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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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