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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Gaetano Badalamenti |
Criminal |
14-Sep-1923 |
29-Apr-2004 |
Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses |
| Barend Biesheuvel |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1920 |
29-Apr-2001 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971-73 |
| G. W. Bitzer |
Cinematographer |
21-Apr-1872 |
29-Apr-1944 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Aleksander Bovin |
Diplomat |
9-Aug-1930 |
29-Apr-2004 |
Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7 |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| St. Catherine of Siena |
Religion |
25-Mar-1347 |
29-Apr-1380 |
Patron saint of Italy |
| Constantine P. Cavafy |
Poet |
29-Apr-1863 |
29-Apr-1933 |
Greek poet in Alexandria |
| Mae Clarke |
Actor |
16-Aug-1910 |
29-Apr-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Ken Curtis |
Actor |
2-Jul-1916 |
29-Apr-1991 |
Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke |
| John Nelson Darby |
Religion |
18-Nov-1800 |
29-Apr-1882 |
Father of Dispensationalism |
| Angier Biddle Duke |
Diplomat |
30-Nov-1915 |
29-Apr-1995 |
US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68 |
| George Farquhar |
Playwright |
1678 |
29-Apr-1707 |
The Beaux Stratagem |
| Irving Fisher |
Economist |
27-Feb-1867 |
29-Apr-1947 |
The Theory of Interest |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| James Gamble |
Business |
3-Apr-1803 |
29-Apr-1891 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
| William Gillette |
Actor |
24-Jul-1853 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage |
| Michael Gordon |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1909 |
29-Apr-1993 |
Pillow Talk |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| Albert Hofmann |
Chemist |
11-Jan-1906 |
29-Apr-2008 |
Discovered LSD |
| Russell Kirk |
Author |
19-Oct-1918 |
29-Apr-1994 |
The Conservative Mind |
| Joseph Kirkland |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1830 |
29-Apr-1894 |
Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County |
| Anthony Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jun-1906 |
29-Apr-1967 |
El Cid |
| Joe May |
Film Director |
7-Nov-1880 |
29-Apr-1954 |
The Invisible Man Returns |
| Wright Morris |
Novelist |
6-Jan-1910 |
29-Apr-1998 |
The Field of Vision |
| Ernest Fox Nichols |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1869 |
29-Apr-1924 |
Infrared radiation |
| Bill Quinn |
Actor |
6-May-1912 |
29-Apr-1994 |
Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place |
| Mick Ronson |
Guitarist |
26-May-1946 |
29-Apr-1993 |
Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist |
| Mike Royko |
Columnist |
19-Sep-1932 |
29-Apr-1997 |
Syndicated Chicago columnist |
| Joanna Russ |
Author |
22-Feb-1937 |
29-Apr-2011 |
The Female Man |
| Deborah Sampson |
Military |
17-Dec-1760 |
29-Apr-1827 |
Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| Claude R. Wickard |
Government |
28-Feb-1893 |
29-Apr-1967 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45 |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
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