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Birthdays of Personalities on April 20

1890 : Adolf Sch„rf, president Austria (1957-65)
1889 : Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
1824 : Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1897 : Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
1963 : Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson)
1839 : Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
1860 : Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine)
1857 : Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day)
1948 : Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
1903 : Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)
1850 : Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man)
1826 : Dina M Craik, writer
1961 : Don "Hitman" Mattingly, Indiana, 1st baseman (NY Yankees/MVP 1985)
1921 : Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist
1955 : Donald R Pettit, Silverton Oregon, PhD/astronaut
1912 : Ed Jones, (Rep-D-TN, 1969- )
1442 : Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
1912 : Frederick Craig Riddle, violist
1939 : Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- )
1909 : Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman
1893 : Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
1926 : Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician (Wyoming house of Reps)
1857 : Hermann Bang, writer
1893 : Hermann Ungar, writer
1943 : Ian Watson, UK, sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon)
1973 : Itula Mili, tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1950 : Itumeleng J Mosala, S Afr president (Azanian People's Org)
1967 : J D Roth, Beverly Hills Calif, TV host (Fun House)
1940 : Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
1945 : Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
1494 : John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
1592 : John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1827 : John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1920 : John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- )
1809 : John Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
1969 : John van Halst, soccer player (FC Twente)
1941 : Joni Evans, NYC, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House)
1726 : Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
1893 : Juan Mir¢, Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon)
1963 : Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker
1927 : Karl Mller, Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1900 : Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist
1911 : Kukrit Pramoj, politician
1931 : Lee H Hamilton, Daytona Beach Fla, (Rep-D-Ind, 1965- )
1968 : LeShundra Nathan, Birmingham Ala, heptathlete
1934 : Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian
1909 : Lionel Hampton, orch leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below)
1977 : Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992)
1808 : Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
1951 : Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
1894 : Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
xxxx : Mary Vaughn, nursing home owner (living legend award-1988)
1865 : Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Le PremiŠre Internationale)
1949 : Michal, rocker
1901 : Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist
1967 : Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1840 : Odilon Redon, French painter/author (La nuit, Rˆves)
1936 : Pat Roberts, (Rep-R-KS, 1981- )
1974 : Paul Bradford, cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
1924 : Paul M Van Buren, US theologist (Theological Explorations)
1745 : Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
1860 : Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP)
1909 : Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser
1910 : Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]
1879 : Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)
1896 : Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)
1912 : Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line)
1952 : Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut
1923 : Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
1952 : Toine van Benthem, dentist/playwright/cabaret performer (Purper)
1908 : Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch
1907 : William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
1871 : William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)

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