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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Tsar Alexander II
Royalty
17-Apr-1818 13-Mar-1881 Tsar of Russia, 1855-81
Lindsay Anderson
Film Director
17-Apr-1923 30-Aug-1994 If...
Theo Angelopoulos
Film Director
17-Apr-1935 24-Jan-2012 Ulysses' Gaze
Cap Anson
Baseball
17-Apr-1852 14-Apr-1922 Early MLB superstar, Hall of Famer
Teri Austin
Actor
17-Apr-1957   Jill Bennett on Knots Landing
Ray Stannard Baker
Journalist
17-Apr-1870 12-Jul-1946 Biographer of Woodrow Wilson
Afrika Bambaataa
Musician
17-Apr-1957   Hip Hop pioneer, Planet Rock
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Head of State
17-Apr-1916 10-Oct-2000 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Sean Bean
Actor
17-Apr-1959   Boromir in Lord of the Rings
Victoria Beckham
Singer
17-Apr-1974   Posh Spice
Marsha S. Berzon
Judge
17-Apr-1945   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Karen Blixen
Author
17-Apr-1885 7-Sep-1962 Babette's Feast and Out of Africa
Pedro Bloch
Playwright
17-Apr-1914 23-Feb-2004 The Hands of Eurydice
David Bradley
Actor
17-Apr-1942   Argus Filch in Harry Potter films
Alexander Cartwright
Baseball
17-Apr-1820 12-Jul-1892 Original rules of baseball
Irene Castle
Dancer
17-Apr-1893 25-Jan-1969 Vernon & Irene Castle
Samuel Chase
Judge
17-Apr-1741 19-Jun-1811 US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811
Bill Clements
Politician
17-Apr-1917 29-May-2011 Twice Governor of Texas
Henry Ian Cusick
Actor
17-Apr-1967   Desmond Hume on Lost
Nicholas D'Agosto
Actor
17-Apr-1980   Fired Up!
William R. Day
Judge
17-Apr-1849 9-Jul-1923 US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22
Glen E. Edgerton
Military
17-Apr-1887 1956 Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44
Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr.
Judge
17-Apr-1949   Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Kimberly Elise
Actor
17-Apr-1967   Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Richard A. Epstein
Scholar
17-Apr-1943   Takings
Boomer Esiason
Football
17-Apr-1961   Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Foss
Military
17-Apr-1915 1-Jan-2003 WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota
Leo Frank
Victim
17-Apr-1884 17-Aug-1915 Innocent man, lynched by mob
Billy Fury
Musician
17-Apr-1941 28-Jan-1983 The Sound of Fury
Jennifer Garner
Actor
17-Apr-1972   Alias
Genevieve
Singer
17-Apr-1920 14-Mar-2004 Singer on Jack Paar Show
Jan Hammer
Musician
17-Apr-1948   Wrote the theme for Miami Vice
Lindsay Hartley
Actor
17-Apr-1978   Theresa Crane on Passions
Louis Jean Heydt
Actor
17-Apr-1905 29-Jan-1960 American character actor
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Nick Hornby
Author
17-Apr-1957   High Fidelity
William R. Hull, Jr.
Government
17-Apr-1906 15-Aug-1977 Congressman from Missouri, 1955-73
Olivia Hussey
Actor
17-Apr-1951   Romeo and Juliet
Taisuke Itagaki
Politician
17-Apr-1837 11-Jul-1919 Founder of Japan's Liberal party
Maynard James Keenan
Musician
17-Apr-1964   Tool vocalist
William T. Kerr
Business
17-Apr-1941   CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006
Don Kirshner
Business
17-Apr-1934 17-Jan-2011 Mastermind behind The Monkees
Georges J.F. Köhler
Scientist
17-Apr-1946 1-Mar-1995 Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Arthur Lake
Actor
17-Apr-1905 9-Jan-1987 Dagwood Bumstead
Todd Lickliter
Basketball
17-Apr-1955   Head Coach, University of Iowa
Joan Lorring
Actor
17-Apr-1926   The Corn Is Green
Robert Morrison MacIver
Sociologist
17-Apr-1882 15-Jun-1970 The Web of Government
William Mapother
Actor
17-Apr-1965   The Grudge
Rooney Mara
Actor
17-Apr-1985   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Richard Marquand
Film Director
17-Apr-1938 4-Sep-1987 Return of the Jedi
Monet Mazur
Actor
17-Apr-1976   Blow
J. Pierpont Morgan
Business
17-Apr-1837 31-Mar-1913 Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Joel Murray
Actor
17-Apr-1963   Pete Cavanaugh on Dharma & Greg
Cynthia Ozick
Author
17-Apr-1928   The Puttermesser Papers
Debra J. Perry
Business
17-Apr-1951   Moody's
Liz Phair
Singer/Songwriter
17-Apr-1967   Exile in Guyville
Gregor Piatigorsky
Cellist
17-Apr-1903 6-Aug-1976 Russian-American cello virtuoso
Roddy Piper
Wrestling
17-Apr-1954   Here to kick ass, chew bubble gum
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Redman
Rapper
17-Apr-1970   Hip hop artist, Whut? Thee Album
Elizabeth H. Roberts
Politician
17-Apr-1957   Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
Lela Rochon
Actor
17-Apr-1964   Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Carlo Rota
Actor
17-Apr-1961   Little Mosque on the Prairie
Artur Schnabel
Pianist
17-Apr-1882 15-Aug-1951 Pianist and classical composer
W. Kerr Scott
Politician
17-Apr-1896 16-Apr-1958 Governor and Senator from North Carolina
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
Pete Shelley
Singer
17-Apr-1955   Buzzcocks singer
Anne Shirley
Actor
17-Apr-1918 4-Jul-1993 Stella Dallas
Willis Van Devanter
Judge
17-Apr-1859 8-Feb-1941 US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-37
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Henry Vaughan
Poet
17-Apr-1622 23-Apr-1695 Silex Scintillans
Thomas Vaughan
Chemist
17-Apr-1622 27-Feb-1666 English alchemist and mystic
Monrad C. Wallgren
Politician
17-Apr-1891 18-Sep-1961 Governor of Washington, 1945-49
Señor Wences
Performance Artist
17-Apr-1896 20-Apr-1999 Ventriloquist
Thornton Wilder
Novelist
17-Apr-1897 7-Dec-1975 The Bridge of San Luis Rey


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