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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Follen Adams
Poet
21-Apr-1842 8-Mar-1918 Leedle Yawcob Strauss
Ira Allen
Military
21-Apr-1751 4-Jan-1814 Founder of the University of Vermont
Robert Allston
Agriculturalist
21-Apr-1801 7-Apr-1864 Rice planter, Governor
Jeff Anderson
Actor
21-Apr-1970   Clerks
Fredrik Bajer
Politician
21-Apr-1837 22-Jan-1922 Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient
Josh Billings
Author
21-Apr-1818 14-Oct-1885 19th century American humorist
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Physicist
21-Apr-1774 3-Feb-1862 Biot-Savart Law
G. W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
21-Apr-1872 29-Apr-1944 The Birth of a Nation
John Bohlinger
Politician
21-Apr-1936   Lt. Governor of Montana
David L. Boren
Politician
21-Apr-1941   Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Percy Williams Bridgman
Physicist
21-Apr-1882 20-Aug-1961 High-pressure physics
Charlotte Brontë
Novelist
21-Apr-1816 31-Mar-1855 Jane Eyre
Pat Brown
Politician
21-Apr-1905 16-Feb-1996 Governor of California, 1959-67
Robert Brustein
Educator
21-Apr-1927   Founder, American Reportory Theatre
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts
Philanthropist
21-Apr-1814 30-Dec-1906 Victorian philanthropist
Ken Caminiti
Baseball
21-Apr-1963 10-Oct-2004 Former National League MVP
Marcel Camus
Film Director
21-Apr-1912 13-Jan-1982 Black Orpheus
Walter Christaller
Scientist
21-Apr-1893 9-Mar-1969 Central Place Theory
Gary Condit
Politician
21-Apr-1948   Congressman from California, 1989-2003
Don Cornell
Singer
21-Apr-1919 23-Feb-2004 Big band singer, It Isn't Fair
Robert A. Corrigan
Educator
21-Apr-1935   President, San Francisco State University
Tony Danza
Actor
21-Apr-1951   Who's The Boss?
Lisa Darr
Actor
21-Apr-1963   Jane McPherson on Popular
Paul Davis
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1948 22-Apr-2008 I Go Crazy
Claire Denis
Film Director
21-Apr-1948   Beau travail
Reginald Denny
Victim
21-Apr-1953   Truck driver beaten in Rodney King riots
James Dobson
Radio Personality
21-Apr-1936   Focus on the Family
Alphonse Dochez
Doctor
21-Apr-1882 30-Jun-1964 Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold
Paul Dresser
Songwriter
21-Apr-1857 30-Jan-1906 My Gal Sal
Ken Duberstein
Government
21-Apr-1944   Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89
Roy Dupuis
Actor
21-Apr-1963   Michael Samuelle on La Femme Nikita
Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
21-Apr-1926   Queen of England
Walther Flemming
Biologist
21-Apr-1843 4-Aug-1905 Chromosomes and mitosis
Michael Franti
Musician
21-Apr-1967   Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Hans Fritzsche
Government
21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda
Thomas Gill
Politician
21-Apr-1922 3-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Hawaii, 1966-70
Anne Gorsuch
Government
21-Apr-1942 18-Jul-2004 Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign
Lawrence Gowing
Historian
21-Apr-1918 5-Feb-1991 Art historian, biographer of Vermeer
Charles Grodin
Actor
21-Apr-1935   Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor
Suzanne K. Hale
Diplomat
21-Apr-1948   US Ambassador to Micronesia
Ulrich von Hutten
Poet
21-Apr-1488 29-Aug-1523 Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
Megs Jenkins
Actor
21-Apr-1917 5-Oct-1998 The History of Mr. Polly
Paul Karrer
Chemist
21-Apr-1889 18-Jun-1971 Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Thomas H. Kean
Politician
21-Apr-1935   Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90
William R. Kintner
Scholar
21-Apr-1915 1-Feb-1997 Peace and the Strategy Conflict
Patti LuPone
Actor
21-Apr-1949   Won Tony for Evita
Paul W. MacAvoy
Economist
21-Apr-1934   Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76
Andie MacDowell
Actor
21-Apr-1958   St. Elmo's Fire
Bruno Maderna
Composer
21-Apr-1920 13-Nov-1973 Avant-garde composer
Elaine May
Comic
21-Apr-1932   Wrote and directed Ishtar
Rollo May
Psychologist
21-Apr-1909 22-Oct-1994 Love and Will
James McAvoy
Actor
21-Apr-1979   Chronicles of Narnia
Joe McCarthy
Baseball
21-Apr-1887 13-Jan-1978 Yankees manager for 15 years
W. Craig McClelland
Business
21-Apr-1934   CEO of Union Camp, 1994-99
Robin Meade
Journalist
21-Apr-1969   Robin & Company
Christoph Meili
Victim
21-Apr-1968   Whistleblower, fired by Union Banque Suisse
John Cameron Mitchell
Actor
21-Apr-1963   Hedwig and the Angry Inch
James Morrison
Actor
21-Apr-1954   Bill Buchanan on 24
John Mortimer
Playwright
21-Apr-1923 16-Jan-2009 Rumpole of the Bailey
John Muir
Activist
21-Apr-1838 24-Dec-1914 Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
David M. O'Connell
Educator
21-Apr-1955   President, Catholic University of America
Jerry Only
Bassist
21-Apr-1959   Bassist for The Misfits
Steve Owen
Football
21-Apr-1898 17-May-1964 NY Giants Head Coach, 1930-53
Geoffrey Palmer
Head of State
21-Apr-1942   Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1989-90
Norman Panama
Screenwriter
21-Apr-1914 13-Jan-2003 The Court Jester
Barbara Park
Author
21-Apr-1947   Junie B. Jones series
Étienne-Denis Pasquier
Politician
21-Apr-1767 5-Jul-1862 Last Chancellor of France
Thomas H. Pigford
Engineer
21-Apr-1922 27-Feb-2010 Nuclear chemical engineer
Iggy Pop
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1947   Iggy and the Stooges
Edwin Stanton Porter
Film Director
21-Apr-1870 30-Apr-1941 The Great Train Robbery
C. James Prieur
Business
21-Apr-1951   CEO of Conseco
James Quello
Government
21-Apr-1914 24-Jan-2010 FCC Commissioner, 1974-97
Anthony Quinn
Actor
21-Apr-1915 3-Jun-2001 Zorba the Greek
Randall R. Rader
Judge
21-Apr-1949   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Rob Riggle
Comic
21-Apr-1970   The Daily Show
Tony Romo
Football
21-Apr-1980   Dallas Cowboys QB
Robert Smith
Musician
21-Apr-1959   Lead singer of The Cure
Toby Stephens
Actor
21-Apr-1969   Die Another Day
Nicole Sullivan
Actor
21-Apr-1970   Vancome Lady on MADtv
Hippolyte Taine
Historian
21-Apr-1828 5-Mar-1893 Origines de la France Contemporaine
Don Tyson
Business
21-Apr-1930 6-Jan-2011 Tyson Foods
Severina Vuckovic
Musician
21-Apr-1972   Virtuous Croatian pop star's secret sex tape leaked
Leonard Warren
Singer
21-Apr-1911 4-Mar-1960 Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Max Weber
Sociologist
21-Apr-1864 14-Jun-1920 The Protestant Ethic
Brian J. White
Actor
21-Apr-1973   Stomp the Yard
Dominic Zamprogna
Actor
21-Apr-1979   The Boys Club




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