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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leo Abse
Politician
22-Apr-1917 19-Aug-2008 Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87
Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña
Government
22-Apr-1952   Mexican Minister of the Interior, 2006-08
Anwar al-Awlaki
Religion
22-Apr-1971 30-Sep-2011 Yemeni video cleric, AQAP
Eddie Albert
Actor
22-Apr-1906 26-May-2005 Oliver on Green Acres
Pope Alexander VIII
Religion
22-Apr-1610 1-Feb-1691 Roman Catholic Pope, 1689-91
Byron Allen
TV Personality
22-Apr-1961   Real People, The Byron Allen Show
Michael Atiyah
Mathematician
22-Apr-1929   Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Robert Bárány
Doctor
22-Apr-1876 8-Apr-1936 Studied inner ear, equilibrium system
Dana Barron
Actor
22-Apr-1968   National Lampoon's Vacation
Manfred Bischoff
Business
22-Apr-1942   Chairman of EADS
Joseph Bottoms
Actor
22-Apr-1954   The Dove
Antoine de Bourbon
Royalty
22-Apr-1518 17-Nov-1562 King of France
Ralph Byrd
Actor
22-Apr-1909 18-Aug-1952 Dick Tracy
Glen Campbell
Country Musician
22-Apr-1936   Rhinestone Cowboy
Francis Capra
Actor
22-Apr-1983   Weevil on Veronica Mars
Paul Carrack
Musician
22-Apr-1951   White soul singer
Mel Carter
Singer
22-Apr-1943   Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Marilyn Chambers
Pornstar
22-Apr-1952 12-Apr-2009 Behind the Green Door
George Cole
Actor
22-Apr-1925   Arthur Daley on Minder
Helene Cooper
Journalist
22-Apr-1966   NY Times editorial board
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules
Paul Davies
Physicist
22-Apr-1946   The Mind of God
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda
Religion
22-Apr-1942   International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc.
Janet Evanovich
Novelist
22-Apr-1943   Stephanie Plum mysteries
Frank L. Farrar
Politician
22-Apr-1929   Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71
Henry Fielding
Novelist
22-Apr-1707 8-Oct-1754 Tom Jones
Steve Fossett
Aviator
22-Apr-1944 3-Sep-2007 First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Jon D. Fox
Politician
22-Apr-1947   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-99
Peter Frampton
Musician
22-Apr-1950   Do You Feel Like We Do
Terry Francona
Baseball
22-Apr-1959   Former manager, Boston Red Sox
Walter N. Frank
Business
22-Apr-1908 15-Feb-2000 Chairman of the NYSE, 1965-67
Cassidy Freeman
Actor
22-Apr-1982   Tess Mercer on Smallville
Ellen Glasgow
Novelist
22-Apr-1873 21-Nov-1945 In This Our Life
Louise Glück
Author
22-Apr-1943   The Wild Iris
Donald E. Graham
Journalist
22-Apr-1945   CEO of Washington Post
Barry Guy
Bassist
22-Apr-1947   Free improv acoustic bassist and bandleader
Jan de Hartog
Novelist
22-Apr-1914 22-Sep-2002 Hollands glorie
Byron Haskin
Film Director
22-Apr-1899 16-Apr-1984 The War of the Worlds
Rondo Hatton
Actor
22-Apr-1894 2-Feb-1946 Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly
Amber Heard
Actor
22-Apr-1986   And Soon The Darkness
Lauri Hendler
Actor
22-Apr-1965   Julie Kanisky Maxwell on Gimme a Break!
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Novelist
22-Apr-1929 21-Feb-2005 Tres Tristes Tigres
Queen Isabella
Royalty
22-Apr-1451 26-Nov-1504 Bankrolled Columbus, persecuted Jews
Bruce Ivins
Biologist
22-Apr-1946 29-Jul-2008 Anthrax researcher and suspect
Daniel Johns
Musician
22-Apr-1979   Frontman of Silverchair
Fred Joseph
Business
22-Apr-1937 27-Nov-2009 CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert, 1985-90
Kaká
Soccer
22-Apr-1982   Midfielder, Real Madrid
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
22-Apr-1724 12-Feb-1804 Transcendental idealist
Robert A. Katzmann
Judge
22-Apr-1953   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Alexander Kerensky
Government
22-Apr-1881 11-Jun-1970 Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government
Henri La Fontaine
Activist
22-Apr-1854 14-May-1943 Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Jim Langevin
Politician
22-Apr-1964   Congressman, Rhode Island 2nd
Sheryl Lee
Actor
22-Apr-1967   Laura Palmer's corpse on Twin Peaks
Vladimir Lenin
Head of State
22-Apr-1870 21-Jan-1924 Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Scientist
22-Apr-1909   Nerve and skin cell growth factors
Sylvia Lewis
Dancer
22-Apr-1931   Sylvia on Where's Raymond?
Carl H. Lindner
Business
22-Apr-1919 17-Oct-2011 Cincinnati billionaire
Hugh Lloyd
Actor
22-Apr-1923 14-Jul-2008 Hugh and I
James B. Longley
Politician
22-Apr-1924 16-Aug-1980 Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Eric Mabius
Actor
22-Apr-1971   Tim Haspell on The L Word
George E. MacKinnon
Judge
22-Apr-1906 1-May-1995 DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95
Chris Makepeace
Actor
22-Apr-1964   My Bodyguard
Josh McDaniels
Football
22-Apr-1976   Denver Broncos coach, 2009-10
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
22-Apr-1916 12-Mar-1999 Child prodigy violinist, conductor
MGK
Rapper
22-Apr-1990   Wild Boy
Jason Miller
Actor
22-Apr-1939 13-May-2001 The Exorcist
Charles Mingus
Jazz Musician
22-Apr-1922 5-Jan-1979 Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Actor
22-Apr-1966   Supernatural
J. Sterling Morton
Government
22-Apr-1832 27-Apr-1902 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97
Simon Napier-Bell
Music Producer
22-Apr-1939   British music manager
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Shavo Odadjian
Bassist
22-Apr-1974   Bassist, System of a Down
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923 11-Dec-2008 Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
Miles Poindexter
Politician
22-Apr-1868 21-Sep-1946 US Senator from Washington, 1911-23
Charlotte Rae
Actor
22-Apr-1926   Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life
Odilon Redon
Artist
22-Apr-1840 6-Jul-1916 Symbolist charcoal artist
O. E. Rölvaag
Novelist
22-Apr-1876 5-Nov-1931 Giants in the Earth
Michelle Ryan
Actor
22-Apr-1984   Zoe Slater on EastEnders
Nicola Sacco
Anarchist
22-Apr-1891 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Sherri Shepherd
Actor
22-Apr-1967   Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect
Aaron Spelling
Film/TV Producer
22-Apr-1923 23-Jun-2006 Beverly Hills 90210
Madame de Staël
Author
22-Apr-1766 14-Jul-1817 Important French romanticist
Randall Stephenson
Business
22-Apr-1960   CEO of AT&T
Catherine Mary Stewart
Actor
22-Apr-1959   The Last Starfighter
Ryan Stiles
Actor
22-Apr-1959   Whose Line Is It Anyway?
James Stirling
Architect
22-Apr-1926 25-Jun-1992 Pritzker-winning architect
Mary Taylor
Politician
22-Apr-1961   Lt. Governor of Ohio
Donald Tusk
Politician
22-Apr-1957   Prime Minister of Poland
Cadwallader Colden Washburn
Politician
22-Apr-1818 15-May-1882 Wisconsin Governor and Congressman
John Waters
Film Director
22-Apr-1946   Hairspray




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