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Birthdays of Personalities on April 02

1962 : Alex Tripolski, Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol (Oly-16th-1996)
1915 : Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
1919 : Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
1740 : Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)
1877 : Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1915 : Arthur Ballard, artist
1959 : Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, NYC, 5K runner
1725 : Casanova, writer
1929 : Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
1911 : Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
1934 : Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
1841 : Cl‚ment Ader, French engineer
1952 : Dana Carvey, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
1953 : David Robinson, drummer (Cars)
1975 : Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1924 : Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
1905 : Edmond Jouhaud, general
1948 : Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
1834 : Fr‚d‚ric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
1618 : Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
1929 : Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
1925 : George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
1806 : Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
1961 : Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1943 : Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
1942 : Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
1798 : H v Fallersleben, writer
1805 : Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
1900 : Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
1863 : Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
1814 : Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army
1923 : Hugh Overton, British diplomat
1919 : Ian Hunter, impresario
1936 : Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (world champ 1966)
1923 : Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
1948 : Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
1910 : Joeri German, Russian writer
1928 : Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
1961 : Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
1948 : Kerry Minnear, rocker (Gentle Giant)
1905 : Kurt Adler, therapist/writer
1946 : Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who)
1920 : Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist (Waddenzee, Rh“ne-delta)
1943 : Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1952 : Leon Wilkerson, rocker (Lynard Skynard)
1960 : Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold 1992
1945 : Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
1946 : Lynda Carr, educationist
1970 : Marcus Christensen, Toronto Ontario, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd)
1602 : Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
1891 : Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
1926 : Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
1840 : mile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
1862 : Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
1922 : Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1713 : Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
1937 : Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985- )
1949 : Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
1940 : Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
1934 : Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
1826 : Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1965 : Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops
1894 : Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
1905 : Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet)
1833 : Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1959 : Victoria Jackson, Miami Florida, comedian (SNL, Casual Sex)
1930 : W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
1875 : Walter Chrysler, founded car company (Chrysler)
1894 : Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
1827 : William Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)

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