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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Konrad Adenauer
Politician
5-Jan-1876 19-Apr-1967 Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61
J. G. Ballard
Author
18-Nov-1930 19-Apr-2009 Empire of the Sun, Crash
Charles Bidwill, Sr.
Football
16-Sep-1895 19-Apr-1947 Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47
Doc Blanchard
Football
11-Dec-1924 19-Apr-2009 Winner, 1945 Heisman Trophy
William D. Borders
Religion
9-Oct-1913 19-Apr-2010 Archbishop of Baltimore, 1974-89
William C. Bouck
Politician
7-Jan-1786 19-Apr-1859 Governor of New York, 1843-45
Mae Busch
Actor
18-Jun-1891 19-Apr-1946 The Ever-Popular Mae Busch
Lord Byron
Poet
22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
Canaletto
Painter
7-Oct-1697 19-Apr-1768 Venetian painter of views
Jim Cantalupo
Business
14-Nov-1943 19-Apr-2004 CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Actor
27-Oct-1932 19-Apr-2007 The Crimson Rivers
George P. Cosmatos
Film Director
4-Jan-1941 19-Apr-2005 Tombstone
Pierre Curie
Physicist
15-May-1859 19-Apr-1906 Early investigator of radiation
Charles Darwin
Naturalist
12-Feb-1809 19-Apr-1882 Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection
Benjamin Disraeli
Head of State
21-Dec-1804 19-Apr-1881 UK Prime Minister, 1874-80
John Ambrose Fleming
Engineer
29-Nov-1849 19-Apr-1945 Invented the vacuum tube
J. Peter Grace
Business
25-May-1913 19-Apr-1995 W.R. Grace scion
Guru
Rapper
17-Jul-1962 19-Apr-2010 Rapper from Gang Starr
Greg Ham
Musician
27-Sep-1953 19-Apr-2012 Wind and keyboards for Men at Work
Levon Helm
Drummer
26-May-1940 19-Apr-2012 Drummer for The Band
Benny Hill
Comic
21-Jan-1924 19-Apr-1992 The Benny Hill Show
Frankie Howerd
Actor
6-Mar-1917 19-Apr-1992 Up Pompeii
Ruth Hussey
Actor
30-Oct-1911 19-Apr-2005 The Philadelphia Story
Percy Julian
Chemist
11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 Physostigmine and cortisone
Ayub Khan
Head of State
14-May-1907 19-Apr-1974 President of Pakistan, 1958-69
Ladislav Klíma
Philosopher
8-Aug-1878 19-Apr-1928 The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch
David Koresh
Religion
17-Aug-1959 19-Apr-1993 Branch Davidian cult leader
Pope Leo IX
Religion
21-Jun-1002 19-Apr-1054 Roman Catholic Pope, 1049-54
John Maynard Smith
Biologist
6-Jan-1920 19-Apr-2004 Applied game theory to evolutionary biology
Norris McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 19-Apr-2004 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Philipp Melanchthon
Religion
15-Feb-1497 19-Apr-1560 Confession of Augsburg
George S. Mickelson
Politician
31-Jan-1941 19-Apr-1993 Governor of South Dakota, 1987-93
Manuel Gomez Morin
Politician
27-Feb-1897 19-Apr-1972 One of the Seven Sages of Mexico
Frank B. Morrison
Politician
20-May-1905 19-Apr-2004 Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67
Rogers C.B. Morton
Government
19-Sep-1914 19-Apr-1979 US Secretary of the Interior, 1971-75
Jimmie Noone
Jazz Musician
23-Apr-1895 19-Apr-1944 New Orleans jazz clarinetist
Bohdan Paczynski
Astronomer
8-Feb-1940 19-Apr-2007 Gravitational microlensing
Octavio Paz
Poet
31-Mar-1914 19-Apr-1998 The Labyrinth of Solitude
Charles Sanders Peirce
Philosopher
10-Sep-1839 19-Apr-1914 Founder of Pragmatism
Robert O. Peterson
Business
1916 19-Apr-1993 Founder of Jack in the Box
Sir Robert Rich
Government
1587 19-Apr-1658 2nd Earl of Warwick
Benjamin Rush
Politician
4-Jan-1746 19-Apr-1813 Signed Declaration of Independence
Thomas Sackville
Aristocrat
1536 19-Apr-1608 Earl of Dorset
Elisabeth Sladen
Actor
1-Feb-1948 19-Apr-2011 Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who
John Addington Symonds
Critic
5-Oct-1840 19-Apr-1893 Renaissance in Italy
John Tayler
Politician
4-Jul-1742 19-Apr-1829 Governor of New York, 1817
Maxwell D. Taylor
Military
26-Aug-1901 19-Apr-1987 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
Politician
8-Mar-1912 19-Apr-2001 Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79
Helen Robson Walton
Relative
3-Dec-1919 19-Apr-2007 World's 13th richest person, 2005




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