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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Vicente Aleixandre
Poet
26-Apr-1898 14-Dec-1984 Spanish surrealist poet
Marc Andreessen
Computer Programmer
26-Apr-1971   Co-Founder of Netscape
Anthony
Radio Personality
26-Apr-1961   The Opie & Anthony Show
Richard Armitage
Government
26-Apr-1945   US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05
John James Audubon
Naturalist
26-Apr-1785 27-Jan-1851 Illustrated Birds of America
Marcus Aurelius
Royalty
26-Apr-121 AD 17-Mar-180 AD Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD
Theodor Billroth
Doctor
26-Apr-1829 6-Feb-1894 Viennese surgeon
Cathleen Black
Business
26-Apr-1944   New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Track and Field
26-Apr-1918 25-Jan-2004 Four gold medals in 1948
Sheldon M. Bonovitz
Attorney
26-Apr-1937   Partner, Duane, Morris & Hecksher
Jordana Brewster
Actor
26-Apr-1980   The Faculty
Carol Burnett
Actor
26-Apr-1933   The Carol Burnett Show
Cass Canfield
Publisher
26-Apr-1897 27-Mar-1986 Harper & Brothers
Joan Chen
Actor
26-Apr-1961   The Last Emperor
Michael Damian
Actor
26-Apr-1962   The Young and the Restless
Jonathan Daniels
Government
26-Apr-1902 6-Nov-1981 FDR and Truman's press secretary
Donna de Varona
Swimmer
26-Apr-1947   Swimmer, two Olympic Gold medals in 1964
Eugène Delacroix
Painter
26-Apr-1798 13-Aug-1863 19th century French painter
Jay DeMarcus
Country Musician
26-Apr-1971   Vocalist, Rascal Flatts
Ms. Dynamite
Singer
26-Apr-1981   London-based MC, Booo!
Eddie Eagan
Boxing
26-Apr-1897 14-Jun-1967 Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold
Jason Earles
Actor
26-Apr-1977   Jackson Stewart on Hannah Montana
Duane Eddy
Guitarist
26-Apr-1936   Rebel Rouser
Giancarlo Esposito
Actor
26-Apr-1958   Gus Fring on Breaking Bad
Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Business
26-Apr-1946   CEO of Lehman Brothers, 1993-2008
April Glaspie
Diplomat
26-Apr-1942   US Ambassador to Iraq, 1989-90
David S. Gottesman
Business
26-Apr-1926   First Manhattan Company
Rudolf Hess
Government
26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Glen Jacobs
Wrestling
26-Apr-1967   Kane, WWE wrestler
Kevin James
Actor
26-Apr-1965   The King of Queens
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Actor
26-Apr-1967   Without a Trace
Joey Jordison
Drummer
26-Apr-1975   Slipknot drummer
Stana Katic
Actor
26-Apr-1978   Det. Kate Beckett on Castle
Edgar Kennedy
Actor
26-Apr-1890 9-Nov-1948 Mad Wednesday
Michael Kergin
Diplomat
26-Apr-1942   Canadian Ambassador to the US, 2000-05
Mark Tapio Kines
Film Director
26-Apr-1970   Foreign Correspondents
Nancy Lenehan
Actor
26-Apr-1953   Kay Hickey on My Name Is Earl
Jet Li
Actor
26-Apr-1963   Kung fu action movie star
Anita Loos
Novelist
26-Apr-1893 18-Aug-1981 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Katharine C. Lyall
Business
26-Apr-1941   President of the UW System, 1992-2004
Jessica Lynch
Victim
26-Apr-1983   PFC captured by Iraq, rescued
Bernard Malamud
Author
26-Apr-1914 18-Mar-1986 The Fixer
Marie de Medici
Royalty
26-Apr-1573 3-Jul-1642 Regent of France, 1610-17
Ivana Milicevic
Actor
26-Apr-1974   Head Over Heels
Giorgio Moroder
Music Producer
26-Apr-1940   Disco producer and composer
Frederick Law Olmsted
Architect
26-Apr-1822 28-Aug-1903 Designed New York's Central Park
John L. Orr
Criminal
26-Apr-1949   California arson investigator, arsonist
Pasquale Paoli
Military
26-Apr-1725 5-Feb-1807 Corsican patriot
Cecilia Parker
Actor
26-Apr-1905 25-Jul-1993 Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series
I. M. Pei
Architect
26-Apr-1917   Designed Louvre's glass pyramid
Arno Penzias
Astronomer
26-Apr-1933   Detected primordial radiation
William H. Pryor, Jr.
Judge
26-Apr-1962   11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ma Rainey
Singer
26-Apr-1886 22-Dec-1939 The mother of the blues
Thomas Reid
Philosopher
26-Apr-1710 7-Oct-1796 Epistemologist, Common Sense school
Owen Willans Richardson
Physicist
26-Apr-1879 15-Feb-1959 Electron emissions of metals
Charles Richter
Scientist
26-Apr-1900 30-Sep-1985 Groundbreaking seismologist
Elisabeth Risdon
Actor
26-Apr-1887 20-Dec-1958 The Roaring Twenties
Bobby Rydell
Singer
26-Apr-1942   60s teen idol, Wild One
Barbet Schroeder
Film Director
26-Apr-1941   Murder by Numbers
Dominic Sena
Film Director
26-Apr-1949   Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gerry Sikorski
Politician
26-Apr-1948   Congressman from Minnesota, 1983-93
Douglas Sirk
Film Director
26-Apr-1897 14-Jan-1987 Written on the Wind
Michael Smith
Chemist
26-Apr-1932 4-Oct-2000 Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis
Arthur G. Sorlie
Politician
26-Apr-1874 28-Aug-1928 Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28
Koo Stark
Actor
26-Apr-1956   Ex-Girlfriend of Prince Andrew
Jules Stein
Business
26-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1981 Founder of MCA
Dudley S. Taft
Business
26-Apr-1940   Taft Broadcasting Company
Channing Tatum
Model
26-Apr-1980   Model for Mountain Dew soda
Roger Taylor
Drummer
26-Apr-1960   Drummer for Duran Duran
William Desmond Taylor
Film Director
26-Apr-1872 1-Feb-1922 Early Hollywood director, murdered
Marie Amélie Thérèse
Royalty
26-Apr-1782 24-Mar-1866 Queen Consort of Louis-Philippe
Edward J. Thye
Politician
26-Apr-1896 28-Aug-1969 Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47
Melania Trump
Model
26-Apr-1970   Slovenian wife of Donald Trump
Niki Tsongas
Politician
26-Apr-1946   Congresswoman, Massachusetts 5th
Jean Vigo
Film Director
26-Apr-1905 5-Oct-1934 L'Atalante
A. E. van Vogt
Novelist
26-Apr-1912 26-Jan-2000 Science fiction writer
Joseph Ward
Head of State
26-Apr-1856 8-Jul-1930 Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Singer
26-Apr-1970   Founding member of TLC
Tom Welling
Actor
26-Apr-1977   Superboy on Smallville
Guinn Williams
Actor
26-Apr-1899 6-Jun-1962 Santa Fe Trail
Debra Wilson
Comic
26-Apr-1970   MADtv
Hack Wilson
Baseball
26-Apr-1900 23-Nov-1948 Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics
Gary Wright
Musician
26-Apr-1943   Dream Weaver


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