Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |