nov-1504 |
Bankrolled Columbus, persecuted Jews |
Bruce Ivins |
Biologist |
22-Apr-1946 |
29-Jul-2008 |
Anthrax researcher and suspect |
Daniel Johns |
Musician |
22-Apr-1979 |
|
Frontman of Silverchair |
Fred Joseph |
Business |
22-Apr-1937 |
27-Nov-2009 |
CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert, 1985-90 |
Kaká |
Soccer |
22-Apr-1982 |
|
Midfielder, Real Madrid |
Immanuel Kant |
Philosopher |
22-Apr-1724 |
12-Feb-1804 |
Transcendental idealist |
Robert A. Katzmann |
Judge |
22-Apr-1953 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
Alexander Kerensky |
Government |
22-Apr-1881 |
11-Jun-1970 |
Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government |
Henri La Fontaine |
Activist |
22-Apr-1854 |
14-May-1943 |
Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Jim Langevin |
Politician |
22-Apr-1964 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 2nd |
Sheryl Lee |
Actor |
22-Apr-1967 |
|
Laura Palmer's corpse on Twin Peaks |
Vladimir Lenin |
Head of State |
22-Apr-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
Sylvia Lewis |
Dancer |
22-Apr-1931 |
|
Sylvia on Where's Raymond? |
Carl H. Lindner |
Business |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Oct-2011 |
Cincinnati billionaire |
Hugh Lloyd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1923 |
14-Jul-2008 |
Hugh and I |
James B. Longley |
Politician |
22-Apr-1924 |
16-Aug-1980 |
Governor of Maine, 1975-79 |
Eric Mabius |
Actor |
22-Apr-1971 |
|
Tim Haspell on The L Word |
George E. MacKinnon |
Judge |
22-Apr-1906 |
1-May-1995 |
DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95 |
Chris Makepeace |
Actor |
22-Apr-1964 |
|
My Bodyguard |
Josh McDaniels |
Football |
22-Apr-1976 |
|
Denver Broncos coach, 2009-10 |
Yehudi Menuhin |
Violinist |
22-Apr-1916 |
12-Mar-1999 |
Child prodigy violinist, conductor |
MGK |
Rapper |
22-Apr-1990 |
|
Wild Boy |
Jason Miller |
Actor |
22-Apr-1939 |
13-May-2001 |
The Exorcist |
Charles Mingus |
Jazz Musician |
22-Apr-1922 |
5-Jan-1979 |
Jazz bassist and legendary composer |
Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
Actor |
22-Apr-1966 |
|
Supernatural |
J. Sterling Morton |
Government |
22-Apr-1832 |
27-Apr-1902 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97 |
Simon Napier-Bell |
Music Producer |
22-Apr-1939 |
|
British music manager |
Jack Nicholson |
Actor |
22-Apr-1937 |
|
Chinatown |
Shavo Odadjian |
Bassist |
22-Apr-1974 |
|
Bassist, System of a Down |
Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
Bettie Page |
Model |
22-Apr-1923 |
11-Dec-2008 |
Black-haired bondage pin-up queen |
Miles Poindexter |
Politician |
22-Apr-1868 |
21-Sep-1946 |
US Senator from Washington, 1911-23 |
Charlotte Rae |
Actor |
22-Apr-1926 |
|
Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life |
Odilon Redon |
Artist |
22-Apr-1840 |
6-Jul-1916 |
Symbolist charcoal artist |
O. E. Rölvaag |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1876 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Giants in the Earth |
Michelle Ryan |
Actor |
22-Apr-1984 |
|
Zoe Slater on EastEnders |
Nicola Sacco |
Anarchist |
22-Apr-1891 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
Sherri Shepherd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1967 |
|
Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect |
Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
Madame de Staël |
Author |
22-Apr-1766 |
14-Jul-1817 |
Important French romanticist |
Randall Stephenson |
Business |
22-Apr-1960 |
|
CEO of AT&T |
Catherine Mary Stewart |
Actor |
22-Apr-1959 |
|
The Last Starfighter |
Ryan Stiles |
Actor |
22-Apr-1959 |
|
Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
James Stirling |
Architect |
22-Apr-1926 |
25-Jun-1992 |
Pritzker-winning architect |
Mary Taylor |
Politician |
22-Apr-1961 |
|
Lt. Governor of Ohio |
Donald Tusk |
Politician |
22-Apr-1957 |
|
Prime Minister of Poland |
Cadwallader Colden Washburn |
Politician |
22-Apr-1818 |
15-May-1882 |
Wisconsin Governor and Congressman |
John Waters |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1946 |
|
Hairspray |