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Famous birthdays for April 7: Jackie Chan, Francis Ford Coppola

By UPI Staff
Jackie Chan arrives on the red carpet for the 89th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2017. The actor turns 64 on April 7. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Jackie Chan arrives on the red carpet for the 89th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2017. The actor turns 64 on April 7. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

April 7 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.

They include:

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-- Missionary St. Francis Xavier in 1506

-- English poet William Wordsworth in 1770

-- "Father of American Football" Walter Camp in 1859

-- CIA Director Allen Dulles in 1893

-- Gossip columnist Walter Winchell in 1897

-- Singer Billie Holiday in 1915

-- Sitar player Ravi Shankar in 1920

-- Actor James Garner in 1928

-- Former Defense Department analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, in 1931 (age 87)

-- California Gov. Jerry Brown Jr. in 1938 (age 80)

-- Film director Francis Ford Coppola in 1939 (age 79)

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-- British TV personality David Frost in 1939

-- Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in 1944 (age 74)

-- Musician John Oates in 1948 (age 70)

-- Singer/songwriter Janis Ian in 1951 (age 67)

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-- Actor/martial arts expert Jackie Chan in 1954 (age 64)

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-- Football Hall of Fame member Tony Dorsett in 1954 (age 64)

-- Actor Russell Crowe in 1964 (age 54)

-- British astronaut Timothy Peake in 1972 (age 46)

-- Pop singer Anne-Marie, born Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson, in 1991 (age 27)

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