LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harry Babbitt	Musician	2-Nov-1913	9-Apr-2004	Voice of Woody Woodpecker
Francis Bacon	Philosopher	22-Jan-1561	9-Apr-1626	Novum Organum
John S. Battle	Politician	11-Jul-1890	9-Apr-1972	Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
Dietrich Bonhoeffer	Religion	4-Feb-1906	9-Apr-1945	Lutheran theologian, opponent of Hitler
El Brendel	Actor	25-Mar-1890	9-Apr-1964	Former vaudevillian, Wings
Lester Breslow	Doctor	17-Mar-1915	9-Apr-2012	Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80
James F. Byrnes	Politician	2-May-1882	9-Apr-1972	US Secretary of State, 1945-47
Wilhelm Canaris	Military	1-Jan-1887	9-Apr-1945	Nazi spymaster, tried to kill Hitler
Michel-Eugène Chevreul	Chemist	31-Aug-1786	9-Apr-1889	Chemistry of fats, dyes
Susan Coolidge	Novelist	29-Jan-1835	9-Apr-1905	What Katy Did
Tom Cora	Cellist	14-Sep-1953	9-Apr-1998	Avant-Garde cellist
Erastus Corning	Business	14-Dec-1794	9-Apr-1872	Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
F. Marion Crawford	Novelist	2-Aug-1854	9-Apr-1909	Whosoever Shall Offend
Andrea Dworkin	Activist	26-Sep-1946	9-Apr-2005	Anti-pornography activist
King Edward IV	Royalty	28-Apr-1442	9-Apr-1483	King of England, 1461-83
Stephen J. Field	Judge	4-Nov-1816	9-Apr-1899	US Supreme Court Justice, 1863-97
Bob Franks	Politician	21-Sep-1951	9-Apr-2010	Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001
John Golding	Critic	10-Sep-1929	9-Apr-2012	Cubism: A History and an Analysis
Helene Hanff	Author	15-Apr-1916	9-Apr-1997	84, Charing Cross Road
Sadeq Hedayat	Author	17-Feb-1903	9-Apr-1951	The Blind Owl
Isaias W. Hellman	Business	3-Oct-1842	9-Apr-1920	Los Angeles banker
Ethan A. Hitchcock	Business	19-Sep-1835	9-Apr-1909	US Interior Secretary, 1899-1907
William Law	Religion	1686	9-Apr-1761	Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Little Eva	Singer	29-Jun-1943	9-Apr-2003	Original performer of The Loco-Motion
Nicholas Longworth	Politician	5-Nov-1869	9-Apr-1931	Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31
Sidney Lumet	Film Director	25-Jun-1924	9-Apr-2011	Dog Day Afternoon
Gale W. McGee	Politician	17-Mar-1915	9-Apr-1992	US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77
Albert Cardinal Meyer	Religion	9-Mar-1903	9-Apr-1965	Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65
Sherman Minton	Judge	20-Oct-1890	9-Apr-1965	US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-56
Jacques Necker	Government	30-Sep-1732	9-Apr-1804	Minister of Finance under Louis XVI
Phil Ochs	Singer/Songwriter	19-Dec-1940	9-Apr-1976	50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
William of Ockham	Philosopher	c. 1285	9-Apr-1348	Occam's Razor
John Opie	Painter	May-1761	9-Apr-1807	English portrait painter
François Rabelais	Author	c. 1494	9-Apr-1553	Gargantua and Pantagruel
Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Painter	12-May-1828	9-Apr-1882	English pre-Raphaelite painter
Willie Stargell	Baseball	6-Mar-1940	9-Apr-2001	National League MVP 1979
H. Guyford Stever	Educator	24-Oct-1916	9-Apr-2010	President of CMU, 1965-72
Paolo Veronese	Painter	1528	9-Apr-1588	Italian Renaissance painter
Christian Wolff	Philosopher	24-Jan-1679	9-Apr-1754	Philosopher of the Leibniz model
Frank Lloyd Wright	Architect	8-Jun-1867	9-Apr-1959	Fallingwater
King Zog	Royalty	8-Oct-1895	9-Apr-1961	King of Albania

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