Celebrity Birthdays – April 3, 2011

1715 John Hanson Port Tobacco MD, 1st US President under Articles of Confederation 1783 Washington Irving New York NY, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle) 1822 Edward Everett Hale US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) 1893 Leslie Howard [Stainer] London England, actor (Ashley Wilkes-Gone With the Wind) 1894 Dooley Wilson Tyler TX, actor (Bill-Beulah, Sam-Casablanca) 1904 Iron Eyes Cody Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp) 1924 Marlon Brando Omaha NE, actor (Superman, Godfather) 1926 Andrew Keir actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics) 1941 Eric Braeden Kiel Germany, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless) 1942 Billy Joe Royal Valdosta GA, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) 1944 Tony Orlando New York NY, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon) 1946 Dee Murray rocker (Elton John Band) 1951 Mel Schacher Owosso MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) 1955 Mick Mars [Bob Allen Dale] Terra Haute IN, guitarist (Mötley Crüe-Girls Girls) 1958 Alec Baldwin Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice) 1959 David Hyde Pierce Saratoga Springs NY, actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser) 1961 Eddie Murphy Brooklyn NY, actor (Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw) 1961 Melissa Etheridge rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window) 1965 Laura Bryan Birn actress (Lynne-Young and the Restless) 1968 Sebastian Bach [Bierk] Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-18 and Life, I Remember You) 1972 Jennie Garth Urbana IL, actress (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210)]]]]> ]]>