Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of April 04:

0188 Caracalla [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius] Roman emperor (211-17)

1527 Abraham Ortelius [Ortels/Hortels] South Netherlands geographer

1646 Antoine Galland French orintalist/interpreter

1648 Grinling Gibbons sculptor/woodcarver

1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo painter

1716 John Evangelist Schreiber composer

1731 Francisco Morera composer

1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer

1752 Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda)

1755 Vincenc Masek composer

1758 John Hoppner portrait painter

1762 Stephen Storace composer

1785 Bettina von Arnim German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)

1785 Bettina Brentano composer

1786 John Franklin British explorer (Arctic)

1792 Thaddeus Stevens US Radical Republican congressional leader (Representative-R)

1802 Dorothea Dix US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates

1804 Joseph Fischhof composer

1809 Benjamin Pierce US mathematician/astronomer

1814 John Blair Smith Todd Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1872

1817 John Wilson Sprague Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893

1820 Charles Devens Jr Major General, Brevet (Union volunteers), died in 1891

1821 Linus Yale US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)

1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens inventor (laid undersea cables)

1823 Robert Byington Mitchell Brigadier General (Union volunteers)

1826 Zénobe Théophile Gramme inventor (electric motor)

1828 Margaret Oliphant Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)

1831 Edward Cary Walthall Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898

1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)

1836 Jerome Hopkins composer

1843 Hans Richter Gyr (Raab/Gyoer) Hungary, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

1843 Hans Richter composer

1858 Rémy de Gourmont French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour)

1866 George P Baker US playwright (47 Workshop)

1870 George A Smith Salt Lake City UT, 8th president of Mormon church

1872 Nikolai Amani composer

1872 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges Dutch singer

1875 Pierre Monteux Paris France, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919-24)

1875 Jozef Szulc composer

1875 Samuel S Hinds Brooklyn NY, actor (The Bribe, The Egg and I, The Great Alaskan Mystery)

1876 Maurice de Vlaminck Paris France, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)

1879 Gabriel Groulez composer

1881 Charles Funk Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)

1882 Mary Howe composer

1884 Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet

1888 Tris Speaker baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1892 Cyril Smith Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot)

1892 Esther Howard Montana, actress (Born to Kill, Murder My Sweet, A Fool's Advice)

1895 Arthur Murray New York NY, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)

1895 Charlie Hallows cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28)

1896 Robert Sherwood dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)

1896 Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)

1897 Pierre Fresnay Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)

1899 William Brann cricketer (South African batsman vs England 1922-23)

19-- Tacey Phillips Montclair NJ, actress (Hope-Coed Fever)

1901 Carmel Myers San Francisco CA, actress (Carmel Myers Show)

1902 Louise L de Vilmorin French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)

1905 Eugene Bozza composer

1906 Bea Benaderet New York NY, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)

1906 John Cameron Swayze Wichita KS, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg)

1907 Nathan M Pusey Council Bluffs IA, educator (1963 National Association for Social Sciences Medal)

1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey author (Cheaper by the Dozen)

1910 [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn actress/chansonnière

1910 Agnes Patrick campaigner

1913 Frances Langford Lakeland FL, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)

1913 Jerome Weidman US writer (Tenderloin)

1913 Rosemary Lane Indianola IA, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody)

1914 Marguerite Duras France, novelist/playwright (The Sea Wall)

1914 Richard Coogan Short Hills NJ, actor (Captain Video)

1914 Sir John Beith British diplomat

1914 Gustave Camus Belgian painter

1914 John Beith British diplomat

1915 Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)

1915 Jan Drda Czechoslovakia, writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)

1915 Lars G Ahlin Swedish writer (Death of Me)

1916 David White actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched)

1916 Herbert Eugene Caen columnist

1917 Joseph Ortiz French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)

1918 Earl Jellicoe chancellor (University of Southhampton)

1918 Margaret Dupont tennis champion

1919 Antony Tudor England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)

1920 Eric Rohmer Nancy France, director (Claire's Knee)/ actor (6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval)

1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers South Africa minister of Administration

1922 Elmer Bernstein New York NY, movie music composer (Robot Monster)

1923 Manon H E Alving Dutch actress (Short American)

1924 Gil Hodges baseball player/manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets)

1924 Peter Vaughan actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)

1924 Christopher Prater screen printer

1924 Eva Marie Saint Newark NJ, actress (Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus)

1925 Elizabeth Wilson Grand Rapids MI, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side)

1925 Erna Spoorenberg Dutch singer

1926 Cloris Leachman Des Moines IA, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety)

1927 Bob Stump (Representative-Republican-AZ, 1977- )

1928 Bill Ryan Brooklyn NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)

1928 Maya Angelou [Marguerite Johnson] St Louis MO, poet (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)/actress (Nyo-Roots)

1928 Monty Norman composer/writer

1928 Jimmy Logan British comedian (Mad Death)

1929 William F Clinger Jr (Representative-Republican-PA, 1979- )

1930 David Sexton soccer manager

1931 Denis Frank Owen Natural historian

1931 Harold L Volkmer (Representative-Democrat-MO, 1977- )

1932 Anthony Perkins New York NY, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison)

1932 Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)

1932 Bapu Nadkarni cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68)

1932 Richard G Lugar (Senator-Republican-IN, 1977- )

1933 Fritz Bolkestein Dutch CEO (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)

1933 Robin Phillips English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)

1933 Seoirse Bodley composer

1934 Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams broadcaster

1935 Lord Ichayra Secretary-General (British Banking Association)

1935 Trevor Griffiths playwright (Absolute Beginners)

1935 Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris cricketer (West Indies batsman of 60's)

1935 Franois-Bernard Mache composer

1936 Margo J Sylvia rocker (Tune Weavers)

1937 Ian St James novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)

1937 J Hans van den Doel economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)

1938 A Bartlett Giamatti Boston MA, president of Yale/baseball commish (1989)

1938 Michael Parks Corona CA, actor (Then Came Bronson)

1938 Peter Attenborough British headmaster (Charterhouse)

1939 Joanne Carner Kirkland WA, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76)

1939 Hugh Masekela Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)

1940 Bijan Iran, mens appareldesigner (Beverly Hills, New York, London)

1940 Robby Mueller cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)

1940 Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov Russia, cosmonaut

1941 Major Lance US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)

1942 Kitty Kelley author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)

1942 Kris Jensen rocker

1943 Ian Robertson British museum director (National Army Museum)

1944 David Melville professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)

1944 Lawrence A Hough US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 Olympics-silver)

1945 Caroline McWilliams Seattle WA, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)

1945 Catherine Spaak actress (Hotel, Weekend at Dunkirk, Circle of Love)

1945 Bryan Andrews cricketer (New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)

1945 Walter Charles East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)

1946 Craig T Nelson Spokane WA, actor (Chief Jack Mannion-The District, Hayden Fox-Coach, Poltergeist)

1947 Salvatore Sciarrino composer

1948 Luke Halpin Astoria NY, actor (Sandy Ricks-Flipper)

1948 Berry Oakley Chicago IL, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)

1948 Gail Davies Broken Bow OK, country singer (Blue Heartache)

1948 Pick Withers rocker (Dire Straits)

1949 Larry Lingle rocker

1950 Christine Lahti Detroit MI, actress (Dr Kathryn Austin-Chicago Hope, Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)

1951 Steve Gatlin Olney TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady)

1952 Dave Hill England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)

1952 Gary Moore Irish rock guitarist ("Still Got the Blues", Thin Lizzy, Skid Row)

1952 Peter Haycock rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower)

1952 Rosemarie Ackermann German Democratic Republic, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1976)

1954 Julie Carmen Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)

1955 Mick Mars rocker

1956 Evelyn Hart prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)

1956 Lamen Khalifa Fhimah Suk Giuma Libya, bomber (Pan Am Flight 103)

1957 Graeme Kelling British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)

1957 Paul Downton cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's)

1958 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon painter

1958 Derek Kallicharran cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy)

1958 Hrvoje Horvatic video artist

1958 John Wesley Jones Lawton OK, 4X100 meter relayer (Olympics-gold-1976)

1960 Jon[athan] Agnew British broadcaster/cricketer (England pace bowler late 80's)

1960 Bev Smith Armstrong British Columbia Canada, basketball forward (Olympics-96)

1961 Matt Cole Stratford Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Space Coast)

1962 Ava Fabian Brewster NY, playmate (August 1986)/actress (Cafe Nostra)

1962 Sherrin Smyers Newcastle Australia, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)

1962 Tina Tombs Montréal Québec Canada, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo)

1963 Anthony Clark comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)

1963 Dale Hawerchuk Toronto Ontario Canada, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers)

1963 David Gavurin English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind)

1963 Jack Del Rio NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)

1964 Paul Parker soccer player

1964 Gregory Thomas Kraft Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-2nd)

1964 Robbie Rist California, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)

1965 Robert Downey Jr New York NY, comedian/actor (Larry Paul-Ally McBeal, Saturday Night Live, Less than Zero, Back to School)

1965 Black Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)

1965 Tony Burse CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)

1965 Zwart Francis [Charles Thompson] US singer/songwriter (Pixies)

1966 Nancy McKeon Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)

1966 Michal Clingman Indio CA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)

1966 Myriam Schropp West Germany, tennis star

1966 Stanislav Medrik Nitra Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)

1967 Juliana "Juli" Furtado New York NY, cyclist (Olympics-10th-96)

1968 Andre Bowden WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)

1969 Anthony Tucker NBA forward (New York Knicks)

1969 Carlos Reyes Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)

1969 Dennis de Nooijer Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Gerard (Sparta)

1969 Gerard de Nooijer Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Dennis (Sparta)

1970 Barry van Galen Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)

1970 Jason Stoltenberg Australia, tennis star

1971 Allan Houston NBA guard (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons)

1971 Felipe Lira Miranda Venezeula, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)

1971 Jaime Fernandez Australian rower (Olympics-96)

1971 Yanic Perreault Sherbrooke, NHL center (Los Angeles Kings)

1972 Chad Eaton defensivetackle (New England Patriots)

1972 Jim Werland Ventura CA, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)

1972 Matt Wagner Cedar Falls IA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)

1973 Damon Allen Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champion)

1973 Peter Hoekstra Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax)

1973 Ryan Coughlin CFL offensive linebacker (Montréal Alouettes)

1973 Tiffany Woosley WNBA guard (Houston Comets)

1974 O J Santiago tight end (Atlanta Falcons)

1975 Kisha Ford WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty)

1976 Alicia Silverstone San Francisco CA, actress (Clueless)

1978 Irene Skliva Athens Greece, Miss World (1996)

1979 Charles Butler Salt Lake City UT, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 National)

1979 Rebecca Stoyel South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)



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Deaths which occurred on April 04:

0397 Ambrosius Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies

0896 Formosus Pope (891-96), dies

1229 Hugo van Pierrepont bishop of Liege, dies

1284 Alfonso X "El Sabio" King of Castili/León (1252-84), dies at 62

1292 Nicholas IV [Girolamo Masci] Pope (1288-92), dies

1393 Floris van Wevelinkhoven bishop of Utrecht, dies

1406 Robert III King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies

1417 John van Touraine 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies

1585 Caspar de Robles Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57

1588 Frederik II King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53

1604 Thomas Churchyard poet/pamphleteer, dies

1617 John Napier Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies

1643 Simon Episcopius [Bisschop] Dutch theologist, dies at 60

1662 Davis Mell composer, dies at 57

1662 Leonhart Kern German sculptor , dies at about 73

1664 Adam Willaerts Dutch seascape painter, dies

1714 Karel duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies

1734 Johann C van Erckel old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79

1774 Oliver Goldsmith Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17

1784 Mary Mead wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies

1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at 84

1807 Joseph Jérme Le Francais de Lalande French astronomer, dies

1817 André Masséna Duc de Rivoli soldier, dies

1817 Prince d'Essing dies

1841 William Henry Harrison becomes 1st US President to die in office, at 68

1844 Charles Bulfinch 1st US pro architect (Massachusetts State House), dies at 80

1862 Harmen S Sytstra Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45

1889 Thomas T H Jorissen historian, dies at 56

1893 Alphonse de Candolle Swiss botanist, dies at 86

1900 Edward VII King, assassinated

1905 Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73

1908 Josef Sucher composer, dies at 64

1919 William Crookes English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86

1923 L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum] Russian revolutionary, dies at 49

1929 Karl Friedrich Benz automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84

1930 Vladimir Majakovski Russian poet, dies

1931 Andre Michelin CEO (Michelin Tires), dies

1931 George Whitefield Chadwick composer, dies at 76

1932 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz Austrian minister, dies at 59

1932 Wilhelm Ostwald physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies

1934 Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at 80

1937 Frantisek X Salda Czechoslovakia, writer/critic, dies at 69

1938 Cyril Christiani cricket wicket keep (West Indies 1935), dies of malaria at 24

1939 Ghazi I King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident

1941 Max Frisch writer, dies at 29

1943 Oskar Schlemmer German painter/sculptor, dies at 54

1943 Raoul Laparra composer, dies at 66

1944 John Peale Bishop US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51

1944 Karel Weis composer, dies at 82

1953 Carol II King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59

1953 Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery] French author, dies at 93

1956 Fritz Künkel German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66

1958 Hendrik Heyman Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78

1959 Stanley Snooke cricketer (brother of S J, duck in South African Test), dies

1963 Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70

1963 Endzion Barelli dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18

1967 Mischa Elman Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76

1968 Reverend Martin Luther King Jr civil rights leader, assassinated in Memphis at 39

1970 Byron Foulger actor (Captain Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70

1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Representative-Democrat-NY), dies at 63

1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies

1972 Stefan Wolpe German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69

1977 Jeno Zador composer, dies at 82

1978 Gino Contilli composer, dies at 70

1979 Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77

1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani President, hanged in Pakistan at 51

1981 Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56

1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer, dies at 50

1983 Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78

1983 Gloria Swanson actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84

1984 John Arnold cricketer (England bat vs New Zealand 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies

1986 Frank Mortelmans Belgian painter, dies at 87

1987 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore author (Judgment Night), dies at 76

1991 John Heinz (Senator-Republican-PA), dies in a plane crash, dies at 52

1991 Luc de Rijck Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies

1991 Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79

1992 Karl Tunberg US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies

1992 Samuel Reshevsky Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80

1992 Sy Kramer singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59

1993 Alfred Mosher Butts US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93

1993 Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche] singer, dies

1994 Olga Lowina Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69

1994 Virginia "Ginny" Simms actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77

1995 Kenny Everett disc Jockey, dies at 50

1995 Peter Brinson dance educationalist, dies at 67

1995 Priscilla Lane actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard), dies at 77

1996 Carl Burton Stokes politician, dies at 68

1996 David Keylsey actor/director, dies at 63

1996 David Whitton campaigner, dies at 44

1996 Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking pathologist, dies at 97

1996 Joy Newton dancer, dies at 82

1996 Larry Laprise songwriter, dies at 83

1996 Seamas NacNeill piper, dies at 79


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