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100 people born today: April 24
 | Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi is a former All-American ice hockey player, a right-handed center, who... more » |
 | Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the National... more » |
 | James Anthony Froude was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's... more » |
 | Lee Majors is an American television, film and voice actor, best known for his roles as Heath... more » |
| Hajime Mizoguchi is a cellist and composer. Mizoguchi started playing piano in 1963, at the age... more » |
 | Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus is a former Roman Catholic archbishop of Warsaw. After his... more » |
 | Renault Renaldo Duncan, better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best... more » |
 | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC, known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between... more » |
 | Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. His first name is... more » |
| St. Gerard Majella Annual Novena The Solemn Novena to St. Gerard Majella is held over 9 days in St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church,... more » |
 | Lance Corporal Joe Calvin Paul was a United States Marine killed in the Vietnam War who... more » |
 | Pier Andrea Saccardo was an Italian botanist and mycologist. more » |
| Kristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. Her first... more » |
 | John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, rapper, and actor. He... more » |
 | Sir Edward Stafford, KCMG served as the third Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the... more » |
 | Prince Buaben is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who is currently playing for Football... more » |
| Ryhor Reles, a Jewish-Belarusian writer, was one of the last writers in Belarus that wrote in... more » |
 | Jusztinián György Serédi OSB was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of... more » |
| Rob Fraboni is a California-born record producer and audio engineer well known for his work with... more » |
 | Kyle Robert Beckerman is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in... more » |
 | Eugene Joseph "E. J." Dionne, Jr. is an American journalist and political commentator, and a... more » |
 | Joanna Krupa is a Polish-American model and actress. She is best known for her appearances on... more » |
| Małgorzata Socha is a Polish actress. She appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab,... more » |
 | Augustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist. more » |
| Blythe Auffarth is an American actress, perhaps best known for starring in The Girl Next Door. more » |
| Ufuoma Stacey Ejenobor, pronounced "oof-oh-ma, stay-see, edge-air-no-bore", is a Nollywood... more » |
 | Graham Allan Manou is an Australian former cricketer who played for South Australia and the... more » |
 | Hugh Wilson McKee was an American naval officer in the 1870s who participated in the United... more » |
 | Glenn Harry English, Jr. was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States... more » |
 | Abdul Haq was an Afghan Pashtun mujahideen commander who fought against the Soviets and Afghan... more » |
.jpg/300px-A_seleção_feminina_de_futebol_dos_EUA_enfrenta_a_Suécia_(28654895110).jpg "Sofia Jakobsson") | Eva Sofia Jakobsson is a Swedish female football player currently playing in the German... more » |
| Geo Costiniu is an actor. more » |
 | Gerhard Chroust is an Austrian systems scientist, and Professor Emeritus for Systems Engineering... more » |
 | Ricardo Mella Cea was one of the first writers, intellectuals and anarchist activists of the... more » |
 | Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine was the second son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and... more » |
| Reco Price, better known by his stage name Supernatural is an American rapper best known for his... more » |
 | John William Oliver is a British comedian, political satirist and actor. He is best known in... more » |
 | Jacob Taio Cruz, known professionally as Taio Cruz, is a British singer-songwriter, record... more » |
 | Pia Cramling is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the... more » |
_circa_1915.jpg/233px-Adele_Blood_(April_23,_1886_–_September_13,_1936)_circa_1915.jpg "Adele Blood") | Adele Blood was an American actress in silent movies, vaudeville, and theater. more » |
| Karel Plíhal is a Czech folk and jazz musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He... more » |
 | Aaron Dessner is a Brooklyn-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best... more » |
 | Jody Diamond is an American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator. She... more » |
 | Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of... more » |
 | Fenton John Anthony Hort was an Irish theologian and editor, with Brooke Westcott of a critical... more » |
| David William Davis was the 12th Governor of Idaho, serving from 1919 to 1923. He later served... more » |
.JPG/300px-Wien_-_Wotrubakirche_(2).JPG "Fritz Wotruba") | Fritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the... more » |
.png/200px-D._Afonso_II_-_Compendio_de_crónicas_de_reyes_(Biblioteca_Nacional_de_España).png "Afonso II of Portugal") | Afonso II, or Affonso, Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus, nicknamed "the Fat", King of Portugal,... more » |
 | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, also known as HÖH, is a musician, an art director, and allsherjargoði of... more » |
 | Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist, best known for his principled resistance... more » |
| Yen-j, also known as Yan Jue, is a Taiwanese jazz-pop singer-Songwriter. He has achieved rising... more » |
| Zach Ashton is a self-taught musician, recording artist and producer. His musical genres include... more » |
 | Fumihisa Yumoto is a Japanese ski jumper. Yumoto made his World Cup debut in Sapporo in 2003,... more » |
 | Halldór Kiljan Laxness was a twentieth-century Icelandic writer. Throughout his career Laxness... more » |
 | Parnell Velko "P.J." Jones is an American racing driver. He has contested in multiple... more » |
_crop-2.jpg/225px-Sven_Kramer_(2009-01-11)_crop-2.jpg "Sven Kramer") | Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in... more » |
 | Valentin Borisovich Bubukin was a Soviet/Russian footballer. more » |
 | Gib I. Mihăescu was a Romanian novelist and dramatist. Born in Drăgăşani, Mihăescu wrote short... more » |
 | Saad Mohseni is an Afghan Media mogul and entrepreneur. He is the Chairman of MOBY Group, which... more » |
 | Eugène Belgrand was a French engineer who made significant contributions to the modernization of... more » |
 | Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and... more » |
 | Étienne Balibar is a French Marxist philosopher and a Distinguished Professor of French &... more » |
 | Valerie Anne Bertinelli is an American actress, best known for her roles as Barbara Cooper Royer... more » |
| Ian Henderson is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Catalans... more » |
 | Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served... more » |
| Fadi Hammadeh is a Syrian auto-cross driver. more » |
 | Captain Philip Gidley King RN was the third Governor of New South Wales, and did much to... more » |
| Harold John "Hal" Daub, Jr. is a politician and lawyer affiliated with the Republican Party. more » |
 | Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki, commonly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer... more » |
 | Edwin Markham was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon. more » |
 | Sean Michael Henn is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major... more » |
| Ulrike “Uli” Herzner is a fashion designer originally from East Germany, currently living in... more » |
_(cropped).jpg/252px-Fernando_Perez_(2881581354)_(cropped).jpg "Fernando Perez") | Fernando Perez is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Sugar Land Skeeters of... more » |
| Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading roles... more » |
 | Lazăr Şăineanu was a Romanian-born philologist, linguist, folklorist and cultural historian. A... more » |
| Count György László Festetics de Tolna was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister... more » |
| Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford FRS Hon. FRCP was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader... more » |
 | Pierluigi Martini is an Italian former racing driver. He participated in 124 Formula One Grand... more » |
_(cropped).jpg/185px-Nordiske_Mediedager_2010_-_NMD_2010_(4586424728)_(cropped).jpg "Yvonne Ridley") | Yvonne Ridley is a British journalist and Respect Party activist best known for her capture by... more » |
| Arash Labaf is an actor. more » |
 | Saera Tithi Khan is a Bangladeshi-Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to... more » |
 | Kal Penn is an American actor, producer, and civil servant. As an actor, he is known for his... more » |
 | Holger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen is a Danish politician, member of the Danish... more » |
 | Grace La Rue was an American actress, singer, and Vaudeville headliner. more » |
 | William Hugh Woodin is an American mathematician and set theorist at Harvard University. He has... more » |
| Monica Sweetheart is the stage name of a Czech pornographic actress. more » |
 | General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO was a British Army officer who served in... more » |
 | Augusto Bracca was a Venezuelan folk composer. Bracca was born in Trinidad de Orichuna, Apure... more » |
 | Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer... more » |
 | Yana Gupta or Yaana is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai. Gupta is a citizen of the... more » |
 | Dejazmatch Alemayehu Tewodros, often referred to as HIH Prince Alemayehu or Alamayou of Ethiopia... more » |
 | Boaz Mauda is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He won the fifth season of Kokhav Nolad, the... more » |
 | Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania... more » |
 | Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and is the twin... more » |
| Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz, SP, SK, TP, SQA [MI], SI [MI], usually referred... more » |
 | Yannis Philippakis is the lead singer of the indie rock band Foals. more » |
 | Pierre Labrie is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in... more » |
 | Gilbert Hilton Scribner was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of New... more » |
 | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, FRS was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum... more » |
 | Dominique Horwitz is a French film and television actor and singer. more » |