Celebrity Birthdays
1620 Peregrine White, First English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
1726 Oliver Wolcott (Ct-Gov), Signed Declaration of Independence
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1889 Edwin Hubble, astronomer (d. 1953)
1908 Alistair Cooke, Journalist/Actor (Masterpiece Theater) (d. 2004)
1917 Robert Byrd, politician, longest serving member of the US Congress (d. 2010)
1921 Jim Garrison, New Orleans DA / Federal Judge (Prosecuted JFK Case) (d. 1992)
1925 Robert F. Kennedy, US Attorney General / Brother of JFK (d. 1968)
1929 Dick Clark, TV host (Bandstand)
1932 Richard Dawson, Actor (Hogan’s Heroes, Family Feud)
1939 Dick Smothers, Comedian (Smothers Brothers)
1942 Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
1942 Norman Greenbaum, Singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1943 Veronica Hamel, Actress (Hill Street Blues)
1946 Duane Allman, Guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1971)
1946 Judy Woodruff, Newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1947 Joe Walsh, guitarist (Eagles, James Gang – Rocky Mountain Way)
1948 John R. Bolton, Ambassador / Fox News Contributor
1948 Richard Masur, Actor (David-One Day at a Time)
1948 Samuel E Wright, Actor (Enos, Ball Four)
1954 Steve Dahl, Chicago’s anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1956 Bo Derek, Actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
1956 Mark Gastineau, NFL Defensive End (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1959 Sean Young Louisville KY, actress (Dune, Young Doctors in Love)
1965 Mike D [Diamond], Rocker (Beastie Boys)
1969 Callie Thorne, Actress
1970 Phife Dawg, Rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)
1970 Sabrina Lloyd, Actress
1971 Joel McHale, Actor / Comedian
1974 Marisa Ryan, Actress (Major Dad)
1975 Dierks Bentley, Singer
1982 Margo Stilley, Actress]]]]> ]]>
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