Celebrity Birthdays – March 31, 2011

1499 Pius IV [Gianangelo de’ Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65) 1596 René Descartes France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was) 1675 Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58) 1809 Nikolai Gogol father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls) 1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner) 1854 Sir Dugald Clerk inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine) 1878 Jack Johnson 1st black heavyweight boxing champion (1908-1915) 1922 Patrick J G McGee North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange) 1926 Sydney Chaplin son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters) 1928 Gordie Howe Mr. Hockey played in 7 different decades 1929 Lee Patterson Vancouver British Columbia, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World) 1929 Liz Claiborne Brussels Belgium, fashion designer 1933 Bob Simmons Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond) 1938 Nathaniel Taylor St Louis MO, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Son) 1940 Barney Frank (Representative-Democrat-MA, 1981- ) 1940 Patrick J Leahy (Senator-Democrat-VT, 1975- ) 1943 Christopher [Ronald] Walken Astoria Queens NY, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm) 1946 Gabe Kaplan Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter) 1948 Albert Gore Jr Washington DC, (Senator-Democrat-TN, 1985-92)/45th US Vice President (1993- ) 1948 Mick Ralphs Hereford & Worcester England, guitarist (Bad Company, Mott the Hoople) 1948 Rhea Perlman Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers) 1950 Ed Marinaro New York NY, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley) 1953 Greg Martin Louisville KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 1953 Sean Hopper California, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News) 1957 Mary Cadorette East Hartford CT, actress (Vicky-Three’s a Crowd) 1959 Angus Young Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) 1960 Anne Howard San Diego CA, actress (Nicole Love-Another World) 1964 Erik Turner Omaha NE, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 1971 Ewan McGregor Perth Australia, actor (Trainspotting) 1976 Josh Saviano actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)]]]]> ]]>