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Aldrich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000063882/"><font size=-1>Fay Bainter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Jezebel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000031999/"><font size=-1>Aphra Behn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1640</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1689</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Oroonoko, the History of the Royal Slave</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000123569/"><font size=-1>Allan Blakeney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/270/000131874/"><font size=-1>Scott Brady</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dancin' Kid in <i>Johnny Guitar</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000088979/"><font size=-1>Neville Brand</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Birdman of Alcatraz</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000107776/"><font size=-1>Lucille Bremer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yolanda and the Thief</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000091482/"><font size=-1>Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Naturalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1707</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1788</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Histoire Naturelle</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000208573/"><font size=-1>Vera C. Bushfield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Aug-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from South Dakota, 1948</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/368/000346327/"><font size=-1>Ernest Callenbach</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Apr-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ecotopia</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000131911/"><font size=-1>Seung-Hui Cho</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Criminal</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jan-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Virginia Tech Massacre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/149/000111813/"><font size=-1>Christina of Sweden</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1626</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1689</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Crossdressing Queen of Sweden 1632-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000093534/"><font size=-1>Johann Baptist Cramer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1771</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Études</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000084825/"><font size=-1>Ralph Ellison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Invisible Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000168089/"><font size=-1>Leo Elthon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Iowa, 1954-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000174516/"><font size=-1>Cy Endfield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Nov-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Zulu</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/322/000351266/"><font size=-1>Arthur English</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mr. Harman on <i>Are You Being Served?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000073172/"><font size=-1>Edna Ferber</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Show Boat</i> and <i>Giant</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000126776/"><font size=-1>Ruth Fertel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000160079/"><font size=-1>Rosalind Franklin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jul-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Photographed DNA's structure</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000023121/"><font size=-1>Daryl Gates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Aug-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chief of LAPD 1978-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000084458/"><font size=-1>Francisco de Goya</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1746</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1828</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The 3rd of May 1808</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000270682/"><font size=-1>Frederick Griffith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Discovered the transforming principle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000134959/"><font size=-1>Charles Halton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bespectacled character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000133471/"><font size=-1>Byron Haskin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The War of the Worlds</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/350/000169840/"><font size=-1>George W. Hill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000161284/"><font size=-1>Graham Jarvis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Canadian-American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000141346/"><font size=-1>Yasunari Kawabata</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Masters of Go</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000196585/"><font size=-1>István Kertész</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hungarian operatic conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000032366/"><font size=-1>David Lean</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Lawrence of Arabia</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000170326/"><font size=-1>Edward Lorenz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chaos theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/890/000035785/"><font size=-1>Maersk Mc-Kinney M鴏ler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Jul-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Shipbuilding tycoon, philanthropist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000210549/"><font size=-1>Johnston Murray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Oklahoma, 1951-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000087668/"><font size=-1>Otho</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-32 AD</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-69 AD</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Roman Emperor, 69 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/017/000170504/"><font size=-1>C. K. Prahalad</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Management guru</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000032704/"><font size=-1>Michael Ritchie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Candidate</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000099792/"><font size=-1>Henry Augustus Rowland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-1848</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Studied optics, magnetism, etc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000115465/"><font size=-1>Dan Schaefer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Colorado, 1983-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000206645/"><font size=-1>W. Kerr Scott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor and Senator from North Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000278506/"><font size=-1>Anabel Shaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jun-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Gun Crazy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000114799/"><font size=-1>Skip Spence</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Moby Grape guitarist, <i>Oar</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000084722/"><font size=-1>Alexis de Tocqueville</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Democracy in America</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000113950/"><font size=-1>Madame Tussaud</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Dec-1761</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1850</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wax sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000049404/"><font size=-1>Robert Urich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dan Tanna on <i>Vega$</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000206743/"><font size=-1>Theodore Vail</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of AT&T</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/155/000129765/"><font size=-1>Harold L. Volkmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Missouri, 1977-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000101458/"><font size=-1>Kay Walsh</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Horse's Mouth</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000170331/"><font size=-1>Stephen H. 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