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Birthdays of Personalities on April 27

1951 : Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet)
1914 : Albert Soboult, French historian
1972 : Alison McKnight, Bakersfield Calif, 100m hurdler/heptathlete
1875 : Andr‚ Baillon, Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple)
1963 : Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green)
1904 : Arthur F Burns, economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board)
1945 : August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987)
1951 : Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist (Mink Deville)
1974 : Carlos Fortes, soccer player (Sparta)
1932 : Casey Kasem, Detroit Mich, radio personality (American Top 40)
1904 : Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake)
1701 : Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia
1927 : Connie Kay, jazz drummer
1955 : Cora Ann Mahalick, NJ, news anchor (WNYW-TV)
1927 : Coretta Scott King, Marion Ala, civil rights leader
1938 : Earl Anthony, bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3)
1737 : Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)
1840 : Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
1953 : Ellen L Shulman Baker, Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50, 71)
1865 : Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
1943 : Eugene Polyakov, dancer
1903 : Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown)
1912 : Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux)
1912 : Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist
1911 : Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Tintin)
1828 : Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher
1942 : Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop)
1903 : Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist
1943 : Helmut Marko, auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix)
1820 : Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)
1883 : Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter
1931 : Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
1922 : Jack Klugman, Phila (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus)
1971 : James Burton, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1941 : Jan D Blaauw, Dutch MP (VVD)
1939 : Jerry Mercer, Montreal Canada, rock drummer (April Wine)
1861 : Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
1918 : John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent (ABC)
1927 : John Joseph Moakley, (Rep-D-Massachusetts, 1973- )
1835 : John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]
1410 : John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1939 : Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange)
1905 : Julian Stryjkowski, writer
1948 : Katie Pierson, NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack)
1958 : Keith Denunzio, rocker
1975 : Kenny Harris, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1918 : Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads)
1892 : Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist (studied electrons)
1959 : Marco Pirroni, London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants)
1906 : Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher
1759 : Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1932 : Maxine Brown, rocker (Browns)
1969 : Mica Paris, rocker (So Good)
1975 : Michael Booker, cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1944 : Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
1909 : Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (That Infidel Place)
1929 : Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60)
1893 : Norman Bel Geddes, Adrian Mich, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End)
1962 : Patricia Plumer, Covina Calif, 1.5k/5k runner
1962 : Patricia Susan Plumer Levere, Covina, California, 3K runner
1964 : Paul Osbaldiston, CFL kicker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1974 : Pete Chryplewicz, tight end (Detroit Lions)
1947 : Pete Ham, Swansea Wales, rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It)
1937 : Phil Jones, newsman (CBS)
1904 : Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet (Lauvfall)
1971 : Ricky Sutton, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons)
1930 : Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs
1896 : Rogers Hornsby, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1791 : Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)
1969 : Tyrone Rodgers, CFL defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1822 : Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1942 : Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6, TM-18)
1896 : Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor (nylon)
1900 : Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator)
1919 : Walter Ritchie, sculptor
1918 : Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!)
1967 : Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth

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