| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. |
Politician |
15-Jun-1898 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1958-62 |
| Matthew Arnold |
Poet |
24-Dec-1822 |
15-Apr-1888 |
Culture and Anarchy |
| John Jacob Astor |
Philanthropist |
13-Jul-1864 |
15-Apr-1912 |
Died aboard the Titanic |
| Raymond Bailey |
Actor |
6-May-1904 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies |
| William Bakewell |
Actor |
2-May-1908 |
15-Apr-1993 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Wallace Beery |
Actor |
1-Apr-1885 |
15-Apr-1949 |
Grand Hotel |
| Clara Blandick |
Actor |
4-Jun-1880 |
15-Apr-1962 |
Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz |
| Paul Bogart |
Film Director |
13-Nov-1919 |
15-Apr-2012 |
Prolific TV and film director |
| Filippo Brunelleschi |
Architect |
1377 |
15-Apr-1446 |
Florentine Renaissance architect |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Leslie Charteris |
Novelist |
12-May-1907 |
15-Apr-1993 |
Created Simon Templar |
| Richard Conte |
Actor |
24-Mar-1910 |
15-Apr-1975 |
The Blue Gardenia |
| Hazel Court |
Actor |
10-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Horror Queen |
| John Curry |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1949 |
15-Apr-1994 |
Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Simon Dach |
Poet |
29-Jul-1605 |
15-Apr-1659 |
German lyrical poet |
| Father Damien |
Religion |
3-Jan-1840 |
15-Apr-1889 |
Attended to lepers at Molokai |
| William Empson |
Critic |
27-Sep-1906 |
15-Apr-1984 |
Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Edward Gorey |
Author |
22-Feb-1925 |
15-Apr-2000 |
Amphigorey |
| Christopher Hansteen |
Astronomer |
26-Sep-1784 |
15-Apr-1873 |
Studied terrestrial magnetism |
| Jack Herer |
Activist |
18-Jun-1939 |
15-Apr-2010 |
Cannabis evangelist |
| Benjamin Hooks |
Activist |
31-Jan-1925 |
15-Apr-2010 |
NAACP Director, 1977-92 |
| Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Roger Imhof |
Actor |
15-Aug-1875 |
15-Apr-1958 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Pedro Infante |
Actor |
18-Nov-1917 |
15-Apr-1957 |
Idolo de Guamúchil |
| Moses E. Kiley |
Religion |
13-Nov-1876 |
15-Apr-1953 |
Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1940-53 |
| Martin S. Kimmel |
Business |
9-Apr-1916 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Founder of Kimco Realty |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Mikhail Lomonosov |
Poet |
19-Nov-1711 |
15-Apr-1765 |
Early father of Russian poetry |
| Arthur Lowe |
Actor |
22-Sep-1915 |
15-Apr-1982 |
Dad's Army |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
| Robert Musil |
Novelist |
6-Nov-1880 |
15-Apr-1942 |
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften |
| Stavros Niarchos |
Business |
3-Jul-1909 |
15-Apr-1996 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Pol Pot |
Head of State |
19-May-1925 |
15-Apr-1998 |
Leader of the Khmer Rouge |
| Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
President of the Underground Railroad |
| Joey Ramone |
Singer |
19-May-1951 |
15-Apr-2001 |
The Ramones |
| Marshall Reed |
Actor |
28-May-1917 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Insp. Fred Asher on The Lineup |
| Manuel Roxas |
Head of State |
1-Jan-1892 |
15-Apr-1948 |
5th President of the Philippines |
| John Singer Sargent |
Painter |
12-Jan-1856 |
15-Apr-1925 |
American portraitist |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Edward Smith |
Victim |
27-Jan-1850 |
15-Apr-1912 |
Captain of the RMS Titanic |
| W. T. Stead |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1849 |
15-Apr-1912 |
Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1883-89 |
| Totò |
Actor |
15-Feb-1898 |
15-Apr-1967 |
The Hawks and the Sparrows |
| Byron White |
Judge |
8-Jun-1917 |
15-Apr-2002 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93 |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
| Hu Yaobang |
Head of State |
20-Nov-1915 |
15-Apr-1989 |
Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87 |