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Birthdays of Personalities on April 15

1927 : Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi
1929 : Adrian Cadbury, candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes)
1891 : Alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)
1858 : Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher
xxxx : Art Ford, NYC, DJ (Art Ford Show)
1889 : Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)
1933 : Boris Strugatski, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of Troika)
1938 : Carles Marsden, professor (neurology)
1684 : Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
1741 : Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
1588 : Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1919 : Clive Beadon, airman
1895 : Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)
1947 : DeDe Lind, LA Calif, playmate (Aug, 1967)
1923 : Douglas Wass, CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company)
1944 : Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader
1937 : Earl Russell, historian
1908 : Eden Ahbez, songwriter
1930 : Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre (COSATU)
1919 : Elizabeth Catelett, sculptor/lithographer
1894 : Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)
1821 : Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894
1858 : Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Division du travail social)
1903 : Erich Arendt, writer [or Apr 16]
1915 : Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist
1820 : Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1957 : Evelyn Ashford, Shreveport LA, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1976, 84)
1931 : Florian Zabach, Chicago Ill, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
1766 : Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
1793 : Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
1935 : Gene Cherico, bassist
1921 : Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3)
1907 : Gerald Abrahams, Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess)
1882 : Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)
1966 : Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around)
1956 : Gregory J Harbaugh, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82)
1951 : Hansel, Cuba, spanish personality
1922 : Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87)
1895 : Harry F V Edward, British Guiana, 100m/200m runner (Oly-bronze-1920)
1951 : Heloise II, columnist (Heloise's Helpful Hints)
1843 : Henry James, US/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
1809 : Hermann Gnther Grassmann, mathematician
1837 : Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921
1941 : Howard L Berman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1911 : Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument)
1800 : James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1856 : Jean Mor‚as, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet
1940 : Jeffrey Archer, England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
1929 : Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards)
1874 : Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)
1914 : John Gregory, dancer
1924 : John Grigg, British historian
1951 : John L Phillips, Ft Belvoir Va, PhD/astronaut
1814 : John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)
1850 : John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president
1682 : John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
1945 : Jos F B van Rey, Dutch MP (VVD)
1931 : Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor (Ireland)
1912 : Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94)
1942 : Kim Il Jong, son of North Korean pres Kim Il Sung (1972-94)
1875 : Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)
1452 : Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1707 : Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1977 : Lisa Bell, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Midwestern Sr champ)
1910 : Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor (Ulster University)
1961 : Lynne Austin, Plant City Fla, playmate (Jul, 1986)
1982 : Mark Mizzark, [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
1951 : Marsha S Ivins, Baltimore Maryland, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81)
1939 : Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde
1960 : Marvin Clyde Goodwin, New Orleans La, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1829 : Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1958 : Matt Reid, rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away)
1936 : Maurice Shock, rector (Lincoln College in Oxford)
1919 : Meriol Trevor, novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners)
1974 : Mike Quinn, quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1469 : Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
1822 : Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)
1924 : Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978)
1907 : Nicholas Tinbergen, Neth/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel 1973)
1932 : Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin, Russian cosmonaut
1928 : Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in NY & Calif
1921 : Norman Ewart Thurston, musician
1912 : Peter Menzies, CEO (British Electricity Council)
1960 : Philip, Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola
1940 : Phll Lesh, rocker
1812 : Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter
1928 : Richard Evans, British diplomat
1920 : Richard von Weizs„cker, baron/president (Germany, 1984-94)
1878 : Robert Walser, writer
1965 : Soichi Noguchi, Yokohama Japan, astronaut
1968 : Stacey Williams, Phila Penn, model (SI Swimsuit 1996)
1906 : Susan Walker, vice CEO (WRVS)
1931 : Tomas G Transtr”mer, Swedish psychologist/poet (M”rkerseende)
1930 : Vigdis Finnbogad¢ttir, president of Iceland (1980- )
1883 : Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 8th Australian PM (1923-29)
1946 : Wayne Gilchrest, (Rep-R-Maryland)
1947 : Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)

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