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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Novelist
17-Dec-1908 28-Apr-1984 Incense to Idols
Francis Bacon
Painter
28-Oct-1909 28-Apr-1992 The Screaming Popes
Jürgen Bartsch
Criminal
6-Nov-1946 28-Apr-1976 Teenaged homosexual serial killer
Cliff Battles
Football
1-May-1910 28-Apr-1981 NFL Hall-of-Famer
Ed Begley, Sr.
Actor
25-Mar-1901 28-Apr-1970 Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men
Sir Charles Bell
Doctor
Nov-1774 28-Apr-1842 New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain
Rory Calhoun
Actor
8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
William Campbell
Actor
30-Oct-1923 28-Apr-2011 Dementia 13
Sir Eyre Coote
Military
1726 28-Apr-1783 British soldier, fought Hyder Ali
Ricardo Cortez
Actor
19-Sep-1899 28-Apr-1977 The Torrent
John Patrick Crecine
Educator
22-Aug-1939 28-Apr-2008 President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94
Sir Samuel Cunard
Business
21-Nov-1787 28-Apr-1865 Founder, Cunard Lines
Isaac da Costa
Poet
14-Jan-1798 28-Apr-1860 De Verlossing van Nederland
Penelope Fitzgerald
Novelist
17-Dec-1916 28-Apr-2000 The Blue Flower
J. Willard Gibbs
Physicist
11-Feb-1839 28-Apr-1903 Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics
Dabbs Greer
Actor
2-Apr-1917 28-Apr-2007 Rev. Alden on Little House
Steve Howe
Baseball
10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
Ken Hughes
Film Director
19-Jan-1922 28-Apr-2001 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Leon Jouhaux
Labor Leader
1-Jul-1879 28-Apr-1954 Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient
Frank Knox
Politician
1-Jan-1874 28-Apr-1944 US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
18-Nov-1882 28-Apr-1973 Interpreter of St. Thomas
Patricia Medina
Actor
19-Jul-1920 28-Apr-2012 Botany Bay
Benito Mussolini
Head of State
29-Jul-1883 28-Apr-1945 Fascist Dictator of Italy
Clara Petacci
Relative
28-Feb-1912 28-Apr-1945 Mussolini's mistress
Ann Petry
Novelist
12-Oct-1908 28-Apr-1997 The Street
John G. Pollard
Politician
4-Aug-1871 28-Apr-1937 Governor of Virginia, 1930-34
Gavrilo Princip
Assassin
25-Jul-1894 28-Apr-1918 Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Arthur L. Schawlow
Physicist
5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy
Ben Schwartzwalder
Football
2-Jun-1909 28-Apr-1993 Syracuse Head Coach, 1949-73
Iceberg Slim
Criminal
4-Aug-1918 28-Apr-1992 Pimp-turned-author
Philip D. Sprouse
Diplomat
27-Sep-1906 28-Apr-1977 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64
Johann Friedrich Struensee
Government
5-Aug-1737 28-Apr-1772 Puppetmaster of Christian VII
Ludwig Tieck
Novelist
31-May-1773 28-Apr-1853 Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen
Robert W. Upton
Politician
3-Feb-1884 28-Apr-1972 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54
Jim Valvano
Basketball
10-Mar-1946 28-Apr-1993 NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89
Morton Dauwen Zabel
Educator
10-Aug-1901 28-Apr-1964 Craft and Character




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