| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nicholas Amhurst |
Author |
16-Oct-1697 |
12-Apr-1742 |
The Craftsman |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Clara Barton |
Activist |
25-Dec-1821 |
12-Apr-1912 |
Co-Founder of the American Red Cross |
| Jacques Bossuet |
Religion |
25-Sep-1627 |
12-Apr-1704 |
Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle |
| Charles Burney |
Historian |
7-Apr-1726 |
12-Apr-1814 |
History of Music |
| Norman Campbell |
Film Director |
4-Feb-1924 |
12-Apr-2004 |
TV director, producer |
| William Sloane Coffin |
Activist |
1-Jun-1924 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Civilly disobedient chaplain |
| Edward Drinker Cope |
Paleontologist |
28-Jul-1840 |
12-Apr-1897 |
Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens |
| Paul Ford |
Actor |
2-Nov-1901 |
12-Apr-1976 |
The Phil Silvers Show |
| Arthur Freed |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Sep-1894 |
12-Apr-1973 |
MGM producer, big budget musicals |
| James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Patrick Hillery |
Head of State |
2-May-1923 |
12-Apr-2008 |
President of Ireland, 1976-90 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Adoniram Judson |
Linguist |
9-Aug-1788 |
12-Apr-1850 |
Missionary, Burmese lexicographer |
| Pope Julius I |
Religion |
? |
12-Apr-352 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 337-52 |
| William Kent |
Architect |
1685 |
12-Apr-1748 |
Influential landscape gardener |
| Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
| Metastasio |
Poet |
3-Jan-1698 |
12-Apr-1782 |
Italian librettist of the 18th century |
| Alan Paton |
Author |
11-Jan-1903 |
12-Apr-1988 |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
| Rajkumar |
Actor |
24-Apr-1928 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan |
| Sugar Ray Robinson |
Boxing |
3-May-1921 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Welterweight and Middleweight champ |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Thomas Rowlandson |
Artist |
1756 |
12-Apr-1827 |
English caricaturist |
| James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
| William Graham Sumner |
Educator |
30-Oct-1840 |
12-Apr-1910 |
Laissez faire sociologist |
| Igor Y. Tamm |
Physicist |
8-Jul-1895 |
12-Apr-1971 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Boss Tweed |
Government |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| George Wald |
Biologist |
18-Nov-1906 |
12-Apr-1997 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Boxcar Willie |
Country Musician |
1-Sep-1931 |
12-Apr-1999 |
World's favorite hobo |
