| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Vicente Aleixandre |
Poet |
26-Apr-1898 |
14-Dec-1984 |
Spanish surrealist poet |
| Marc Andreessen |
Computer Programmer |
26-Apr-1971 |
|
Co-Founder of Netscape |
| Anthony |
Radio Personality |
26-Apr-1961 |
|
The Opie & Anthony Show |
| Richard Armitage |
Government |
26-Apr-1945 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
| John James Audubon |
Naturalist |
26-Apr-1785 |
27-Jan-1851 |
Illustrated Birds of America |
| Marcus Aurelius |
Royalty |
26-Apr-121 AD |
17-Mar-180 AD |
Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD |
| Theodor Billroth |
Doctor |
26-Apr-1829 |
6-Feb-1894 |
Viennese surgeon |
| Cathleen Black |
Business |
26-Apr-1944 |
|
New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11 |
| Fanny Blankers-Koen |
Track and Field |
26-Apr-1918 |
25-Jan-2004 |
Four gold medals in 1948 |
| Sheldon M. Bonovitz |
Attorney |
26-Apr-1937 |
|
Partner, Duane, Morris & Hecksher |
| Jordana Brewster |
Actor |
26-Apr-1980 |
|
The Faculty |
| Carol Burnett |
Actor |
26-Apr-1933 |
|
The Carol Burnett Show |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| Joan Chen |
Actor |
26-Apr-1961 |
|
The Last Emperor |
| Michael Damian |
Actor |
26-Apr-1962 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Jonathan Daniels |
Government |
26-Apr-1902 |
6-Nov-1981 |
FDR and Truman's press secretary |
| Donna de Varona |
Swimmer |
26-Apr-1947 |
|
Swimmer, two Olympic Gold medals in 1964 |
| Eugène Delacroix |
Painter |
26-Apr-1798 |
13-Aug-1863 |
19th century French painter |
| Jay DeMarcus |
Country Musician |
26-Apr-1971 |
|
Vocalist, Rascal Flatts |
| Ms. Dynamite |
Singer |
26-Apr-1981 |
|
London-based MC, Booo! |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| Jason Earles |
Actor |
26-Apr-1977 |
|
Jackson Stewart on Hannah Montana |
| Duane Eddy |
Guitarist |
26-Apr-1936 |
|
Rebel Rouser |
| Giancarlo Esposito |
Actor |
26-Apr-1958 |
|
Gus Fring on Breaking Bad |
| Richard S. Fuld, Jr. |
Business |
26-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of Lehman Brothers, 1993-2008 |
| April Glaspie |
Diplomat |
26-Apr-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1989-90 |
| David S. Gottesman |
Business |
26-Apr-1926 |
|
First Manhattan Company |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| Glen Jacobs |
Wrestling |
26-Apr-1967 |
|
Kane, WWE wrestler |
| Kevin James |
Actor |
26-Apr-1965 |
|
The King of Queens |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste |
Actor |
26-Apr-1967 |
|
Without a Trace |
| Joey Jordison |
Drummer |
26-Apr-1975 |
|
Slipknot drummer |
| Stana Katic |
Actor |
26-Apr-1978 |
|
Det. Kate Beckett on Castle |
| Edgar Kennedy |
Actor |
26-Apr-1890 |
9-Nov-1948 |
Mad Wednesday |
| Michael Kergin |
Diplomat |
26-Apr-1942 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US, 2000-05 |
| Mark Tapio Kines |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1970 |
|
Foreign Correspondents |
| Nancy Lenehan |
Actor |
26-Apr-1953 |
|
Kay Hickey on My Name Is Earl |
| Jet Li |
Actor |
26-Apr-1963 |
|
Kung fu action movie star |
| Anita Loos |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1893 |
18-Aug-1981 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Katharine C. Lyall |
Business |
26-Apr-1941 |
|
President of the UW System, 1992-2004 |
| Jessica Lynch |
Victim |
26-Apr-1983 |
|
PFC captured by Iraq, rescued |
| Bernard Malamud |
Author |
26-Apr-1914 |
18-Mar-1986 |
The Fixer |
| Marie de Medici |
Royalty |
26-Apr-1573 |
3-Jul-1642 |
Regent of France, 1610-17 |
| Ivana Milicevic |
Actor |
26-Apr-1974 |
|
Head Over Heels |
| Giorgio Moroder |
Music Producer |
26-Apr-1940 |
|
Disco producer and composer |
| Frederick Law Olmsted |
Architect |
26-Apr-1822 |
28-Aug-1903 |
Designed New York's Central Park |
| John L. Orr |
Criminal |
26-Apr-1949 |
|
California arson investigator, arsonist |
| Pasquale Paoli |
Military |
26-Apr-1725 |
5-Feb-1807 |
Corsican patriot |
| Cecilia Parker |
Actor |
26-Apr-1905 |
25-Jul-1993 |
Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series |
| I. M. Pei |
Architect |
26-Apr-1917 |
|
Designed Louvre's glass pyramid |
| Arno Penzias |
Astronomer |
26-Apr-1933 |
|
Detected primordial radiation |
| William H. Pryor, Jr. |
Judge |
26-Apr-1962 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Ma Rainey |
Singer |
26-Apr-1886 |
22-Dec-1939 |
The mother of the blues |
| Thomas Reid |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1710 |
7-Oct-1796 |
Epistemologist, Common Sense school |
| Owen Willans Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Apr-1879 |
15-Feb-1959 |
Electron emissions of metals |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Elisabeth Risdon |
Actor |
26-Apr-1887 |
20-Dec-1958 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Bobby Rydell |
Singer |
26-Apr-1942 |
|
60s teen idol, Wild One |
| Barbet Schroeder |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1941 |
|
Murder by Numbers |
| Dominic Sena |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1949 |
|
Gone in Sixty Seconds |
| Gerry Sikorski |
Politician |
26-Apr-1948 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1983-93 |
| Douglas Sirk |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jan-1987 |
Written on the Wind |
| Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
| Arthur G. Sorlie |
Politician |
26-Apr-1874 |
28-Aug-1928 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28 |
| Koo Stark |
Actor |
26-Apr-1956 |
|
Ex-Girlfriend of Prince Andrew |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| Dudley S. Taft |
Business |
26-Apr-1940 |
|
Taft Broadcasting Company |
| Channing Tatum |
Model |
26-Apr-1980 |
|
Model for Mountain Dew soda |
| Roger Taylor |
Drummer |
26-Apr-1960 |
|
Drummer for Duran Duran |
| William Desmond Taylor |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1872 |
1-Feb-1922 |
Early Hollywood director, murdered |
| Marie Amélie Thérèse |
Royalty |
26-Apr-1782 |
24-Mar-1866 |
Queen Consort of Louis-Philippe |
| Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
| Melania Trump |
Model |
26-Apr-1970 |
|
Slovenian wife of Donald Trump |
| Niki Tsongas |
Politician |
26-Apr-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Massachusetts 5th |
| Jean Vigo |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1905 |
5-Oct-1934 |
L'Atalante |
| A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
| Joseph Ward |
Head of State |
26-Apr-1856 |
8-Jul-1930 |
Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins |
Singer |
26-Apr-1970 |
|
Founding member of TLC |
| Tom Welling |
Actor |
26-Apr-1977 |
|
Superboy on Smallville |
| Guinn Williams |
Actor |
26-Apr-1899 |
6-Jun-1962 |
Santa Fe Trail |
| Debra Wilson |
Comic |
26-Apr-1970 |
|
MADtv |
| Hack Wilson |
Baseball |
26-Apr-1900 |
23-Nov-1948 |
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
| Gary Wright |
Musician |
26-Apr-1943 |
|
Dream Weaver |
