Today's Birthdays – December 4, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1812 Elias Smith Dennis Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 1818 William Wing “Old Blizzards” Loring Major General (Confederate Army) 1912 John W Pritchard [Ian Wallace] US, sci-fi author (Megalomania) 1920 Michael Bates Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton) 1926 Lee Doraey rocker 1928 Russell L Rogers USAF/astronaut (X-20) 1930 Harvey Kuenn baseball player (American League Rookie of the Year-1953) 1934 Victor French Santa Barbara CA, actor (Highway to Heaven) 1934 Wink [Winston Conrad] Martindale Jackson TN, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This) 1937 Max Baer Jr Oakland CA, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies) 1940 John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground) 1942 Chris Hillman San Diego CA, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) 1943 Patti Chandler California, actress (Bikini Beach) 1944 Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, California Dreaming) 1948 Southside Johnny Lyon Neptune NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don’t Want Go Home) 1949 Jeff Bridges Los Angeles CA, actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds) 1950 Pamela Stephenson Auckland New Zealand, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live) 1951 Gary Rossington rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band) 1952 Ronald Michael Sega Cleveland OH, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76) 1955 Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) 1955 Cassandra Wilson jazz singer 1956 Bernard King basketball player (New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets) 1957 Lee Smith Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) 1961 Frank Reich NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions) 1962 Stan Gelbaugh NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks) 1964 Marisa Tomei Brooklyn NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny) 1965 Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm) 1967 Klaus Wilmsmeyer NFL punter (New Orleans Saints) 1967 Martha O’Kelley US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96) 1969 Ferric Collons NFL defensive end (New England Patriots) 1969 Jay-Z, American rapper 1969 Terry Glenn wide receiver (New England Patriots) 1970 Jeff Blake NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals) 1970 Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler 1971 Shannon Briggs, American boxer 1971 Terrence Wisdom NFL/WLAF guard/center (New York Jets, London Monarchs) 1972 Damien Covington NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Howard Eisley NBA guard (Utah Jazz) 1972 Ted Johnson NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots) 1972 Nikki Tyler, American actress 1973 Racci Shay, American Musician 1973 Tyra Banks model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1981 Lila McCann, American country singer 1984 Joe Thomas, American football player 1985 Andrew Brackman, American baseball player 1986 Martell Webster, American basketball player 1987 Orlando Brown, American actor]]]]> ]]>

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