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April 2, 1934

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1934Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (died 2007)[†]

Paul Joseph Cohen was an American mathematician, best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal.

Brian Glover

1934Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (died 1997)[†]

Brian Glover was an English actor and writer. He worked as a teacher and professional wrestler before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His film appearances include Kes (1969), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Alien 3 (1992).

Carl Kasell

1934Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (died 2018)[†]

Carl Ray Kasell was an American radio personality. He was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! until his retirement in 2014.

1934Richard Portman, American sound engineer (died 2017)[†]

Richard Portman was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for ten more in the same category. He worked on more than 160 films between 1963 and 2004. Portman later taught at Florida State University; he died of complications after a fall.

Dovid Shmidel

1934Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi[†]

Dovid Shmidel of Bnei Brak is a rabbi and the Chairman of Asra Kadisha. He was involved in struggles against excavations at various locations including at the Tomb of Maimonides in Tiberias in 1956 and at Israel's Highway 6; as well as at the disputed tomb of Antigonus II Mattathias in East Jerusalem. For an entire year, Shmidel was occupied with preserving the old Jewish cemetery in Egypt.