Today's Birthdays – October 2, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1737 Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791) 1800 Nat Turner, American slave and slave rebellion figure (d. 1831) 1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian independence movement figure (d. 1948) 1890 Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977) 1893 Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer (Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy) (d. 1962) 1895 Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974) 1895 Ruth Cheney Streeter, American military officer, first director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve (d. 1990) 1911 Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995) 1915 Chubby Wise, American bluegrass fiddler (d. 1996) 1917 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) 1928 George “Spanky” McFarland, American actor (d. 1993) 1929 Howard Roberts, American Jazz musician (d. 1992) 1932 Maury Wills, American baseball player 1934 Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005) 1935 Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005) 1936 Dick Barnett, American basketball player 1937 Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005) 1938 Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor 1948 Avery Brooks, American actor 1948 Donna Karan, American fashion designer 1948 Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005) 1949 Richard Hell, American musician 1949 Annie Leibovitz, American photographer 1953 Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American gospel singer 1954 Lorraine Bracco, American actress 1956 Charlie Adler, American voice actor 1956 Freddie Jackson, US soul singer 1957 Dave Faulkner (musician), Australian rock musician 1960 Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter 1960 Dereck Whittenburg, American college basketball player and coach 1962 Jeff Bennett, American voice actor 1962 Mark Rypien, American football player 1962 Claude V. McKnight III, American Jazz, R&B, and Gospel Music Singer 1967 Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime) 1967 Lew Temple, American actor 1967 Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter 1968 Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter 1970 Kelly Ripa, American actress 1971 James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot) 1971 Tiffany, American singer 1972 Aaron McKie, American basketball player 1973 Melissa Harris-Perry, American professor & author 1973 Efren Ramirez, American actor 1973 Proof, American rapper (D12) (d. 2006) 1973 Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player 1974 Michelle Krusiec, American actress 1974 Paul Teutul Jr., American custom motorcycle builder 1974 Brian Knight, Umpire in Major League Baseball 1976 Mandisa, American singer 1976 John Thornton, American football player 1980 Shane Andrus, American football player 1982 Tyson Chandler, American basketball player 1982 Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress 1985 Buster Davis, American football player 1985 Brandon Jackson, American football player 1986 Camilla Belle, American actress 1987 Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player 1987 Joel Reinders, American football offensive tackle]]]]> ]]>

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