LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nicholas Amhurst	Author	16-Oct-1697	12-Apr-1742	The Craftsman
Josephine Baker	Dancer	3-Jun-1906	12-Apr-1975	Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Clara Barton	Activist	25-Dec-1821	12-Apr-1912	Co-Founder of the American Red Cross
James M. Beck	Politician	9-Jul-1861	12-Apr-1936	US Solicitor General, 1921-25
Jacques Bossuet	Religion	25-Sep-1627	12-Apr-1704	Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle
Charles Burney	Musicologist	7-Apr-1726	12-Apr-1814	History of Music
Norman Campbell	Film Director	4-Feb-1924	12-Apr-2004	TV director, producer
Feodor Chaliapin	Singer	13-Feb-1873	12-Apr-1938	Operatic bass
Marilyn Chambers	Pornstar	22-Apr-1952	12-Apr-2009	Behind the Green Door
Michel Chartrand	Labor Leader	20-Dec-1916	12-Apr-2010	Quebec nationalist labor activist
William Sloane Coffin	Activist	1-Jun-1924	12-Apr-2006	Civilly disobedient chaplain
Edward Drinker Cope	Paleontologist	28-Jul-1840	12-Apr-1897	Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens
Paul Ford	Actor	2-Nov-1901	12-Apr-1976	The Phil Silvers Show
Arthur Freed	Film/TV Producer	9-Sep-1894	12-Apr-1973	MGM producer, big budget musicals
James Gleason	Actor	23-May-1882	12-Apr-1959	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Dwight P. Griswold	Politician	27-Nov-1893	12-Apr-1954	Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47
Sidney Harman	Business	5-Aug-1918	12-Apr-2011	Founder of Harman International
Peter Haskell	Actor	15-Oct-1934	12-Apr-2010	Kevin Grant on Bracken's World
Patrick Hillery	Head of State	2-May-1923	12-Apr-2008	President of Ireland, 1976-90
Abbie Hoffman	Activist	30-Nov-1936	12-Apr-1989	Steal This Book
Adoniram Judson	Linguist	9-Aug-1788	12-Apr-1850	Missionary, Burmese lexicographer
Pope Julius I	Religion	?	12-Apr-352 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 337-52
William Kent	Architect	1685	12-Apr-1748	Influential landscape gardener
Joe Louis	Boxing	13-May-1914	12-Apr-1981	The Champ
Charles Messier	Astronomer	26-Jun-1730	12-Apr-1817	Cataloguer of M objects
Metastasio	Poet	3-Jan-1698	12-Apr-1782	Italian librettist of the 18th century
Alan Paton	Author	11-Jan-1903	12-Apr-1988	Cry, the Beloved Country
Rajkumar	Actor	24-Apr-1928	12-Apr-2006	Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan
Sugar Ray Robinson	Boxing	3-May-1921	12-Apr-1989	Welterweight and Middleweight champ
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Head of State	30-Jan-1882	12-Apr-1945	US President during WWII
Thomas Rowlandson	Artist	1756	12-Apr-1827	English caricaturist
James Schuyler	Poet	9-Nov-1923	12-Apr-1991	Freely Espousing
William Graham Sumner	Educator	30-Oct-1840	12-Apr-1910	Laissez faire sociologist
Igor Y. Tamm	Physicist	8-Jul-1895	12-Apr-1971	Cherenkov radiation
Boss Tweed	Politician	3-Apr-1823	12-Apr-1878	Boss of Tammany Hall
George Wald	Biologist	18-Nov-1906	12-Apr-1997	Physiology of the retina
Boxcar Willie	Country Musician	1-Sep-1931	12-Apr-1999	World's favorite hobo

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