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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gaetano Badalamenti
Criminal
14-Sep-1923 29-Apr-2004 Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses
Barend Biesheuvel
Head of State
5-Apr-1920 29-Apr-2001 Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971-73
G. W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
21-Apr-1872 29-Apr-1944 The Birth of a Nation
Aleksander Bovin
Diplomat
9-Aug-1930 29-Apr-2004 Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7
Wallace Hume Carothers
Chemist
27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 Inventor of Nylon
St. Catherine of Siena
Religion
25-Mar-1347 29-Apr-1380 Patron saint of Italy
Constantine P. Cavafy
Poet
29-Apr-1863 29-Apr-1933 Greek poet in Alexandria
Mae Clarke
Actor
16-Aug-1910 29-Apr-1992 Waterloo Bridge
Ken Curtis
Actor
2-Jul-1916 29-Apr-1991 Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke
John Nelson Darby
Religion
18-Nov-1800 29-Apr-1882 Father of Dispensationalism
Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat
30-Nov-1915 29-Apr-1995 US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
George Farquhar
Playwright
1678 29-Apr-1707 The Beaux Stratagem
Irving Fisher
Economist
27-Feb-1867 29-Apr-1947 The Theory of Interest
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade
James Gamble
Business
3-Apr-1803 29-Apr-1891 Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble
William Gillette
Actor
24-Jul-1853 29-Apr-1937 Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage
Michael Gordon
Film Director
6-Sep-1909 29-Apr-1993 Pillow Talk
Alfred Hitchcock
Film Director
13-Aug-1899 29-Apr-1980 Master of Suspense
Albert Hofmann
Chemist
11-Jan-1906 29-Apr-2008 Discovered LSD
Russell Kirk
Author
19-Oct-1918 29-Apr-1994 The Conservative Mind
Joseph Kirkland
Novelist
7-Jan-1830 29-Apr-1894 Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County
Anthony Mann
Film Director
30-Jun-1906 29-Apr-1967 El Cid
Joe May
Film Director
7-Nov-1880 29-Apr-1954 The Invisible Man Returns
Wright Morris
Novelist
6-Jan-1910 29-Apr-1998 The Field of Vision
Ernest Fox Nichols
Physicist
1-Jun-1869 29-Apr-1924 Infrared radiation
Bill Quinn
Actor
6-May-1912 29-Apr-1994 Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place
Mick Ronson
Guitarist
26-May-1946 29-Apr-1993 Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist
Mike Royko
Columnist
19-Sep-1932 29-Apr-1997 Syndicated Chicago columnist
Joanna Russ
Author
22-Feb-1937 29-Apr-2011 The Female Man
Deborah Sampson
Military
17-Dec-1760 29-Apr-1827 Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War
Jules Stein
Business
26-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1981 Founder of MCA
Claude R. Wickard
Government
28-Feb-1893 29-Apr-1967 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics


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