Today's Birthdays – November 15, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1708 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778) 1738 – Sir William Herschel, astronomer (discovered Uranus) 1815 – John Banvard, painted world’s largest painting (3 mile canvas) 1879 – Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (Information Please) (d. 1960) 1887 – Georgia O’Keeffe Sun Prairie WI, painter (Cow’s Skull) 1891 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal, “The Desert Fox” (d. 1944) 1905 – Mantovani, Italian-born composer (d. 1980) 1919 – Carol Bruce, Actress (Lillian Carlson-WKRP) 1919 – Joseph Albert Wapner, Judge (People’s Court) 1928 – C. W. McCall, Singer 1929 – Edward Asner, Actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) 1930 – Whitman Mayo, Actor (Grady-Sanford & Son) 1932 – Petula Clark, Singer (Downtown, My Love) 1933 – Jack Burns, Comedian (Burns & Schreiber) 1934 – Joanna Barnes, Actress (Parent Trap) 1937 – Little Willie John, Singer (d. 1968) 1937 – Yaphet Kotto, Actor (Homicide: Life on the Streets, The Park is Mine) 1940 – Sam Waterston, Actor (Law & Order) 1945 – Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, Swedish Singer (ABBA) 1947 – Bill Richardson, 9th United States Secretary of Energy, 30th Governor of New Mexico 1952 – “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Professional wrestler (d. 2011) 1954 – Beverly D’Angelo, Actress (Vacation, European Vacation) 1957 – Kevin Eubanks, Jazz guitarist (Tonight Show Band Leader) 1967 – E-40, Rapper 1968 – Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Rapper (Wu Tang Clan) (d. 2004) 1970 – Jack Ingram, Country Singer / songwriter 1974 – Chad Robert Kroeger – Singer/Guitarist (Nickelback) 1977 – Sean Murray, Actor]]]]> ]]>

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