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April 1

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April 2

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April 3

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April 4

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  • 1987 - C. L. Moore (b. 1911), an American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • 1999 - Faith Domergue (b. 1924), an American television and film actress who is known for her work in various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films

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April 5

April 5:

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  • 1916 - Bernard Baily (d. 1996), an American comic book artist, publisher, and editor best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman
  • 1917 - Robert Bloch (d. 1994), a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction
  • 1935 - H. M. Hoover, a children's science fiction book author
  • 1944 - Ann Maxwell, an American author of science fiction, historical fiction, romance, mystery, and suspense works
  • 1956 - Aleksandr Bushkov, a best-selling Russian author who has written books in the genres of science fiction, crime fiction, popular history and non-fiction

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April 6

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  • 1935 - Douglas Hill (d. 2007), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer

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April 7

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  • 1844 - Paschal Grousset (d. 1909), a French politician, journalist, translator, and science fiction writer
  • 1946 - Stan Winston (d. 2006), an American visual effects supervisor, make-up artist, and film director best known for his work on films such as the Terminator and the Jurassic Park series


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April 8

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  • 2010 - John Schoenherr (b. 1935), an American science fiction, wildlife, and children's book illustrator

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April 9

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April 10

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April 11

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April 12

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April 13

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  • 1943 - Bill Pronzini, an American writer of detective fiction, and an active anthologist of mystery, western, and science fiction short stories
  • 1948 - Jonathan Fast, an American author and social work teacher
  • 1952 - Erick Avari, an Indian American television, film and theater actor best known for his roles in various science-fiction serial productions
  • 1954 - Michael Cassutt, an American television producer, screenwriter, and author known for his many contributions to science fiction television series
  • 1957 - Chuck Pfarrer, an American novelist and screenwriter

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  • 2005 - Juan Zanotto (b. 1935), an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist known for his work as artist of the science fiction comic Bárbara


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April 14

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  • 1988 - Probe, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC

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April 15

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April 16

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April 17

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April 18

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  • 1884 - Frank R. Paul (d. 1963), an illustrator of US science fiction pulp magazines
  • 1916 - Carl Burgos (d. 1984), an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch
  • 1963 - Hemendrakumar Roy (b. 1888), a Bengali writer known for detective, horror, and science-fiction work that formed a substantial portion of the early literature for children in Bengali
  • 1968 - David Hewlett, a British-born Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. McKay on the science fiction television shows Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis
  • 1969 - Keith R. A. DeCandido, an American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • 1971 - Russell Payne, an English author of humour, science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, weblogs, graphic novels, comics, and films
  • 1972 - Eli Roth, an American film director, producer, writer and actor known for making violent, low-budget horror films that are box office hits worldwide, and for bringing back the R-rating to horror films

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April 19

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April 20

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  • 1969 - Joe 90, a British science-fiction television series, finishes airing on ATV

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  • 1848 - Kurd Lasswitz (d. 1910), a German author, scientist, and philosopher considered the father of German science fiction
  • 1908 - Donald Wandrei (d. 1987), an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor
  • 1911 - Kukrit Pramoj (d. 1995), a Thai politician, author, and scholar
  • 1930 - Péter Zsoldos (d. 1997), a Hungarian science fiction author
  • 1937 - George Takei, an American actor, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the television series Star Trek
  • 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays
  • 1964 - Sean A. Moore (d. 1998), an American fantasy and science fiction writer and computer programmer

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April 21

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  • 1933 - Jim Harmon (d. 2010), an American short story author and popular culture historian
  • 1963 - Hiroe Suga, a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer
  • 1965 - Fiona Kelleghan, an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy

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April 22

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  • 2002 - Denis McLoughlin (b. 1918), a well-known British illustrator known for his hard-boiled detective illustrations and science fiction works


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April 23

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April 24

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  • 1955 - X Minus One, a half-hour science fiction radio series, begins airing on NBC Radio
  • 2007 - Gliese 581 c, the first extra-terrestrial planet to be discovered, is announced to have been discovered three weeks prior

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April 25

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  • 1911 - Emilio Salgari (b. 1862), an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy
  • 1998 - Clifford D. Simak (b. 1904), an American science fiction writer

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  • 1987 - Brick Bradford, a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, finishes serialization

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April 26

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April 27

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April 28

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April 29

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April 30

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  • 1926 - Edmund Cooper (d. 1982), an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, children books, essays, and one detective novel
  • 1930 - Bill Buchanan (d. ), an American songwriter best known for his science fiction songs
  • 1938 - Larry Niven, an American science fiction author
  • 1973 - Naomi Novik, an American historical fantasy and alternate history author

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  • 1981 - François Bordes (b. 1919), a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction author


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