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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball
16-Apr-1947   NBA records for most minutes, most points
Edie Adams
Actor
16-Apr-1925 15-Oct-2008 Lover Come Back
Herbert Baxter Adams
Historian
16-Apr-1850 30-Jul-1901 Coined term political science
Spottiswoode Aitken
Actor
16-Apr-1868 26-Feb-1933 Silent film actor
Akon
Singer
16-Apr-1973   Trouble
Tom Allen
Politician
16-Apr-1945   Congressman from Maine, 1997-2009
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
16-Apr-1922 22-Oct-1995 Lucky Jim
Ove Arup
Engineer
16-Apr-1895 5-Feb-1988 Danish civil engineer
Randy Ayers
Basketball
16-Apr-1956   OSU Head Coach, 1989-97
Warren Barker
Composer
16-Apr-1923 3-Aug-2006 Composer for 77 Sunset Strip
Ellen Barkin
Actor
16-Apr-1954   Siesta
Alfonso Bedoya
Actor
16-Apr-1904 15-Dec-1957 Doesn't need no stinking badges
Bill Belichick
Football
16-Apr-1952   Head Coach, New England Patriots
Pope Benedict XVI
Religion
16-Apr-1927   Roman Catholic Pontiff
Billy Benedict
Actor
16-Apr-1917 25-Nov-1999 Whitey in The Bowery Boys films
Peter Billingsley
Actor
16-Apr-1972   A Christmas Story
Michel Blanc
Actor
16-Apr-1952   Monsieur Hire
Bruce Bochy
Baseball
16-Apr-1955   Manager, San Francisco Giants
J. Armand Bombardier
Business
16-Apr-1907 18-Feb-1964 Founder of Bombardier
Ford Madox Brown
Painter
16-Apr-1821 6-Oct-1893 English historical painter
Julian Carroll
Politician
16-Apr-1931   Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79
William Chambers
Publisher
16-Apr-1800 20-May-1883 W. & R. Chambers, Ltd.
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
16-Apr-1889 25-Dec-1977 Silent film comedian
Paul Cox
Film Director
16-Apr-1940   Innocence
Milton Cross
Radio Personality
16-Apr-1897 3-Jan-1975 Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera
Jon Cryer
Actor
16-Apr-1965   Duckie Dale in Pretty in Pink
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
16-Apr-1919 26-Jul-2009 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Sir John Davies
Poet
16-Apr-1569 8-Dec-1626 Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing
Luol Deng
Basketball
16-Apr-1985   Chicago Bulls forward
Lou Dubose
Journalist
16-Apr-1949   Editor, The Texas Observer, 1987-99
Lara Dutta
Actor
16-Apr-1978   Miss Universe 2000
David Edgerton
Historian
16-Apr-1959   The Shock of the Old
Noah Fleiss
Actor
16-Apr-1984   Josh and S.A.M.
Charles J. Folger
Politician
16-Apr-1818 4-Sep-1884 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84
Anatole France
Novelist
16-Apr-1844 13-Oct-1924 French novelist
Aaron L. Friedberg
Government
16-Apr-1956   In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Peter Garrett
Musician
16-Apr-1953   Frontman, Midnight Oil
David Graf
Actor
16-Apr-1950 7-Apr-2001 Movie, TV and videogame work
Lukas Haas
Actor
16-Apr-1976   Amish boy in Witness
John Harvey-Jones
Business
16-Apr-1924 9-Jan-2008 Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Jean II
Royalty
16-Apr-1319 8-Apr-1364 King of France, 1350-64
Tom C. Korologos
Diplomat
16-Apr-1933   US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07
Dick Lane
Football
16-Apr-1928 29-Jan-2002 Night Train Lane
Martin Lawrence
Comic
16-Apr-1965   Martin
Ian MacKaye
Musician
16-Apr-1962   Punk rock icon
Sean Maher
Actor
16-Apr-1975   Dr. Simon Tam on Firefly
Henry Mancini
Composer
16-Apr-1924 14-Jun-1994 Moon River
Herbie Mann
Jazz Musician
16-Apr-1930 1-Jul-2003 Jazz flautist
Margrethe II
Royalty
16-Apr-1940   Queen of Denmark
Diane Middlebrook
Author
16-Apr-1939 15-Dec-2007 Biographer of Anne Sexton
Spike Milligan
Comic
16-Apr-1918 27-Feb-2002 The Goon Show
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
Politician
16-Apr-1923   Twice Governor of West Virginia
Barry Nelson
Actor
16-Apr-1920 7-Apr-2007 Yank on the Burma Road
Jimmy Osmond
Musician
16-Apr-1963   Youngest of the Osmonds
Glubb Pasha
Military
16-Apr-1897 17-Mar-1986 Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56
Melody Patterson
Actor
16-Apr-1949   Wrangler Jane on F Troop
Dave Pirner
Musician
16-Apr-1964   Frontman for Soul Asylum
Anthony J. Principi
Government
16-Apr-1944   US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05
Shu Qi
Actor
16-Apr-1976   Gorgeous
Peter Mark Richman
Actor
16-Apr-1927   Nick Cain on Cain's Hundred
Ann Romney
First Lady
16-Apr-1949   Wife of Mitt Romney
Jay O. Sanders
Actor
16-Apr-1953   Steve Kordo on Crime Story
Rose Schneiderman
Labor Leader
16-Apr-1882 11-Aug-1972 Union leader of the 1920s-'50s
Selena
Singer
16-Apr-1971 31-Mar-1995 Crossover Tejano music star
Sir Hans Sloane
Curator
16-Apr-1660 11-Jan-1753 Milk chocolate and the British Museum
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Cliff Stearns
Politician
16-Apr-1941   Congressman, Florida 6th
Henry Stephenson
Actor
16-Apr-1871 24-Apr-1956 The Prince and the Pauper
John Millington Synge
Playwright
16-Apr-1871 24-Mar-1909 The Playboy of the Western World
Leo Tindemans
Head of State
16-Apr-1922   Prime Minister of Belgium, 1974-78
Ed Townsend
Singer/Songwriter
16-Apr-1929 13-Aug-2003 R&B vocalist, songwriter and producer
Les Tremayne
Radio Personality
16-Apr-1913 19-Dec-2003 Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts
Tristan Tzara
Poet
16-Apr-1896 24-Dec-1963 Founded the Dada movement
Peter Ustinov
Actor
16-Apr-1921 28-Mar-2004 British stage actor
Bobby Vinton
Singer
16-Apr-1935   Sealed With A Kiss
Billy West
Actor
16-Apr-1952   Futurama voices, Ren and Stimpy
Wilbur Wright
Aviator
16-Apr-1867 30-May-1912 Co-Inventor of the airplane


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