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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Matthew Arnold
Poet
24-Dec-1822 15-Apr-1888 Culture and Anarchy
John Jacob Astor
Philanthropist
13-Jul-1864 15-Apr-1912 Died aboard the Titanic
Raymond Bailey
Actor
6-May-1904 15-Apr-1980 Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies
William Bakewell
Actor
2-May-1908 15-Apr-1993 All Quiet on the Western Front
Wallace Beery
Actor
1-Apr-1885 15-Apr-1949 Grand Hotel
Clara Blandick
Actor
4-Jun-1880 15-Apr-1962 Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz
Paul Bogart
Film Director
13-Nov-1919 15-Apr-2012 Prolific TV and film director
Filippo Brunelleschi
Architect
1377 15-Apr-1446 Florentine Renaissance architect
Charles Bulfinch
Architect
8-Aug-1763 15-Apr-1844 Architect of the U.S. Capitol
Leslie Charteris
Novelist
12-May-1907 15-Apr-1993 Created Simon Templar
Richard Conte
Actor
24-Mar-1910 15-Apr-1975 The Blue Gardenia
Hazel Court
Actor
10-Feb-1926 15-Apr-2008 Horror Queen
John Curry
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1949 15-Apr-1994 Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
Simon Dach
Poet
29-Jul-1605 15-Apr-1659 German lyrical poet
Father Damien
Religion
3-Jan-1840 15-Apr-1889 Attended to lepers at Molokai
William Empson
Critic
27-Sep-1906 15-Apr-1984 Seven Types of Ambiguity
Greta Garbo
Actor
18-Sep-1905 15-Apr-1990 Vanted to be alone
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Edward Gorey
Author
22-Feb-1925 15-Apr-2000 Amphigorey
Christopher Hansteen
Astronomer
26-Sep-1784 15-Apr-1873 Studied terrestrial magnetism
Jack Herer
Activist
18-Jun-1939 15-Apr-2010 Cannabis evangelist
Benjamin Hooks
Activist
31-Jan-1925 15-Apr-2010 NAACP Director, 1977-92
Hendrik S. Houthakker
Economist
31-Dec-1924 15-Apr-2008 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Roger Imhof
Actor
15-Aug-1875 15-Apr-1958 This Gun for Hire
Pedro Infante
Actor
18-Nov-1917 15-Apr-1957 Idolo de Guamúchil
Moses E. Kiley
Religion
13-Nov-1876 15-Apr-1953 Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1940-53
Martin S. Kimmel
Business
9-Apr-1916 15-Apr-2008 Founder of Kimco Realty
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Mikhail Lomonosov
Poet
19-Nov-1711 15-Apr-1765 Early father of Russian poetry
Arthur Lowe
Actor
22-Sep-1915 15-Apr-1982 Dad's Army
Joe Masseria
Criminal
1879 15-Apr-1931 NY mobster, killed by Luciano
Spark Matsunaga
Politician
8-Oct-1916 15-Apr-1990 US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90
Robert Musil
Novelist
6-Nov-1880 15-Apr-1942 Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
Stavros Niarchos
Business
3-Jul-1909 15-Apr-1996 Greek shipping tycoon
Pol Pot
Head of State
19-May-1925 15-Apr-1998 Leader of the Khmer Rouge
Robert Purvis
Activist
4-Aug-1810 15-Apr-1898 President of the Underground Railroad
Joey Ramone
Singer
19-May-1951 15-Apr-2001 The Ramones
Marshall Reed
Actor
28-May-1917 15-Apr-1980 Insp. Fred Asher on The Lineup
Manuel Roxas
Head of State
1-Jan-1892 15-Apr-1948 5th President of the Philippines
John Singer Sargent
Painter
12-Jan-1856 15-Apr-1925 American portraitist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
21-Jun-1905 15-Apr-1980 Nausea, No Exit
Edward Smith
Victim
27-Jan-1850 15-Apr-1912 Captain of the RMS Titanic
W. T. Stead
Journalist
5-Jul-1849 15-Apr-1912 Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1883-89
Totò
Actor
15-Feb-1898 15-Apr-1967 The Hawks and the Sparrows
Byron White
Judge
8-Jun-1917 15-Apr-2002 US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93
Kenneth Williams
Actor
22-Feb-1926 15-Apr-1988 Carry on...
Hu Yaobang
Head of State
20-Nov-1915 15-Apr-1989 Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87


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