Birthdays of Personalities on April 06
1929 : "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster
1812 : Aaron Bernstein, writer
1871 : Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
1890 : Andr‚ L Danjon, French astronomer
1929 : Andr‚ Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
1940 : Anne Campbell, MP
1890 : Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
1971 : Anthony Redmon, guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1929 : Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
1889 : Barry Macollum, Northern Ireland
1920 : Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher
1898 : Bobby Gilbert, PA
1866 : Butch Cassidy, [Robert Parker], US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
1828 : Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1888 : Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
1975 : Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper/drummer (Party)
1927 : David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
1950 : Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
1910 : Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
1959 : Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
1972 : Donald Blair, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1892 : Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
1973 : Donnie Edwards, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1935 : Duke of Montrose
1806 : Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, poet
1878 : Erich Mhsam, writer
1944 : Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
1921 : Franta Belsky, British sculptor
1979 : Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael
1889 : Gabriela Mistral, writer
1927 : Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orch leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
1826 : Gustave Moreau, French painter
1903 : Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
1943 : Harry Conroy, trade unionist
1874 : Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist
1940 : Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
1926 : Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman/MP
1830 : James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1928 : James Dewey Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
1773 : James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
1947 : Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP (VVD)
1671 : Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
1918 : Joan Bernard, Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
1931 : Joan Carlyle, British soprano
1943 : Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist
1833 : Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
1819 : Johann A H Scheler, Belgian librarian
1906 : John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
1925 : John Knox, British supreme court justice
1935 : John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
1944 : John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
1964 : Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
1866 : Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
1823 : Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
1917 : Julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)
1966 : Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
1900 : Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
1929 : Li Yuan-chia, artist
1921 : Lord Moore of Wolvercote
1869 : Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
1892 : Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure)
1925 : Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
1949 : Mary Maples Dunn, college president (Smith College)
1957 : Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1944 : Michelle Phillips, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
1883 : Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress
1946 : Paul Beresford, MP
1938 : Paul Daniels, British magician
1942 : Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater)
1810 : Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
1951 : Ralph Cooper, Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
1973 : Randall Godfrey, linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1483 : Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
1860 : Ren‚ Lalique, French jewel designer
1945 : Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist
1943 : Roger Cook, investigative journalist/broadcaster
1961 : Rory Bremner, impressionist
1741 : S‚bastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright (Maximes)
1962 : Stan Cullimore, guitarist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1947 : Tony Cooner, Essex, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1952 : Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
1929 : Willis Hall, British writer