LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mario Bava	Film Director	31-Jul-1914	27-Apr-1980	Black Sunday
Carlos Castaneda	Author	25-Dec-1925	27-Apr-1998	The Teachings of Don Juan
Turner Catledge	Journalist	17-Mar-1901	27-Apr-1983	New York Times editor
Hobart Cavanaugh	Actor	22-Sep-1886	27-Apr-1950	A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Colby	Spy	4-Jan-1920	27-Apr-1996	CIA Director, 1973-75
Hart Crane	Poet	21-Jul-1899	27-Apr-1932	Industrial and urban poet
Roy Del Ruth	Film Director	18-Oct-1893	27-Apr-1961	The Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon	Artist	4-Jan-1747	27-Apr-1825	Napoleonic archaeologist
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Essayist	25-May-1803	27-Apr-1882	Essayist, wrote Nature
Joel West Flood	Judge	2-Aug-1894	27-Apr-1964	Virginia Congressman, Judge
Lynne Frederick	Actor	25-Jul-1954	27-Apr-1994	The Prisoner of Zenda
Jan Josephs van Goyen	Painter	13-Jan-1596	27-Apr-1656	Landscape painter at The Hague
Antonio Gramsci	Activist	23-Jan-1891	27-Apr-1937	Founder of the Italian Communist Party
Al Hirt	Jazz Musician	7-Nov-1922	27-Apr-1999	Dixieland trumpet player
Gerrit van Honthorst	Painter	4-Nov-1590	27-Apr-1656	Dutch painter at Utrecht
Pope Leo XI	Religion	2-Jun-1535	27-Apr-1605	Roman Catholic Pope, 1605
William Charles Macready	Actor	3-Mar-1793	27-Apr-1873	19th c. English actor and manager
Ferdinand Magellan	Explorer	1480	27-Apr-1521	Circumnavigated the globe
Konosuke Matsushita	Business	27-Nov-1894	27-Apr-1989	Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Marian Mercer	Actor	26-Nov-1935	27-Apr-2011	Nancy Beebe on It's a Living
Olivier Messiaen	Composer	10-Dec-1908	27-Apr-1992	Turangalîla-Symphonie
J. Sterling Morton	Government	22-Apr-1832	27-Apr-1902	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97
Edward R. Murrow	Journalist	25-Apr-1908	27-Apr-1965	The epitome of broadcast journalism
Kwame Nkrumah	Head of State	21-Sep-1909	27-Apr-1972	First President of Ghana
Sir Henry Parkes	Politician	27-May-1815	27-Apr-1896	Father of Australian confederation
Zebulon Pike	Military	5-Jan-1779	27-Apr-1813	Lent his name to Pike's Peak
Pauline Réage	Author	23-Sep-1907	27-Apr-1998	Histoire d'O
Mstislav Rostropovich	Cellist	27-Mar-1927	27-Apr-2007	Cellist and conductor
Maria Stader	Singer	5-Nov-1911	27-Apr-1999	Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
Thomas Stothard	Painter	17-Aug-1755	27-Apr-1834	English subject painter
Sigismond Thalberg	Pianist	8-Jan-1812	27-Apr-1871	Virtuoso pianist
Alexander Trowbridge	Politician	12-Dec-1929	27-Apr-2006	US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68
Tom Tully	Actor	21-Aug-1908	27-Apr-1982	Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup
Yvette Vickers	Actor	26-Aug-1928	27-Apr-2011	Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Jerauld Wright	Military	4-Jun-1898	27-Apr-1995	US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60

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