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Buddy Ebsen
(born Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr., April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003),

also known as Frank "Buddy" Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer, whose career spanned
seven decades. One of his most famous roles was as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971); afterwards he starred as the title character in the television
detective drama Barnaby Jones (1973–1980).

Originally a dancer, Ebsen began his film career in Broadway Melody of 1936. He also appeared
as a dancer with child star Shirley Temple in Captain January (1936). He was cast to appear in
The Wizard of Oz (1939), originally as the Scarecrow, and before filming began, his role was
changed to the Tin Man. He fell seriously ill during filming due to the aluminum dust in his makeup
and was forced to drop out. He appeared with Maureen O'Hara in They Met in Argentina (1941)
and June Havoc in Sing Your Worries Away (1942). In Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), he portrayed
Doc Golightly, the much older husband of Audrey Hepburn's character. Before his starring role in
The Beverly Hillbillies, Ebsen had a successful television career, the highlight of which was his role
as Davy Crockett's sidekick, George Russell, in Walt Disney's Davy Crockett miniseries (1953–54).








Robert William "Dabbs" Greer
(April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007)

was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. With nearly 100 film roles
and appearances in nearly 600 television episodes of various series, Greer may be best remembered
as series regular Mr. Jonas in Gunsmoke, as Coach Ossie Weiss in the sitcom Hank, and as series regular
Reverend Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie. Greer may be better known to later audiences
as the 108-year-old version of the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile.








John Randolph Webb
(April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982)

was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as
Joe Friday in the Dragnet franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production
company, Mark VII Limited (now Williams Street).

Webb started his career in the 1940s as a radio personality, starring in several radio shows and
dramas—including Dragnet, which he created in 1949—before shifting to acting in the 1950s, creating
television adaptations of Dragnet for NBC. Throughout the 1960s, Webb worked in both acting and
television production, creating Adam-12 in 1968, and in 1970, Webb retired from acting to focus on
producing, creating Emergency! in 1972. Webb continued to make television series, and although many
of them were less successful and short-lived, he wished to rekindle his prior successes, and had plans
to return to acting in a Dragnet revival before he died.








Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt
(born April 2, 1945)

is an American actress of stage and screen. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980).
Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) for which she
won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar for
portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has also appeared in films such as Dune (1984),
Silverado (1985), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pocahontas (1995), Pocahontas II: Journey to a
New World (1998), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).

Hunt has had a successful career on television and in voice-over work, notably being the narrator for
the Ancient Greek mythology themed God of War video game series. From 1997 to 2002, she played
the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice and played Commander Chennault on the sci-fi
series Space Rangers. Beginning in 2009, she has portrayed Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS
television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards.








Christopher Peter Meloni
(born April 2, 1961)

is an American actor. He is known for playing NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off Law & Order: Organized
Crime (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006. He also
played inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2003) and starred in and executive
produced the Syfy series Happy! (2017–2019).

Meloni's film credits include 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998),
Runaway Bride (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004),
Green Lantern: First Flight (2011), 42 (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).









Hans Christian Andersen
(2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875)

was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best
remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more
than 125 languages. They have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness,
readily accessible to children but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity
for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes",
"The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes",
"The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and
"Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.










Walter Percy Chrysler
(April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940)

was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry
executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation.

Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.,
who also spelled his surname as Gaye
(April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984),

was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in
the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes,
earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".

On April 1, 1984, the eve of his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr.,
at their house in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, after an argument. Gay Sr. later pleaded no contest to
voluntary manslaughter, and received a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation.









Leon Russell
(born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016)

was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during
his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass,
rhythm and blues, southern rock, blues rock, folk, surf and the Tulsa Sound.

He collaborated with many notable artists and recorded at least 31 albums and 430 songs. He wrote
"Delta Lady", recorded by Joe Cocker, and organized and performed with Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen
tour in 1970. His "A Song for You", which was named to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018, has been
recorded by more than 200 artists, and his song "This Masquerade" by more than 75.









Leon Russell Wilkeson
(April 2, 1952 – July 27, 2001)

was the bassist of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.










Debralee Scott
(April 2, 1953 – April 5, 2005)

was an American comedic actress best known for her roles on the sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter;
Angie; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; and Forever Fernwood. Scott was a fixture on the game-show
circuit in the late 1970s and early 1980s, frequently serving as a celebrity guest on shows including
Match Game, The $20,000 Pyramid, Riddlers, and Password Plus.

Scott also appeared on Celebrity Family Feud on November 4, 1979 with the cast of Angie. The cast
of Angie took on the cast of The Ropers. In the Fast Money round, she got 176 points out of the 200
needed to win. Partner Robert Hays only needed 24 points as they won $10,000 for their charity.
In the final Fast Money round of the special event, she scored 234 points all by herself, getting 4 of
the 5 most popular answers and winning before Hays ever got a chance to play. Host Richard Dawson
noted that she was the first celebrity player and the fourth player in the show's history to win a
Fast Money round single-handedly.

Scott's fiancé John Dennis Levi, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. In 2005, Scott moved to Florida to live with her sister. Shortly
after her arrival, Scott fell into a coma and was hospitalized. She recovered and was released from the
hospital on her birthday. Three days later, on April 5, 2005, she took a nap and died in her sleep.
Her body was cremated.









Ronald Gabriel Palillo
(April 2, 1949 – August 14, 2012)

was an American actor and teacher. He was best known for his role as the endearingly dim-witted
character Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979).









Rodney Glen King
(April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012)

was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was
beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers during his arrest after a pursuit for
driving while intoxicated on the I-210. An uninvolved individual, George Holliday, filmed the
incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. The footage
showed an unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest. The incident
was covered by news media around the world and caused a public furor.

Doris Day
(born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019)

was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939,
achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left
Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.

Day was one of the biggest film stars of the 1950s–1960s. Day's film career began during the
Golden Age of Hollywood with the film Romance on the High Seas (1948). She starred in films
of many genres, including musicals, comedies, dramas, and thrillers. She played the title role in
Calamity Jane (1953) and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
with James Stewart. Her best-known films are those in which she co-starred with Rock Hudson,
chief among them 1959's Pillow Talk, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for
Best Actress. She also worked with James Garner on both Move Over, Darling (1963) and
The Thrill of It All (1963), and starred alongside Clark Gable, Cary Grant, James Cagney,
David Niven, Ginger Rogers, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, and
Rod Taylor in various movies. After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed
from the height of her popularity, she starred in her own sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968–1973).










Marlon Brando Jr.
(April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he
received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two
Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award and three
British Academy Film Awards. Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the civil
rights movement and various Native American movements. Having studied with Stella Adler
in the 1940s, he is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system
of acting, and method acting, to mainstream audiences.










Petunia Pig

is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons
from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears
a dress and has pigtailed black hair. Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the
1937 short Porky's Romance. The film is a parody of a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon called
Mickey's Nightmare. Whereas Mickey Mouse marries his longtime girlfriend Minnie in that film,
Porky's overtures toward Petunia bring him only the scornful laughter of his porcine paramour.








Edward Regan Murphy
(born April 3, 1961)

is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show
Saturday Night Live, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy
has also worked as a stand-up comedian and is ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of
the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. Murphy has received a Grammy Award and
Emmy Award and was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015 and
the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2023.









Washington Irving
(April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859)

was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early
19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of
Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad,
and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects
such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as American
ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.








Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
(3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017)

was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of
the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest of
any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German
reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Furthermore, Kohl's 16 years and
30 day tenure is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany.








Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE
(born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934),

formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. She is
considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years studying the social and
family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania
in 1960, where she witnessed human-like behaviours amongst chimpanzees, including armed conflict.

She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has
worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. As of 2022, she is on the board of the
Nonhuman Rights Project. In April 2002, she was named a UN Messenger of Peace. Goodall is an
honorary member of the World Future Council.








Picabo Street
(born 3 April 1971)

is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the super G at
the 1998 Winter Olympics and the downhill at the 1996 World Championships, along with three other
Olympic and World Championship medals. Street also won World Cup downhill season titles in 1995
and 1996, the first American woman to do so, along with nine World Cup downhill race wins. Street
was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2004.

David White
(April 4, 1916 – November 27, 1990)

was an American stage, film, and television actor best known for playing
Darrin Stephens' boss Larry Tate from 1964 to 1972 on the ABC situation
comedy Bewitched.

White appeared on numerous television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including
One Step Beyond, where he played a police officer. He made two guest appearances
on the CBS courtroom drama Perry Mason. In 1960, he played Henry De Garmo in
"The Case of the Madcap Modiste" and in 1963, he played newspaper editor and
murderer Victor Kendall in "The Case of the Witless Witness". He also appeared in
Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible,
My Three Sons, Father Knows Best , Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel, My Favorite Martian,
and Dick Tracy. He appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "I Sing the Body Electric"
and "A World of Difference." Also in 1963, he appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents as
Detective Burr in "An Out for Oscar", and as Lance Hawthorn in "The Dark Pool". Though
primarily known for television work, White had several memorable supporting feature -film
roles, including portraying a sleazy columnist in Sweet Smell of Success (1957),
The Apartment (1960), in which he played a philandering executive, and Sunrise at Campobello
(also 1960) and The Lawbreakers (1961).









Anthony Perkins
(April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992)

was an American actor, director, and singer. Perkins is known for his role as Norman Bates
in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense thriller Psycho, which made him an influential figure in pop
culture and in horror films. He often played distinctive villainous roles in film, though he
was most renowned for his romantic leads. He distinguished himself by playing
unconfident characters.








Robert John Downey Jr.
(born April 4, 1965)

is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular
success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a
resurgence of commercial success later in his career. In 2008, Downey was named by
Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015,
he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor.

Downey gained global recognition for starring as Tony Stark/Iron Man in ten films within the
Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008), and leading up to
Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also played the title character in Guy Ritchie's
Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and its sequel,
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).








David Blaine
(born April 4, 1973)

is an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He is best known for his
high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records.

On May 19, 1997, Blaine's first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC.
"It really, really does break new ground," said Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller. When asked
about his performance style, Blaine explained, "I'd like to bring magic back to the place it
used to be 100 years ago." Time commented, "His deceptively low-key, ultracool manner
leaves spectators more amazed than if he'd razzle-dazzled."








Heath Andrew Ledger
(4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008)

was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian
television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998
to develop his film career further. His work consisted of twenty films, including 10 Things I Hate
About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001),
Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007),
The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two
being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and
aspired to be a film director.









Isoroku Yamamoto
(April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943)
was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the
Combined Fleet during World War II until he was killed.

Yamamoto was killed in April 1943 after American code breakers identified his flight plans, enabling
the United States Army Air Forces to shoot down his plane. His death was a major blow to Japanese
military morale during World War II.









McKinley Morganfield
(April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),

known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an
important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".
His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude"

In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers
on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on piano—recorded
several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. These songs included
"Hoochie Coochie Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "I'm Ready". In 1958, he traveled
to England, laying the foundations of the resurgence of interest in the blues there. His performance
at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, At Newport 1960.

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
(April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967)

was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility.
One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two
consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations. During his career,
he appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the
screen's greatest actors. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the
9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.








Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis
(April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989)

was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits.
She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her
performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to
historical films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greater
successes were in romantic dramas. A recipient of two Academy Awards, she was the
first thespian to accrue ten nominations.











Eldred Gregory Peck
(April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003)

was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s.
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic
Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner,
Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three Broadway
productions. He first gained critical success in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944),
a John M. Stahl–directed drama which earned him his first Academy Award nomination.
He starred in a series of successful films, including romantic-drama The Valley of Decision (1944),
Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), and family film The Yearling (1946). He encountered
lukewarm commercial reviews at the end of the 1940s, his performances including
The Paradine Case (1947) and The Great Sinner (1948). Peck reached global recognition
in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing back-to-back in the book-to-film adaptation of
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) and biblical drama David and Bathsheba (1951).
He starred alongside Ava Gardner in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and Audrey Hepburn
in Roman Holiday (1953).









Christopher George Hewett
(5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001)

was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere
on the ABC sitcom Mr. Belvedere. Hewett was born in Worthing, Sussex to
Christopher Fitzsimon Hewett (an army officer and a descendant of Daniel O'Connell),
and his wife Eleanor Joyce Watts (an actress whose professional name was Rhoda Cleighton).
He was educated at Beaumont College and at Wimbledon College, and at aged 7, made his
acting debut in a Dublin stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.








Frank John Gorshin Jr.
(April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005)

was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on
television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen,
The Dean Martin Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. As an actor, he played the Riddler
on the live-action television series Batman and was nominated for an Emmy Award for
the performance.








Booker Taliaferro Washington
(April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915)

was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community
and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American
leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants.
They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory
laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.









Colin Luther Powell
(April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021)

was an American politician, statesman,[2] diplomat, and United States Army officer who served
as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American
Secretary of State. He served as the 15th United States National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989
and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.








Pharrell Lanscilo Williams
(April 5, 1973)

is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo,
he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has
produced songs for various recording artists. In 1999, he became lead vocalist of the band N.E.R.D.,
which he formed with Hugo and drummer Shay Haley. Williams has been widely referred to as one
of the most influential and successful music producers of the 21st century, having had a significant
impact on the sound of modern popular music.

William December Williams Jr.
(born April 6, 1937)

is an American actor. He appeared as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the
early 1980s for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), and 36 years
later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen
portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history. Williams was born in
New York City, and raised in Harlem along with his twin sister, Loretta. In 1945, he made his
Broadway theatre debut at age seven in The Firebrand of Florence.









Merle Ronald Haggard
([b]April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016)[/b]

was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in
Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the
death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released
from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a
successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class
that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti–Vietnam War sentiment of some popular
music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US
country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard
continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.









Mary Lucy "Marilu" Denise Henner
(born April 6, 1952)

is an American actress. She began her career appearing in the original production of the musical
Grease in 1971, before making her screen debut in the 1977 comedy-drama film Between the Lines.
In 1977, Henner was cast in her breakthrough role as Elaine O'Connor Nardo in the ABC/NBC
sitcom Taxi, a role she played until 1983 and received five Golden Globe Award nominations. She
later had co-starring roles in films such as Hammett (1982), The Man Who Loved Women (1983),
Cannonball Run II (1984), Johnny Dangerously (1984), Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985), Ladykillers (1988),
L.A. Story (1991), and Noises Off (1992). She returned to television with a starring role in the
CBS sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), and later had leading roles in many television films.









John Dezso Ratzenberger
(born April 6, 1947)

is an American actor, comedian and director. He is best known for playing the character Cliff Clavin
on the comedy series Cheers, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. He also
played a role in the short-lived spin-off The Tortellis and in an episode of Wings, which was made
by the same creators. Ratzenberger voiced various characters in Pixar Animation Studios' feature
films, including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Abominable Snowman in the Monsters, Inc.
franchise, Mack in the Cars franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and many others.








Udo Dirkschneider
(born 6 April 1952)

is a German singer and songwriter who rose to fame with heavy metal band Accept. After leaving
the band in 1987, he formed U.D.O., with which he has also enjoyed commercial success.

Former Accept and current U.D.O. lead singer Udo Dirkschneider has a long career spawning almost
five decades that helped to shape German heavy metal. His unique and raspy voice approach and,
his taste for huge choruses made big part of Accept's appeal and made him the one of the most
recognizable characters in the heavy metal history









Michael Rooker
(born April 6, 1955)

is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986),
Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Baily in Mississippi Burning (1988), Terry Cruger in
Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991),
Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in
Mallrats (1995), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in
Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013), Yondu Udonta in
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the
animated series What If...? (2021), and Savant in The Suicide Squad (2021).










Warren Haynes
(born April 6, 1960)

is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime
guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule.
Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey Betts Band. Haynes
also is known for his associations with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, including
touring with Phil Lesh and Friends and the Dead. In addition, Haynes founded and
manages Evil Teen Records.

Walter Winchell
(April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972)

was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator.
Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway
reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the
1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was
known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes and Jazz Age slang.
Biographer Neal Gabler claimed that his popularity and influence "turned journalism into
a form of entertainment".









James Garner
(born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014)

was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including
The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization
of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood;
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick; Darby's Rangers (1958) with Stuart Whitman;
Roald Dahl's 36 Hours (1965) with Eva Marie Saint; Raymond Chandler's Marlowe (1969)
with Bruce Lee; Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with Walter Brennan; Blake Edwards's
Victor/Victoria (1982) with Julie Andrews; and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field,
for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He also starred in several television
series, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the ABC 1950s Western series
Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the NBC 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files.










William Wayne McMillan Rogers III
(April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015)

was an American actor, known for playing the role of Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre in
the CBS television series M*A*S*H and as Dr. Charley Michaels on House Calls (1979–1982).
He was a regular panel member on the Fox News Channel stock investment television program
Cashin' In as a result of having built a career as an investor, investment strategist, adviser,
and money manager. Rogers also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of
the Theatre in New York City.








Sir David Paradine Frost OBE
(7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013)

was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during
the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme
That Was the Week That Was in 1962. His success on this show led to work as a host on
American television. He became known for his television interviews with senior political
figures, among them the Nixon interviews with US president Richard Nixon in 1977 which
were adapted into a stage play and film. Frost interviewed all eight British prime ministers
serving between 1964, from Alec Douglas-Home to David Cameron, - who resigned in
2016 - and all eight American presidents in office since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1969 to
Barack Obama, which served until 2017.









Francis Ford Coppola
(born April 7, 1939)

is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major
figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the
recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or and a
British Academy Film Award (BAFTA).

After directing The Rain People in 1969, Coppola co-wrote Patton (1970), which earned him
the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Edmund H. North. Coppola's
reputation as a filmmaker was cemented with the release of The Godfather (1972), which
revolutionized the gangster genre of filmmaking, receiving strong commercial and critical
reception. The Godfather won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor and
Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Mario Puzo). The Godfather Part II (1974) became
the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Highly regarded by critics,
the film gained Coppola two more Academy Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay and B









Jackie Chan SBS MBE PMW
(born 7 April 1954), 

is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick
acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs
himself. Chan has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films.
He is one of the most popular action film stars of all time.

Chan is one of the most recognisable and influential film personalities in the world, with
a widespread global following in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. He has
received fame stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, films, and video games. He
is an operatically trained vocalist and is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having
released a number of music albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in
which he has starred. He is also a globally known philanthropist and has been named
one of the top 10 most charitable celebrities by Forbes magazine. In 2004, film scholar
Andrew Willis stated that Chan was perhaps the "most recognised film star in the world."
In 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $350 million, and as of 2016, he was the
second-highest-paid actor in the world.

Chan's views on Hong Kong politics have gradually shifted from a pro-democratic stance
in the 1990s to a pro-Beijing stance since the 2010s. Since 2013, Chan has been a
pro-Chinese Communist Party (CPC) politician, having served two terms as a delegate to
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and, in 2021,
expressing his desire to join the CPC.








Russell Ira Crowe
(born 7 April 1964)

is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia,
and moved there permanently at age twenty one. He came to international attention
for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film
Gladiator (2000), for which he won an Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award,
Empire Award, and London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor, along with
10 other nominations in the same category.

William Keith Kellogg
(April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951)

was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the
Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular breakfast cereals. He was a
member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and practiced vegetarianism as a dietary
principle taught by his church. He also founded the Kellogg Arabian Ranch, which breeds
Arabian horses. Kellogg was a philanthropist and started the Kellogg Foundation in 1934
with a $66-million donation.








Billie Holiday
(born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959)

was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music
partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her
vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating
phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.









Joseph Gallo
(April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972),

also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and Caporegime of the
Colombo crime family of New York City.

In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an arrest. He soon became an
enforcer in the Profaci crime family, later forming his own crew which included his brothers
Larry and Albert. In 1957, Joe Profaci allegedly asked Gallo and his crew to murder
Albert Anastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family; Anastasia was murdered on
October 25 at a barber shop in midtown Manhattan. In 1961, the Gallo brothers kidnapped
four of Profaci's top men: underboss Joseph Magliocco, Frank Profaci (Joe Profaci's brother),
caporegime Salvatore Musacchia and soldato John Scimone, demanding a more favorable
financial scheme for the hostages' release. After a few weeks of negotiation, Profaci and
his consigliere, Charles "the Sidge" LoCicero, made a deal with the Gallos and secured
the peaceful release of the hostages. This incited the First Colombo War.









Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
(born April 7, 1938)

is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor
of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,
he was elected Secretary of State of California in 1970; Brown later served as Mayor of
Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California from 2007 to 2011. He
was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap
between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown
became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years
and 5 days in office.








Michael Timothy Abrahams
(born 7 April 1943)

is an English guitarist and band leader, best known for being the original guitarist for Jethro Tull
from 1967 to 1968 and the frontman for Blodwyn Pig. Abrahams was born in Luton, Bedfordshire.
He played on the album This Was recorded by Jethro Tull in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams
and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave shortly after the
album was finished, but not before contributing guitar to one further non-LP single. Abrahams
wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt
folk and jazz influences. Abrahams suffered a heart attack in November 2009 and would have to
recuperate before resuming work. In April 2010 his website revealed that he had Ménière's disease,
which would hold him back from performing at least for another year. In December 2013, he posted
an update referring to his continuing health problems and mentioning that he hoped to
release an album in 2014.









John William Oates
(born April 7, 1948)

is an American musician, best known as half of the rock
and soul duo Hall & Oates, with Daryl Hall. He has played rock, R&B, and soul music, acting as a
guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Although Oates's main role in the duo is being the guitarist, he also co-wrote many of the top 10
songs that they recorded, including: "Sara Smile" (referring to Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen),
"She's Gone", and "Out of Touch", as well as "You Make My Dreams", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)",
"Maneater", and "Adult Education". He also sang lead vocals on several more singles in the Hot 100,
such as "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (a remake of the 1965 song
performed by the Righteous Brothers), and "Possession Obsession". In 1986, Oates contributed the
song "(She's the) Shape of Things to Come" on the soundtrack to the 1986 film About Last Night.
He also co-wrote and sang backup on the song "Electric Blue", recorded by the Australian band
Icehouse, which was a Billboard top 10 hit.









Anthony Drew Dorsett Sr.
(born April 7, 1954)

is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the
National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. From Western Pennsylvania,
Dorsett attended the nearby University of Pittsburgh, where he led the Panthers to the national
title as a senior in 1976 and won the Heisman Trophy. He was the first-round draft choice of the
Cowboys in 1977, the second overall selection (from Seattle). Dorsett was the NFL Offensive Rookie
of the Year and played for the team for 11 seasons, through 1987. He played for Denver the
following year, then retired because of injuries. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1994)
and the College Football Hall of Fame (1994).








Kevin Rey Smith
(born April 7, 1970) Orange, Texas, U.S.

is a former professional American football player who played cornerback in the National Football League
(NFL) for nine seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. Smith help lead West Orange-Stark High School to back
to back 4A State Championships (1986–1987). He earned All-State on both sides of the ball his senior
year, after intercepting 12 passes and catching 9 touchdowns. Smith was also a letterman in baseball,
basketball and track and field. He was recruited to play wide receiver for University of Houston
and Louisiana State University.