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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Hannes Alfvén
Physicist
30-May-1908 2-Apr-1995 Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Paul Atkinson
Guitarist
19-Mar-1946 2-Apr-2004 Guitarist for The Zombies
Fortunio Bonanova
Singer
13-Jan-1895 2-Apr-1969 Citizen Kane
John Cassell
Publisher
23-Jan-1817 2-Apr-1865 Cassell's Magazine
George D. Clyde
Politician
21-Jul-1898 2-Apr-1972 Governor of Utah, 1957-65
Mike Cuellar
Baseball
8-May-1937 2-Apr-2010 1969 Cy Young Award Winner
Douglass Dumbrille
Actor
13-Oct-1889 2-Apr-1974 The Three Musketeers
C. S. Forester
Novelist
27-Aug-1899 2-Apr-1966 The African Queen
Thomas Gage
Military
1721 2-Apr-1787 Commander of British Forces in America
Greta Gynt
Actor
15-Nov-1916 2-Apr-2000 The Dark Eyes of London
Franz Halder
Military
30-Jun-1884 2-Apr-1972 Nazi general
Paul von Heyse
Author
15-Mar-1830 2-Apr-1914 L'Arrabbiata
A. P. Hill
Military
9-Nov-1825 2-Apr-1865 Confederate General
Gil Hodges
Baseball
4-Apr-1924 2-Apr-1972 Eight-time All-Star
John Howe
Religion
17-May-1630 2-Apr-1706 The Living Temple
Pope John Paul II
Religion
18-May-1920 2-Apr-2005 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Military
1746 2-Apr-1817 Polish and American patriot
Jack Kruschen
Actor
20-Mar-1922 2-Apr-2002 The Apartment
Bernard Lyot
Astronomer
27-Feb-1897 2-Apr-1952 Sandstorms on Mars
Robert P. May
Business
5-May-1949 2-Apr-2011 CEO of Calpine, 2005-08
Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor
27-Apr-1791 2-Apr-1872 Telegraph inventor and publicist
Thomas J. Moyer
Judge
18-Apr-1939 2-Apr-2010 Ohio Chief Justice, 1987-2010
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Georges Pompidou
Head of State
5-Jul-1911 2-Apr-1974 President of France, 1969-74
Stanley Reed
Judge
31-Dec-1884 2-Apr-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57
Buddy Rich
Drummer
30-Sep-1917 2-Apr-1987 Legendary drummer
Theodore W. Richards
Chemist
31-Jan-1868 2-Apr-1928 Atomic weights
John Smibert
Painter
24-Mar-1688 2-Apr-1751 The Bermuda Group
Edwin Starr
Musician
21-Jan-1942 2-Apr-2003 War (What Is It Good For)
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Ray Teal
Actor
12-Jan-1902 2-Apr-1976 Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza
Vernon W. Thomson
Politician
5-Nov-1905 2-Apr-1988 Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59
Hoyt Vandenberg
Government
24-Jan-1899 2-Apr-1954 CIA Director, 1946-47




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