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Birthdays of Personalities on April 01

1697 : Abb‚ Pr‚vost, French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
1952 : Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103)
1908 : Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
1942 : Alan Blakley, rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1927 : Amos Milburn, rocker
1926 : Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
1858 : Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
1952 : Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
1878 : Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
1914 : Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist
1905 : Clara "Mother" Hale, US social worker (Hale House)
1976 : Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid)
1885 : Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones
1933 : Dan Flavin, US minimalist sculptor
1942 : Danny Brooks, rocker (Dovells)
1966 : Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1947 : David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon
1950 : Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
1909 : Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
1875 : Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)
1868 : Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1793 : Edouard CorbiŠre, French captain/writer (Le negrier)
1852 : Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
1911 : Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star/writer
1911 : Ferdinand J Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense (soc dem)
1973 : Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1807 : Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic
1858 : Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)
1582 : Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter
1905 : Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
1928 : Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
1785 : J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
1755 : Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
1954 : Jeff Porcaro, LA Calif, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
1866 : Johannes C H de Me˜ere, Dutch zoologist
1817 : Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
1946 : John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1969 : John Forest, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1904 : Juan Gil-Albert, poet
1847 : Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)
1887 : Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist
1950 : Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
1843 : Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist
1283 : Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
1864 : Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer
1961 : Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1972 : Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1929 : Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being)
1809 : Nikolai Gogol, writer
1815 : Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
1869 : Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom)
1957 : Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)
1956 : Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)
1942 : Phil Margo, Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1962 : Phillip Schofield, TV personality/designer (Nightfire)
1898 : Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)
1865 : Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
1898 : Roger Bastide, French sociologist
1931 : Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy)
1946 : Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, London, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
1939 : Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
1925 : Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1942 : Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr, US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona)
1823 : Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914
1948 : Simon Crowe, rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye)
1866 : Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist
1955 : Stan Ridway, rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
1970 : Wes Barnett, St Joseph MO, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Oly-6th-92, 96)
1897 : Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
1809 : Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner
1946 : William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
1578 : William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
1922 : William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)
1915 : Willy Dixon, blues artist (Mellow Down Easy)
1948 : Y Y Williams, Welsh rugby player

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