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Birthdays of Personalities on April 04

1938 : A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
1527 : Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1910 : Agnes Patrick, campaigner
1968 : Andre Bowden, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1963 : Anthony Clark, comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)
1646 : Antoine Galland, French ori‰ntalist/interpreter
1919 : Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1895 : Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1970 : Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1809 : Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
1948 : Berry Oakley, Chicago Ill, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
1785 : Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
1940 : Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
1928 : Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
1927 : Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
1972 : Chad Eaton, defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
1979 : Charles Butler, Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 Natl)
1820 : Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1881 : Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
1924 : Christopher Prater, screen printer
1973 : Damon Allen, Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champ)
1952 : Dave Hill, England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
1930 : David Sexton, soccer manager
1931 : Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian
1969 : Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1802 : Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates
1934 : Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster
1918 : Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton)
1831 : Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1908 : Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper by the Dozen)
1892 : Esther Howard, MT
1956 : Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
1933 : Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
1952 : Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman)
1870 : George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1866 : George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)
1969 : Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1924 : Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
1696 : Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
1957 : Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
1648 : Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1914 : Gustave Camus, Belgian painter
1931 : Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
1916 : Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist
1958 : Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist
1939 : Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
1937 : Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
1884 : Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1937 : J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1915 : Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
1913 : Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
1928 : Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
1914 : John Beith, British diplomat
1814 : John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1906 : John Cameron Swayze, Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg) [NS]
1786 : John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1758 : John Hoppner, portrait painter
1817 : John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1960 : Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler
1832 : Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
1917 : Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)
1823 : Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1942 : Kitty Kelley, author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
1942 : Kris Jensen, rocker
1956 : Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, Suk Giuma Libya, bomber (Pan Am Flight 103)
1949 : Larry Lingle, rocker
1915 : Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me)
1944 : Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
1821 : Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1935 : Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Assn)
1902 : Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
1828 : Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)
1936 : Margo J Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers)
1914 : Marguerite Duras, France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall)
1876 : Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
1966 : Michal Clingman, Indio Calif, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)
1955 : Mick Mars, rocker
1915 : Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1907 : Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)
1974 : O J Santiago, tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
1964 : Paul Parker, soccer player
1938 : Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
1952 : Peter Haycock, rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower)
1973 : Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax)
1948 : Pick Withers, rocker (Dire Straits)
1875 : Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
1958 : Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
1858 : R‚my de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour)
1932 : Richard G Lugar, (Sen-R-IN, 1977- )
1940 : Robby Mueller, cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)
1823 : Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1965 : Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)
1896 : Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)
1933 : Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)
1973 : Ryan Coughlin, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1875 : Samuel S Hinds, Brooklyn NY
1792 : Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
1965 : Tony Burse, CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1935 : Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
1888 : Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
1896 : Tristan Tzara, [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)
1940 : Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut
1921 : Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, S Afr minister of Administration
1929 : William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
1826 : Z‚nobe Th‚ophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor)

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