Celebrity Birthdays
1632 Jan Vermeer Holland, painter (Procuress, The Astronomer)
1795 John Keats London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)
1835 Adelbert Ames, American general, 27th and 30th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1933)
1856 Charles Leroux, American balloonist and parachutist (d. 1889)
1860 Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
1875 Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (d. 1954)
1896 Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1902 Eduard Franz Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Zorro)
1902 Willie Shaw race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40)
1912 Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1912 Ollie Johnston, American animator (d. 2008)
1914 Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (d. 1988)
1915 Jane Jarvis, American jazz pianist (d. 2010)
1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005)
1922 Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (d. 2004)
1927 Lee Grant, American actress
1928 Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1930 Michael Collins, American astronaut
1931 Dan Rather, American television journalist
1936 Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)
1937 Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
1939 Ron Rifkin, American actor
1941 Dan Alderson, American scientist
1942 Dave McNally, American baseball player
1942 David Ogden Stiers, American actor
1943 Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
1944 Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
1944 Sally Kirkland, American actress
1945 Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian and actor
1947 Deidre Hall, American actress
1947 Frank Shorter, American runner
1949 Bob Siebenberg, American drummer
1950 Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1950 Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General
1951 Nick Saban, American college football coach
1951 Dave Trembley, American baseball manager
1952 Bernard Edwards, American bass guitarist (d. 1996)
1953 Michael J. Anderson, American actor
1953 John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1954 Ken Wahl, American actor
1957 Robert Pollard, American rocker
1957 Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1959 Neal Stephenson, American author
1959 Michael DeLorenzo, American actor, director and musician
1960 Mike Gallego, American baseball player
1961 Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
1961 Alonzo Babers, American runner
1961 Kate Campbell, American musician
1963 Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
1963 Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter
1963 Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1963 Dermot Mulroney, American actor
1963 Rob Schneider, American actor
1964 Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
1964 Darryl Worley, American country singer
1965 Blue Edwards, American basketball player
1966 Adam Horovitz (Adrock), American rapper (Beastie Boys)
1966 Mike O’Malley, American actor
1967 Vanilla Ice, American rapper
1968 Antonio Davis, American basketball player
1969 David Coburn, American actor/voice actor
1970 Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1970 Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon)
1970 Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death, among others)
1970 Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist
1970 Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1971 Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1973 Tim Byrdak, American baseball player
1973 David Dellucci, American baseball player
1975 Keith Jardine, MMA fighter
1976 Piper Perabo, American actress
1978 Zachary Knighton, American actor
1979 Saaphyri Windsor, American reality TV figure
1980 Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor
1980 Samaire Armstrong, American actress
1980 Alondra de la Parra, Mexican founder and artistic director of the New York–based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
1981 Frank Iero, American musician (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Pencey Prep; founder of Skeleton Crew (record label))
1981 Steven Hunter, American basketball player
1981 Mike Napoli, MLB catcher and first baseman
1984 Pat Murray, American football player
1990 Lil’ JJ, American comedian and actor
1992 Vanessa Marano, American actress
2000 Willow Smith, American actress and singer]]]]> ]]>
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