Celebrity Birthdays – March 30, 2011

1672 Peter I “the Great” Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725) 1674 Jethro Tull agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised 1746 Francisco Jose de Goya Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja) 1853 Vincent van Gogh Zundert Netherlands, artist who always lent an ear (Irises) 1883 Jo Davidson US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman) 1903 Countee Cullen US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl) 1913 Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago IL, singer (Hey, Good Lookin’, That’s My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide) 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down & Out Blues) 1929 Richard Dysart Brighton MA, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law) 1930 John Astin Baltimore MD, actor (I’m Dickens He’s Fenster, Gomez-Addams Family) 1930 Peter Marshall [Pierre LaCock] Huntington Long Island NY, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares) 1937 Warren Beatty Richmond VA, actor (Bonnie & Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy) 1940 Astrud Gilberto Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema) 1942 Graeme Edge Rochester Staffordshire England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams) 1945 Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven) 1948 Justin Deas Connellsville PA, actor (Buzz-Guiding Light, Dream Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara) 1950 Robbie Coltrane Hagrid in Harry Potter movies 1957 Paul Reiser New York NY, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You) 1962 M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] Oakland CA, rapper (U Can’t Touch This) 1964 Tracy Chapman US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car) 1965 Piers Morgan America’s Got Talent 1967 Ian Ziering West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210) 1968 Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 1968 Donna D’Errico Dothan AL, playmate (September 1995)/actress (Baywatch) 1969 Marco Foddis pop drummer (Pestilence) 1970 Mark Consuelos Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children) 1970 Secreteriat race horse, triple crown (1973) 1973 Caroline Ramagos Miss Mississippi-USA (1996) 1976  Matt Doran Star Wars, The Matrix 1979 Norah Jones jazz vocalist Don’t Know Why 1983 ? California condor chick, San Diego CA, 1st born in captivity hatches]]]]> ]]>