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Birthdays of Personalities on April 18

1855 : Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1590 : Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
1933 : Alan Devereux, CEO (Scottish Tourist Board)
1946 : Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)
1955 : Amschel Rothschild, banker
1938 : Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander (S Afr army)
1842 : Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1895 : Anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19]
1888 : Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier
1923 : Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm)
1950 : Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
1936 : Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)
1896 : C EugŠne Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura pliss‚)
1948 : Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
1803 : Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
1906 : Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem)
1857 : Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1963 : Conan Chris O'Brien, Brookline Mass, TV host (Late Night)
1965 : Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1942 : Dick K J Tommel, chemist/(D66) Dutch Asst Sec of State (1994- )
1868 : Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriciate)
1932 : Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England)
1947 : Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family)
1940 : Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)
1906 : Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals (Gibralter)
1859 : Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1908 : Edward Roberts, bishop (Ely)
1521 : Fran‡ois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1992 : Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love
1740 : Francis Baring, banker/merchant
1911 : Francis Frederick Johnson, architect
1729 : Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1852 : George Clausen, painter
1732 : George Colman, "the Elder", playwright (baptised)
1817 : George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1911 : George Huntington Hartford II, NYC, heir (A&P)
1939 : Glen Hardin, rocker
1946 : Harvey Kagan, rocker
1914 : Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP)
1839 : Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1908 : Henry Guinness, missionary
1924 : Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)
1940 : Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)
1934 : Jaap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)
1910 : Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )
1934 : Jap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)
1967 : Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1928 : Jean-Fran‡ois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Fran‡ois France, conductor
1972 : Jeff Traversy, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1889 : Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter
1942 : Jochen Rindt, German race car driver
1935 : Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)
1889 : John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)
1912 : John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer
1908 : Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)
1940 : Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985)
1961 : Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You)
1954 : Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1901 : L szl¢ N‚meth, Hungarian physician/author (Gy sz/Galilei)
1958 : Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1923 : Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions)
1946 : Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1882 : Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony)
1925 : Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician
1898 : Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer
1924 : Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary
1797 : Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1917 : Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
1900 : Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer
1480 : Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1936 : Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator
1967 : Marcel Valk, soccer player (RKC, Go Ahead Eagles)
1881 : Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter
1966 : Michelle Chryst, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-17th-1994)
1962 : Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike)
1941 : Mike Vickers, rock guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1960 : Ocl Sweda, rocker (Bulletboys)
1961 : Pamella Bordes, New Dehli India, Brit parliament prostitute
1929 : Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)
1744 : Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1924 : Raf de Linde, [Rapha‰l van Hecke], author (Vaarwel on Gertrude)
1864 : Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)
1953 : Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs)
1918 : Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)
1962 : Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)
1940 : Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
1907 : Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing)
1913 : Susan Bosence, textile designer
1910 : Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)
1965 : Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1580 : Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1918 : Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
1965 : Vicky Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1939 : Von McDaniel, baseball player
1920 : Walter Clegg, MP
1912 : Wendy Barrie, Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show)

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