Today's Birthdays – January 13, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820) 1787 – John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854) 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873) 1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899) 1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The “Fuller Brush Man” (d. 1973) 1901 – A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991) 1913 – Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life) 1918 – Lester Sill, American pioneer music publisher/record producer 1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003) (Elliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries) 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor & TV Game Show Guest (d. 2007) (Hollywood Squares) 1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor & Confetti-throwing comedian 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor (Bull-Night Court) 1948 – T Bone’ Burnett, American bluesman 1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American TV exec (NBC) 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes) 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter 1957 – Mark O’Meara, American golfer 1959 – James Lomenzo, American musician (White Lion, Megadeth) 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress & comedienne (Elaine-Seinfeld) 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress (Carlito’s Way, Kindergarten Cop, Biloxi Blues) 1966 – Tabitha Stevens, (fictional character – Daughter of Samantha & Darren on Bewitched) 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor, Race-car driver (Dr. Derek Shepherd (“McDreamy”)-Grey’s Anatomy) 1968 – Traci Bingham, American actress (Jordan Tate-Baywatch) 1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor (Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Grandson of Jackie “Uncle Fester” Coogan) 1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress (Summer Quinn-Baywatch) 1972 – James O’Brien, British radio presenter and journalist 1976 – Michael Peña, American actor (Battle: Los Angeles, The Lincoln Lawyer, Tower Heist) 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor (Pirates of the Carribean) 1981 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor (WWE-Big Shad, 1/2 of Cryme Tyme tag team) 1983 – William Hung, Maybe – just maybe – the worst American Idol contestant EVER! 1983 – Julian Morris, English actor (Dr. Andrew Wade-ER) 1984 – Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3) 1988 – Josh Freeman, NFL Quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)]]]]> ]]>

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