Birthdays of Personalities on April 22
1934 : 9th viscount Portman, British large landowner/multi-millionaire
1938 : Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
1945 : Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
1881 : Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917)
1831 : Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
1610 : Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)
1823 : Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
1853 : Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system
1515 : Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendme/king of Navarra
1946 : Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
1839 : August W Eichler, German botanist
1923 : Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
1937 : Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
1975 : Brian Manning, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1961 : Byron Allen, LA Calif, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
1818 : Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)
1914 : Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
1922 : Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
1935 : Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
1925 : Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)
1973 : Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
1970 : Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1863 : Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher
1969 : Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
1934 : David Ratford, diplomat
1937 : David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England)
1946 : Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
1915 : Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
1919 : Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
1945 : Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
1916 : Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
1873 : Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942)
1910 : Eric Scowen, physician
1957 : Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1929 : Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
1775 : Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)
1974 : Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
1945 : Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
1914 : Hans Baumann, writer
1866 : Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
1931 : Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
1854 : Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
1707 : Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
1724 : Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
1451 : Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus
1904 : J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
1926 : James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
1914 : Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory)
1950 : Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
1799 : Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
1773 : Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
1357 : Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
1933 : John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
1690 : John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)
1939 : John Chilcot, civil servant
1939 : John Foley, mjr-general
1934 : John K Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire
1884 : John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992)
1920 : Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
1832 : Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day
1912 : Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice)
1878 : Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer
1917 : Leo Abse, biographer/MP
1950 : Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
1960 : Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)
1915 : Lord Airedale, British Lord (social democrat)
1916 : Lord Menuhin, OM
1922 : Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
1889 : Ludwig Renn, writer
1766 : Madame de Stal, Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman)
1928 : Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
1640 : Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
xxxx : Mark Davis, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
1902 : Megan Lloyd George, English politician
1929 : Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England)
1917 : Mile Yvette Chauvir, France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty)
1934 : Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/=
1870 : Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist
1876 : O E Rlvaag, Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth)
1884 : Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis (Knstler)
1923 : Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
1923 : Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
1950 : Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
1940 : Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
1864 : Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
1816 : Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)
1922 : Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings)
1876 : Robert B r ny, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914)
1945 : Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
1933 : Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1931 : Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
1917 : Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
1975 : Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player (MVV)
1929 : Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
1934 : Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner/multimillionaire
1899 : Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist
1682 : Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter
1827 : William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1916 : Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)