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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Fred G. Aandahl
Politician
9-Apr-1897 7-Apr-1966 Governor of North Dakota, 1945-50
Elizabeth Allan
Actor
9-Apr-1908 27-Jul-1990 A Tale of Two Cities
Thomas Aranda, Jr.
Attorney
9-Apr-1934   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1981-85
Seve Ballesteros
Golf
9-Apr-1957 7-May-2011 Winner of 5 Majors
Jim Bannon
Actor
9-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1984 Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder
Jay Baruchel
Actor
9-Apr-1982   She's Out of My League
Charles Baudelaire
Poet
9-Apr-1821 31-Aug-1867 Les Fleurs du Mal
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Actor
9-Apr-1933   Itineraire d'un Enfant Gate
Stuart Bernstein
Diplomat
9-Apr-1938   US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05
Jaya Bhaduri
Actor
9-Apr-1948   Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Eli Black
Business
9-Apr-1921 3-Feb-1975 Swan dive onto Park Avenue
Léon Blum
Head of State
9-Apr-1872 30-Mar-1950 Thrice Prime Minister of France
Ward Bond
Actor
9-Apr-1903 5-Nov-1960 Wagon Train
Henry Brooke
Politician
9-Apr-1903 29-Mar-1984 UK Home Secretary, 1962-64
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Engineer
9-Apr-1806 15-Sep-1859 Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway
Élie Cartan
Mathematician
9-Apr-1869 6-May-1951 Spinor groups
Lord David Cecil
Author
9-Apr-1902 1-Jan-1986 Melbourne
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Head of State
9-Apr-1938 3-Nov-2010 Prime Minister of Russia, 1992-98
Nathan Cook
Actor
9-Apr-1950 11-Jun-1988 Billy Griffin on Hotel
F. Albert Cotton
Chemist
9-Apr-1930 20-Feb-2007 Metal-metal bonds
Joseph F. Cullman III
Business
9-Apr-1912 30-Apr-2004 CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78
Artur Davis
Politician
9-Apr-1967   Congressman from Alabama, 2003-11
Philippe Destouches
Playwright
9-Apr-1680 4-Jul-1754 Le Glorieux
Brandon De Wilde
Actor
9-Apr-1942 6-Jul-1972 Shane! Come back!
Brad Dexter
Actor
9-Apr-1917 12-Dec-2002 The Magnificent Seven
Antal Doráti
Conductor
9-Apr-1906 13-Nov-1988 Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
John Presper Eckert
Computer Programmer
9-Apr-1919 3-Jun-1995 ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers
Arlen Escarpeta
Actor
9-Apr-1981   Sam Walker on American Dreams
Jackie Evancho
Singer
9-Apr-2000   Dream With Me
Elle Fanning
Actor
9-Apr-1998   Actress/sister of Dakota
Frank Fenton
Actor
9-Apr-1906 24-Jul-1957 Isle of Forgotten Sins
Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
Business
9-Apr-1864 13-Jan-1930 England's electrical grid
Charles D. Ferris
Government
9-Apr-1933   FCC Chairman, 1977-81
Jim Fowler
Naturalist
9-Apr-1932   Did all the work on Wild Kingdom
Robbie Fowler
Soccer
9-Apr-1975   Liverpool FC
Josef Fritzl
Criminal
9-Apr-1935   Kept daughter in basement for 24 years
J. William Fulbright
Politician
9-Apr-1905 9-Feb-1995 Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
Hugh Gaitskell
Politician
9-Apr-1906 18-Jan-1963 Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63
Virginia Gibson
Actor
9-Apr-1928   Athena
Victor Gollancz
Publisher
9-Apr-1893 8-Feb-1967 Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Author
9-Apr-1964   Juvenile novelist, Among the... series
Eric Harris
Criminal
9-Apr-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Hugh Hefner
Publisher
9-Apr-1926   Founder, Playboy magazine
Earl Hilliard
Politician
9-Apr-1942   Congressman from Alabama, 1993-2003
Sol Hurok
Theatre Producer
9-Apr-1888 5-Mar-1974 American impresario
Marc Jacobs
Fashion Designer
9-Apr-1963   Fired in 1993 after releasing a "Grunge" line
Jenna Jameson
Pornstar
9-Apr-1974   Got naked with Howard Stern in Private Parts
Allen Jenkins
Actor
9-Apr-1900 20-Jul-1974 American character actor
Martin S. Kimmel
Business
9-Apr-1916 15-Apr-2008 Founder of Kimco Realty
Frank King
Cartoonist
9-Apr-1883 24-Jun-1969 Gasoline Alley
Taylor Kitsch
Actor
9-Apr-1981   Friday Night Lights
Paul Krassner
Author
9-Apr-1932   Editor, The Realist
Marty Krofft
Film/TV Producer
9-Apr-1937   Co-Creator: H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost
Curly Lambeau
Football
9-Apr-1898 1-Jun-1965 Founder, Green Bay Packers
Michael Learned
Actor
9-Apr-1939   The Waltons
Tom Lehrer
Comic
9-Apr-1928   Comedic songwriter
Leopold II
Royalty
9-Apr-1835 17-Dec-1909 King of Belgium, 1865-1909
Kenneth D. Lewis
Business
9-Apr-1947   CEO of Bank of America, 2001-09
Paule Marshall
Novelist
9-Apr-1929   Brown Girl, Brownstones
John McCallum
Politician
9-Apr-1950   Canadian MP, Markham--Unionville
Jesse McCartney
Singer
9-Apr-1987   Bradin Westerly on Summerland
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Leighton Meester
Actor
9-Apr-1986   Gossip Girl
Tom Metzger
Activist
9-Apr-1938   White supremacist
Eadweard Muybridge
Photographer
9-Apr-1830 8-May-1904 Animal Locomotion
Yitzhak Navon
Head of State
9-Apr-1921   President of Israel, 1978-83
Cynthia Nixon
Actor
9-Apr-1966   Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City
Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Politician
9-Apr-1958   Disputed governor of Oaxaca
George Peacock
Mathematician
9-Apr-1791 8-Nov-1858 Treatise on Algebra
Mark Pellegrino
Actor
9-Apr-1965   Lucifer on Supernatural
Carl Perkins
Jazz Musician
9-Apr-1932 19-Jan-1998 Blue Suede Shoes
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Head of State
9-Apr-1910 9-Sep-2008 President of Laos, 1992-98
Gregory Pincus
Scientist
9-Apr-1903 22-Aug-1967 Inventor of oral contraceptives
Paulina Porizkova
Model
9-Apr-1965   Wife of Ric Ocasek
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Actor
9-Apr-1979   Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Rufus Putnam
Military
9-Apr-1738 4-May-1824 The Father of Ohio
Dennis Quaid
Actor
9-Apr-1954   Any Given Sunday
Abraham Ribicoff
Politician
9-Apr-1910 22-Feb-1998 Senator and Governor from Connecticut
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Archie Roosevelt
Relative
9-Apr-1894 13-Oct-1979 Conservative leader against New Deal
Renato Ruggiero
Politician
9-Apr-1930   Director-General of the WTO, 1995-99
Joe Scarborough
Pundit
9-Apr-1963   Co-Host, Morning Joe
Debbie Schlussel
Radio Personality
9-Apr-1969   Conservative pundit
Avery Schreiber
Comic
9-Apr-1935 7-Jan-2002 Burns and Schreiber
Frank Shakespeare
Diplomat
9-Apr-1925   US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89
Michel Simon
Actor
9-Apr-1895 30-May-1975 L'Atalante
Iain Duncan Smith
Politician
9-Apr-1954   Conservative Party leader, 2001-03
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Floyd Spence
Politician
9-Apr-1928 16-Aug-2001 Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001
Rachel Stevens
Musician
9-Apr-1978   In UK pop band S Club 7
Kristen Stewart
Actor
9-Apr-1990   Bella Swan in Twilight
Paula Stewart
Singer
9-Apr-1933   Singer, Bacharach ex-wife
Park Trammell
Politician
9-Apr-1876 8-May-1936 Governor and Senator from Florida
J๘rn Utzon
Architect
9-Apr-1918 29-Nov-2008 Sydney Opera House
Jacques Villeneuve
Auto Racing
9-Apr-1971   Canadian Formula-1, Indy car racer
Chris Watson
Head of State
9-Apr-1867 18-Nov-1941 Prime Minister of Australia, 1904
Gerard Way
Musician
9-Apr-1977   My Chemical Romance
Harris Wofford
Politician
9-Apr-1926   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95
Efrem Zimbalist
Violinist
9-Apr-1889 22-Feb-1985 Russian-American violinist




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