Today's Birthdays – January 21, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1338 – King Charles V of France (d. 1380) 1610 – Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer (d. 1673) 1813 – John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and first Republican presidential candidate (d. 1890) 1824 – Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863) 1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957) 1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994) (Kojak, Kelly’s Heroes) 1938 – Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995) 1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor 1941 – Richie Havens, American folk singer (Here Comes the Sun) 1941 – Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler 1942 – Mac Davis, American musician / songwriter (In the Ghetto, Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me) 1942 – Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003) (War) 1947 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress (LA Law) 1950 – Gary Locke, American politician, 21st Governor of Washington, and 36th United States Secretary of Commerce 1950 – Billy Ocean, West Indian musician (Carribean Queen) 1951 – Eric Holder, American jurist, and 82nd United States Attorney General 1953 – Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft 1956 – Robby Benson, American actor (Ice Castles, Ode to Billy Joe) 1956 – Geena Davis, American actress (The Accidental Tourist, Thelma & Louise, Beetlejuice) 1965 – Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002) (Run-DMC) 1968 – Charlotte Ross, American actress (NYPD Blue) 1970 – Ken Leung, American actor (Miles Straume-Lost) 1973 – Duane Lee “Dog” Chapman, II, American bounty hunter (Dog the Bounty Hunter) 1976 – Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls) 1977 – Jerry Trainor, American comedic actor (iCarly) 1983 – Maryse Ouellet, Canadian model and professional wrestler  ]]]]> ]]>

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