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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Armstrong
Politician
25-Nov-1758 1-Apr-1843 US Secretary of War, 1813-14
Noah Beery, Sr.
Actor
17-Jan-1882 1-Apr-1946 The Mark of Zorro
Leslie Cheung
Singer
12-Sep-1956 1-Apr-2003 Cantopop singer, jumped to death
Michel de Ghelderode
Playwright
3-Apr-1898 1-Apr-1962 Surrealistic Belgian playwright
Charles Drew
Doctor
3-Jun-1904 1-Apr-1950 First to separate blood plasma
Max Ernst
Painter
2-Apr-1891 1-Apr-1976 The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child
Gene Evans
Actor
11-Jul-1922 1-Apr-1998 Behemoth, the Sea Monster
Hans Filbinger
Politician
15-Sep-1913 1-Apr-2007 Disgraced German politician
John Forsythe
Actor
29-Jan-1918 1-Apr-2010 Blake Carrington on Dynasty
Marvin Gaye
Singer
2-Apr-1939 1-Apr-1984 Heard It Through the Grapevine
George II
Royalty
20-Jul-1890 1-Apr-1947 King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47
Martha Graham
Dancer
11-May-1894 1-Apr-1991 Innovator of modern dance
Nedda Harrigan
Actor
24-Aug-1899 1-Apr-1989 Devil's Island
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
Jim Jordan
Actor
16-Nov-1896 1-Apr-1988 Fibber McGee
Lev Landau
Physicist
22-Jan-1908 1-Apr-1968 Superfluidity of helium
Miguel de la Madrid
Head of State
12-Dec-1934 1-Apr-2012 President of Mexico, 1982-88
Manning Marable
Educator
13-May-1950 1-Apr-2011 Beyond Black and White
F. O. Matthiessen
Critic
19-Feb-1902 1-Apr-1950 American Renaissance
Frederick Denison Maurice
Religion
29-Aug-1805 1-Apr-1872 19th c. Anglican theologian
Robert McCormick
Business
30-Jul-1880 1-Apr-1955 Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower
John Milton
Politician
20-Apr-1807 1-Apr-1865 Florida governor, committed suicide
Ferenc Molnár
Playwright
12-Jan-1878 1-Apr-1952 The Paul Street Boys
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Giuditta Pasta
Singer
26-Oct-1797 1-Apr-1865 Operatic soprano
Ed Roberts
Inventor
13-Sep-1941 1-Apr-2010 Inventor of the Altair computer
Lynne Roberts
Actor
22-Nov-1919 1-Apr-1978 American character actress
Elliott P. Skinner
Scholar
20-Jun-1924 1-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69
Carrie Snodgress
Actor
27-Oct-1946 1-Apr-2004 Diary of a Mad Housewife
Tzannis Tzannetakis
Head of State
13-Sep-1927 1-Apr-2010 Prime Minister of Greece, 1989
Marcus L. Urann
Business
2-Oct-1873 1-Apr-1963 Cranberry magnate




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