| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Art Acord |
Actor |
17-Apr-1890 |
4-Jan-1931 |
Cowboy actor |
| Tsar Alexander II |
Royalty |
17-Apr-1818 |
13-Mar-1881 |
Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 |
| Lindsay Anderson |
Film Director |
17-Apr-1923 |
30-Aug-1994 |
If... |
| Theo Angelopoulos |
Film Director |
17-Apr-1935 |
24-Jan-2012 |
Ulysses' Gaze |
| Cap Anson |
Baseball |
17-Apr-1852 |
14-Apr-1922 |
Early MLB superstar, Hall of Famer |
| Teri Austin |
Actor |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Jill Bennett on Knots Landing |
| Ray Stannard Baker |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1870 |
12-Jul-1946 |
Biographer of Woodrow Wilson |
| Afrika Bambaataa |
Musician |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Hip Hop pioneer, Planet Rock |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Head of State |
17-Apr-1916 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Sean Bean |
Actor |
17-Apr-1959 |
|
Boromir in Lord of the Rings |
| Victoria Beckham |
Singer |
17-Apr-1974 |
|
Posh Spice |
| Marsha S. Berzon |
Judge |
17-Apr-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Karen Blixen |
Author |
17-Apr-1885 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Babette's Feast and Out of Africa |
| Pedro Bloch |
Playwright |
17-Apr-1914 |
23-Feb-2004 |
The Hands of Eurydice |
| David Bradley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1942 |
|
Argus Filch in Harry Potter films |
| Alexander Cartwright |
Baseball |
17-Apr-1820 |
12-Jul-1892 |
Original rules of baseball |
| Irene Castle |
Dancer |
17-Apr-1893 |
25-Jan-1969 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| Samuel Chase |
Judge |
17-Apr-1741 |
19-Jun-1811 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811 |
| Bill Clements |
Politician |
17-Apr-1917 |
29-May-2011 |
Twice Governor of Texas |
| Henry Ian Cusick |
Actor |
17-Apr-1967 |
|
Desmond Hume on Lost |
| Nicholas D'Agosto |
Actor |
17-Apr-1980 |
|
Fired Up! |
| William R. Day |
Judge |
17-Apr-1849 |
9-Jul-1923 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22 |
| Glen E. Edgerton |
Military |
17-Apr-1887 |
1956 |
Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44 |
| Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr. |
Judge |
17-Apr-1949 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Kimberly Elise |
Actor |
17-Apr-1967 |
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| Richard A. Epstein |
Scholar |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
Takings |
| Boomer Esiason |
Football |
17-Apr-1961 |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Joe Foss |
Military |
17-Apr-1915 |
1-Jan-2003 |
WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Billy Fury |
Musician |
17-Apr-1941 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Sound of Fury |
| Jennifer Garner |
Actor |
17-Apr-1972 |
|
Alias |
| Genevieve |
Singer |
17-Apr-1920 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Singer on Jack Paar Show |
| Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
|
Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
| Lindsay Hartley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1978 |
|
Theresa Crane on Passions |
| Louis Jean Heydt |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
29-Jan-1960 |
American character actor |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Nick Hornby |
Author |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
High Fidelity |
| William R. Hull, Jr. |
Government |
17-Apr-1906 |
15-Aug-1977 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1955-73 |
| Olivia Hussey |
Actor |
17-Apr-1951 |
|
Romeo and Juliet |
| Taisuke Itagaki |
Politician |
17-Apr-1837 |
11-Jul-1919 |
Founder of Japan's Liberal party |
| Maynard James Keenan |
Musician |
17-Apr-1964 |
|
Tool vocalist |
| William T. Kerr |
Business |
17-Apr-1941 |
|
CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006 |
| Don Kirshner |
Business |
17-Apr-1934 |
17-Jan-2011 |
Mastermind behind The Monkees |
| Georges J.F. Köhler |
Scientist |
17-Apr-1946 |
1-Mar-1995 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Arthur Lake |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
9-Jan-1987 |
Dagwood Bumstead |
| Todd Lickliter |
Basketball |
17-Apr-1955 |
|
Head Coach, University of Iowa |
| Joan Lorring |
Actor |
17-Apr-1926 |
|
The Corn Is Green |
| Robert Morrison MacIver |
Sociologist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Jun-1970 |
The Web of Government |
| William Mapother |
Actor |
17-Apr-1965 |
|
The Grudge |
| Rooney Mara |
Actor |
17-Apr-1985 |
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| Richard Marquand |
Film Director |
17-Apr-1938 |
4-Sep-1987 |
Return of the Jedi |
| Monet Mazur |
Actor |
17-Apr-1976 |
|
Blow |
| J. Pierpont Morgan |
Business |
17-Apr-1837 |
31-Mar-1913 |
Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Joel Murray |
Actor |
17-Apr-1963 |
|
Pete Cavanaugh on Dharma & Greg |
| Cynthia Ozick |
Author |
17-Apr-1928 |
|
The Puttermesser Papers |
| Debra J. Perry |
Business |
17-Apr-1951 |
|
Moody's |
| Liz Phair |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Apr-1967 |
|
Exile in Guyville |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Roddy Piper |
Wrestling |
17-Apr-1954 |
|
Here to kick ass, chew bubble gum |
| Harry Reasoner |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1923 |
6-Aug-1991 |
60 Minutes |
| Redman |
Rapper |
17-Apr-1970 |
|
Hip hop artist, Whut? Thee Album |
| Elizabeth H. Roberts |
Politician |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island |
| Lela Rochon |
Actor |
17-Apr-1964 |
|
Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| Carlo Rota |
Actor |
17-Apr-1961 |
|
Little Mosque on the Prairie |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| W. Kerr Scott |
Politician |
17-Apr-1896 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Pete Shelley |
Singer |
17-Apr-1955 |
|
Buzzcocks singer |
| Anne Shirley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
4-Jul-1993 |
Stella Dallas |
| Willis Van Devanter |
Judge |
17-Apr-1859 |
8-Feb-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-37 |
| Chavela Vargas |
Singer |
17-Apr-1919 |
5-Aug-2012 |
Ranchera singer |
| Henry Vaughan |
Poet |
17-Apr-1622 |
23-Apr-1695 |
Silex Scintillans |
| Thomas Vaughan |
Chemist |
17-Apr-1622 |
27-Feb-1666 |
English alchemist and mystic |
| Monrad C. Wallgren |
Politician |
17-Apr-1891 |
18-Sep-1961 |
Governor of Washington, 1945-49 |
| Señor Wences |
Performance Artist |
17-Apr-1896 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Ventriloquist |
| Thornton Wilder |
Novelist |
17-Apr-1897 |
7-Dec-1975 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |