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Birthdays of Personalities on April 24

1960 : ?, weatherman (WNYW TV NYC)
1889 : [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)
1968 : Aaron Comes, rocker (Spin Doctors)
1951 : Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator
1814 : Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
1815 : Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)
1769 : Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1897 : Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
1948 : Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire
1914 : Bernard Caulfield, judge
1909 : Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)
1963 : Billy Gould, LA Calif, rock bassist (Faith No More)
1931 : Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art)
1954 : Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist (Women & Capts 1st)
1845 : Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
1807 : Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1930 : Conn Findlay, Stockton Calif, coxswain (Oly-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76)
1660 : Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1945 : Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
1743 : Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
1851 : Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)
1822 : Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1867 : Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)
1824 : Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1904 : Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies
1837 : Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
1864 : George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)
1829 : George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1947 : Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
1856 : Henri POBJ P‚tain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)
1909 : Irven Spence, animator
1954 : Jack Blades, rock bassist (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger)
1911 : Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)
1955 : Jack Kingston, (Rep-R-Georgia)
1815 : James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1974 : Jared Tomich, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
1883 : Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]
1971 : Jeff Brohm, quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)
1836 : Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
1963 : Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath)
1934 : John Barbour, Toronto, TV host (Real People)
1620 : John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography
1953 : John P Hiler, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
1874 : John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)
1941 : John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award)
1903 : Jos‚ A Primo de Rivera y Sa‚nz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)
1849 : Joseph S Galli‚ni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)
1914 : Justin Wilson, cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips)
1796 : K L Immermann, writer
1911 : Karl O Schiller, German economist (Minister of Economics)
1886 : Kurt Pinthus, writer
1917 : Len Creed, bookmaker
1935 : Louis Keith, Chicago, physician (expert on multiple-births)
1968 : Mark Vanderloo, Waddenveen Neth, model
1791 : Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
1927 : Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer
1927 : Patrick Bowles, writer/translator
1960 : Paula Yates, London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes)
1971 : Phil Rogers, Adelaide SA Aust, 100m breaststroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1953 : Porter Carroll Jr, drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1886 : R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)
1942 : Richard M Daley, (mayor-D-Chicago)
1766 : Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)
1828 : Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1945 : Robert Knight, rocker
1905 : Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)
1895 : S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1576 : Sab Vicente de Pa£l
1903 : Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)
1750 : Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1916 : Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)
1945 : Stu Cook, rocker
1966 : Theo Adams, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1873 : Theodor K”rner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president
1804 : Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
1974 : Toine Rorije, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1968 : Tracy Gravely, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1957 : Tricia Lange, Hollywood Calif, playmate (June, 1984)
1942 : Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian cosmonaut
1814 : Vincente F L¢pez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
xxxx : Wilfrido Vargas, Dominican Republic, jazz saxophonist
1904 : Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)
1874 : Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist
1959 : Yvonne D Cagle, West Point NY, MD/astronaut

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