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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert Armstrong
Actor
20-Nov-1890 20-Apr-1973 King Kong
Ferdinand Braun
Physicist
6-Jun-1850 20-Apr-1918 Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Peter Carsten
Actor
30-Apr-1928 20-Apr-2012 Dark of the Sun
Paul Celan
Poet
23-Nov-1920 20-Apr-1970 Todesfuge
Henry Chadwick
Journalist
5-Oct-1824 20-Apr-1908 Father of baseball
Christian X
Royalty
26-Sep-1870 20-Apr-1947 King of Denmark, 1912-47
Pope Clement V
Religion
c. 1260 20-Apr-1314 Roman Catholic Pope, 1305-14
George Clinton
Military
26-Jul-1739 20-Apr-1812 US Vice President, 1805-12
George A. Cowan
Physicist
15-Feb-1920 20-Apr-2012 Founder, Santa Fe Institute
Milovan Djilas
Government
12-Jun-1911 20-Apr-1995 Yugoslavian revolutionary
Eric Harris
Criminal
9-Apr-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Dorothy Height
Activist
24-Mar-1912 20-Apr-2010 National Council of Negro Women
Stanley Hiller, Jr.
Inventor
15-Nov-1924 20-Apr-2006 Helicopter designer
Trevor Huddleston
Religion
15-Jun-1913 20-Apr-1998 Anti-Apartheid activist
Bernard Katz
Scientist
26-Mar-1911 20-Apr-2003 Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
Dylan Klebold
Criminal
11-Sep-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Carl Loewe
Composer
30-Nov-1796 20-Apr-1869 German composer of ballads
Archibald Macleish
Poet
7-May-1892 20-Apr-1982 Conquistador
Steve Marriott
Guitarist
30-Jan-1947 20-Apr-1991 The Small Faces, Humble Pie
Sean O'Faolain
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 20-Apr-1991 Come Back to Erin
Cecil Parker
Actor
3-Sep-1897 20-Apr-1971 The Ladykillers
Giuseppe Peano
Mathematician
27-Aug-1858 20-Apr-1932 Infinitesimal calculus
Pontiac
Head of State
c. 1720 20-Apr-1769 Chief of the Ottawa
John Russell
Painter
29-Mar-1745 20-Apr-1806 English portrait painter
Don Siegel
Film Director
26-Oct-1912 20-Apr-1991 Dirty Harry
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor
2-Nov-1946 20-Apr-2001 Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94
Warren L. Smith
Economist
23-Mar-1914 20-Apr-1972 Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69
Bram Stoker
Author
8-Nov-1847 20-Apr-1912 Dracula
Señor Wences
Performance Artist
17-Apr-1896 20-Apr-1999 Ventriloquist
Fielding H. Yost
Football
30-Apr-1871 20-Apr-1946 Legendary UMich Head Coach




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