Sara Paxton (April 25, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows before rising to fame in early October 2002. [Wikipedia]
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Roger Kornberg (April 24, 1947) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine. [Wikipedia]
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George Steiner (April 23, 1929 – February 3, 2020) was a Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a “polyglot and polymath”. [Wikipedia]
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Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series Family (1976–1980), Charlie’s Angels (1976–1981), The Love Boat (1977–1986), Hart to Hart (1979–1984), Dynasty (1981–1989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), 7th Heaven (1996–2007), and Charmed (1998–2006). He also served as producer of The Mod Squad (1968–1973), The Rookies (1972–1976), and Sunset Beach (1997–1999). [Wikipedia]
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Joc Pederson (April 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks. He is a two-time World Series champion and a two-time All-Star. Internationally, Pederson represents the Israel national baseball team. [Wikipedia]
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Harris Wittels (April 20, 1984 – February 19, 2015) was an American comedian. He was a writer for The Sarah Silverman Program, a writer and executive producer for Parks and Recreation, and a recurring guest on Comedy Bang! Bang! He coined the word humblebrag in 2010. [Wikipedia]
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Kate Hudson (April 19, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in several films. [Wikipedia]
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Élisabeth Borne (April 18, 1961) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from May 2022 to January 2024. A member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party Renaissance, she is the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister after Édith Cresson, who served from 1991 to 1992. [Wikipedia]
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Enzo Sereni (April 17, 1905 – 18 November 1944) was an Italian Socialist Zionist, co-founder of kibbutz Givat Brenner, celebrated intellectual, advocate of Jewish-Arab co-existence and a Jewish Brigade officer who was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy during World War II, captured by the Germans and executed in Dachau concentration camp. [Wikipedia]
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Antony Blinken (April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. [Wikipedia]
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Susanne Bier (April 15, 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager). [Wikipedia]
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Adrien Brody (April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice for his portrayal of Holocaust survivors: Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski’s war drama The Pianist (2002) and Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet’s period epic The Brutalist (2024). [Wikipedia]
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Amy Goodman (April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, and Chevron Corporation’s role in Nigeria. [Wikipedia]
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Scott Turow (April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow worked as a lawyer for a decade before writing full-time, and has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. [Wikipedia]
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