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Birthdays of Personalities on April 14

1925 : Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier (Rhodesia)
1592 : Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher
1797 : Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)
1958 : Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco
1901 : Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
1941 : Anatoli Pavlocich Fyodorov, cosmonaut
1866 : Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller
1968 : Anthony Michael Hall, Boston Mass, comedian (SNL, Breakfast Club)
1889 : Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
1897 : Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1967 : Barret Martin, rocker (Screaming Trees)
1912 : Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher
1925 : Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin')
1960 : Brian Forster, rocker (Partridge Family Drums)
1954 : Bruce Sterling, US, sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix)
1933 : Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey)
1819 : Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch)
1948 : Chester G Atkins, (Rep-D-MA)
1629 : Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)
1874 : Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)
1877 : Dani‰l Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar
1966 : David Justice, baseball player (Atlanta Braves)/husband of Halle Barry
1738 : Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
1886 : Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
1886 : Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
1913 : Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica)
1906 : Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75)
1907 : Fran‡ois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti
1803 : Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
1905 : Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips)
1770 : George Canning, London, British PM (1827)
1930 : George W Gekas, (Rep-R-PA, 1983- )
1809 : George W Vreede, Dutch lawyer/politician
1831 : Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
1762 : Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist
1938 : Gloria Dean Randle Scott, educator/pres (Beaumont College)
1964 : Greg Battle, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1820 : Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1953 : Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut
1879 : James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
1832 : James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1972 : Jason Mallett, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1913 : Jean Fournet, French conductor
1920 : John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice
1813 : Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art)
1952 : Kenny Aaronson, rocker
1948 : Larry Ferguson, Nassau, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1922 : Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker
1710 : Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
1901 : Martin Kessel, writer
1951 : Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician
1902 : Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
1974 : Mike Allen Lambert, Honolulu HI, volleyball opposite hitter (Oly-96)
1907 : Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden)/MP (KVP)
1946 : Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do)
1578 : Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
1912 : Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor (Neth Chamber Orch)
1862 : Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1904 : Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist
1966 : Ricky Andrews, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1945 : Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple)
1912 : Robert Doisneau, photographer
1928 : Robert Mugabe, president (Zimbabwe, 1988- )
1904 : Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer
1946 : Tom Monteleone, US writer (Dark Star & Illumination)
1948 : Ty Grimes, rocker (Capt Beefheart Band Drums
1942 : Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5)
1892 : Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian
1721 : William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader
1923 : William Darling, journalist
1929 : William Edgar Thornton, Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49)
1943 : Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch MP (CDA)
1972 : Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)

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