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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Agnetha Fältskog
Musician
5-Apr-1950   ABBA
Krista Allen
Actor
5-Apr-1972   Jenna on Baywatch
Marshall Allman
Actor
5-Apr-1984   LJ Burrows on Prison Break
Jane Asher
Actor
5-Apr-1946   Deep End
Hayley Atwell
Actor
5-Apr-1982   The Duchess
Eric Audé
Actor
5-Apr-1980   Dude Where's My Car?
Maryanne Trump Barry
Judge
5-Apr-1937   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawrence Bell
Business
5-Apr-1894 20-Oct-1956 Founder of Bell Helicopter
Barend Biesheuvel
Head of State
5-Apr-1920 29-Apr-2001 Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971-73
Alfred Blalock
Doctor
5-Apr-1899 15-Sep-1964 "Blue baby" operation
Curt Bois
Actor
5-Apr-1901 25-Dec-1991 Pickpocket in Casablanca
Élodie Bouchez
Actor
5-Apr-1973   The Dreamlife of Angels
Chester Bowles
Politician
5-Apr-1901 25-May-1986 Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51
Albert R. Broccoli
Film/TV Producer
5-Apr-1909 27-Jun-1996 Producer of James Bond films
Steve Carver
Film Director
5-Apr-1945   Lone Wolf McQuade
Lana Clarkson
Actor
5-Apr-1962 3-Feb-2003 Barbarian Queen
Hugo Claus
Author
5-Apr-1929 19-Mar-2008 The Sorrow of Belgium
Paula Cole
Musician
5-Apr-1968   Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Roger Corman
Film/TV Producer
5-Apr-1926   Frankenstein Unbound
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Melvyn Douglas
Actor
5-Apr-1901 4-Aug-1981 Being There
Jules Dupré
Painter
5-Apr-1811 6-Oct-1889 Barbizon school
Richard Eberhart
Poet
5-Apr-1904 9-Jun-2005 Collected Poems
Dan Farmer
Computer Programmer
5-Apr-1962   Cowrote SATAN security auditing tool
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Painter
5-Apr-1732 22-Aug-1806 The Swing
Frank Gaffney
Columnist
5-Apr-1953   Prominent neocon
Max Gail
Actor
5-Apr-1943   Det. Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller
Troy Gentry
Country Musician
5-Apr-1967   Montgomery Gentry
Ivar Giaever
Physicist
5-Apr-1929   Tunneling through superconductors
Thea Gill
Actor
5-Apr-1970   Lindsay on Queer as Folk
Vincenzo Gioberti
Philosopher
5-Apr-1801 26-Nov-1852 Rinnovamenlo civile d'Italia
Frank Gorshin
Actor
5-Apr-1933 17-May-2005 The Riddler in Batman
Peter Greenaway
Film Director
5-Apr-1942   Prospero's Books
Arthur Hailey
Novelist
5-Apr-1920 24-Nov-2004 Hotel and Airport
Mary Katharine Ham
Journalist
5-Apr-1980   HamNation
Katherine Harris
Politician
5-Apr-1957   Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-07
Sir Henry Havelock
Military
5-Apr-1795 24-Nov-1857 Hero of the Indian Mutiny
Nigel Hawthorne
Actor
5-Apr-1929 26-Dec-2001 The Madness of King George
Roman Herzog
Head of State
5-Apr-1934   President of Germany, 1994-99
John B. Hess
Business
5-Apr-1954   CEO of Amerada Hess
Christopher Hewett
Actor
5-Apr-1922 3-Aug-2001 Mr. Belvedere
Thomas Hobbes
Philosopher
5-Apr-1588 4-Dec-1679 Leviathan
Richard Jenrette
Business
5-Apr-1929   Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Gordon Jones
Actor
5-Apr-1911 20-Jun-1963 The Green Hornet
Jesse H. Jones
Government
5-Apr-1874 1-Jun-1956 US Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45
Glenn Jordan
Film Director
5-Apr-1936   Barbarians at the Gate
Dean Kamen
Inventor
5-Apr-1951   Segway pedestrian vehicle
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
5-Apr-1908 16-Jul-1989 General music director of Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Head of State
5-Apr-1894 11-Sep-1971 Deposed leader of the Soviet Union
Pete King
Politician
5-Apr-1944   Congressman, New York 3rd
Johan Kriek
Tennis
5-Apr-1958   Winner, 1981 and 1982 Australian Open
John Le Mesurier
Actor
5-Apr-1912 15-Nov-1983 Dad's Army
Frederick Lindemann
Government
5-Apr-1886 3-Jul-1957 Churchill's scientific and war advisor
Joseph Lister
Doctor
5-Apr-1827 10-Feb-1912 Pioneer of antiseptic surgery
Sybil Ludington
Military
5-Apr-1761 26-Feb-1839 "The female Paul Revere"
Donald Lynden-Bell
Astronomer
5-Apr-1935   Astrophysicist at Cambridge
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Head of State
5-Apr-1947   President of the Philippines, 2001-10
Peter A. Magowan
Business
5-Apr-1942   President, San Francisco Giants
Walter E. Massey
Business
5-Apr-1938   Morehouse College president, physicist
Warren W. Matthews
Judge
5-Apr-1939   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
David Edward Maust
Criminal
5-Apr-1954 20-Jan-2006 Serial killer of boys
Mike McCready
Musician
5-Apr-1965   Pearl Jam
Alice McGrath
Activist
5-Apr-1917 27-Nov-2009 Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
Joe Meek
Music Producer
5-Apr-1929 3-Feb-1967 Innovative record producer
Samuel Freeman Miller
Judge
5-Apr-1816 13-Oct-1890 US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-90
Michael Moriarty
Actor
5-Apr-1941   ADA on Law & Order
Paul V. Niemeyer
Judge
5-Apr-1941   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Evan Parker
Jazz Musician
5-Apr-1944   Free improv saxophonist
Gregory Peck
Actor
5-Apr-1916 12-Jun-2003 To Kill A Mockingbird
Mitch Pileggi
Actor
5-Apr-1952   Walter Skinner on The X-Files
David Pinski
Playwright
5-Apr-1872 11-Aug-1959 Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer
Bud Post
unspecified
5-Apr-1939 15-Jan-2006 Unhappy lottery millionaire
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Christopher Reid
Rapper
5-Apr-1964   Kid of Kid n' Play
Judith Resnik
Astronaut
5-Apr-1949 28-Jan-1986 Challenger astronaut
Johnny Revolta
Golf
5-Apr-1911 3-Mar-1991 Winner, 1935 PGA Championship
Reid Ribble
Politician
5-Apr-1956   Congressman, Wisconsin 8th
Stan Ridgway
Singer/Songwriter
5-Apr-1954   Lead singer, Wall of Voodoo
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Botanist
5-Apr-1804 23-Jun-1881 Principles of Scientific Botany
M. B. Skaggs
Business
5-Apr-1888 8-May-1976 Founder of Safeway
Robert Smalls
Politician
5-Apr-1839 23-Feb-1915 Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina
Gale Storm
Actor
5-Apr-1922 27-Jun-2009 The Gale Storm Show
Grady Sutton
Actor
5-Apr-1906 17-Sep-1995 The Bank Dick
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poet
5-Apr-1837 10-Apr-1909 Masochist Victorian poet
Nguyen Van Thieu
Head of State
5-Apr-1923 29-Sep-2001 President of South Vietnam, 1967-75
Spencer Tracy
Actor
5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Pope Urban VIII
Religion
5-Apr-1568 29-Jul-1644 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1623-44
Bernie Ward
Radio Personality
5-Apr-1951   Former KGO talk show host
Pop Warner
Football
5-Apr-1871 7-Sep-1954 Coach and kids' football namesake
Booker T. Washington
Educator
5-Apr-1856 14-Nov-1915 Founder, Tuskegee Institute
Ronnie White
Singer/Songwriter
5-Apr-1939 26-Aug-1995 The Miracles
Pharrell Williams
Music Producer
5-Apr-1973   The Neptunes
Elihu Yale
Philanthropist
5-Apr-1649 8-Jul-1721 Namesake of Yale University
Lisa Zane
Actor
5-Apr-1961   Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare




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