Today's Birthdays – December 8, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

0065 BC – Horace, Roman Poet 1765 – Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin) 1888 – Paul Cavanagh, actor (Tarzan & his Mate) 1911 – Lee J Cobb, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) 1925 – Sammy Davis Jr., singer/dancer/actor (Ocean’s 11, Candy Man) 1933 – Flip Wilson, comedian (Flip Wilson Show) 1936 – David Carradine, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets) 1939 – James Galway, flautist (18k gold flute, Royal Philharmonic) 1939 – Jerry Butler, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up) 1940 – Jenny Linden, actress (Hedda, Dr Who & the Daleks) 1942 – Bobby Elliot, rock drummer (Hollies) 1943 – Jim Morrison, singer (Doors) 1946 – Graham Knight rocker (Marmalade) 1947 – Gregg Allman, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band) 1950 – Dan Hartman, singer (Sometimes When We Touch) 1952 – Richie Morales, drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1952 – Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover) 1953 – Kim Basinger, actress (9½ Weeks, Batman) 1953 – Roy Firestone, sportscaster (Life’s Most Embarrassing Moments)\ 1957 – Phil Collen, rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages) 1958 – Billy Hufsey, actor (Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life) 1961 – Ann Coulter, Political commentator 1963 – Greg Howe, Rocker 1964 – Teri Hatcher, actress (Lois Lane-Lois & Clark) 1966 – Siñead O’Connor, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U) 1968 – Michael Cole, Pro Wrestling Commentator 1973 – Corey Taylor, Rocker (Slipknot, Stone Sour) 1975 – Kevin Harvick, NASCAR driver 1976 – Dominic Monaghan, Actor (Charlie- Lost) 1989 – Jen Ledger, Drummer “Skillet”]]]]> ]]>

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