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Birthdays of Personalities on April 13

1926 : 11th duke of Marlborough, English large landowner
1872 : A Roda Roda, writer
1771 : Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor (South Holland)
1626 : Aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised
1899 : Alfred Moser Butts, game inventor (Scrabble)
1899 : Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher
1817 : Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels)
1892 : Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF
1918 : Audrey Barker, writer
1954 : Barbara Roche, MP
1939 : Barbara-Rose Collins, (Rep-D-Michigan)
1921 : Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, industrialist
1933 : Ben Nighthorse Campbell, (Sen-D Colorado)
1913 : Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal
1915 : Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer
1931 : Beverley Cross, playwright
1964 : Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker
1943 : Bill Koch, US skier
1944 : Brian Pendleton, rocker (Pretty Things)
1906 : Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel)
1945 : Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas)
1519 : Catherine de' M‚dici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II
1847 : Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)
1784 : Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder
1973 : Dave Wohlabaugh, corner (New England Patriots)
1519 : De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)
1883 : Demjan Bednyi, writer
1926 : Don Adams, NYC, comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out)
1902 : Duke of Marlborough
1991 : Dylan Francis Penn, LA Calif, daughter of Sean Penn & Robin Wright
1545 : Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
1849 : Enrique Jos‚ Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist
1935 : Erich von D„niken, author (Chariots of the Gods)
1909 : Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973)
1943 : Eve Graham, rocker (New Seekers)
1791 : F‚lix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance
1925 : Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist
1852 : Frank W Woolworth, 5› & 10› King (Woolworths)
1732 : Frederick North, (C) British PM (1770-82)
1749 : Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count/vice-admiral
1957 : Gary Kroeger, Cedar Falls Iowa, comedian (SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog)
1904 : Georges Yves Marie Congar, dominican Theologian cardinal
1885 : Gy”rgy Luk cs, Hungarian philosopher (Zerst”rung der Vernunft)
1969 : Harold Pruett, rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me)
1907 : Harold Stassen, W St Paul Minn, (Gov-R-Minn) perennial pres candidate
1799 : Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist
1944 : Jack Casady, Wash DC, rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1951 : Jack Quinn, (Rep-R-New York)
1860 : James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)
1921 : James Wilson, British Lt-General
1832 : James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)
1963 : Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV)
1949 : Jean-Jacques Favier, Kehl Germany, astronaut (STS 78)
1648 : Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic (qui‚tisme)
1972 : Jeroen Thesseling, pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres)
1992 : Jet Travolta, daughter of John Travolta & Kelly Preston
1946 : Jim Pons, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1954 : Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture)
1922 : John Braine, English novelist (Life at the Top)
1721 : John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation
1938 : John Weston, diplomat
1952 : Jonjo O'Neill, racehorse trainer
1828 : Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham
1930 : Justice Harman
1955 : Kabaka of Buganda
1948 : Kathleen Battle, US soprano (Tannh„user)
1935 : Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
1937 : Lanford Wilson, US playwright (Hot L Baltimore)
1822 : Leroy Augustus Stafford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1940 : Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
1920 : Liam Cosgrave, leader (Fine Gael Party)
1927 : Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, QC
1756 : Louis H J Cond‚, French prince
1955 : Louis Johnson, LA Calif, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson)
1945 : Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
1881 : Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (šber Ideenflucht)
1919 : Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist (opppsed prayer in school)
1941 : Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberfl”te)
1951 : Max Weinberg, rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show)
1921 : Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet/publisher (Gift of Blood)
1909 : Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist
1944 : Michael Saunders, barrister
1895 : Olga Rudge, violinist
1895 : Olof R J„ndel, Swedish poet
1951 : Peabo Bryson, Greenville SC, R&B vocalist (I'm So into You)
1935 : Peter Heap, diplomat
1937 : Peter M Harris, Official Solicitor (Supreme Court)
1948 : Peter Swevel, rocker
1902 : Philippe de Rothschild, Paris, manager (Bordeaux Vineyard)
1949 : Philippe Petit, Nemours France, juggler/aerialist
1885 : Pieter S Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45)
1915 : R N Coote, Bishop (Colchester)
1958 : Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild)
1901 : Ren‚-Jean Pleven, French premier (1950-52)
1854 : Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)
1771 : Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor (steam locomotive)
1950 : Riff West, rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
1892 : Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar)
1927 : Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist
1946 : Roy Loney, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
xxxx : Ruben Rabassa, Havana Cuba, spanish personality
1906 : Samuel Beckett, French playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969)
1939 : Seamus Heaney, poet
1895 : Sir Author Fadden, 13th Australian Prime Minister (1941)
1915 : Stephan Hermlin, writer
1953 : Stephen Byers, MP
1915 : Stephen Roberts, CEO (British Milk Marketing Board)
1743 : Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, (D-R) 3rd pres (1801-09)
1729 : Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore
1593 : Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland
1915 : Tom Greenshields, sculptor
1959 : Vicki Witt Lansing MI, playmate (Aug, 1978)
1957 : Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1939 : Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1822 : William Stephen Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899

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