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April 7, 1978 Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie April 7, 1976 Erich Goldmann, born in Dingolfing GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 April 7, 1975 Ronde Barber, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers April 7, 1975 Tiki Barber, running back for the New York Giants April 7, 1975 Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls April 7, 1974 Anita Maxwell, WNBA forward for the Cleveland Rockers April 7, 1972 Greg Clark, tight end for the San Francisco 49ers April 7, 1972 Joanne Brown, Australian softball catcher and 1st baseman, 1996 Olympics bronze April 7, 1972 Lovett Purnell, wide receiver for the New England Patriots April 7, 1972 Malcolm Huckaby, NBA guard for the Miami Heat April 7, 1972 Shana Williams, Bridgeton, New Jersey, long jumper and heptathlete April 7, 1971 Cara Kendra Bernosky, Miss USA-Pennsylvania 1997 April 7, 1971 Mark Thompson, born in Russellville, Kentucky, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies April 7, 1971 Stephen Brimacombe, Australian 100m/200m 1996 Olympics April 7, 1971 Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th April 7, 1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers April 7, 1970 Kevin Smith, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys April 7, 1969 Clark Sheehan, born in Denver, Colorado, cyclist 1996 Olympics April 7, 1969 Jeremy Lincoln, NFL cornerback, Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks April 7, 1969 Peggy Clasen, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, speed skater 1994 Olympics April 7, 1969 Ricky Bones, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, pitcher, Mil Brewers, New York Yanks April 7, 1969 Ricky Watters, NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles April 7, 1969 Jack Black, American Actor April 7, 1968 Bill Bellamy, actor, Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker April 7, 1968 Don Smith, born in North Tonawanda, New York, rower 1996 Olympics April 7, 1967 Steve Wisniewski, NFL guard for the Oakland Raiders April 7, 1966 Teri Ann Linn, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Kristen-Bold and Beautiful April 7, 1965 Kaushik Amalean, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88 April 7, 1964 Helen Wadsworth, born in Wales, golfer, Curtis Cup 1990 April 7, 1964 Joe Durant, born in Pensacola, Florida, Nike golfer, 1992 Boise Open-7th April 7, 1964 Russell Crowe, Australian Actor April 7, 1962 Andy Hampsten, born in Columbus, Ohio, cyclist 1996 Olympics April 7, 1962 Bonny Warner, born in Mount Baldy, California, lugist April 7, 1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night April 7, 1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete April 7, 1960 Simon Climie, rock vocalist and keyboardist, Climie Fisher-Love Changes April 7, 1958 Alexandra Neil, born in Boston, actress, Rose-Guiding Light April 7, 1958 Tony Aire, rocker, Adventures-Sea of Love April 7, 1956 Gail Lee Hirata, LPGA golfer April 7, 1956 Christopher Darden, American Lawyer April 7, 1955 Andrea Fisher, artist April 7, 1954 Donna White, LPGA golfer April 7, 1954 Jackie Chan, martial art actor, Rumble in the Bronx April 7, 1954 Tony Dorsett, NFL running back, Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy April 7, 1953 Everard Endt, U.S., yachting 1952 Olympics gold April 7, 1952 Jane Frederick, U.S. pentathlete 1976 Olympics April 7, 1951 Janis Ian, born in New York City, lesbian and folk rocker, At 17 April 7, 1951 John Dittrich, born in Union, New Jersey, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels April 7, 1951 Bruce Gary, born in Burbank, California, rock drummer, Knack-My Sharona April 7, 1949 Mitch Daniels, American Politician April 7, 1947 Patricia Bennett, U.S. singer, He's So Fine April 7, 1946 Barbara Benary, composer April 7, 1946 Bill Kreutzmann, born in California, rock drummer, Grateful Dead, Grass Roots April 7, 1945 Robert A. Brady, American Politician April 7, 1944 Gerhard Schroeder, German Statesman April 7, 1943 Dennis Amiss, cricketer, prolific English batsman April 7, 1943 Mick Abrahams, rock guitarist, Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick April 7, 1943 Roberta Shore, born in Monterrey Park, California, actress and singer, Virginian April 7, 1943 Spencer Dryden, born in New York City, rock drummer, Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice April 7, 1942 Edda Barends, actress, Arthur and Eva April 7, 1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer April 7, 1940 Patricia Paay, Dutch singer, You are not hip April 7, 1939 David Frost, born in Tenterdon, England, TV host, That Was the Week That Was April 7, 1939 Donald L. Holmquest, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut April 7, 1939 Francis Ford Coppola, born in Detroit, director, Godfather, Apocalypse Now April 7, 1938 Freddie Hubbard, born in Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter, Art Blakey April 7, 1938 Jerry Brown, California governor, Gov-D-Cal, 1974-.. April 7, 1938 Yvonne Lime, born in Glendale, California, actress, Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis April 7, 1937 Charley Thomas, rocker, Drifters April 7, 1935 Bobby Bare, born in Irontown, Ohio, country singer, Detroit City April 7, 1935 Hodding Carter III, press secretary, Jimmy Carter April 7, 1935 Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder, Childhelp USA April 7, 1934 Ian Richards, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Montgomery-Ike April 7, 1933 Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs April 7, 1932 Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger April 7, 1931 Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower, Pentagon Papers April 7, 1931 Donald Barthelme, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, writer, Snow White, Sadness April 7, 1931 Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director April 7, 1930 Andrew Sachs, actor, Manuel-Fawlty Towers April 7, 1928 Alan J. Pakula, director, All the President's Men, Klute April 7, 1928 James Garner, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actor, Rockford Files, Bret Maverick April 7, 1928 James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer April 7, 1927 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician April 7, 1926 Johannes Rood, Dutch immunologist, Eurotransplant April 7, 1924 Harry Cordon, comic and host, Fred Hache Show April 7, 1924 Ikuma Dan, composer April 7, 1924 Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orch leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show April 7, 1922 Kenneth Howard Peacock, composer April 7, 1920 Ravi Shankar, born in Benares, India, sitar player, Sounds of India April 7, 1920 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer April 7, 1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, epee 1952 Olympics gold April 7, 1919 Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orch leader, Let's Dance April 7, 1918 C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner April 7, 1918 Peanuts Hucko, born in Syracuse, New York, dixieland clarinetist, Lawrence Welk Show April 7, 1918 Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], Dutch radio actor, Shoot Out April 7, 1918 Ronald Howard, born in Norwood, England, actor, Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style April 7, 1917 R G Armstrong, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, T.H.E. Cat April 7, 1915 Billie Holiday, born in Baltimore, singer, Aint Nobodys Business April 7, 1915 Henry Kuttner, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark World, As You Were April 7, 1914 Sydney Thompson, rock climber April 7, 1912 John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman April 7, 1912 Valere Depauw, Flemish writer April 7, 1912 Harry Hay, American Celebrity April 7, 1908 Le Duan, Vietnamese politician April 7, 1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place April 7, 1903 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director, Im weissen Rossl April 7, 1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer April 7, 1897 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer] April 7, 1897 Walter Winchell, born in Harlem, New York City, newscaster and columnist, Untouchables April 7, 1896 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ, 1917-25 April 7, 1895 Eduardo Toldra, composer April 7, 1895 Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer April 7, 1894 Gerald Brenan, English writer April 7, 1893 Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground April 7, 1893 Irene Castle, dancer, leader in anti-vivisection movement April 7, 1893 Allen Dulles, American Public Servant April 7, 1891 David Low, British Cartoonist April 7, 1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist, 1st Lady of Everglades April 7, 1889 Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet, Desolacion, Tenderness and Nobel 1945 April 7, 1884 Charles Dodd, English new testament authority April 7, 1884 Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch politician and resistance fighter April 7, 1884 Bronislaw Malinowski, Polish Scientist April 7, 1882 Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer, belated Australian rep 1928-33 April 7, 1882 Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor, 12/2/32-1/28/33 April 7, 1878 C M M Hathorn, cricketer, South African Test centurion in 1905-06 April 7, 1878 Jozef C. Bittremieux, Flemish theologist, Virgin and Mother of God April 7, 1874 Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Artist April 7, 1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African April 7, 1870 Gustav Landauer, German socialist April 7, 1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron April 7, 1869 David Grandison Fairchild, U.S., botanist and explorer, brought plants to U.S. April 7, 1860 W. K. Kellogg April 7, 1859 Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale April 7, 1858 Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician, SDAP April 7, 1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer April 7, 1847 J. P. Jacobsen, writer April 7, 1841 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus April 7, 1841 Joseph H. Neuhuys, painter April 7, 1826 Johann Hermann Berens, composer April 7, 1822 Gershom Mott, Major General Union volunteers April 7, 1820 Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general and MP, Komarom-castle April 7, 1819 Hubert Leonard, composer April 7, 1803 Flora Tristan, writer April 7, 1801 Henry Eagle, Commander Union Navy, died in 1882 April 7, 1786 William Rufus DeVane King, D, 13th VP, 1853 April 7, 1780 William Ellery Channing, U.S., Unitarian clergyman April 7, 1775 Francis C. Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill April 7, 1775 Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman April 7, 1772 F M Charles Fourier, French socialist April 7, 1770 William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate, Prelude April 7, 1768 Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer April 7, 1763 Domenico Dragonetti, composer April 7, 1756 Charles Felix, King of Sardina, 1821-31 April 7, 1748 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer April 7, 1745 Georg Druschetzky, composer April 7, 1727 Henri Hardouin, composer April 7, 1727 Michel Adanson, French biologist, Natural History of Senegal April 7, 1718 Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian April 7, 1699 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer April 7, 1694 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer April 7, 1648 Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish painter April 7, 1629 Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands April 7, 1622 Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart April 7, 1613 Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, Night School April 7, 1534 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit and missionary, Brazilian Tupi-Indians April 7, 1506 Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan |