Today's Birthdays – January 23, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1737 – John Hancock, American patriot (d. 1793) 1832 – Édouard Manet, French artist (d. 1883) 1855 – John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) (Browning, Winchester & Colt firearms) 1884 – George McManus American cartoonist (d. 1954) (Bringing Up Father) 1898 – Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987) (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) 1913 – Wally Parks, American racing executive, founder of the NHRA (d. 2007) 1915 – Potter Stewart, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1985) 1919 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962) 1939 – Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist (Kill Bill Volume 1, Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift) 1943 – Gil Gerard, American actor (Buck Rogers) 1944 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend) 1948 – Anita Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) 1950 – Richard Dean Anderson, American actor (McGyver, Stargate SG-1) 1950 – Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) (d. 2008) 1951 – Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, American pilot (Captain of US Airways Flight 1549, a flight that successfully ditched into the Hudson River) 1953 – Robin Zander, American singer (Cheap Trick) 1963 – Gail O’Grady, American actress (Donna-NYPD Blue) 1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress (Law & Order SVU) 1965 – Louie Clemente, American drummer (Testament) 1974 – Tiffani Amber Thiessen, American actress (Saved by the Bell) 1975 – Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter & actor 1976 – Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler (aka Desmond Wolfe in Impact Wrestling)  ]]]]> ]]>

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