Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John Armstrong |
Politician |
25-Nov-1758 |
1-Apr-1843 |
US Secretary of War, 1813-14 |
Noah Beery, Sr. |
Actor |
17-Jan-1882 |
1-Apr-1946 |
The Mark of Zorro |
Leslie Cheung |
Singer |
12-Sep-1956 |
1-Apr-2003 |
Cantopop singer, jumped to death |
Michel de Ghelderode |
Playwright |
3-Apr-1898 |
1-Apr-1962 |
Surrealistic Belgian playwright |
Charles Drew |
Doctor |
3-Jun-1904 |
1-Apr-1950 |
First to separate blood plasma |
Max Ernst |
Painter |
2-Apr-1891 |
1-Apr-1976 |
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child |
Gene Evans |
Actor |
11-Jul-1922 |
1-Apr-1998 |
Behemoth, the Sea Monster |
Hans Filbinger |
Politician |
15-Sep-1913 |
1-Apr-2007 |
Disgraced German politician |
John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
George II |
Royalty |
20-Jul-1890 |
1-Apr-1947 |
King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47 |
Martha Graham |
Dancer |
11-May-1894 |
1-Apr-1991 |
Innovator of modern dance |
Nedda Harrigan |
Actor |
24-Aug-1899 |
1-Apr-1989 |
Devil's Island |
Scott Joplin |
Musician |
24-Nov-1868 |
1-Apr-1917 |
The King of Ragtime |
Jim Jordan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1896 |
1-Apr-1988 |
Fibber McGee |
Lev Landau |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1908 |
1-Apr-1968 |
Superfluidity of helium |
Miguel de la Madrid |
Head of State |
12-Dec-1934 |
1-Apr-2012 |
President of Mexico, 1982-88 |
Manning Marable |
Educator |
13-May-1950 |
1-Apr-2011 |
Beyond Black and White |
F. O. Matthiessen |
Critic |
19-Feb-1902 |
1-Apr-1950 |
American Renaissance |
Frederick Denison Maurice |
Religion |
29-Aug-1805 |
1-Apr-1872 |
19th c. Anglican theologian |
Robert McCormick |
Business |
30-Jul-1880 |
1-Apr-1955 |
Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower |
John Milton |
Politician |
20-Apr-1807 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Florida governor, committed suicide |
Ferenc Molnár |
Playwright |
12-Jan-1878 |
1-Apr-1952 |
The Paul Street Boys |
Flann O'Brien |
Author |
5-Oct-1911 |
1-Apr-1966 |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
Giuditta Pasta |
Singer |
26-Oct-1797 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Operatic soprano |
Ed Roberts |
Inventor |
13-Sep-1941 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Inventor of the Altair computer |
Lynne Roberts |
Actor |
22-Nov-1919 |
1-Apr-1978 |
American character actress |
Elliott P. Skinner |
Scholar |
20-Jun-1924 |
1-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 |
Carrie Snodgress |
Actor |
27-Oct-1946 |
1-Apr-2004 |
Diary of a Mad Housewife |
Tzannis Tzannetakis |
Head of State |
13-Sep-1927 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Prime Minister of Greece, 1989 |
Marcus L. Urann |
Business |
2-Oct-1873 |
1-Apr-1963 |
Cranberry magnate |