Today's Birthdays – October 26, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1609 William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) 1854 C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914) 1865 Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912) 1874 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948) 1894 John S Knight WV, publisher (Knight-Rider) 1899 Judy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1989) 1902 Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994) 1911 Sid Gillman, American football player (d. 2003) 1911 Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972) 1913 Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991) 1914 Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984) 1916 Boyd Wagner, First USAAF fighter ace of World War II (d. 1942) 1917 Felix the Cat cartoon character 1929 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000) 1936 Shelley Morrison, American actress 1940 Mario Orosco 1st victim of NYC’s Zodiac killer (survives) 1942 Bob Hoskins Suffolk England, actor (Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) 1945 Pat Conroy, American writer 1946 Pat Sajak, American game show host 1946 Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman’s Hermits) 1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State 1947 Jaclyn Smith, American actress 1948 Toby Harrah, American baseball player 1949 Steve Rogers, American baseball player 1949 Kevin Sullivan, American professional wrestler 1950 Chuck Foreman NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings) 1951 Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk) 1951 Tommy Mars, American keyboard player Frank Zappa 1951 Julian Schnabel, American filmmaker 1953 Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52’s) 1953 Maureen Teefy, American actress 1954 Lauren Tewes Braddock PA, actress (Love Boat, Eyes of a Stranger) 1956 Rita Wilson, American actress 1957 Bob Golic, American football player 1960 June Brigman, American comic book artist 1960 Patrick Breen, American actor 1961 Dylan McDermott, American actor 1963 Natalie Merchant, American singer 1963 Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002) 1966 Jane Hajduk, American actress 1966 Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster 1970 Dian Bachar, American actor 1971 Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor 1973 Seth MacFarlane, American animator 1977 Jon Heder, American actor 1978 CM Punk, American professional wrestler 1978 Dave Zastudil, American football player 1981 Sam Brown, American comedian 1984 Sasha Cohen, American figure skater 1984 Amanda Overmyer, American singer 1985 Monta Ellis, American basketball player 1987 Shawn Lauvao, American football player 1988 Greg Zuerlein, American ice dancer 2000 Ellery Sprayberry, American actress]]]]> ]]>

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