Today's Birthdays – December 9, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1447 – Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) 1608 – John Milton, English poet (d. 1674) 1845 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (Uncle Remus)(d. 1908) 1886 – Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (d. 1956) 1898 – Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (Weary Willie) (d. 1979) 1902 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985) 1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor (d. 1988) 1906 – Grace Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992) 1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000) 1911 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986) 1911 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976) 1912 – Tip O’Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994) 1914 – Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010) 1916 – Kirk Douglas, American actor 1922 – Redd Foxx, American comedian (d. 1991) 1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor 1929 – John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989) 1933 – Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001) 1934 – Dame Judi Dench, English actress 1934 – Junior Wells, American musician (d. 1998) 1938 – David Houston, American country singer (d. 1993) 1938 – Deacon Jones, NFL player (Fearsome Foursome – LA Rams) 1940 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican Reggae Musician (d. 2005) 1941 – Beau Bridges, American actor 1941 – Dan Hicks, American musician 1942 – Dick Butkus, NFL player 1947 – Tom Daschle, American politician 1949 – Tom Kite, American golfer 1950 – Joan Armatrading, singer-songwriter 1952 – Michael Dorn, American actor 1953 – John Malkovich, American actor 1957 – Donny Osmond, American singer and actor 1958 – Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House) 1960 – Terry Moran, American TV reporter 1961 – Joe Lando, American actor (Sully-Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) 1962 – Felicity Huffman, American actress 1964 – Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)s 1966 – Michael Foster, drummer (FireHouse) 1966 – Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician 1969 – Jakob Dylan, American singer (The Wallflowers) 1970 – Lance Krall, American comedian 1972 – Tre Cool, German-born American drummer (Green Day) 2340 – Mr. Worf (Klingon character on Star Trek Next Generation)]]]]> ]]>

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