Today's Birthdays – August 29, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) 1811 Henry Bergh founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888) 1899 George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) 1906 Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia) 1915 Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower) 1916 George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) 1917 Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) 1920 Charlie “Bird” Parker famous jazzman 1923 Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston) 1925 Donald O’Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain) 1927 Jimmy C. Newman American Country and Western and Cajun Singer. 1928 Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide) 1936 John McCain American politician 1938 Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice) 1938 Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV) 1939 William Friedkin US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection) 1939 Joel Schumacher American film director 1940 James Brady American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist 1940 Gary Gabelich American race car driver (d. 1984) 1941 Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous) 1948 Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B) 1954 Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1954 Michael P. Kube-McDowell American science fiction novelist 1958 Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad) 1959 Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) 1961 Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity) 1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants) 1962 Rebecca De Mornay actress (And God Created Women) 1963 Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It’s Over) 1980 David Desrosiers Canadian musician (Simple Plan) 1980 Chris Simms American football player 1980 David West American basketball player 1985 Marc Rzepczynski American baseball player 1986 Lauren Collins Canadian actress 1986 Lea Michele American actress and singer 1990 Nicole Anderson American actress 1993 Lucas Cruikshank American Internet personality]]]]> ]]>