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Message Posted: Feb 15, 2005 6:57:39 AM
Happy Birthday and Valentines day Sunshine_In Feb 14. Regards Maxie =^..^=
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Message Posted: Feb 15, 2005 6:56:39 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 14
1462 Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) 1483 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty 1487 Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising 1513 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer 1515 Frederick III the Pious, elect of the Palts 1533 Christianus Adrichomius Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) 1546 Johann Pistorius German theologist/historian 1572 Hans Christoph Haiden composer 1602 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer 1638 Sybilla Schwarz writer 1670 Georg Gabriel Schutz composer 1679 Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer 1707 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha) 1760 Richard Allen Philadelphia PA, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church 1778 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer 1806 Lajos Count Batthyány, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49) 1813 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer 1813 John McNeil Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1817 Frederick Douglass African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor 1819 James Green Martin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1878 1824 Winfield Scott Hancock Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1829 Alfred Iverson Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 1835 François Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes) 1838 Margaret Knight inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" 1845 Cecil De Vere 1st official British chess champion (1866) 1847 Anna Howard Shaw US, suffragette 1853 Jan van Rijswijck Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp) 1856 Frank Harris England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves) 1858 Joseph Thomson Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle) 1858 Charles Beach Hawley composer 1859 George Washington Gale Ferris engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) 1864 Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto) 1864 Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man) 1868 Henricus A Poels Dutch Roman Catholic theologist/social foreman 1869 Charles Wilson English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel) 1880 Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome) 1880 Edgar Leslie Bainton composer 1881 Otto Selz German psychologist 1881 William John Gruffydd Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud) 1882 George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury) 1882 Ignaz Friedman composer 1886 Theodor Werner German painter 1892 Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin) 1893 Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen) 1894 Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan IL, "Oh! Rochester!" 1895 Max Horkheimer German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) 1895 Nigel Bruce actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman) 1897 Jorgen Bentzon composer 1898 Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (super nova) 1899 John Randall Jr historian/philosopher (Western Man) 19-- Alan Hunter Birmingham AL, one of 5 original MTV vee-jays 1902 Fred Scott Fresno CA, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez) 1902 Ray "Crash" Corrigan cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch) 1902 Stu Erwin actor (Stu Erwin Show) 1902 Valentin Ruiz Azner composer 1904 Charles William Oatley electrical engineer 1904 Hanning Phillips Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed) 1904 Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist 1905 Thelma Ritter actress (Miracle on 34th Street) 1907 Johnny Longden jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame) 1909 A Moses Klein Montréal, poet (Hath Not a Jew...) 1911 Florence Rice actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air) 1911 Willem J Kolff Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney) 1912 Edmund George Love US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest) 1912 Juan Pujol Garcia [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent 1912 Oliver Wendell Harrington cartoonist 1913 James Pike bishop (Beyond Anxiety) 1913 Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975 1913 Mel Allen Birmingham AL, sportscaster (voice of the New York Yankees) 1913 Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head) 1915 A W H Stewart-Moore CEO (Gallaher) 1915 Irving Gordon songwriter 1916 Edward Platt Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart) 1916 Masaki Kobayashi Japanese director (Joi-uchi) 1916 Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer 1917 Herbert A Hauptman x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985) 1920 Arnold Elton consultant surgeon 1921 Hugh Downs TV journalist (20/20, Concentration) 1921 Skeezix of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep 1921 Jeanne Demessieux composer 1921 Piet Kraak Dutch soccer player 1924 Arghyris Kounadis composer 1924 Countess Mountbatten of Burma 1925 Elliot Lawrence orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell) 1925 Peg Murray Denver CO, actress (Me & Mrs C) 1927 Lois Maxwell Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny) 1928 Juan García Hortelano Spanish author (Tormenta de verano) 1931 Phyllis McGuire singer (McGuire Sisters) 1931 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion NHL right wing (Canadiens, Rangers) 1931 Lord Rossmore 1929 Vic Morrow Bronx NY, actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie) 1932 Alexander Kluge writer 1932 Brian Kelly Detroit MI, actor (Flipper, Straightaway) 1932 Michael Ball Bishop (Truro) 1932 Peter Ball Bishop (Gloucester) 1933 Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer 1933 Bertram Jay Turetzky composer 1933 Evelyn Ebsworth Vice-Chancellor (Durham U) 1934 Florence Henderson Dale IN, actress/singer (Carol-Brady Bunch) 1935 Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown) 1935 Mickey Wright San Diego CA, LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champion) 1936 Andrew Pine Jennings FL, actor (V, WEB, Wide Country) 1937 Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman) 1938 Lee Chamberlin New York NY, actress (Electric Company, Viper) 1939 Michael Rudman English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years) 1940 Porpoise 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Florida) 11942 Margaret Wright chief commissioner (Guide Association) 1943 Eric Anderson Pittsburgh PA, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You) 1943 Ischa Meijer journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend) 1943 Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots) 1944 Carl Bernstein Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate) 1944 Alan Parker English actor (Bugsy Malone, Evita) 1945 Gregory Hines New York NY, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps) 1945 Hans Adam prince of Liechtenstein 1945 K M Jenkins British director of personnel (Royal Mail) 1945 Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals) 1945 William Hill Boner (Representative-D-TN, 1979- ) 1946 David Green English TV/video producer 1946 Tim Buckley, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1946 Tina Aumont Hollywood CA, actress (Master of Love, Casanova) 1947 Judd Gregg (Representative-R-NH, 1981- ) 1947 Pham Tuan Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36) 1948 Pat O'Brien reporter (Entertainment Tonight) 1948 Jackie [Jr John Coger] Martling "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show) 1948 Raymond Joseph Teller Philadelphia PA, magician (Penn & Teller) 1948 Wally Tax Dutch guitarist 1949 Ewa Aulin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca) 1949 Jimmy Randell rocker 1950 Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night) 1951 Kevin Keegan British soccer player/manager (Newcastle United) 1951 Michael Doucet singer/musician (Beausoleil) 1953 Wayne Siegel composer 1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary 1956 Dave Dravecky pitcher (San Francisco Giants), had arm amputated 1958 Perry Stephens Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children) 1960 Jim Kelly NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) 1960 Meg Tilly [Margaret], actress (Big Chill, Impulse) 1963 D'Wayne Wiggins singer (Tony! Toni! Tone!) 1963 Jeff Dellenbach NFL center (Patriots, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1963 John Marzano Philadelphia PA, catcher (Seattle Mariners) 1963 Zach Galligan New York NY, actor (Gremlins) 1964 Darrick Brilz NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals) 1965 Jessie Tuggle NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1967 Calle Johansson Göteborg Sweden, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1969 Harry Colon NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions) 1969 Jeff Graham NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, New York Jets) 1969 Roy Barker NFL defensive end (Vikings, San Francisco 49ers) 1969 Shana Zadrick Grand Junction CO, model (Guess Jeans) 1970 David Podlich Brisbane Queensland, Australasia golfer 1970 Elaine Youngs Orange CA, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-96) 1970 Guillaume Raoux France, tennis star 1970 Kelly Stinnett US baseball catcher (New York Mets) 1970 Richard Smehlik Ostrava Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Team Czechoslovakian Republic, Buffalo) 1970 Sean Hill Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators) 1971 Derrick Witherspoon NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 Gheorghe Muresan NBA center (Washington Bullets/Wizards) 1971 Kenny Shedd WLAF receiver (Barcelona Dragons, Oakland Raiders) 1971 Lonnie Johnson NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Mayne One rocker (Young Nation) 1972 Bruno Heppell CFL full back (Montréal Alouettes) 1972 Drew Bledsoe NFL quarterback (New England Patriots) 1972 Raymond Beerens Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen) 1973 George Hegamin NFL/WLAF tail back (Dallas Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1973 Steve McNair NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers) 1973 Tyus Edney NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings) 1974 Michael Lowery NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears) 1977 Nathan Osmond Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys) 1985 Jacob Parker actor (Evening Shade) 1998 Arpad Flynn Busson son of model Elle MacPherson
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Message Posted: Feb 13, 2005 1:43:45 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 13
1542 Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII 1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venetian painter 1764 Talleyrand, in France--statesman 1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer whose advocacy of law codification had intl effects 1805 Peter Dirichlet, German number theorist & analysist 1849 Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician & father of William 1859 William Strang Scottish painter/engraver 1885 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st Lady (1945-53) married to President Harry Truman 1886 - Ricardo Giraldes, Argentine novelist & poet (Don Segundo Sombra) 1887 Alvin York famed US soldier with 25 kills in WWI 1892 Grant Wood, painted American Gothic 1895 Fred Essler Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) 1902 Karl Menger Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension) 1903 Georges Simenon, Belgian mystery writer (The Snow Was Black) 1910 William B Shockley London, US physicist (Nobel 1956 - for research on semiconductors and discovery of the transistor effect along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain) 1911 Jean Muir Fullarton actress 1912 French J Van den Brande Flemish actor 1912 Margaretta Scott actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast) 1915 Lyle Betther Philadelphia PA, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger) 1916 James Griffith Los Angeles CA, actor (Sheriff of Cochise) 1917 Polly Rose actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill) 1919 Joan Edwards singer (Joan Edwards Show) 1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford country singer/actor (pea picker) 1920 Bryant Boudleaux rock writer (Bye Bye Love) 1920 Eileen Farrell opera soprano (Interrupted Melody) 1921 Zao-Wou-Ki Chinese/French painter/graphic artist 1931 Dorothy "Dotty" McGuire, of McGuire sisters 1933 Emanuel Ungaro France, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969) 1934 George Segal actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane) 1937 Sigmund Jähn cosmonaut 1st german space traveller(Soyuz 31/29) 1937 Susan Oliver actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage) 1938 Oliver Reed English actor (Big Sleep) 1939 Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) 1941 Bo Svenson Göteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall) 1942 Carol Lynley actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal) 1942 Donald E Williams Lafayette IN, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51D, STS 34) 1942 Peter Tork [Peter Halsten Thorkelson] singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville) 1944 Stockard Channing actress (Grease, The Big Bus, Without a Trace, West Wing) 1944 Jerry Springer London England, talk show host (Jerry Springer Show) 1945 Keith Nichols jazz pianist 1945 King Floyd rocker 1945 Roy Dyke Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) 1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun) 1947 Mike Krzyzewski basketball coach 1947 Tony Butler rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland) 1950 Peter Gabriel England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes) 1951 David Naughton actor (My Sister Sam, Seperate Vacations) 1952 David Puilum Choi Hong Kong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1952 Ed Gagliardi rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice) 1953 Sharon Wyatt actress (Tiffany-General Hospital) 1953 Suleiman Nyambui Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor) 1955 Jan de Ligt Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets) 1955 Scott Smith rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky) 1956 Liam Brady British soccer player 1956 Peter Hook English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run) 1956 Richard Eden actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop) 1957 Doris King vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) 1958 Mark Fox congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool) 1959 Ali Campbell rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 Michael Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me) 1960 Matt Salinger actor (Captain America, Deadly Deception) 1961 Les Warner rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) 1961 Henry Rollins US vocalist/poet (Black Flagg, Rollins Band) 1962 Jackie Silva Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-bronze) 1963 Penelope Ann Miller actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman) 1965 Stephen Manley actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year) 1966 Freedom Williams rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everybody Dance Now) 1966 Tally Chanel Tel Aviv Israel, actress (Warrior Queen) 1967 Bas Roorda soccer player (FC Groningen) 1967 Eddie Pye US baseball infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1968 Matt Mieske US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) 1970 Kevin Stocker US baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1970 Ruben Brown NFL guard (Buffalo Bills) 1970 Vernon Patao 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alternate-Olympics-1996) 1971 Jim Reid NFL tackle (Houston Oilers) 1971 Mats Sundin Bromma Sweden, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs) 1971 Shelly Hammonds NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings) 1971 Todd Williams US baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1972 Charlie Garner NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles) 1972 Juha Ylonen Helsinki Finland, NHL forward (Olympics-bronze-1998, Phoenix) 1973 Willie Smith NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions) 1974 Anthony Mortas hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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Message Posted: Feb 12, 2005 3:35:25 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 12 1746 - Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish patriot 1775 - Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams 1809 Abraham Lincoln,(R) 16th U.S. president (1861-65) 1809 Charles Darwin, Evolutionist--Shrewsbury England (Origin of species) 1880 John L. Lewis, leader of United Mine Workers of America 1891 Max Terhune actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice) 1893 General of Army Omar Bradley, 'GI General' 1915 Lorne Greene Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica) 1919 Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail) 1923 Franco Zefferelli, motion picture director (Romeo & Juliet) 1926 Joe Garagiola, baseball player & announcer 1926 Paul Hamlyn English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus) 1927 Anne Gillis, actress (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Men) 1929 Agustin Gonzalez Acilu composer 1930 Gerhard Rühm writer 1932 Lincoln Kilpatrick, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show) 1933 Costa-Gavras director 1933 Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev cosmonaut 1933 Juanita [Ruth] Coulson sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap) 1934 Annette Crosbie, actress (Six Wives of Henry VIII, One Foot in the Grave) 1934 - Bill Russell, basketball player & coach 1936 Joe Don Baker, actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch) 1938 Judy Blume, author (Wifey, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Blubber, Forever) 1939 John D Hancock actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights) 1945 Maud Adams Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo) 1945 Cliff De Young, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment) 1945 Joe Schermie, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1946 Ever Meulen [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer (children stamps 1992) 1947 Guus Willemse Dutch bassist/singer (Solution) 1948 Cindy Hill LPGA golfer 1949 Stanley Knight country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog) 1949 Len Randle baseball player (New York Mets) 1950 Steve Hackett rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR) 1950 Michael Ironside actor, (Starship Troopers) 1951 Gil "The Bird" Moore rocker (Triumph) 1952 Dr Salvador Pineda Mexico City, doctor 1952 Simon MacCorkindale, actor (Counterstrike, Falcon Crest, Manimal, Jaws 3D) 1953 Joanna Kerns [de Varona], actress (Maggie-Growing Pains) 1956 Paula Zahn Omaha NB, news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning) 1958 Arsenio Hall comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America) 1959 Omar Hakim drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report) 1959 Sigrid Thornton, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise) 1959 Per Gessle rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride) 1961 Chris Heyne Offenbach Germany, WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1963 Brent Jones NFL tight end (San Francisco 49ers) 1964 Maurice Douglass NFL safety (New York Giants) 1964 Michel Petit, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1964 Raphael Sbarge actor (Glenn-Risky Business, Sherman-My Science Project, Brian-Better Days) 1965 Ruben Amaro US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians) 1966 Boty Goodwin artist 1967 Stephen Baldwin actor (William Cody-The Young Riders) 1968 Chynna Phillips, singer (Wilson Philips-Hold On) 1968 Josh Brolin actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders) 1968 Todd Fanning Saskatoon Saskatchewan, golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1984, 90, 91, 92) 1969 Colin Keely Buffalo NY, water polo driver (Olympics-96) 1970 Bryan Roy Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax) 1970 Dell Demps NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs) 1970 Lamar Thomas NFL wide receiver (Buccaneers, Dolphins) 1971 Lincoln Kennedy tackle (Oakland Raiders) 1971 Romeo Bandison NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland Browns) 1971 Shante Carver NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys) 1972 Andrew Cassesse actor (Wormser-Revenge of Nerds, TV 101) 1974 Ian Mcintyre Montréal, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks) 1975 Chris Szarka CFL full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1975 Matt Finkes linebacker (New York Jets) 1975 Scot Pollard NBA center (Detroit Pistons) 1975 Seth Payne defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1976 Christopher Pettiet, actor (Young Riders) 1980 Christina Ricci actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper) 1980 Sarah Lancaster, actress (Rachel-Saved By Bell New Class)
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Message Posted: Feb 11, 2005 3:04:36 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 11 1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice & U.S. Supreme Court 1839 J. Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist & chemist 1847 Thomas Alva Edison, NJ lit up your life (held 1200 patents) 1898 Leo Szilard, Hungarian physicist & A-bomb worker & peace activist 1904 Sir Keith Holyoake, New Zealand prime minister (1960-72) 1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, film writer & director 1909 Max Baer, boxer 1917 Sidney Sheldon novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline) 1920 Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family) 1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap) 1920 Farouk I Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52) 1921 Eva Gabor Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi) 1922 Leslie Nielsen Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun) 1925 Virginia E Johnson doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson) 1925 Kim Stanley, actress in New Mexico 1928 Conrad Janis, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino) 1934 Tina Louise, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas) 1934 Mary Quant, England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look) 1936 Burt Reynolds, actor (Evening Shade, Striptease, Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, Dan August, Deliverance) 1939 Gerry Goffin, rock lyricist (married Carole King) 1942 Archie Andrews comic book character (Archie) 1941 Sergio Mendes, jazz musician (Brazil 66 & 77 & 88) 1950 Clarence Ellis NFLer 1950 Earnest Jim Istook (Representative-R-OK) 1950 Johanna E "Joke" Beerens actress (Schipper Next to God) 1950 Rochelle Fleming US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants) 1953 Philip Anglim, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds) 1953 Stephen D Thorne Frankfurt-on-Main, German, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1953 Alan Rubin music figure (Blues Brothers) 1954 Catherine Hickland, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV) 1956 Kathleen Beller, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched) 1958 Michael Jackson controller (BBC2) 196- Bianca Ferguson actress (Felicia Jones-General Hospital) 1960 Richard A Mastracchio, astronaut 1961 Becky LeBeau, vocalist (Mischief) 1961 Carey Lowell, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close) 1962 Scott Kolden, actor (Scott-Me & the Chimp) 1962 Sheryl Crow, singer/songwriter (All I Wanna Do, If It Makes You Happy) 1963 Todd Benzinger US baseball player (San Francisco Giants) 1965 Stephen Gregory, actor (Chase-Young & Restless) 1966 Alexander Semak Ufa Russia, NHL center (New York Islanders) 1966 Anthony Parker NFL cornerback (Vikings, Rams, Buccaneers) 1966 Stephen Gregory, actor (Chase-Young & Restless) 1967 Derek King Hamilton, NHL left wing (New York Islanders) 1967 John Patterson US baseball infielder (San Francisco Giants) 1969 Bryan Eversgerd US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1969 Jennifer Aniston, actress (Rachel-Friends) 1969 Joe Valerio NFL outside corner/tackle (Kansas City Chiefs) 1969 Kevin King US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners) 1971 John Bock NFL center (New York Jets, Miami Dolphins) 1973 Tom Tumulty linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) 1974 Brian Newman guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1974 Ronnie Ward linebacker (Miami Dolphins) 1974 Wally Richardson quarterback (Baltimore Ravens) 1975 Jacque Vaughn NBA guard (Utah Jazz) 1976 Brice Beckham, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedere) 1976 Tony Battie NBA forward (Denver Nuggets) 1977 Stephanie Richardson Toronto Ontario, 200 meter/800 meter swimmer (Olympics-96) 1979 Brandy [Norwood] singer (Les Miserables, Moesha) 1980 Matthew Lawrence, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break) 1980 Natasha Bobo, actress (Sally-Together We Stand) 1997 Michael Jackson Jr son of Michael Jackson
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Message Posted: Feb 10, 2005 12:21:30 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 10
1609 Sir John Suckling English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier 1637 Henriëtte Catharina van Nassau Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry 1670 Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus], Flemish painter 1670 William Congreve England, restoration writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) 1685 Aaron Hill English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) 1686 Johann F Gronovius Dutch physician/botany 1696 Johann Melchior Molter composer 1702 Jean-Pierre Guignon composer 1717 Pierre de La Garde composer 1728 Peter III Feodorovich German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62) 1735 Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer 1741 Franz Adam Veichtner composer 1750 Stanislao Mattei composer 1775 Charles Lamb London England, critic/poet/essayist 1788 Johann Peter Pixis composer 1795 Ary Scheffer Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor 1807 Abner Clark Harding Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 1818 Isham Green Harris Governor (Confederacy), died in 1897 1819 Richard Storrs Willis composer 1821 William Read Scurry (Confederate Army Brigadier General, died in 1864) 1824 Samuel Plimsoll Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships) 1827 Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limburgs monastery founder 1841 Walter Parratt composer 1846 Mildred Childe "Life" Lee daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee 1847 A N Hornby cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) 1862 W H "Gobo" Ashley cricketer (7 wickets in 1 Test for South Africa 1889) 1866 Bror Beckman composer 1866 Rafael Altamira Crevea Spanish lawyer/historian 1868 William Allen White Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942) 1869 Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer 1870 Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter 1872 Anne Anema Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP) 1879 Franz Carl Bornschein composer 1880 Jesse G Vincent Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine 1884 Herbert Hordern cricketer (pioneering leggie for Australia & Philadelphia) 1887 [Fran J] Vital Celen Flemish literary/author 1888 G Ungaretti writer 1889 Howard Spring British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom) 1890 Boris L Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) 1890 Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage) 1891 Harold 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1945-52) 1892 Alan Hale [Rufus Alan Mackahan], Washington DC, actor (Little John-Adventures of Robin Hood) 1893 Jimmy Durante New York NY, long-nosed comedian (and good-night Mrs Calabash) 1893 William [Bill] T Tilden II tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29) 1894 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan London, (C) British PM (1957-63) 1894 Roy D'Arcy San Francisco CA, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) 1896 Olin Howlin Denver CO, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy) 1897 John Franklin Enders Connecticut, micro-biologist (polio-Nobel 1954) 1898 Dame Judith Anderson Adelaide Australia, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon) 1898 Bertolt Brecht Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer 1898 Joseph Kessel French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows) 1898 Robert Keith Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One) 19-- Elaine [Kaufman] New York NY, restauranteur (Elaine) 1900 Rebecca Negrin 1902 Armand Bernier Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste) 1902 Stella Adler New York, actress (My Girl Tisa) 1902 Walter H Brattain Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor) 1903 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer 1904 John Farrow Sydney Australia, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island) 1905 John Dierkes Ohio, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree) 1905 Max Schubert winemaker 1905 Vilko Ukmar composer 1905 Walter Brown sports organizer (NBA) 1906 John "Cat" Thompson basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 1906 Lon Chaney Jr Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Phantom, Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats) 1906 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz) 1906 Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist 1906 Walraven (Wally) van Hall Dutch banker/resisted Nazis 1907 Grace Hamilton 1st black member of Georgia state legislature 1908 Jean Coulthard composer 1909 Lord Milne 1910 Dominique Pire Belgium, educator, aided WWII refugees (Nobel 1958) 1910 Douglas Spencer actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return) 1910 Joyce Grenfell actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily) 1910 Paul Whitelaw cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1933) 1912 Lord Orr-Ewing 1913 Philippa Bevans actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient) 1913 Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian 1914 Larry Adler Baltimore MD, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer) 1916 Edward R Roybal (Representative-D-CA, 1963- ) 1918 Gordon Pirie England, Group Captain 1918 Idwal Pugh British ombudsman 1920 Alexander Comfort English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living) 1920 J Heslop-Harrison botanist 1921 Adrian Cruft composer 1922 Harold Hughes (Governor-D-NJ) 1922 Neva Patterson Nevada IA, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols) 1923 Cesare Siepi Milan Italy, basso (New York Metropolitan Opera) 1924 Randy Van Horne El Paso TX, singer (Nat King Cole Show) 1924 Bud (Norman) Poile NHLer 1926 Danny Blanchflower British soccer player 1927 Jakov Lind German/British author (Counting My Footsteps) 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price Laurel MS, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess) 1927 Nigel Bagnall British field marshal 1927 Viscount Cowdray British financier/multi-millionaire 1928 Gene Taylor (Representative-D-St Louis, 1973- ) 1929 Hallgeir Brenden Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Olympics-gold-1952, 56) 1929 Henk Heidweiler Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands) 1929 Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone) 1929 Jim Whittacker mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest) 1930 John Gilpin English ballet dancer (Études, Alice in Wonderland) 1930 Robert Wagner Detroit MI, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart) 1930 Peter Phillips composer 1931 Gerhard Rosenfeld composer 1931 Makoto Shinohara composer 1931 Thomas Bernhard writer 1932 Donald Hilton Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church) 1932 Rockin Dopsie Sr [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco) 1935 Conrad Klapheck German painter (typewriters) 1935 Salvator Pueyo composer 1935 Theodore Antoniou composer 1936 Olwyn Bowey painter 1936 Sylvia Williams museum director/curator 1937 Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme) 1937 Yuriy Poyarkov USSR, volleyball player (Olympics-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72) 1937 Lord Justice Rose 1939 Barbara Kolb Hartford CT, composer (Trobar Jus) 1939 Roberta Flack Black Mountain (Asheville) NC, vocalist (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face) 1940 Jimmy Merchant rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall In Love) 1940 Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic 1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey England, long jumper (Olympics-gold-1964) 1940 Peter Middleton CEO (Lloyd's) 1941 John Hampshire cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for England 1969) 1941 Michael Apted director/researcher (Granada TV) 1942 Michael Bishop CEO (British Midland Airways) 1943 Ral Donner [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires) 1944 Peter Allen Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond) 1945 John Hayes Secretary-General (British Law Society) 1945 Klas Tuinstra Dutch MP (CDA) 1946 Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow) 1946 Keith Mans MP 1948 Conrad Cummings composer 1949 Joe Lavender NFLer 1950 Gail Rebuck CEO (Random House) 1950 Mark Spitz Modesto CA, swimmer (Olympics-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72) 1950 Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics) 1951 Roxanne Pulitzer Glendale CA, author (The Prize Pulitzer) 1951 Zeudi Araya Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969) 1952 Mike Varty NFLer 1953 Carl Joseph Stone composer 1953 John Shirley US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona) 1955 Greg[ory John] Norman Queensland Australia, PGA golfer "The White Shark" (1984 Kemper) 1955 Lusia Mae Harris Minter City MS, basketball player (Olympics-silver-76) 1957 Debbie Brinkley Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open) 1957 Pranab Roy cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982) 1958 Sharon Stone Meadville PA, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) 1959 Tonga [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders) 1960 Lionel Cartwright Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio) 1961 David Ward cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman) 1961 Eva Pfaff West Germany, tennis star 1961 George Stephanopoulos presidential adviser (Clinton) 1962 Cliff Burton rocker (Metallica) 1962 Jean-Marie Banos Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Olympics-9/10-88, 92, 96) 1963 Lenny Dykstra centerfielder (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies) 1963 Bennie Thompson NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens) 1963 Harris Huizingh soccer player (FC Groningen) 1963 Joakim Nystrom Sweden, tennis star 1964 Francesca Neri Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu) 1964 Mir Aimal Kansi Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted) 1964 Roger Reijners soccer player (MVV) 1964 Sam Graddy Gaffney SC, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1984) 1965 Lenny Webster New Orleans LA, catcher (Montréal Expos) 1965 Marjolein Macrander Dutch actress (Drowned) 1966 Daryl Johnston NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) 1967 Laura Dern Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Small Talk) 1967 Bradley Hughes Mordialloc Victoria Australia, Australasia golfer 1967 Dwayne "Road Grader" White NFLer (New York Jets, St Louis) 1968 Peter Popovic Koping Sweden, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens) 1968 Ryan Bowen US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1969 Jayhawk Owens Cincinnati OH, catcher (Colorado Rockies) 1969 Tim Clark US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins) 1970 Alberto Castillo Dominican/US baseball catcher (New York Mets) 1970 Bobby Jones Fresno CA, pitcher (New York Mets) 1970 Brendan Eppert St Louis MO, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 1971 Kevin Sefcik Oaklawn IL, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1971 Marty Nothstein Allentown PA, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96) 1971 Wayne Gandy tackle (St Louis Rams) 1972 Michael Kasprowicz cricketer (Australian Test fast bowler vs West Indies 1996) 1972 Nancy Christian Scottsdale AZ, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995) 1972 Sara Simmons Belmont MA, rower (Olympics-96) 1972 Torey Hunter NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers) 1974 Andrew English CFL receiver (British Columbia Lions) 1974 Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC) 1974 Ty Law NFL cornerback (New England Patriots) 1975 Tina Thompson WNBA forward (Houston Comets) 1977 Stephanie Ann Foisy Concord NH, Miss New Hampshire-America (1995)
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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2005 11:58:49 PM
Famous birthdays for this day February 09
1404 Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor 1441 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub) 1578 Giambattista Andreini Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) 1579 John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch historian 1602 Franciscus van de Enden Flemish Jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza 1607 Abraham Megerle composer 1708 Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (opéra-comique) 1735 Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian 1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel composer 1744 Amos Bull composer 1756 Karel Blazej Kopriva composer 1771 Daniel Belknap composer 1772 Frans Mikael Franzén Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo) 1773 William Henry Harrison Virginia, (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841) 1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom) 1780 Walenty Karol Kratzer composer 1783 Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) 1808 Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer 1814 Samuel Jones Tilden philanthropist for New York Public Library 1822 Charles T Stork Dutch industrialist 1826 John Alexander Logan Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1830 Abdül Aziz Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76) 1834 Felix Dahn writer 1834 Franz Xaver Witt composer 1846 Wilhelm Maybach German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes 1853 Sir Leander Starr Jameson PM of South African Cape colony 1853 Leander Starr Jameson PM of South African Cape colony 1854 Aletta [Henriëtte] Jacobs 1st Dutch female physician 1854 Edward Carson 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) 1857 Johannes T de Visser theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 1863 Anthony Hope [Hopkins] London, novelist 1865 Erich von Drygalski German Federal Republic, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic explorer 1865 Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell England, actress (Pygmalion, Sean O'Casey's mistress) 1866 George Ade US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang) 1867 Edward Naylor composer 1867 Natsume Sôseki [Natsume Kinnosuke] Japanese author (Kokoro) 1871 Howard T Ricketts US pathologist (studied typhus fever) 1871 Franc S Finzgar Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood) 1874 Amy Lowell US, critic/Imagist poet (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed) 1874 Vsevolod Meyerhold Russian theatrical producer/director/actor (Houligan) 1875 Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer 1876 Martin Stixrud Norway, figure skater (Olympics-bronze-1920) 1876 Aloïs Walgrave Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours) 1879 Carl Natanael Berg composer 1879 Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist 1882 Thomas Campbell South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12) 1884 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician) 1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1887 Henry Zimmerman baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs) 1887 Vital Celen Flemish writer (Puppy Love) 1890 Jacobus J P Oud Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl) 1891 Pietro Nenni Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47) 1891 Ronald Colman England, 1947 Academy Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities) 1892 Peggy Wood Brooklyn NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama) 1892 Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice) 1897 Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith pioneer Australian aviator 19-- Darren Dalton actor (Chris-Best Times) 1901 Brian Donlevy Portadown Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island, Dangerous Assignment) 1902 Blanche Calloway US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy) 1902 Chester H Lauck Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live) 1903 Georg Trexler composer 1906 Gwen Catley British soprano 1907 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins) 1908 Jackie Fields US, featherweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1924) 1909 Dean Rusk US Secretary of State (1961-69) 1909 Heather Angel Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans) 1909 Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes Portugal, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy) 1909 Harald Genzmer composer 1909 John Eustace Theodore Brancker lawyer/parliamentarian 1910 Jacques Monod French biochemist 1911 Eustace Wenworth Roskill law lord 1912 Hubert William Dean air armaments specialist 1913 Leo van der Kar masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds) 1914 Bill (Rhymes with Wreck) Veeck baseball club owner 1914 Ernest Tubb Texas, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You) 1914 Ralph Herman Milwaukee WI, orchestra leader (Circus Time) 1914 Max Manus resistance fighter 1921 B M Ducat-Amos Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service) 1921 Charles Montgomery Monteith publisher 1922 James C "Jim" Laker Bradford England, cricket off spinner 1923 Norman E Shumway Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon 1923 Brendan Behan Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage) 1923 Kathryn Grayson North Carolina, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate) 1924 George Guest British organist 1925 Vic Wertz baseball player 1926 Garret FitzGerald Prime Minister of Ireland 1927 Donald Miller CEO (Scottish Power) 1927 Norman Adams painter/ceramic sculptor 1928 Roger Mudd Washington DC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News) 1929 Bill Barrett (Representative-R-NB) 1929 James Mulcro Drew composer 1929 Lennox Butler cricketer (1 Test West Indies vs Australia 1955, 16 & 2-151) 1929 Willem Kersters Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song) 1930 Emil Petrovics composer 1931 Robert Morris sculptor 1931 Xavier Benguerel composer 1933 Countess of Airlie 1933 Jo Ann Prentice LPGA golfer 1933 Justice Johnson 1933 Lord Williams of Elvel 1934 John A Ziegler Jr Grosse Pointe MI, 4th NHL president (1977-92) 1935 Paul Flynn MP 1936 Clive Swift Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India) 1937 Brian Wenham media consultant/journalist 1937 Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle) 1939 Barry Mann singer (Who put the Bomp) 1939 Janet Suzman South Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run) 1940 Brian Bennett London, rock drummer (Shadows) 1940 Ronnie Claire Edwards Oklahoma City OK, actress (Corabeth-Waltons, 8 Seconds, Sweet Bird of Youth) 1940 Smokey Robinson rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown) 1941 Sheila James Kuehl politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis) 1942 Carole King [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry) 1942 Peder Lunde Jr Norway, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1960) 1942 Charlie Morrow composer 1942 Milos Stedron composer 1943 Joe Pesci Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas) 1943 Jonny Nilsson Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympics-gold-1964) 1943 Squire Fridell Oakland CA, actor (Rosetti & Ryan) 1943 Barbara Lewis US vocalist (Hello Stranger) 1943 James King New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968) 1943 Ryland Davies tenor 1944 Alice Walker US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian) 1945 Mia (Maria) Farrow Los Angeles CA, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo) 1945 Bill Bergey NFLer 1946 Annette Penhaligon 1946 M J H Sterling Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University) 1947 Joe Ely Amarillo TX, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade) 1947 Major Harris US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait) 1949 Judith Light Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live) 1949 Bernard Gallacher British golfer 1949 Janet Issaca Ashford writer 1950 Andrew N Meltzoff developmental psychologist 1950 Lloyd Weldon Keasor Pumphrey MD, wrestler (Olympics-silver-1976) 1950 Terry Hawkins theatre administrator 1951 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) 1951 Jay Inslee (Representative-D-Washington) 1951 Penny Peyser Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing) 1952 Danny White quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) 1953 Andre Sevard NHLer 1953 Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg Dutch actor (Hunk) 1953 Gary Franks (Representative-R-CT) 1954 Ulrich Walter German Federal Republic, cosmonaut 1955 Charles Shaughnessy London England, actor (Maxwell Sheffield-The Nanny, Shane-Days of our Lives) 1955 Jm J Bullock Casper WY, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort) 1956 Philip Jackson Ford Jr North Carolina, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1976) 1957 Gordon Strachan soccer player 1957 Mohammed Valli Moosa South African leader (UDF) 1958 Alexander "Sandy" W B Lyle Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open) 1960 Holly Johnson vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) 1960 Peggy A Whitson Mt Ayr IA, PhD/astronaut 1961 John Kruk US baseball 1st baseman (Philadelphia Phillies) 1962 Diego Perez Spain, tennis star 1962 Martin D Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary 1963 Bonnie Levin Miami Beach FL, WPVA volleyballer 1963 Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW) 1963 Mike Rindel cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs Pakistan 1995) 1963 Travis Tritt Marietta GA, country vocalist (Country Club) 1964 Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row) 1965 David Brandon NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons) 1965 Lennox Lewis London England, Super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1988) 1966 James "Rachel" Bolan Point Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1966 Amanda Roocroft opera singer 1967 Kate Golden Beaumont TX, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th) 1967 Stevon Moore NFL safety (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens) 1967 Todd Pratt US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1968 Derek Strong NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic) 1968 Marcus Meloan Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amateur Champion) 1968 Paul Claxton Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th) 1969 Jeff Pahukoa NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons) 1969 Jimmy Smith NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1969 Peta Edebone Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1969 Thomas Brandl Bad Tolz Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1969 Todd Lyght US football quarterback (St Louis Rams) 1970 Glenn McGrath cricketer (New South Wales & Australian fast bowler 1993-) 1970 Grant Moorhead New Plymouth New Zealand, Australasia golfer 1971 Gonzalo Floyd CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1971 Jason Mathews NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 Jim Miller NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons, Jaguars) 1971 Ken Felder US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) 1971 Pat O'Neill NFL punter/place kicker (New England Patriots) 1971 Sharon Case Detroit MI, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless) 1972 Jason George actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach) 1972 Norbert Rosza Hungarian swimmer (100 meter freestyle record) 1973 Amber Valletta Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar) 1974 Brad Maynard punter (New York Giants) 1974 John Wallace NBA forward (Toronto Raptors) 1974 Orlando Bobo guard (Minnesota Vikings)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Feb 9, 2005 11:57:39 PM
Famous birthdays for this day February 08
412 St Proclus patriarch of Constantinople 1291 Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57) 1552 Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques) 1577 Robert Burton writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) 1586 Jacob Praetorius composer 1612 Samuel Butler England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) 1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer 1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Véran French General in America 1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry composer 1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer 1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer composer 1795 Friedlieb F Runge German chemist (Chinoline) 1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir Hungarian journalist/serial writer 1807 Franciscus J van Vree Dutch Catholic foreman 1810 Norbert Burgmuller composer 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan Secretary of War (Confederacy), dies in 1883 1813 Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), dies in 1872 1818 Austin Blair Governor/MC (Union), died in 1894 1819 John Ruskin writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite) 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman Major General (Union Army), dies in 1891 (War is hell) 1822 Maxime Du Camp France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres) 1824 Barnard Elliot Bee Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 1828 Jules Verne France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon) 1828 Antonio Cagnoni composer 1828 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo premier of Spain 1851 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin novelist 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski] Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) 1859 John H Been town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) 1876 Paula Modersohn-Becker German "entartet" painter 1878 Martin Buber German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du) 1880 Franz Marc German painter (Blaue Reiter) 1882 George Siegmann actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist) 1883 Joseph A Schumpeter Austria/US economist/minister of finance 1885 Dame Edith Evans London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield) 1886 Charlie Ruggles Los Angeles CA, actor (The Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show) 1888 Matthijs Vermeulen Dutch composer/music critic 1890 Claro Mayo Recto Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism 1891 Edgar Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer 1892 Fritz Todt German Reichs minister (Organization Todt) 1894 Ludwig Marcuse German philosopher 1895 King Vidor director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) 1896 Orville Caldwell California, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning) 19-- Alice Kramden fictional character of the Honeymooners 19-- Louis Giambalvo Brooklyn NY, actor (Fade To Black, Robert-Oh Madeline) 1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer 1900 John Cameron judge 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska Poland, women's world champion archer 1902 Lyle Talbot [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh PA, actor (Glen or Glenda) 1903 Abdulrahman minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia 1904 Igor' Fyodorovich Belza composer 1905 Truman Bradley Missouri, TV host (Science Fiction Theater) 1906 Chester F Carlson inventor (xerography) 1906 Artur Balsam Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) 1906 Henry Roth Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep) 1908 Grigor Eghiazaryan composer 1908 Leslie Kenneth O'Brien Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary 1908 Myron McCormick Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again) 1909 Henry Roth writer 1911 Anne Aitken [nee Hopkins], Chicago IL, co-founder-Diamond Sangha 1911 Elizabeth Bishop US poet (North & South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956) 1911 Henri Knap Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer 1912 Simon Jurovsky composer 1913 Betty Field Boston MA, actress (Kings Row, Bus Stop) 1913 John Grandy British Royal Air Force-marshal 1914 Bert Haas baseball player 1914 Jules van Ackere Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music) 1915 Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou singer 1918 John Intoxication resistance fighter 1918 Lord Max Rayne English broker/multi-millionaire 1919 Buddy Morrow orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) 1920 Lana Turner Wallace ID, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest) 1920 Buddy Blattner baseball player 1921 Hoot Evers baseball player 1922 Joeri Averbach Russian chess grandmaster 1923 Andrew MacElhone bar owner 1924 Audrey Meadows Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners) 1924 Joe Black baseball player 1925 Jack Lemmon Boston MA, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing) 1925 Raimondo d'Inzeo It, equestrian (Olympics-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76) 1925 Alvin Brehm composer 1927 John T Myers (Representative-R-IN, 1967- ) 1927 Stanley Baker Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu) 1927 Zdenek Zouhar composer 1928 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher lawyer 1930 Alejandro Rey Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun) 1930 Arlan Stangeland (Representative-R-MN, 1977- ) 1930 Catherine Hardy Carollton GA, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1952) 1930 Manuel Castillo composer 1931 James Dean Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause) 1932 Jan H Christiaanse president Dutch political party (CDA) 1932 John Towner Williams Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) 1933 Jack Larson Los Angeles CA, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman) 1933 Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) 1934 Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) 1934 Galina Bystrova USSR, pentathlete (1957, 58) 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth Scottish shipping magnate 1936 Cletis Boyer 3rd baseman (New York Yankees) 1936 Larry Verne singer (Custer) 1936 Manohar Hardikar cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies 1958-59) 1937 Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street) 1937 Manfred Krug Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer) 1938 Ray Sharpe singer 1939 Gerrit Lakmaaker sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep) 1940 Nick Nolte Omaha NB, actor (Under Fire, Lorenzo's Oil, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40) 1940 Susan Clark Ontario, actress (Katherine-Webster) 1940 Ted Koppel Lancashire England, newscaster (ABC Nightline) 1940 Averil Cameron British historian 1940 Talib Rasul Hakim composer 1941 Tom Rush New Hampshire, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) 1942 Robert Klein Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals) 1942 Fritz Peterson baseball pitcher (New York Yankees) 1942 Terry Melcher Rip Chords, Doris Day's son 1943 Bob Oliver baseball player 1943 Creed Bratton California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) 1943 Jose de Almeida Prado composer 1944 Bunky Henry golfer 1944 Jim Capaldi rocker (Traffic) 1946 Paul Wheatbread rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) 1946 "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra Los Angeles CA, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money) 1947 Sam Gannon cricketer (Australia lefty quick, 3 Tests vs India 1977-78) 1948 Dan Seals McCamey TX, vocalist (England Dan & John Ford Coley-I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, Nights Are Forever Without You, Meet Me in Montana) 1949 Brooke Adams New York NY, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers) 1949 Scott Allen USA, skater (Olympics-bronze-1964) 1949 Julia Barr Fort Wayne IN, actress (Brooke-All My Children) 1950 Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon Cuba, cosmonaut 1950 Michael Goodroe rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1950 Ted Turner rocker (Wishbone Ash) 1951 Camille LaPierre NHLer 1952 Nancy Lord Libertarian Vice-President candidate (1992) 1952 Hans Van de Lubbe Dutch bassist/singer (Dike) 1953 Mary Steenburgen Newport AR, actress (Parenthood, Time After Time) 1954 "Sensational" Sherri Martel [Russell], New Orleans LA, wrestler (WWF/AWA) 1955 Ethan Phillips actor (Neelix-Star Trek Voyager) 1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary) 1955 John Grisham writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief) 1958 Barry Miller New York NY, actor (Joe & Sons, Szysznyk) 1959 Irina Kalinina USSR, springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1980) 1959 Pamela Jean Bryant Indianapolis IN, playmate (April, 1978) 1959 Heinz Gunthardt Switzerland, tennis star 1960 Dino Ciccarelli Ontario, NHL right wing (Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals) 1960 Alex Scott British horse trainer 1960 Linda Fratianne Los Angeles CA, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1980) 1961 Sammy Llanas rocker (Bodeans) 1961 Vince Neil [Wharton] California, rock vocalist (Mötley Crüe-Girls Girls Girls) 1963 Mohammad Azharuddin cricketer (elegant Indian batsman 1984-) 1963 Raleigh McKenzie NFL center/guard (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers) 1964 Dennis Gibson NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1965 Carmen Savy Brisbane Queensland, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District) 1965 Jim Thornton NFL tight end (Houston Oilers) 1965 Lee Knight CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1965 Mathilda May Paris France, actress (Lifeforce) 1965 Rod Bernstine NFL running back (Denver Broncos) 1965 Terry McDaniel NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders) 1966 Gary Coleman Zion IL, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes) 1966 Kirk Muller Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1967 Yvon Corriveau Ontario, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals) 1968 Joy Fawcett Inglewood CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96) 1968 Ron Goetz CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1969 Herb Hohenberger hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998) 1969 Mary McCormack actress, (Murder One, Private Parts) 1970 Alonzo Mourning NBA center (Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets) 1970 Cameron Cuffy cricketer (St Vincent & West Indies fast bowler 1994-) 1971 Heidi Mark Columbus OH, playmate (July 1995) 1972 Adrian Rollins cricketer (Derbyshire batsman, brother of Robert of Essex) 1972 Marcus Pollard NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts) 1973 Andreas Gliatis soccer player (NEC) 1973 Dave Dopek Bolingbrook IL, 200 meter runner 1973 Eric Kresser quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals) 1973 Michelle Brogan Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96) 1973 Tom King Australian 470 class yachtsman (Olympics-96) 1975 Damon Denson guard (New England Patriots) 1975 Joshua Morrow Juneau AK, actor (Nicholas Newman-Young & Restless) 1976 Holly Manthei Edina MN, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-96) 1976 Jim Parque Norwalk CA, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1978 Christa Williams Houston TX, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96) 1979 Tara Tucker Miss Alabama Teen-USA (1997) 1981 Tommy Michaels Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)
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Message Posted: Feb 7, 2005 6:26:50 PM
Famous birthdays for this day February 07
1478 Sir Thomas More, lawyer & lord chancellor of England & saint 1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements 1812 Charles Dickens, novelist (Oliver Twist & Tale of Two Cities) 1817 Frederick Douglas, 1st black to hold high rank in US government 1824 William Higgins, discoverer of nature of spiral "nebulae," 1870 Alfred Adler Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex) 1877 Godfrey H. Hardy, English number theorist 1883 Bubie Blake, composer (I'm Just Wild About Harry & Memories of You) 1885 Sinclair Lewis, novelist & social critic (Main Street) (Nobel 1930) 1905 Ulf Svante von Euler, Swedish physiologist (Nobel 1970) 1906 Henry P'u-i last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo 1908 Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer & actor (Flash Gordon & Buck Rogers) 1917 Dick Emery London England, actor/comedian (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love) 1920 Eddie Bracken Astoria New York NY, actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing) 1920 Oscar Brand Winnipeg Canada, folk singer (Draw Me a Laugh) 1926 Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I) 1932 Alfred M. Worden, U.S. astronaut (Apollo 15) 1934 Earl King [Solomon Johnson], rocker 1934 King Curtis [Curtis Ousley],US saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew) 1934 Piet Bukman Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA) 1935 Herb Kohl (Senator-D Wisconsin) 1938 Juan Pizarro baseball player 1938 Robert Frank Baksa composer 1940 Gary Bond England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days) 1942 Ton [ACHM] de Kok Dutch MP (CDA) 1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst Dutch foreign state secretary (CDA) 1944 Berry [AH] Esselink Dutch MP (CDA) 1945 Pete Postlethwaite actor (The Boxer) 1946 Hector Babenco director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman) 1946 Lawrence Ascott rocker (Isotope) 1946 Sammy Johns rocker (Politics, Religion & Her) 1948 Jimmy Greenspoon, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1949 Alan Lancaster bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level) 1950 Burt Hooton baseball player 1950 Dan Quisenberry baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals) 1951 Manfred Schumann German Federal Republic, bobsled (Olympics-silver/bronze-1976) 1951 Benny Ayala baseball player 1953 Robert Brazile NFLer 1954 Miguel Ferrer Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop) 1955 Rolf Benirschke, NFL place kicker/Wheel of Fortune host 1955 Charlie Puleo baseball player 1957 Carney Lansford baseball player 1957 Damaso Garcia baseball player 1958 Manuel Mijares Mexico, Spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita) 1958 Michele Drake La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979) 1959 Brian Travers rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine) 1959 Sammy Lee British soccer player 1960 James Spader NY NY, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin) 1960 Steve Bronski rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy) 1962 David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) 1962 Garth Brooks OK, country singer (No Fences, Ropin' the Wind) 1962 Alan Sippy cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's) 1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper MN, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Jason Adams, actor (Ryan's Hope, Nightmare on Elm Street) 1963 Roland Lefebvre cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland) 1964 Dona L Speir Norwalk CA, playmate (March, 1984) 1964 Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, swimmer (Olympics-silver-84) 1964 Gretchen Magers Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star 1965 Jason Gedrick Chicago IL, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96) 1965 Kristal Parker-Gregory, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th) 1965 Reginald Thal soccer player (MVV) 1966 Chris Rock comedian (Saturday Night Live, CB4, Boomerang) 1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, long jumper(Olympics-bronze-92, 96) 1968 Ashely Allen San Antonio TX, playmate (August 1992) 1968 Martin Sinner Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria) 1968 Michael Stich German Federal Republic, tennis star 1968 Peter Bondra Lutsk Ukraine, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals) 1969 Bucky Richardson US football quarterback (Houston Oilers) 1969 Fiona Robinson Collie basketball player (Olympics-bronze-96) 1970 Chris Gardocki NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts) 1970 Denis Chasse Montréal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets) 1970 Stanley Roberts NBA center (Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves) 1971 Andrew Currey Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96) 1971 Marvin Graves CFL quarterback (Montréal Alouettes) 1972 Aftab Habib cricketer (Leicestershire right-handed batsman 1996) 1972 John Slaney St John's, NHL defenseman (Los Angeles Kings) 1973 Billy Baumhoff, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-gold-96) 1973 Juwan Howard NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards) 1973 Kristin Godridge, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore) 1973 Leanne Schuster Mesa AZ, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995) 1973 Sonia Paquette St-Janvier Québec Canada, hurdler (Olympics-96) 1973 Tim Bowens NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins) 1974 Ryan Phillips linebacker (New York Giants) 1974 Steve Nash NBA guard (Phoenix Suns) 1975 Alexandre Daigle Montréal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators) 1975 Marika Lehtimaki ice hockey center (Finland, Olympics-98) 1976 Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir Miss Iceland-Universe (1996) 1976 Terry Battle running back (Detroit Lions) 1977 Christine Scheels New Berlin WI, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 1977 Hillary Wolf Chicago IL, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96) 1979 Cerina Vincent Miss Nevada Teen-USA (1996) 1985 [Alber]Tina Marie Majorino actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
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Message Posted: Feb 7, 2005 12:57:23 AM
Thank you for joining us here fliper and I hope you had a very happy birthday. Regards Maxie =^..^=
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2005 1:05:27 PM
Mine today!
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2005 4:56:25 AM
Sorry last post was for February 6th not 5th
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2005 4:55:39 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 05 1637 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unifier of Japan 1665 Queen Anne of England, (1702-14) 1756 Aaron Burr, (D-R) 3rd US VP (1801-05) & dueler 1885 George Herman (Babe) Ruth, baseball great 1902 Louis Nizer, lawyer & author 1911 Ronald Reagan, (R) actor & 40th US pres (1981-89) 1917 Arthur Gold Toronto, Canada, pianist 1919 Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress 1922 Patrick MacNee London England, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers) 1931 Rip Torn, actor 1932 Francois Truffaut, French director (Jules & Jim & Fahrenheit 451) 1933 Mamie Van Doren, in Rowena SD 1939 Mike Farrell St Paul MN, actor (BJ Honeycutt-MASH, Battered) 1940 Tom Brokaw, newscaster (NBC) 1943 Fabian, singer 1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician 1948 Barbara Hancock, in Atlanta 1950 Natalie Cole, LA, singer 1950 Mike Batt composer/arranger 1950 Punky Meadows Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel) 1950 Rich Glover NFLer 1951 Maria Christina Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III 1952 John Sanderford Orlando FL, actor (Recoil, Ryan's Hope) 1952 Richard Charsworth Australian women field hockey head coach (Olympics-96) 1953 Susie Hutchison Flintridge CA, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-96) 1954 Scott Kempner "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords) 1955 Eric Money NBAer 1956 Jon Walmsley Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons) 1956 Linda Grovenor, actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire) 1957 Jerry Marotta rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time) 1957 Kathy Najimy actress (Sister Act, Veronica's Closet) 1957 Robert Townsend, comedian/actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy) 1958 Barry Miller Los Angeles CA, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married) 1958 Bill Dawley baseball player 1958 Cecily Adams Queens NY, entertainment caster (American Heart) 1958 Kelly Leadbetter, LPGA golfer (1986 Hennessy French Open) 1958 Mark Hamilton Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96) 1958 Simon Baker Australian speed walker, (Olympics-84, 88, 96) 1960 Megan Gallagher Reading PA, actress (Slap Maxwell, Millennium) 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko Russian major/cosmonaut (Mir, Soyuz TM-23) 1962 Axl Rose [William Bailey] Lafayette IN, rocker (Guns & Roses) 1963 David Capel cricketer (England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90) 1963 Mike Hough Montréal, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers) 1964 Matt Hayes Australian soling yachtsman (Olympics-96) 1964 Skip Ewing Redlands CA, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado) 1965 Jan Sverák Zatec Czechoslovakia, director (Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci) 1966 Rick Astley rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up) 1966 Alex Antonitsch Austria, tennis star 1966 Tom Tupa NFL punter/quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Patriots) 1967 Bennie Dekker Dutch soccer player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap) 1967 Mike Evans WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) 1967 Randy Hilliard NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1968 Imtiaz Abbasi UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996) 1968 Malika Mahfoud, Denmark, golfer (Gippsland Ladies Amateur) 1968 Richard Newbill WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs) 1969 April Lerman Chicago IL, actress (Lila-Charles in Charge) 1969 Anna Acker-Macosko, LPGA golfer (1995 Gold Coast Tour) 1969 Bob Wickman, pitcher (Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees) 1969 Greg Patrick WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1969 James Jones NFL defensive tackle (Broncos, Baltimore Ravens) 1969 Kurt Abbott US baseball player (Florida Marlins) 1969 Rajindra Dhanraj Trinidad cricket leg-spinner (WestIndies 94-95) 1970 Jeff Rouse US, 50 meter/100 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96) 1970 Mark Hutton Adelaide Australia, pitcher (New York Yankees) 1971 Brad Hogg cricketer (WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs India 1996) 1971 Carlos Rogers NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors) 1971 Lance Bade Vancouver BC, US double trap (Olympics-bronze-1996) 1971 Mana Endo, Japan, tennis star (1996 3rd round Australian Open) 1971 Peter Tchernyshev, Russia, dance skater (& Naomi Lang) 1972 David Binn NFL safety (San Diego Chargers) 1972 Mark Labbrook Australian 200 meter/400 meter runner (Olympics-96) 1972 Shawn Respert NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors) 1973 Arie Obdam Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam) 1973 Fred Miller tackle (St Louis Rams) 1973 Lulama Masikazana cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province) 1974 Nathan Davis defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons) 1974 Olaf Lindenbergh soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap) 1975 Chad Allen Dallas TX, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 Leo Insam hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998) 1976 Elina Zisi Miss Greece-Universe (1997) 1976 Kim Zmeskal Houston TX, US gymnast (Olympics-92) 1984 Brandon Hammond actor (Gregory Hines Show)
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2005 12:42:12 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 05 1589 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright/poet 1626 Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters) 1662 Giuseppi Vignola composer 1711 Joseph Umstatt composer 1723 John Witherspoon clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence 1732 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer 1744 John Jeffries colonial physician/meteorologist 1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven 1753 Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma Frisian regent/patriot 1770 Alexandre Brongniart Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) 1775 Margaretha J de Neufville author (Small Pligten) 1779 Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabançonne) 1788 Sir Robert "Bobbie" Peel British PM (1834-46), founded Tories 1788 Karoly Kisfaludy Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) 1799 John Lindley English botanist (Elements of Botany) 1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg Finland, poet 1810 Ole Bull composer 1833 John Watkinson founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess magazine) 1837 Dwight Lyman Moody US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) 1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) 1840 John Boyd Dunlop Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) 1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans France, writer (Against the Grain) 1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley] US female outlaw (wild west) 1856 Otto Brahm German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau) 1860 Jackson Showalter 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-09) 1862 Felipe Villanueva y Gutiérrez Mexico, composer 1863 Armand Parent composer 1864 Carl Tieke composer 1865 Harvey Worthington Loomis composer 1866 Arthur Keith Scottish anthropologist 1866 Henri [Hendrik J] Hall Dutch MP/comic (Put a Lid on it) 1866 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer 1867 Casper A Lingbeek vicar/Dutch MP 1868 Lodewijk Mortelmans composer 1871 Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends) 1878 André-Gustave Citroën France, auto maker 1879 Edward Rigby England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent) 1881 Frederick Leonard Lonsdale British playwright (Balkan Princess) 1882 Felice Lattuada composer 1887 A P Gütersloh writer 1889 Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's) 1889 Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's) 1889 Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer 1891 Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim CA, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon) 1891 Karl L Schmidt German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum) 1892 George Saiko writer 1893 Roman Ingarden Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica) 1897 Dirk U Stikker director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO 19-- Jason Bieler rock guitarist (Saigon Kick-New World) 1900 Adlai E Stevenson (Governor-D-IL), presidential candidate (D) (1952, 1956) 1902 Bronislaw Kaper composer 1903 Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist 1903 Joan Whitney Payson owner of New York Mets & horse stables 1903 Nathaniel Owings Indianapolis IN, architect (Oak Ridge TN; Sears) 1906 John Carradine Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) 1907 Norton Simon business executive (Simon & Schuster) 1907 Jan Klaasesz Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56) 1907 Pierre E J Pflimlin premier France 1909 Grazyna Bacewicz composer 1910 Martha van Och-Scholl German/Dutch resistance fighter (WWII) 1912 Willard Parker New York NY, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman) 1912 Zoltan Pongracz composer 1913 Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger 1914 William S Burroughs St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch) 1914 Alan Hodgkin British physicist (Nobel 1963) 1915 Robert Hofstadter US atomic physicist 1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor [Zsa Sari], Budapest Hungary, actress (Queen of Outer Space) 1918 Robert Brown Hebrides Islands Scotland, actor (Here Come The Brides, Primus) 1918 Charles John "Tim" Holt Beverly Hills CA, actor (Treasure of Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children) 1918 Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer 1919 Melina Mercouri actress (Never on Sunday) 1919 Andrea George Papandreou Greek premier (1981-89, 93- ) 1919 Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx New York NY, comedian/actor (Sayonara, Poseidon Adventure) 1921 Sir John Pritchard London England, conductor 1922 Bernard Kalb State Dept spokesman/actor (Dave) 1923 Stephen J Cannell TV producer/writer 1924 Robert Lynn anarchist 1926 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger New York NY, publisher (New York Times) 1927 Val Dufour New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World) 1928 Andrew M Greeley author/reverend 1928 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis middle east scholar 1929 Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Neufeld an der Leitha, chancellor of Austria (1983-86) 1933 Jörn Donner Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness) 1933 Nick Georgiade New York NY, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run) 1933 Ron Wilson US percussionist (Joy of Cooking) 1934 Hank Aaron baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP) 1935 Alex Harvey rocker (Just Visiting This Planet) 1935 John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys supreme commander South Africa army 1980- ) 1937 Gaston Roelants Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 Stuart Damon Brooklyn NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital) 1937 Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides) 1938 Dick van Niehoff Dutch vocalist (Fouryo) 1938 John Guare US writer (6º of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off) 1939 Brian Luckhurst cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's) 1939 Jane Bryant Quinn newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book) 1940 H R Giger artist, special effects designer, (Alien) 1941 Barrett Strong Detroit MI, singer (Money, That's What I Want) 1941 David Selby Morgantown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road) 1941 Stephen J Cannell producer (Rockford Files) 1941 Rick Laird jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece) 1942 Roger Staubach NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) 1942 Cory Wells Buffalo NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1942 Susan Hill English playwright (Magic Apple Tree) 1943 Craig Morton Flint MI, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver) 1943 Charles Winfield Pennsylvania, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel) 1943 Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer 1943 Larry Tamblyn rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water) 1943 Michael Mann Chicago IL, actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends) 1943 Nolan Bushnell founder (Atari)/creator (Pong) 1943 Sven Johnson rocker (Tangerine Dream 1944 Al Kooper rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1944 J R Cobb Birmingham AL, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV) 1946 Charlotte Rampling England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict) 1947 Claude King singer 1947 David Ladd Los Angeles CA, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline) 1947 Mary Louise Cleave Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30) 1948 David Denny rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1948 Barbara Hershey [Herzstein], Atlanta GA, (Stuntman, Shy People, A World Apart) 1948 Christopher Guest New York NY, actor (Saturday Night Live, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride) 1948 Elco [LC] Brinkman Dutch minister WVC (CDA) 1948 Nigel Tufnel rocker (Spinal Tap) 1949 David Sullivan English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport) 1949 Maidarjabyn Ganzorig Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup) 1949 Nigel Olsson rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band) 1950 Ann Sexton US vocalist (You're Gone too Long) 1951 Elizabeth Swados Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY) 1954 Roseanne Katan Jamacia, playmate (September 1978) 1955 Debra Jo Fondren Los Angeles CA, playmate of year (September, 1977) 1957 Craig Wilson Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-84, 88) 1958 Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow], Los Angeles CA, actress (Single White Female) 1959 Glenn Dubis Lincoln NB, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96) 1960 Jane Geddes Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open) 1960 William John Readings literary theorist 1962 Tommy Skeoch rock vocalist (Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam) 1964 Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) 1964 Jim Pugh Burbank CA, tennis star 1965 Ben Lee Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympics-92) 1965 James David McGovern Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open) 1965 Tarik Benhabiles Algeria, tennis star 1966 Jose Maria Olazabal golfer 1968 Chris Barron rocker (Spin Doctors) 1968 Regina Rajchitova Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1968 Roberto Alomar Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1968 Will Furrer NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams) 1969 Bobby Brown Roxbury MA, singer (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel) 1970 Darren Lehmann cricketer (South Africa & Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996) 1970 Forey Duckett NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores) 1971 Marcus Redman actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser) 1971 Dennis Hall Milwaukee WI, 125½ lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1971 Dianne Norman Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Olympics-96) 1971 Peter "Chip" Cipollone Ardmore PA, rower (Olympics-1996) 1972 Chris Bailey ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-98) 1972 Erin Phillips Mexico MO, Miss Missouri-America (1995) 1972 Tony Johnson tight end (New Orleans Saints) 1973 Diego Serrano Quito Ecuador, actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World) 1973 Israel Raybon defensive end (Carolina Panthers) 1973 Laura Espinoza-Watson Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets) 1973 Richard Matvichuk Ft Saskatchewan Canada, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars) 1974 Adrienne Johnson WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers) 1975 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1975 Jan l'Ami Dutch soccer player (Willem II) 1976 Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico) 1978 Kristina Cherina Miss Croatia-Universe (1997)
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2005 3:54:25 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 04
1465 French van Brederode leader of Hoeksen 1549 Eustache du Caurroy composer 1575 Pierre de Bérulle French cardinal 1581 Daniel Selich composer 1646 Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz Silesian poet 1688 Pierre De Marivaux Paris France, writer (Marianne) 1693 George Lillo bourgeois English dramatist (The London Merchant) 1698 Heinrich A Fouqué Prussian General 1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko Poland, patriot, (New York Bridge) 1751 Blas de Laserna composer 1758 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer 1764 Carel H Verhuell Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy 1767 Johann Franz Volkert composer 1768 Maurits C van Hall Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician 1769 Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer 1778 Augustin P de Candolle Swiss botanist (Théorie élémentaire) 1799 Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret Portuguese playwright 1802 Mark Hopkins US, educator/philosopher (Williams College) 1805 Georg Andreas Henkel composer 1805 William H Ainsworth English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood) 1819 Joshua Norton San Francisco CA, Norton I, emperor of USA 1820 Bozena Nemcová [Barnora Panklová], Czechoslovakian author (Babicka) 1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1841 Clément Ader French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft) 1842 Georg Brandes [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic 1842 Vasili O Klyutshevski Russian historian 1848 [François-Victor-]Jean Aicard French playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances) 1849 Jean Richepin French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) 1865 Charles Bally Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie) 1868 Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy Irish patriot/playwright/MP 1874 Robert Liefmann German economist (Unternehmersverbände) 1875 Ludwig Prandtl German Federal Republic, physicist (father of aerodynamics) 1875 Raymond Moulaert composer 1876 Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls composer 1881 Fernand Léger France, painter/ceramist/cubist (The City) 1881 Kliment J Woroshilov Marshal/President USSR (1953-60) 1884 Julius Callewaert Flemish Dominican/bringing up children 1884 Rolland Beaumont cricketer (South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14) 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson Montréal, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed) 1888 Paul Althaus German theologist (The Christian Truth) 1889 Walter Catlett San Francisco CA, actor (Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities) 1891 Yuri Losmann Estonia, marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920) 1892 Ugo Betti Italian playwright 1892 Yrlö Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer 1893 Bernard Rogers New York NY, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion) 1893 Raymond Dart Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus) 1895 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor Dutch historian (Erflaters) 1895 Hanns [Johann] Rauter German SS-Lieutenant-General/SS police chief in Netherlands 1896 Friedrich Glauser writer 1897 Ludwig Erhard chancellor of Germany (CDU) 19-- Stephanie Williams actress (Young & Restless, Simone-General Hospital) 1900 Jacques Prévert France, poet/screenwriter (Paroles) 1902 Charles A Lindbergh Detroit MI, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic) 1903 Edwin Denby Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N) 1903 Frank Howley Hampton NY, Brigadier General (Answers for Americans) 1903 Alexander Oppenheim mathematician 1903 Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], actor (Beatrice) 1903 Siro Cisilino composer 1904 MacKinlay Kantor Webster City IA, novelist (Andersonville) 1904 Herman B Wiardi Beckman Dutch politician (SDAP)/resistance fighter 1904 Predrag Milosevic composer 1905 Eddie Foy Jr New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange) 1906 Clyde William Tombaugh US, astronomer (discovered Pluto) 1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer German theologist (Confessing Church) 1906 Primo Carnera Italian boxer (champion-1933) 1908 Gordon Fraser Lawrence MA, newscaster (All Star News) 1908 Emmanuel "Manny" Klein trumpeter 1909 Robert Coote London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe) 1909 Kenneth W Howell English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru) 1910 Uys Krige South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert) 1910 Alfred Mendelsohn composer 1912 Byron Nelson Fort Worth TX, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945) 1912 Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater 1912 James Craig Nashville TN, actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops) 1913 Rosa Lee Parks civil rights activist (bus protester) 1913 Woody Hayes [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year) 1914 Ida Lupino London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jennifer) 1914 Alfred Andersch German writer (Red Head) 1915 William Talman Detroit MI, actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason) 1916 Basil Hembry farmer/campaigner 1916 Colin Morris playwright/documentary filmmaker 1916 David Vassall Cox composer 1916 Gavin Buchanan Ewart English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh) 1917 Aga Yahya Khan Pakistan military/politician 1918 Norman Wisdom London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall) 1919 Frank van Klingeren Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten) 1920 Derek Worlock English Roman Catholic archbishop (Liverpool) 1921 Betty Friedan Peoria IL, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique) 1923 Conrad Bain Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes) 1925 Russell Hoban US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann) 1926 John Edward Caulwell Hearne writer 1928 Dave Ketchum Quincy IL, actor (Agent 13-Get Smart) 1929 Mary Joan Nielubowicz Rear Admiral/nurse 1929 Paul Burlison rocker 1931 Argentina Rioja 1931 Isabel Perón [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina 1932 Ivan Davis Electra TX, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green) 1934 Gil Rogers Lexington KY, actor (Hawk-Guiding Light, Doctors) 1934 Jouko Sakari Linjama composer 1935 Martti Talvela Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso 1935 Wallis Mathias cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan) 1936 Gary Conway Boston MA, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants) 1936 Daan van Golden Dutch sculptor 1937 Collin Wilcox Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird) 1937 John Devitt Australia, 100 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1960) 1937 Magnar Solberg Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympics-gold-1968, 72) 1938 Donald W Riegle Jr (Senator-D-MI, 1976- ) 1939 John Schuck Boston MA, actor/comedian (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yo-Yo) 1939 Jacques Charlier Belgian sculptor 1939 Jane Bryant Quinn newspaper & television reporter 1939 Stan Lundine (Representative-D-NY, 1976-86) 1940 George A Romero actor/director (Creepshow, Martin, 2 Evil Eyes) 1941 John Steel rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1941 Marie Masters Cincinatti OH, actress (Susan-As the World Turns) 1942 Johnny Gamble rocker (Classics) 1943 Cheryl Miller Sherman Oaks CA, actress (Paula-Daktari, Born Free) 1944 Florence LaRue Gordon Pennsylvania, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell) 1944 Daniel A Mica (Representative-D-FL, 1979- ) 1945 David Brenner Philadelphia PA, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife) 1946 Mary Meyer US, 500 meter speed skater (Olympics-silver-1968) 1946 Roy Yeager Doraville GA, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section) 1947 Dan Quayle (Senator-R-IN)/(44th Vice-President-R 1989-93) 1947 Jeannie Wilson Memphis TN, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy) 1947 Sanford Bishop (Representative-D-GA) 1948 Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], Detroit MI, rocker (School's Out) 1948 Robert Coover novelist (Pricksongs & Descants) 1948 Rakesh Shukla cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India vs Sri Lanka 1982) 1948 Rod Grams (Representative-R-MN) 1949 Michael Beck Memphis TN, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust) 1950 Pamela Franklin Tokyo Japan, actress (Satan's School for Girls) 1950 James Dunn US vocalist (Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New) 1950 Philip Ehart rock drummer (Kansas) 1950 Robert-John Stips rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits) 1952 Jerry Shirley rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It) 1952 Lisa Eichhorn Reading PA, actress (Cutter's Way, Yanks) 1953 Svetlana Ulmasova USSR, 3K (world title 1978) 1958 Mary Ann Pascal actress (Samantha-Brothers) 1958 Werner Schwab writer 1959 Lawrence Taylor [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (New York Giants) 1959 Zenani Mandela daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela 1960 Pamelyn Ferdin actress (Happy Birthday Wanda June, Tool Box Murders) 1961 Denis Savard Pointe Gatineau CA, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks) 1961 Vern Fleming Long Island City NY, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1984) 1962 Clint Black Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man) 1962 Dan Plesac Gary IN, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1962 Vern Fleming NBA guard (New Jersey Nets) 1963 Pirmin Zurbriggen Swiss alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1988) 1963 Jane Leary Sydney Australia, golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champion) 1963 Tracie Ruiz-Conforto Hawaii, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-2 gold/silver-84, 88) 1965 John van Loen Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce) 1966 Marissa Laakso Boston MA, Miss Massachusetts-America (1990) 1966 Barry Klein Grand Rapids MI, rower (Olympics-1996) 1966 Spike rocker 1967 Sergei Grinkov Soviet ice skater (Olympics-gold 1988, 1994) 1968 Kristen Marie actress (Cheryl McKinnon-Another World) 1969 Brad Cornett US baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) 1969 Chastity Bono Los Angeles CA, daughter/actress (Sonny & Cher Show) 1969 Chris Crooms WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons) 1969 Dallas Drake Trail, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets) 1969 Joe Sacco Medford MA, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1970 Alisa Marie Kimble Miss California-USA (1997) 1970 Gabrielle Anwar Laleham England, actress (Body Snatchers) 1970 John Frascatore US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1970 Nicole Wood Canton OH, playmate (April 1993) 1970 Todd Peterson NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 Kevin Farkas NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers) 1971 Maarten Atmodikoro soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC) 1971 Pete Pierson NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1971 Sterling Palmer NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins) 1972 Kelvin Anderson CFL running back (Calgary Stampeders) 1973 Michael Goorjian actor (Party Of Five) 1973 Oscar De La Hoya Los Angeles CA, boxer (Olympics-gold-92) 1974 Brandon Convery Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1974 Chris Ward defensive end (Baltimore Ravens) 1975 Elana Eve Chomiszak Providence RI, Miss Rhode Island-America (1996) 1975 Miriam Ruppert Miss Germany-Universe (1996) 1978 Laurence Borremans Miss Belgium-Universe (1997) 1980 Kelly Marie Sodan Miss Kentucky Teen-USA (1996)
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2005 3:53:18 AM
Happy 27th Bithday Kethry may you have many more. Regards Maxie =^..^=
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2005 3:51:35 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 03.
1368 Charles VI King of France (1380-1422) 1648 Louis Bouteiller composer 1655 François Fagel Dutch field marshal, baptized 1736 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian organist/composer 1740 Guillaume Lasceux composer 1755 Florido Tomeoni composer 1763 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author 1784 John Fane graaf van Westmorland English (opera)composer/diplomat 1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel premier Prussia 1807 Joseph E Johnston General (Commander army of Tennessee) 1807 Joseph Eggleston Johnston General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 1809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hamburg Germany, composer (Great Scherzos) 1811 Horace Greeley editor ("Go west, young man") 1817 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer 1817 Samuel Ryan Curtis Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 1820 Elisha Kent Kane US arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland) 1821 Elizabeth Blackwell Bristol England, 1st woman physician 1823 Spencer F Baird US biologist (Wood's Hole Station) 1824 George Thomas "Tige" Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1824 Nathan George "Shanks" Evans Brigadier General (Confederacy), died in 1868 1826 Walter Bagehot England, economist/sociologist 1830 Robert Cecil Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902) 1831 Cyrus Ballou Comstock Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 1833 Thomas T H Jorissen Dutch historian 1842 Sidney Clopton Lanier US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) 1845 Ernest von Wildenbruch German playwright (Sedan) 1851 Johannes B van Heutsz Lieutenant-General/Governor-General Dutch East Indies 1851 Lord Harris cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig) 1861 Léopold Courouble Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck) 1865 Martinus Ballings Flemish Jesuit/author (Will Power) 1868 Damaso Ledesma composer 1870 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara) 1873 Ernest B Allo French theologist 1874 Gertrude Stein Pennsylvania, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas) 1874 Franklyn Dyall Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue) 1878 Joseph Gordon Coates PM of New Zealand (1925-28) 1879 Charles Follis 1st black US football player (Shelby OH) 1880 Arnoldus Aerts bishop of Netherlands-Guinea (1920-42) 1882 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherlands) 1883 Clarence Mulford Illinois, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy) 1883 Camille Bombois French circus wrestler/painter 1886 Erwin Kroll composer 1887 Carlo Jachino composer 1887 Georg Trakl Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely) 1887 Silvio d'Amico Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore) 1888 Joris Baers Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids) 1889 Carl Theodor Dreyer Danish movie director (Leaves from Satan's Body, Passion of Jeanne d'arc) 1889 Risto Ryti Finnish premier/president 1890 Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria IL, actor (Calvin & the Colonel) 1890 Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen) 1891 Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33) 1891 Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage) 1894 Juan Negrín PM of the Spanish Republic (1936-39) 1894 Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) 1895 Nick Kenny Astoria New York NY, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show) 1895 Victor Raul Haya de la Torre politician (found APRA party in Peru) 1895 Izak Buys cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 & 4, 0-52) 1896 Johannes Urzidil writer 1898 Alvar Aalto Finland, architect (Finlandia House) 1898 Paul Urysohn Russian mathematician 1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi basketball hall of famer (elected 1961) 1899 Doris Speed actress (Annie-Coronation Street) 19-- Brenda Dickson-Weinberg Long Beach CA, actress (Young & Restless, Deathmaster, Taxi Driver) 19-- Joel Bartlett KPIX (Channel 5) weatherman 19-- Mariclare Costello actress (Rosemary-Waltons) 1900 Mabel Mercer English cabaret singer (Fly Me to the Moon) 1902 Ramón [J] Sender [Garcés], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre) 1903 Priaulx Rainier composer 1903 Walter Linck Swiss sculptor 1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd FBI Most Wanted criminal 1904 Luigi Dallapiccola Pisino Istria, Italian composer 1904 Roger Makins diplomat 1906 Ludvig Nielsen composer 1907 James A Michener New York NY, writer (Tales of the South Pacific, Centennial, Chesapeake, Hawaii, Space) 1908 Oddbjörn Hagen Norway, cross country jumper (Olympics-gold-1936) 1909 Simone Weil Paris, mystic/social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WWII) 1909 M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans] poet (Phoenix) 1910 Nelson Case Long Beach CA, TV host (Trash or Treasure) 1910 Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel México, composer (A la Patria) 1911 Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer 1911 Jesse Thomas blues singer 1912 Jacques Soustelle French minister of information 1914 Cornelis "Kees" Andréa Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer 1914 Felix Kelly artist 1915 Jann Willem Holsbergen author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold) 1915 Richard Bales composer 1916 Vivien Signy nurse 1918 Helen Stephens US, 100 meter dash (Olympics-gold-1936) 1918 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], Bronx, comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show) 1920 Bibi Osterwald New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie) 1920 Dr Henry Heimlich doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver) 1920 Stan Ockers Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56) 1922 Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos) 1922 Bill Chappell Jr (Representative-D-FL, 1969- ) 1925 John Fiedler Platville WI, actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart) 1925 Joop C Swart Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo) 1926 Arthur Arfons auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH) 1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) 1926 Shelley Berman Chicago IL, actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style) 1926 Glen Tetley US choreographer 1926 J Roy Rowland (Representative-D-GA, 1983- ) 1928 C V Gadkari cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55) 1929 Russell Arms Berkeley CA, singer (Your Hit Parade) 1929 Val Doonican Irish singer/entertainer 1930 Joan Rice actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up) 1931 Göran J S Palm Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Besök) 1932 Peggy Ann Garner Canton OH, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon) 1932 J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith cricketer (South Africa batsman vs England 1960) 1932 Maria Itkina USSR, sprinter (9 world records) 1933 Paul S Sarbanes (Senator-D-MD, 1977- ) 1934 Jeremy Kemp Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War) 1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson rock guitarist 1936 Robert Simpson Australian cricket player/manager (great Australian batsman/captain/coach/slip) 1938 Victor Buono San Diego CA, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables) 1938 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny Russia, cosmonaut 1939 Deszö Nowak Hungary, soccer play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68) 1939 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky Russian cosmonaut 1940 Jim Hartz newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations) 1940 Fran Tarkenton Richmond VA, NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings) 1941 Bridget Hanley Seattle WA, actress (Here Come the Brides) 1941 Angelo D'Aleo Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) 1941 Carol Mann Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open) 1941 Chuck Tharp rock vocalist (Fireballs) 1941 Gary Bartlett cricket pace bowler (New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's) 1943 Blythe Danner Philadelphia PA, actress (Butterflies are Free) 1943 Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations-Ain't Too Proud To Beg, My Girl) 1943 Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies-He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother) 1944 Trisha Noble Sydney New South Wales Australia, actress (Deadline, Strike Force, Executive Suite) 1945 Bob Griese NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year) 1945 Johnny Cymbal rocker (Mr Bass Man) 1945 Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth) 1947 Joe Coleman baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit) 1947 Melanie [Safka], Astoria, singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain) 1947 Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years) 1947 Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola) 1947 Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come) 1947 Paul Auster US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke) 1947 Stephen McHattie Antigonish Nova Scotia, actor (Call Me, Death Valley) 1949 Oscar Benton Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij) 1950 Lizzie Borden director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls) 1950 Michael Dickinson British reorganizer 1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas TX, actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road) 1951 Felipe Munoz México, 200 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1968) 1952 Fred Lynn Chicago IL, baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore) 1952 Jack Fields (Representative-R-TX, 1981- ) 1956 Pamela Cossey England, model/sister of transsexual Tula 1956 Nathan Lane Jersey City NJ, actor (Birdcage, Timon-Lion King, Mouse Hunt, One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie) 1957 Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland) 1958 Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind) 1958 Joe Frank Edwards Jr Richmond VA, Commander USN/astronaut (STS 89) 1959 Loi Tolhurst rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen) 1959 Molly Killingbeck Jamaica, 4X400 meter relayer (Olympics-silver-1984) 1959 Thomas Calabro Brooklyn NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place) 1960 B J Jefferson Dallas TX, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World) 1960 Richard Kotzen rocker 1961 Keith Gordon New York NY, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean) 1962 Michele Greene Las Vegas NV, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law) 1962 Joe Handle US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1965 Dorcas Wonsavage Madison WI, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 1965 Kathleen Kimont Los Angeles CA, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade) 1965 Maura Tierney Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio) 1966 Freedom Williams 1966 Danny Morrison cricket pace bowler (New Zealand since 1987) 1966 Gillian Bonner Athens GA, playmate (April 1996) 1966 Sean Patrick Wade Houston TX, New Zealand marathoner (Olympics-96) 1967 Aurelio Vidmar soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord) 1967 Jason Morris Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1967 Natalie Hunter Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1968 Frantisek Kucera Prague Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks, Olympics-gold-98) 1968 Leroy Thompson NFL running back (Kansas City Chiefs) 1968 Mark Koevermans Netherlands, tennis star 1968 Vlade Divac Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers) 1969 Casey Weldon NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1969 Jeff Christy NFL center (Minnesota Vikings) 1969 Robert Pack NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks) 1969 Terry Bradshaw US baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals) 1970 Alonza Barnett WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) 1970 Eric Curry NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1970 Jason Muzzatti Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers) 1970 Keith Carney Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US) 1971 Eric Owens Danville VA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1971 Marcus Buckley NFL linebacker (New York Giants) 1971 Roman Cechmanek NHL goaltender (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998) 1971 Sean Dawkins NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1972 Jermaine Smith NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1972 Keith Elias NFL running back (New York Giants) 1972 Tyrone Poole NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers) 1973 Jim Campbell Worcester, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1973 Kyle Richardson WLAF punter (Rhein Fire) 1976 Dwayne Rudd linebacker (Minnesota Vikings) 1976 Karen Bradley Miss Rhode Island-USA (1996) 1977 Maitland Ward Torrance CA, actress (Jessica-Bold & Beautiful) 1984 ? Long Beach CA, 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant 1990 Cody Newton Gifford son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford 1994 Tallulah Belle Willis 3rd daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
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Message Posted: Feb 2, 2005 5:06:42 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 02
1502 Damiao de Góis Portuguese humanist scholar 1583 Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess 1595 Jacob van Campen painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) 1600 Gabriel Naudé France, librarian (Mazarin Library) 1649 Benedict XIII [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30) 1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn English actress/mistress (King Charles II) 1669 Louis Marchand composer 1714 Gottfried August Homilius composer 1748 Christian Gottfried Thomas composer 1754 Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Périgord French bishop/premier (1815) 1773 Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer 1780 Johannes van den Bosch Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies) 1802 Jean-Baptiste Boussingault French chemist 1803 Albert Sidney Johnston General (Confederate Army), mortally wounded at Shiloh in 1862 1804 Leopold Eugen Mechura composer 1813 József Eötvös Hungarian Minister of Education (1848) 1815 Nathaniel Collins McLean Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1817 John Glover English chemist (sulfuric acid) 1817 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer 1820 Hans E Schack Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne) 1827 Abner Monroe Perrin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1827 Oswald Aschenbach German painter 1835 Luigi Manzotti Milano, ballet choreographer 1840 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray composer 1844 Leander Schlegel composer 1847 Jules François Blasini Curaçaos pianist/composer 1850 Carel V Gerritsen Dutch free thinker 1852 Hâmid Abdülhak Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright 1852 Teunis Stoel actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam) 1856 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer 1857 Jan Six Dutch art historian/art collector 1859 Havelock Ellis US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) 1861 Solomon R Guggenheim philanthropist (died aboard the Titanic) 1861 Mehmed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22) 1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath German Secretary of State (1932-38) 1873 Johan P Earl van Limburg Stirum Dutch diplomat 1873 Leopold Fall Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess) 1875 Fritz Kreisler Vienna Austria, violinist/composer 1875 Annette Kolb German/French author (Small Fanfare) 1878 Christian Gauss educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake) 1881 Karl Frederick pistol champion (Olympics-gold-1920) 1882 James Joyce Ireland, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake) 1882 James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold) 1883 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer 1884 S Z Sakall Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca) 1884 Julis Deutsch Austria politician/General Spanish Republican Army 1885 Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi) 1886 Kurt Baschwitz German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und) 1886 William R Benét writer 1888 Candelario Huizar composer 1888 Frank Lloyd Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist) 1890 Charles Correll actor (Andy-Amos & Andy radio program) 1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny French General (Indo-China) 1891 Frank Foyston NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle) 1891 Antonio Segni premier/president (Italy) 1895 George S Halas [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL 1896 Jane Wilde writer 1898 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar) 1899 Benny Rubin Boston MA, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show) 19-- Greg Antonacci New York NY, actor(Vinnie-Busting Loose)/director(Perfect Strangers) 1900 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr Springfield OH, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65) 1901 Connie Gilchrist Brooklyn NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives) 1901 Jascha Heifetz Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall) 1902 Tyra Ryman Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp) 1903 Frank McGrath Mound City MO, actor (Wagon Train) 1904 Buzurg Alavi Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha) 1904 Jose Enrique Pedreira composer 1905 Ayn Rand writer (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead) 1905 Jean-Pierre Guerlain cosmetics pioneer 1906 Gale Gordon Los Angeles CA, actor (Here's Lucy, Our Miss Brooks) 1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis Lithuania, poet/editor/critic 1908 Cal Tinney Oklahoma, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One) 1908 Anita Garvin actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off) 1908 Pavel Sivic composer 1908 Renzo Rossellini Italian composer 1909 Franc Albertson Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams) 1910 Charlotte Auerbach computer Pioneer/Mathematician 1910 Hendrik H K Beernink Dutch politician (CHU) 1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer 1911 Johan J "Jussi" Björling Swedish tenor 1912 Burton Lane Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow) 1912 Stefan Schnabel German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox) 1915 Evert Werkman Dutch journalist (Het Parool) 1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse Dutch author (Cider for Poor People) 1919 Allie Reynolds New York Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07)) 1919 Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa Swiss vocalist 1920 Dr An Wang founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers) 1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards) 1923 Bonita Granville New York NY, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger) 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith Ft Worth TX, gossip columnist (New York Daily News, NBC-TV) 1923 James Dickey Atlanta GA, author/poet/actor (Deliverance) 1923 Peter Fowler physicist 1924 Tine Balder [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone) 1925 David Abell Wood priest 1925 Michel Paul Philippot composer 1926 Elaine Stritch Detroit MI, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company) 1926 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua) 1926 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President of France (1974-81) 1926 Wanda Lewis Struther OH, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show) 1926 Nydia M E Ecury Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera) 1927 Stan Getz Philadelphia PA, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey) 1927 Friedrich K Flick German industrialist 1927 Richard Ray (Representative-D-GA, 1983- ) 1927 Richard Vance Maxfield composer 1928 Howard Caine Nashville TN, actor (Californians) 1928 Alan Fluck musical educationalist 1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita PM of Italy (1988-89) 1929 Reiner Bredemeyer composer 1931 Andreas "Andries" van Agt Dutch premier (CDA, 1977-82) 1932 Robert Mandan Clever MO, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd) 1934 [Clyde] Skip Batten Los Angeles CA, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn) 1937 Martina Arroyo New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Met) 1937 Tom Smothers New York NY, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial) 1939 Rachel English London, author (My 1st 500) 1940 Alan "Tea" Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter) 1940 Thomas M[ichael] Disch US, sci-fi author (The Man Who Had No Idea, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs) 1941 Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer 1942 Bo Hopkins Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files) 1942 Graham Nash rocker (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross, Hollies) 1942 Barry Diller founder (Fox-TV) 1943 Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations) 1944 Andrew Davis Ashbridge England, conductor (New Philharmonic Orchestra-London) 1944 Katherine Crawford Los Angeles CA, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & the Kings) 1944 Ursula Oppens New York NY, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC) 1945 Ronnie Goodson rocker 1946 Howard Bellamy Darby FL, vocalist (Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow) 1947 Aleksandr Medved USSR, wrestler (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1947 Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett Corpus Christi TX, actress (Charlie's Angels, Burning Bed) 1947 Peter Lucia rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1947 Derek Shulman rocker 1948 Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) 1948 Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge) 1948 Jessica Savitch Kennett Square PA, news anchor (NBC) 1949 Sherry Mathis Memphis TN, actress (Search for Tomorrow) 1949 Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1949 Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai) 1949 Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms) 1949 Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow) 1950 Barbara Sukowa German Federal Republic, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola) 1950 Osamu Kido wrestler (NJPW/UWF) 1951 Kim Zimmer Grand Rapids MI, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live) 1951 Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist 1953 James Mndaweni South African worker's union leader/president (NACTU) 1953 Penny Pulz LPGA golfer 1954 Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (Sports Illustrated, Vacation) 1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1983) 1955 Michael Talbott Waverly IA, actor (Stan-Miami Vice) 1955 Brent Spiner Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation) 1957 Laurie Mann current DPS curator/geek 1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwaukee WI, playmate (February 1980) 1958 Dexter Manley NFLer (Washington Redskins) 1958 Holly Hunter Conyers GA, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around) 1960 Eric Shea actor (Castaway Cowboy) 1960 Lee Chill Cleveland OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr) 1961 Joey Benjamin cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994) 1962 Ben Testerman Knoxville TN, tennis star 1962 Michael T Weiss Chicago IL, actor (Jarod - Pretender, Dr Michael Horton-Days of our Lives) 1963 Pebbles Flintstone fictional character on "The Flintstones" 1963 Stephen McGann Liverpool England, actor (Catherine the Great) 1965 Harry Swayne NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1966 Andrei Chesnokov Russia, tennis star 1966 Bob Alan Estes Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open) 1966 Tony Plourde Chibougamau Québec Canada, sabre (Olympics-96) 1966 Victor Muhammad WLAF running back (London Monarchs) 1968 Paul McKenzie Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96) 1968 Sari Krooks ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics-98) 1968 Scott Erickson Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twin, Baltimore Orioles) 1968 Sean Elliott NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs) 1968 Steve Henson NBA guard (Detroit Pistons) 1968 Ventson Donelson CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1969 Ijaz Ahmed Jr cricketer (one Test Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1995) 1969 Jeff Christy corner (Minnesota Vikings) 1969 Jody Hull Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers) 1970 Chris Luneburg WLAF tackle (London Monarchs) 1970 Diego Martos WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons) 1970 Erik ten Hag soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht) 1970 Ivan Vukov soccer player (FC Volendam) 1971 Ken Dilger NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 Tony Miller Mount Pleasant TX, 400 meter runner 1972 Charlie Williams NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys) 1972 Ivan Droppa Liptovsky Mikulas Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Chicago) 1972 Lance Brown NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals) 1973 Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) 1973 Dan Brandenburg linebacker (Buffalo Bills) 1973 Jose White WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1973 Patrick Jeffers NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1973 Radka Bobkova Prague Czechoslovakian Republic, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth) 1973 Tim Denton NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons) 1974 David Buck Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96) 1974 J R Conrad offensive tackle/guard (New York Jets) 1974 Jeff Cassar soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96) 1975 Macey Brooks wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys) 1975 Todd Bertuzzi Sudbury Ontario Canada, NHL right wing (New York Islanders) 1976 Steven Dewick Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) 1978 Annabel Ellwood Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC) 1979 Brandee Dawn McCoskey Miss Alaska Teen-USA (1996) 1979 Lindsay Langston Modesto CA, archer (Olympics-1996) 1979 Petra Cada Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96) 1992 Rebop Rundgren son of Michelle Gray & Todd Rundgren 2338 Data android character on Star Trek Next Generation
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Message Posted: Feb 1, 2005 7:12:46 AM
Famous birthdays for this day February 01 1552 Sir Edward Coke England, jurist/politician (defended common law) 1603 Michael Trumper composer 1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic 1633 Gabriel Schutz composer 1659 Jacob Roggeveen Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) 1669 Miguel Lopez composer 1690 Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer 1710 Konrad E Ackermann German actor (Die Oberpfalz) 1757 John P Kemble England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) 1763 Thomas Campbell founder (Church of Disciples in America) 1789 Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chelard composer 1791 Charles J Sax Belgian music instrument builder 1801 Thomas Cole US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School) 1801 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad composer 1805 Auguste Blanqui France, revolutionary (workers' leader) 1807 Henri Klimrath French lawyer (Mémoire sur lesson Olim) 1807 William Bowen Campbell Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1810 Charles Lenox Remond Salem MA, famous black 1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 1821 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer 1827 Alphonse de Rothschild French banker 1829 John Potts Slough Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1833 Henry McNeal Turner black methodist bishop 1839 James A Herne [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) 1841 William H H Davenport Buffalo, stage medium 1844 Granville Stanley Hall US, psychologist 1844 Eduard Adolf Strasburger German botanist (Angiospermen) 1848 Adhémar Esmein French lawyer 1859 Victor August Herbert Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) 1869 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) 1872 Paul Fort French poet/founder of Vers et Prose 1873 Clara Butt Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory) 1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist 1875 Eddie Pola composer (Lullabye of Broadway) 1877 Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer 1878 Hattie Wyatt Caraway politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate 1879 Sydney Baynes composer 1880 Antonio Guarnieri composer 1880 Francesco Balilla Pratella composer 1881 Jose Ignacio Quinton composer 1882 Louis St Laurent Compton Québec Canada, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) 1883 Jevgeni B Vachtangov Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV) 1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin Russia, novelist/playwright (We) 1885 Camille Chautemps premier France 1887 Dirk Roosenburg Dutch architect 1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, Southern Arabia) 1891 James Price Johnson composer 1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) 1895 John Ford Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) 1896 Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56) 1897 Denise Robins London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) 19-- Bill Leydon Chicago IL, TV host (Musical Chairs) 19-- Don Amendolia Glassboro NJ, actor (Emory Battis-Twin Peaks, Dino-Mama Malone) 1900 Stephen Potter humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders) 1901 Clark Gable Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind) 1902 Langston Hughes poet/translator (The Weary Blues) 1902 Carlo Borbolla composer 1903 Georg Rendl Austria miner/bee-keeper/writer (The Bees Novel) 1904 S J Perelman Brooklyn NY, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days) 1905 Emilio Segre 1905 Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg 1906 Hildegarde Adell WI, night club singer (I'll Be Seeing You) 1906 Pierre Cardevielle French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs) 1907 John Canaday art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios) 1907 Alan Strode Campbell Ross professor (coined the terms U & non-U) 1907 Camargo Guarnieri Brazil, composer/conductor 1907 Günter Eich German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo) 1907 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri composer 1907 Sándor Veress Hungarian pianist/composer 1908 Albie Booth collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale) 1908 Edward Staempfli composer 1908 George Pal Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons) 1909 Douglas Hall Governor (Somaliland Protectorate) 1909 Helen Chandler Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula) 1910 H Stanley Cayzer 1910 Jahangir Khan cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36) 1910 Michael Kanin Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year) 1913 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill Test pilot 1914 Hans Zülig Swiss dancer 1915 Sir Stanley Matthews 1st British soccer player to be knighted 1916 Gordon Hobday Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire) 1918 Maurice Laing life president (John Laing) 1918 Muriel Spark Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) 1920 Pierre Jonquéres d'Oriola France, equestrian jumper (Olympics-gold-1952, 64) 1920 Kenneth Bond former vice-chairman 1921 Peter Sallis actor (Taste the Blood of Dracula) 1922 Renata Tebaldi opera singer (La Bohéme) 1922 Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski professor of Cushtic Languages 1922 Clifford McWatt cricketer (West Indies wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55) 1926 Douglas Johnson historian 1926 Peter Crill Bailiff of Jersey 1926 Stuart Whitman San Francisco CA, actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge) 1927 Galway Kinnell Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares) 1928 Peter Gordon Dorrell archaeologist/photographer 1928 Sam Edwards physicist 1928 Thomas Eric Evans dean (St Paul's) 1928 Tom Lantos (Representative-D-CA, 1981- ) 1928 Ursula Mamlok composer 1930 Peter Tapsell British MP 1931 Boris Yeltsin Ural Mountains USSR, president of Russian SSR 1931 Madeline Berthod Switzerland, downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1956) 1931 Barrel [ABM] Frinking, teacher/Dutch MP (CVP) 1931 Mark Richmond CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council) 1931 Ton [ABM] Frinking Dutch MP (CDA) 1932 John Hart Denver CO, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News) 1932 John Nott British MP 1933 Reynolds Price US writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light) 1934 Bob Shane vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) 1935 Ruth Clarke Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church) 1935 Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2) 1936 G H Blake Principal (Collingwood College, Durham University) 1937 Don Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Brothers-Wake Up Little Susie) 1937 Ray Sawyer [Dr Hook] Alabama, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love) 1937 Garrett Morris New Orleans LA, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash) 1938 Jacky Cupit golfer (Rookie of the Year 1961) 1938 Sherman Hemsley Philadelphia PA, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen) 1938 Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention) 1939 Del McCoury bluegrass singer/musician 1939 Paul E Gillmor (Representative-R-OH) 1939 Ray Sawyer rocker 1940 Herve Filion sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) 1941 Anatoliy Firssov USSR, ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1941 Franco Nones Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1968) 1941 Robert Walmsley British Vice-Admiral 1942 Bibi Besch Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, The Beast Within) 1942 Dave Sincock cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Australia 1964-66) 1942 Terry Jones Colwyn Bay North Wales, actor/comedian (Monty Python) 1943 Tina Sloan New York, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow) 1943 Josceline Dimbleby cookery writer 1943 Lord Mountevans 1944 Leo Burmester Louisville KY, actor (Flo, Chiefs, The Abyss, Odd Jobs) 1944 Tommy Duffy rocker (Echos) 1945 Ole Buck composer 1946 Bert Braverman Los Angeles CA, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple) 1947 Adam Ingram British MP 1947 Terry Hibbitt soccer star 1948 Debbie Austin LPGA golfer 1948 Jennifer Adams superintendent (Central Royal Parks) 1949 Jimmy Lee Thorpe Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open) 1951 Andrew Smith British MP 1951 Brandis Kemp Palo Alto CA, actress/comedienne (Fridays) 1952 Rick James [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak) 1953 Andy Mill skier/husband of Chris Evert 1953 C A Barnett headmaster (Whitgift School) 1954 Mike Campbell guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown) 1954 Billy Mumy California, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte) 1955 Kate Ashbrook General Secretary (Open Spaces Society) 1957 Donna Adamek Duarte CA, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81) 1958 Maureen Madill Coleraine Northern Ireland, golfer (British Open Amateur 1979) 1959 Anthony LaPaglia Adelaide South Australia, actor (Murder One, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding) 1959 Carolyn Hill Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic) 1959 Mike Horan NFL punter (New York Giants) 1959 Wade Wilson NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) 1961 Daniel M Tani Ridley Park MD, astronaut 1961 Gabrielle Carteris Phoenix AZ, actress (Beverly Hills 90210) 1961 Gina Hull Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th) 1964 Jani Lane rocker (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 1964 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel musician 1964 Kaitlin Hopkins New York NY, actress (Kelsey-Another World) 1964 Sharon Bruneau Toronto Ontario, actress (Sensuous Muscle) 1965 Brandon Lee Emerson CO, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo) 1965 Sherilyn Fenn Detroit MI, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks) 1965 David Callaghan cricketer (South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992) 1965 Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess 1966 Donna Edmondson Greensboro NC, playmate of the year (November 1986) 1966 Eddie Zambrano Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs) 1966 Michelle Akers Santa Clara CA, soccer forward (Olympics-96) 1967 Laura E Dern Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk) 1967 Tim Naehring Cincinnati OH, infielder (Boston Red Sox) 1968 George Quigley Jr Cincinnati OH, skeet (Olympics-1996) 1968 Javier Sanchez Spain, tennis star 1968 Kent Mercker Dublin OH, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles) 1968 Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson Memphis TN, (Elvis' daughter) 1968 Mark Recchi Kamloops, NHL right wing (Montréal Canadiens) 1968 Pauly Shore Hollywood, comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man) 1968 Sean Millington CFL fullback (British Columbia Lions) 1969 Bryan Jacob Palatka FL, 59 kg (130 lbs) weightlifter (Olympics-1992, 96) 1969 John Moore Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996) 1970 Eric Mobley NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1970 Malik Sealy NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers) 1971 Ajay Jadeja cricketer (Indian opening batsman) 1971 Derek Byrd NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints) 1971 Robert O'Neal WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) 1971 Tommy Salo Surahammar Sweden, NHL goalie (Team Sweden, New York Islanders) 1972 [Thomas] Carlton Bruner US, 1500 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96) 1972 Brian Krause actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon) 1972 Geoff Sanderson Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers) 1972 Richard Becker Aurora IL, outfielder (Minnesota Twin) 1973 Andrew DeClercq NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics) 1973 Elena Makarova Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val) 1973 Michael Joyce Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA National Boys' 18) 1973 Tlia Reima ice hockey center (Finland, Olympics-98) 1974 Jennifer Lien actress (Hannah Moore-Another World) 1974 Lisa Marie Scott Pensacola FL, playmate (February 1994) 1974 Randy Josselyn Los Angeles CA, actor (Fever Lake, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure) 1974 Walter McCarty NBA forward (Boston Celtics) 1975 Martijn Reuser Dutch soccer player (Ajax) 1980 Courtney Hamilton Miss Arizona Teen-USA (1996)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 31, 2005 12:23:44 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 31
1517 Gioseffo Zarlino composer 1573 Ambrosius Metzger composer 1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer 1601 Pieter de Bloot Dutch landscape painter 1607 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby 1612 Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia 1614 Nicolas Saboly composer 1620 Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief 1623 François-Xavier de Laval Montmorency, consecrated the first bishop of Québec Canada in 1674 1633 Nathaniel Crew English bishop (Durham) 1734 Robert Morris merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) 1734 Julien-Amable Mathieu composer 1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel East Prussian author/mayor of Köningsberg 1750 Gerrit J Pijman Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06) 1759 François Devienne composer 1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat Austrian premier of Bohemia (1848) 1784 Carl Wilhelm Henning composer 1787 Louis Angely Germany, comedy writer (Sieben Mädchen in Uniform) 1797 Franz Peter Schubert Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony) 1798 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger composer 1802 Jan C J van Speijk Dutch naval hero 1804 József Bajza Hungarian author/poet/critic 1810 Daniel Ruggles Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 1812 John Randolph Tucker Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883 1813 Samuel Sarphati Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist 1817 Antony Winkler Prins Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) 1818 William Raine Peck Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1871 1830 James Gillespie Blaine West Brownsville PA, (Representative-R-ME 1863-76/Senator-R-ME 1876-81/Secretary of State 1889-92) 1836 Henryk Szulc composer 1863 F Henri Berz French existentialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis) 1866 Emil Strauss Germany, writer (Naked Man) 1866 Henry Forster cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89, later Australian Governor-General) 1868 Theodore William Richards chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914) 1869 Henry graaf Carton de Wiart Belgian literary/premier (1920-21) 1872 Zane Grey American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage, Spirit of the Border) 1877 Max Ettlinger German philosopher 1878 Willem J M van Eysinga Dutch international law jurist 1881 Irving Langmuir physical chemist/colloid researcher/inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932) 1881 Joseph A Cushman US, palaentologist/foraminiferologist 1882 Anna Pavlova St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1882 Josephus RH van Schaik Dutch lawyer/vice-premier 1884 Nicholas Joy Paris France, actor (Boss Lady) 1886 Alfonso Lopez Colombia, statesman (President UN security council-1948) 1889 F R Foster cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for England) 1890 Adolf Bach German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde) 1891 Max Drischner composer 1892 Eddie Cantor New York City NY, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater) 1893 Freya Stark English explorist/author 1894 Percy Helton NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) 19-- David Mason Daniels actor (Tyler-Capitol) 1901 Blaz Arnic composer 1901 Marie Luise Kaschnitz writer 1902 Alva Myrdal Uppsala Sweden, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize-1982) 1902 Julian H Steward US anthropologist/professor 1902 Jean C M Picart le Doux France, carpet designer 1903 Gardner Cowles Iowa, publisher/founder (Look Magazine) 1903 Tallulah Bankhead Huntsville AL, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling) 1904 E van Ruller Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder (Trouw) 1904 Léon N H Jungschläger head of military intelligence (Netherlands-Indies) 1905 John Henry O'Hara Pottsville PA, novelist (Butterfield 8, Pal Joey, Appointment at Samarra) 1905 Anna Blaman [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer (Wife & Friend) 1905 Charles de Trooz Belgian literary (Le Magister et Ses Maîtres) 1906 R W Bonham founder (International Braille Chess Association) 1906 Benjamin Frankel composer 1908 René Simone Mathieu France, doubles tennis star (Wimbledon 1934) 1909 Foley Newns British colonial administrator 1909 Miron Grindea literary editor 1910 Herbert Ashworth CEO (Nationwide Building Society) 1911 A G Ogston president (Trinity College-Oxford) 1911 Christina Foyle book seller 1913 Don Hutson NFL end (Packers) 1913 Wayne Millner NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins) 1913 Hector Iglesias Villoud composer 1914 Carey Lofton Blountsville FL, actor (Skinner-Troubleshooters) 1914 Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52) 1914 Louis Osman architect/artist/goldsmith 1915 Bobby Hackett Providence RI, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57) 1915 Thomas Merton France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist (7 Storey Mt) 1915 Garry Moore [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Baltimore MD, TV host (Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret) 1915 John Profumo president (Toynbee Hall) 1915 William Crosbie artist 1916 Ciro D Crown premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69) 1916 Frank A Parker tennis champ (US Open-1944) 1916 Violet Cane statistician 1917 Erich Geiringer General practitioner campaigner 1917 Jose Maceda composer 1919 Jackie Robinson Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers) 1919 Lord Lowry 1920 Patrick Heron painter 1920 Robert Hersant press baron 1920 Stewart L Udall St Johns AZ, US Secretary of Interior (1961-69) 1921 Carol Channing Seattle WA, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly) 1921 John Agar Chicago IL, actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima) 1921 Mario Lanza Philadelphia PA, actor/singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans) 1922 William Sylvester Oakland CA, actor (2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man) 1922 Michael Wilford diplomat 1923 Joanne Dru Logan WV, actress (Guestward Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon) 1923 Eddie Ryder New York City NY, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital) 1923 Norman Mailer New Jersey, New York City NY mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked & the Dead) 1924 Robert Gatehouse former High Court judge 1924 Tengiz Abuladze filmmaker 1925 Benjamin Hooks civil rights leader 1925 Charles Aidman Frankfort IN, narrator (New Twilight Zone) 1925 Fred Catherwood MP 1926 Jean Simmons London England, actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls) 1926 Prunella Briance founder (National Childbirth Trust) 1928 Chuck Willis rock vocalist (C C Rider) 1928 Eric Ash rector (Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine) 1928 Richard Buckley royal equerry 1928 Robert Clatworthy sculptor 1929 Rudolf Mossbauer Germany, physicist (Nobel 1961) 1930 Lynn Carlin Los Angeles CA, actress (Joan Hunter-James at 15) 1931 Ernie "Mr Cubs" Banks Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer (1st baseman) 1931 Bill Watson cricketer (New South Wales & Australian opening batsman mid-50s) 1931 Christopher Chataway British MP/athlete (world record 5k) 1931 Jean Burroughs educationalist 1931 Nicholas Gordon Lennox diplomat 1932 Pieter Brattinga Dutch graphic artist 1932 Rick Hall country/R&B singer 1933 Joseph D Early (Representative-D-MA, 1975- ) 1933 Walter Paulis mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP (CDA) 1934 James Franciscus Clayton MO, actor (Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter) 1934 Brian Bolus cricketer (England opening batsman early 60's) 1934 Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist 1935 Oe Kenzaburo Japanese novelist (The Catch, A Personal Matter) 1935 Bojidar Dimov composer 1936 Marvin Junior singer (Dells-Oh What a Night) 1937 Philip Glass Baltimore MD, composer (Einstein on the Beach) 1937 Steve Karmen Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You) 1937 Suzanne Pleshette New York City NY, actress (The Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show) 1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard queen of Netherlands (1980- ) 1938 James G Watt Colorado, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83) 1938 Ajip Rosidi Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta) 1940 Jessica Walter Brooklyn NY, actress (Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss) 1940 Stuart Margolin Davenport IA, actor (Love American Style) 1941 George S Mickelson (Governor-SD) 1941 Richard A Gephardt (Representative-D-MO, 1977- ) 1941 Sharon Miller LPGA golfer 1942 Derek Jarman actor/director (Angelic Conversation, Edward II) 1942 Gerald Chamberlain jazz musician 1944 Anton Korteweg Dutch poet (For the Good Order) 1944 Charley Musselwhite blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog) 1944 Eugene Terre Blanche South African leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 1944 John Inverarity cricketer (Australian batsman 1968-72) 1945 Noah Creshevsky composer 1946 Glynn Turman New York City NY, actor (Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial) 1946 Jonathan Banks Washington DC, actor (Armed & Dangerous, Cold Steel) 1946 Terry Kath rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) 1946 Subroto Guha cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69) 1947 Jim Nollman composer 1947 Nolan Ryan pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks) 1949 Carol Hawkins actress (Dialing for Dingbats) 1951 Harry Casey [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It) 1951 Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds) 1951 Phil Manzanera rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together) 1951 Presiley Baxendale British QC 1952 Rosanne Musgrave headmistress (Blackheath HS) 1953 Aart Mol Dutch bassist (Catapult) 1954 Adrian Vandenberg Amsterdam Netherlands, rock guitarist (Whitesnake) 1954 Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus cricketer (West Indian bat late 70's) 1955 Virginia Ruzici Romania, tennis star 1956 Johnny Rotten [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) 1956 Lloyd Cole rocker 1956 Trevor A Manuel South African UDF/ANC-leader 1957 Brett "the Hitman" Hart Alberta Canada, WWF champion 1957 Shirley F Babashoff California, swimmer (Olympics-6 silver/2 gold-72, 76) 1958 Rafael Santana shortstop (New York Mets, New York Yankees) 1958 Tom Schuman pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1959 Anthony LaPaglia actor (Murder One) 1959 Kelly Lynch actress (Drugstore Cowboy) 1960 Elaine Roque Santa Monica CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96) 1961 Lloyd Cole guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes) 1963 Scott Ian Rosenfeld Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax-Protest & Survive) 1963 John Dye Amory MA, actor (Andrew-Touched by an Angel) 1964 Oto Hascak hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998) 1964 Remi Bouchard Lasalle Québec Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 India Open) 1964 Sharon Cain San Antonio TX, team handball center back (Olympics-1996) 1965 Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian Fairfield CT, Miss Connecticut-America (1990) 1965 Adam Johnson Portland OR, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96) 1965 Bobby Dollas Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1965 Kim Clarke Tulsa OK, team handball back court (Olympics-88, 92, 96) 1965 René Trost Dutch soccer player (Roda JC) 1966 Al Jaworsky [Alan Doughty], pop bassist (Jesus Jones) 1966 Charles Dimry NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles) 1966 Jamie Taras CFL guard (British Columbia Lions) 1968 Doug Pederson NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI) 1968 Michael Sinclair NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) 1968 Steve Phoenix US baseball pitcher (Oakland Athletics) 1969 Mathew Pallister Sydney New South Wales Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1970 Greg Skrepenak NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers) 1970 Rachel Jean Marteen Atlanta GA, playmate (August 1995) 1970 Travis Hannah NFL/WLAF receiver (Houston Oilers, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1971 Brandi Sherwood Miss Idaho-USA (1997, 2nd, succeeded Brook Lee) 1971 Corey Holliday NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1971 Minnie Driver actress (Good Will Hunting) 1972 Ben Cavil guard (Baltimore Ravens) 1972 Fritz Fequiere WLAF guard (Barcelona Dragons, London Monarchs) 1972 Marvin Coleman CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders) 1972 Pulu Poumele guard (San Diego Chargers) 1972 Reinier Robbemond Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90) 1973 Latario Rachal WLAF/NFL receiver (Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers) 1974 Bob Mulder soccer player (Appingedam, FC Groningen) 1974 Lorenzo Styles NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1974 Othella Harrington NBA forward (Houston Rockets) 1974 Pavi Sald ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics-98) 1974 Tory Toogood Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1975 Kenard Lang defensive end (Washington Redskins) 1977 Naomi Darrell Miss Bermuda-Universe (1997) 1985 Andrew Giuliani son of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 30, 2005 4:37:15 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 30
1563 Franciscus Gomarus [François Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer 1566 Alessandro Piccinini composer 1609 Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austrian chancellor (-1674) 1616 William Sancroft Archbishop (Canterbury) 1624 Arnold Geulincx South Netherlands, philosopher (About Virtue) 1628 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham England 1647 Konrad Hoffler composer 1687 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann German architect, baptized 1694 Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer 1697 Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer 1708 Georg D Ehret German/English cartoonist 1710 Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer 1719 Magnus G Lichtwer German writer (Äsopischer Fabeln) 1724 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger composer 1752 Joseph Matthias Kracher composer 1756 Josef Preindl composer 1760 Franz Xaver Partsch composer 1775 Walter Savage Landor Warwick England, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation) 1781 Adelbert von Chamisso writer 1789 George Augustus Kollmann composer 1797 Edwin Vose Sumner Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1814 Jean-Baptist Capronnier French/Belgian glass painter 1816 Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 1822 John Basil Turchin [Ivan Turchinoff], Brigadier General (Union volunteers) 1829 Alfred Cummings Georgia, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 1834 Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker/politician 1835 Oliver Edwards Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 1841 Alfred Townsend George Civil War journalist, died in 1914 1844 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing German General/Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17) 1846 Francis H Bradley British philosopher (neo-idealism) 1853 Leland Hone cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience) 1861 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler Mulhouse Alsace, composer 1862 Walter Johannes Damrosch composer 1865 Samuel Pl'h Naber Dutch rear-Admiral/librarian 1866 Gelett Burgess author (Purple Cow) 1871 Seymour Hicks St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge) 1871 Wilfred Lucas actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford) 1873 Rose Melville actress (Sis) 1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt New Hyde Park NY, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945) 1885 John Henry Towers aviator/naval hero 1892 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel composer 1892 Grigore Gafencu Roman minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39) 1894 Boris III tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43) 1894 Marcel Canneel Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet) 1898 Alfred Schläppi Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924) 1899 Max Theiler English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951) 19-- Randy Brooks Bronx, actor (Rituals, Renegades, Brothers & Sisters) 1900 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky composer 1900 Martita Hunt Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket) 1900 Sandy Powell Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy) 1901 Earl of Huntingdon mural painter 1901 H E Nossak writer 1902 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner England, art historian (The Buildings of England) 1902 Elise Cavanna actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop) 1903 G Evelyn Hutchinson British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology) 1906 Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill) 1909 Saul David Alinsky Chicago IL, radical writer (John L Lewis) 1909 Mihaly Hajou composer 1909 Richard Hearne Norwich England, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower) 1910 Frans Dohmen union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union) 1911 Hugh Marlowe Philadelphia PA, actor (Ellery Queen) 1911 Roy Eldridge Pittsburgh PA, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw) 1911 Alexander George Ogston biochemist 1912 Barbara Tuchman US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August) 1912 Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1932) 1913 Dicky Fuller cricketer (one Test West Indies vs England 1935, 1, 0-12) 1913 Percy Thrower English radio host 1914 David Wayne Traverse City MI, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib) 1914 John Ireland Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral) 1914 Louis Osman artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman 1915 Dorothy Dell actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel) 1915 John D Profumo England, politician (C) 1915 Pierre Wissmer Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno) 1918 David Opatoshu New York City NY, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada) 1918 Jarl André Bjerke [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer 1919 Robert Suter composer 1920 George Skibine Russian/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona) 1920 Patrick Heron abstract painter 1921 Bernie Leighton West Haven CT, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime) 1922 Dick Martin Detroit MI, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy) 1922 Pal Jardanyi composer 1924 Shirley Chisholm (Representative-D-NY) 1924 Margaret Beda Nicholson author (No Medals for the Major) 1925 Dorothy Malone Chicago IL, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place) 1926 Ruth Brown Portsmouth VA, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In) 1927 Olof Palme Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated 1928 Andrew Salkey author editor/broadcaster 1928 Harold Prince US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita, Phantom of Opera) 1928 Mitch Leigh composer 1929 Hugh Tayfield cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60) 1929 Viscount Long 1930 Magnus Adem Malan South African minister of Defense (1980- ) 1931 Gene Hackman California, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman) 1931 Jack Bowman Chief Constable (Tayside) 1931 Shirley Hazzard Australian author (Transit of Venus) 1931 Stewart B McKinney (Representative-R-CT, 1971- ) 1932 Kazuo Inamori Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co) 1933 Louis Rukeyser financial whiz (Wall Street Week, Channel 13) 1933 Richard Dufallo Chicago IL, clarinetist/conductor 1933 Bob Muddimer CEO (Ranks Hovis McDougall) 1934 Tammy Grimes Lynn MA, actress (Can't Stop the Music) 1935 John George Hughes bishop of Kensington 1935 Martin Taylor former vice-chairman, Hanson 1935 Richard Brautigan Tacoma WA, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...) 1937 Boris Spassky USSR, world chess champion (1969-72) 1937 Vanessa Redgrave London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express) 1938 Marcel P A van Dam Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV) 1938 Marlies van Alcmaer [Smal], Dutch actress/director (Bridge too Far) 1939 Eleanor Smeal feminist/president (NOW) 1939 Frank R Wolf (Representative-R-VA, 1981- ) 1939 Nick Gaselee racehorse trainer 1940 David Johnson composer 1941 Dick Cheney (Representative-R-WY/George Bush's secretary of defense 1989-93/Vice President 2001- ) 1941 Joe Terranoua rocker (Danny & The Juniors) 1942 Marty Balin Cincinnati OH, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles) 1942 Andres [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres) 1942 Christopher Howes Crown Estate Second Commissioner 1942 Dave Brown cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England) 1942 Heidi Brühl German actress/singer (Mädels vom Immenhof) 1943 Davy Johnson baseball manager (New York Mets) 1943 Sandy Deane rocker 1944 John Thornton English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire 1944 Lord Westwood 1944 Lynn Harrell New York City NY, cellist 1945 Michael Dorris writer 1945 Robert Wittinger composer 1946 Lord Mackay of Drumadoon British QC 1947 Steve Marriott rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces) 1947 Martin Christoph Redel composer 1948 Earl of Huntingdon 1948 Nicholas Broomfield director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss) 1949 William King Alabama, soul trumpeteer (Commodores-Easy) 1950 Bruce Howard Lidington actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses) 1950 Ralph Wilcox Milwaukee WI, actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose) 1950 Silvia Bertolaccini LPGA golfer 1951 Marv Ross rocker (Quarterflash) 1951 Bobby Stokes footballer 1951 Charles S Dutton Baltimore MD, actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc) 1951 Clifford Leon Anderson rocker (Cure) 1951 Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds) 1951 Trevor Laughlin cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79) 1954 Alides Hidding singer/guitarist (Time Bandits) 1955 Curtis Strange Norfolk VA, PGA golfer (1989 US Open) 1955 Judith Tarr US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica) 1955 Michael Thompson guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd) 1957 William Payne Stewart Springfield MO, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney) 1958 Brett Butler Montgomery AL, comedienne (Grace-Grace Under Fire) 1958 Rob van Zandvoort Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts) 1959 Jody Watley Chicago IL, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love) 1960 Tony O'Dell Pasadena CA, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class) 1961 Ranjit Madurasinghe cricketer (3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92) 1964 Cheryl Akemi Toma Pearl City HI, Miss Hawaii-America (1990) 1965 Julie McCullough Honolulu HI, playmate (Feb 86)/actress (Growing Pains) 1966 Daphne Ashbrook Long Beach CA, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor) 1966 Danielle Goyette ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98) 1967 Bill Leverty Richmond VA, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) 1968 Bob Nardella hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998) 1968 Felipe de Borbon Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne 1970 Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen) 1970 Hans Spark soccer player (RKC) 1970 Oleg Khmyl NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1970 Scott Levins Spokane, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators) 1971 Brent Moss WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) 1971 Chris Slade NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots) 1971 Derek Allen NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (New York Giants, Rhein Fire) 1971 Kevin Knox WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire) 1971 Kimo Von Oelhoffen NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals) 1971 Milko Pieren Dutch soccer player (Sparta) 1971 Quentin Neujahr NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns) 1971 Takeshi Yamanaka hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) 1971 Trent Klatt Robbinsdale, NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers) 1972 Burt Thornton CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1972 Chris Simon Wawa, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche) 1972 Jill McGill Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-2nd) 1973 Brad Yamaoka CFL running back (BC Lions) 1973 Holly Noelle Roehl Miss Indiana-USA (1996) 1973 Jalen Rose NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1973 Jimmy Oliver NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers) 1973 Sharone Wright NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors) 1974 Christian Bale Wales, actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women) 1974 Martina Jerant Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96) 1974 Robert Rollins cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman) 1976 Florian Keller Munchen Germany, hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim) 1978 Lnd Girchoukevitch NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1979 Diva Zappa daughter of Frank 1979 Karen Smith Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-96)
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Message Posted: Jan 29, 2005 2:28:50 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 29
1584 Frederik Hendrik count of Nassau/Prince of Orange 1688 Emanuel Swedenborg Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) 1689 Hubert K Poot Dutch poet 1700 Daniel Bernoulli Basel Switzerland, mathematician (10 time French award) 1703 Carlmann Kolb composer 1711 Giuseppe Bonno composer 1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court)composer/pianist 1717 Jeffrey Amherst English Governor-General of America/field marshal 1737 Thomas Paine political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) 1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Republican/Governor-VA)/General/cavalryman 1761 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin Switzerland, US minister of Finance (1801-14) 1763 J G Seume writer 1782 Daniel-François-Esprit Auber French opera composer (Fra Diavolo) 1782 Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski composer 1783 Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) 1784 Ferdinand Ries composer 1798 Henry Neele London, poet 1801 Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis) 1803 James Outram Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, General 1810 Earnest E Kummer German mathematician 1821 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1823 Franklin Gardner Major-General (Civil War-fought at Shiloh & Port Hudson) 1824 Karl von Perfall composer 1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 1836 James Meech Warner Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 1843 William McKinley Niles OH, (R) 25th President (1897-1901) 1850 Lawrence Hargrave inventor (box kite) 1850 Ebenezer Howard London, pioneer of garden cities 1852 Frederick Hymen Cowen composer 1852 Ion Luca Caragiale Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) 1854 Willem PC Knuttel Dutch bibliographer/librarian 1860 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard) 1862 Frederick Delius Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) 1864 Adolf Philipp composer 1866 Romain Rolland France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915) 1867 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) 1869 Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer 1871 Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco composer 1873 Luigi A duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias) 1874 John David Rockefeller Jr Cleveland OH, philanthropist 1874 Robert Lach composer 1876 Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen composer 1876 Havergal Brian Dresden Staffordshire, composer 1878 Barney Oldfield Ohio, daredevil 1880 W C Fields [William Claude Dukenfield] Philadelphia PA, "on the whole, he'd rather be in Philadelphia"/actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick) 1884 Juhan Aavic composer 1887 Albert Conti Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion) 1889 Francisco Santiago composer 1889 Rudolf Mauersberger composer 1890 Marguerite Canal composer 1891 R N Williams II tennis champ (US Open-1914) 1892 Clifford Gray US, bobsled (Olympics-gold-1928) 1893 Edric Cundell composer 1893 Martian Negrea composer 1896 Teddy Hoad cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman) 1898 Fernand Quinet Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre) 1898 Karl Bjarnhof Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha) 19-- Niclas Sigevall rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride) 1900 Marco Tajcevic composer 1900 Willem F K Hussem Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea) 1901 Allen B DuMont inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube) 1903 Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist 1905 Barnett Newmann US painter (postpainterly abstraction) 1906 Franciscus Hin Holland, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920) 1906 Joe Primeau NHL center 1908 Adam Clayton Powell (Representative-D-NY, 1945-70) 1909 Alan Marshal Sydney Australia, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia) 1909 Tonypandy Viscount 1910 Henri Queffélec French writer (Au bout du monde) 1910 Paul Hodder-Williams publisher 1911 Bernard Herrmann New York City NY, composes film music 1911 George Burns British Major-General 1912 Professor Irwin Corey Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc) 1912 Jacob "Jaap" Balk journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon) 1913 Victor Mature Louisville KY, actor (One Million BC, The Robe, Samson & Delilah) 1915 Frederic Ramsey Jr folklorist/author 1915 Halfdan Rasmussen Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven) 1916 Barbara Skelton writer 1917 John Raitt Santa Ana CA, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game) 1918 John Forsythe New Jersey, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty) 1918 William Rigney baseball manager (San Francisco Giants) 1919 Norman F Simpson British playwright (One Way Pendulum) 1920 Alec Coppen psychiatrist 1923 Paddy Chayevsky [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital) 1924 Luigi Nono Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations) 1924 Brian Trubshaw British test pilot 1924 Gregson Lord 1925 Anthony George Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate) 1925 Lane of Horsell Lord 1925 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet) radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting) 1926 Abdus Salam theoretical physicist 1926 Bob Berry cricketer (England slow lefty 1950) 1927 Edward Abbey US author (Desert Solitaire) 1928 Bengt Hambraeus composer 1928 Marinus Peijnenburg Dutch politician 1928 Peter Byrne actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby) 1929 William McMillan US, rapid pistol (Olympics-gold-1960) 1929 Elio Petri Italy, director (Property is no theft) 1930 John Junkin actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night) 1931 Leslie Bricuse English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off) 1932 Clyde Lord 1932 Raman Subba Row CEO (Test/County Cricket Board) 1933 A C Alston bibliographer 1933 Margaret Laird Commissioner (Third Church Estates) 1934 Paul Gutama Soegijo composer 1936 Noel Harrison actor (Girl From UNCLE) 1936 Malcolm Binns concert pianist 1937 Bobby Scott jazz singer 1938 Bill Christian US, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1960) 1939 Germaine Greer Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunuch) 1939 O P Kolomitsev cosmonaut 1942 Arnaldo Mendez Cuba, 1st Cuban in space (Soyuz 38) 1942 Claudine Longet France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer 1942 Katharine Ross Hollywood CA, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys) 1942 Robin Morgan Lake Worth FL, actress (Dagmar-Mama) 1942 Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38) 1942 F R Hartley Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University) 1942 Richard Needham British MP 1943 Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard Abbot of Downside 1943 Timothy Andrew James Souster composer 1944 Barbara Moore Wardell MO, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE) 1944 Hans Plomp Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland) 1945 Donna Marie Caponi Young Detroit MI, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70) 1945 Tom Selleck Detroit MI, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI) 1945 James Nicholson British MP 1947 David Byron vocalist (Uriah Heep) 1947 Israel Wetrin managing director (Elonex) 1947 Michael Mavor Head Master (Rugby School) 1948 Bill Kirchen singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) 1948 Felice Taylor R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On) 1948 Marc Singer Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas) 1950 Ann Jillian Cambridge MA, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here) 1950 Jody Schecter South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979) 1951 Andy Roberts cricketer (brilliant West Indies quickie with 202 wickets 74-84) 1951 Earl Howe England, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 1952 Tommy Ramone [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones-Rock & Roll High School) 1953 Dalila di Lazzaro Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue) 1954 Alejandro Casañas Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympics-silver-1976, 80) 1954 Dick Manitoba vocalist (Dictators) 1954 Oprah Winfrey Kosciusko MI, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah) 1955 John Tate US, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1968) 1957 Irlene Mandrell Corpus Christi TX, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) 1957 Jac Bico Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine) 1958 Judy Norton-Taylor Santa Monica CA, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons) 1958 Ole Mortensen cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark) 1959 Paul McGann actor (Dr Who) 1960 Cho-Liang Lin Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize) 1960 Eddie Jackson bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence, The Warning) 1960 Gregory Efthimos Louganis San Diego CA, champion diver (Olympics-gold-1984, 88) 1960 Matthew Ashford Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives) 1960 Sean Kerly hockey player 1960 Steve Sax 2nd baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox) 1961 Mike Aldrete US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees) 1962 Nicholas Turturro Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue) 1963 Michelle Bell Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ) 1964 Roddy Frame rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray) 1964 Andre Reed NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills) 1964 John Gallagher rugby league player 1964 John Habyan US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1965 Dominik Hasek Pardubice Czechoslovakia, NHL goalie (Czech Olympics-Gold-98, Buffalo) 1965 Peter Lundgren Sweden, tennis star 1965 Tim Johnson NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins) 1967 David Pitcher CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1967 Khalid Skah Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner 1967 Sean Burke Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers) 1967 Stacey King NBA forward/center (Miami Heat) 1968 Aeneas Williams NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals) 1968 Chris Pringle (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990) 1968 Ed Burns director/actor (Brothers McMullen) 1968 Harold Green NFL running back (Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons) 1968 John Hudson NFL center/guard (New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles) 1968 Kevin Roberson US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs) 1969 Flora Perfetti Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA) 1969 Karen Fonteyne Calgary Alberta, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-silver-96) 1969 Robert Young NFL player (St Louis Rams) 1970 Eric Gouka cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup) 1970 Heather Graham Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown) 1970 Scott Davis guard (Atlanta Falcons) 1971 Chris Vargas CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1971 Jamal Fountaine NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons) 1972 Hessley Hempstead NFL guard (Detroit Lions) 1972 Scott Davis Great Falls MT, figure skater (Olympics-1994) 1972 Simon Cook cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined New South Wales 1995-96) 1973 Darnell Stephens NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1973 Jason Schmidt Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1973 Scott Milanovich quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1974 David LaFleur tight end (Dallas Cowboys) 1974 Jeff Mitchell corner (Baltimore Ravens) 1974 Kris Burley Truro Nova Scotia, gymnast (Olympics-96) 1974 Pat Walsh WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs) 1975 Hendrik Dreekmann Germany, tennis star 1975 Kelly Packard Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams) 1975 Lorraine Magwenzi Miss Zimbabwe-Universe (1997) 1975 Maarten Kerkhof soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap) 1975 Sara Gilbert Santa Monica CA, actress (Darlene-Roseanne, Poison Ivy) 1976 Ilmira Shamsutdinova Miss Russia-Universe/best costume (1996) 1977 Martin Hohenberger hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) 1979 Andrew Keegan actor (Step by Step, Party of Five) 1980 Jason James Richter Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
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Message Posted: Jan 28, 2005 1:19:39 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 28 1457 Henry VII Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) 1578 Cornelis Haga Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) 1582 John Barclay Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon, Argenis) 1600 Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) 1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli Naples Italy, mathematician/astronomer/physiologist 1611 Johannes Hevelius Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) 1627 Alfonso Marsh composer 1645 Gottfried Vopelius composer 1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard Dutch portrait painter 1691 Johann Balthasar Konig composer 1693 Anna "Ivanovna" tsarina of Russia (1730-40) 1693 Gregor Joseph Werner composer 1702 Hermanus Noordkerk Dutch lawyer 1706 John Baskerville English printer (typeface inventor) 1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) 1717 Mustapha III Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) 1722 Johann Ernst Bach composer 1756 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer 1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni composer 1768 Frederick VI Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) 1784 George HG Earl of Aberdeen English Secretary of State 1791 Louis-J-Ferdinand Hérold France, opera composer (Zampa) 1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 1818 George Sewall Boutwell MC (Union), died in 1905 1822 Alexander MacKenzie (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) 1825 George Edward Pickett Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 1828 Michel Abeloos Flemish sculptor 1828 Thomas Carmichael Hindman Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1868 1831 Henry Brevard Davidson Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 1832 Franz Wullner composer 1833 Charles George Gordon London England, military hero/general (China, Khartoum) 1840 Édouard Vaillant French socialist politician/communard 1841 Henry Stanley England, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) 1841 Viktor Ernst Nessler composer 1853 José Martí y Perez Cuba, poet/essayist/politician 1855 William Seward Burroughs New York, inventor (recording adding machine) 1865 Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg 1st President of Finland (1919-25) 1868 Frederick Archibald Lamond composer 1868 Julian Aguirre composer 1869 Ozaki Kôyô Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart) 1873 "Sidonie Gabrielle" Colette Burgundy France, novelist (Cheri, Gigi) 1873 M A Noble cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century) 1874 Ernst Rabel Austrian/US law historian (Grundzüge) 1875 Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo composer 1878 Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski] German composer (Der Juxbaron) 1880 Herbert Strudwick cricketer (England wicket-keeper before & after WWI) 1880 Mary Boland Philadelphia PA, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap) 1884 Auguste Piccard Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist) 1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja France, astronomer (chromosphere of sun) 1886 Artur Rubinstein Lódz Poland, pianist 1887 Lily Theresa Strickland composer 1891 Camille Melloy [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis) 1891 Karel Boleslav Jirak composer 1892 Ernst Lubitsch Germany, actor (Love Parade) 1893 Elliot Griffis composer 1897 Valentin Katayev Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled) 1898 Vittorio Rieti composer 1898 Wies Moens Flemish writer/nazi 1899 Zilner T Randolph jazz trumpeter/arranger 1900 Anni Holdmann Germany, 100m runner (Olympics-1928) 1900 Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke] publisher (History of Ecuador) 1900 Hermann Kesten German writer (Allert de Lange) 1900 Michael Dewar Head composer 1903 Dame Kathleen Lonsdale crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society) 1905 Gaston Rébry Flemish cyclist 1906 Allan Walker actor/writer (Red Buttons Show) 1906 Harry van Kruiningen [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist 1906 Henry Foley cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930) 1907 Constantin Regamey composer 1908 Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear) 1909 Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb British diver (WWII-George Medal) 1910 Arnold Moss Brooklyn NY, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Québec, Viva Zapata) 1910 John Banner Vienna Austria, actor (Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes) 1912 Jackson Pollock Cody WY, abstract artist (Lavender Mist) 1912 William "Bill" Henson English diplomat (Prague 1939) 1913 Jan Masseus composer 1913 Oliver Chesterton chartered surveyor 1916 Peter Crossley-Holland composer 1918 Vito Scotti San Francisco CA, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park) 1918 Wilson Ferreira Aldunate Uruguayan politician/human rights worker 1918 Harry M Corbett Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People) 1918 Suzanne Flon Paris France, actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge) 1918 Trevor Skeet British MP 1920 James Whyte Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) 1921 Alfred Marks actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again) 1922 Robert W Holley US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68) 1924 Frank R Lautenberg (Senator-D-NJ) 1925 Henry Harris British professor of medicine 1927 Anthony Garner director (Conservative Central Office) 1927 J D Hughes Principal (Ruskin College-Oxford) 1927 James Callaghan British MP 1927 Ronnie Scott jazz musician/club-owner 1928 Martin Sinnatt Major-General/Secretary (Kennel Club) 1928 MG Falcon CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group) 1928 Slade Gorton (Senator-R-WA, 1981- ) 1929 Acker Bilk clarinetist (Stranger on the Shore) 1929 Claes Oldenburg Stockholm Sweden, US pop artist (Happenings, Alphabet/Good Humor) 1929 Richard Clement Charles Thomas rugby international/journalist 1930 David Morris British MEP 1930 Luis de Pablo composer 1931 Timothy Kitson former MP 1932 David Thompson CEO (Gestetner Holdings) 1932 Thomas J Bliley Jr (Representative-R-VA, 1981- ) 1932 W Parry O'Brien California, shot putter (Olympics-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64) 1932 Windlesham Lord 1933 Sacha Distel Paris France, French singer 1933 Susan Sontag New York City NY, essayist/novelist/film director (The Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award) 1934 B R White principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford) 1934 Bill White US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/president (NL) 1935 David John Lodge English writer (Soul & Bodies) 1935 Leonid Grabovsky composer 1935 Manuel dos Santos Lima Angolian revolutionary/poet (Pele do Diabo) 1935 Nicholas Pryor actor (Beverly Hills 90210) 1936 Alan Alda [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], New York City NY, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*AS*H) 1936 Bill Jordan British trade unionist 1936 Enid Castle principal (Cheltenham Ladies' College) 1936 Jack Scott vocalist (My True Love) 1936 Robert Suderburg composer 1937 Ken Hill playwright/director 1939 John M Fabian Goosecreek TX, Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G) 1941 Joel Crothers Cincinnati OH, actor (Dr Miles Cavanaugh-Edge of Night, Dark Shadows) 1942 Hansdjürgen Bäumler Germany, pairs ice skater (Olympics-silver-1968) 1943 Dick Taylor rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry to Me) 1943 John Beck Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara) 1943 Susan Howard Marshall TX, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli) 1943 Jean Knight rocker 1944 Martin Fried rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball) 1944 Arnold Mühren Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home) 1944 Brian Keenan New York City NY, rock drummer (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today) 1944 James Cran British MP 1944 John Edmonds British trade unionist 1944 John Tavener composer (The Whale) 1945 Nick Raynsford British MP 1946 Renne Jarrett Brooklyn NY, actress (Nancy) 1946 Rick Allen Arkansas, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter) 1947 MJ Ainsworth CEO (Institute of Chartered Secretaries) 1947 Valerie Bragg principal (City Technology College-Kingshurst) 1948 Gareth Roscoe legal adviser (BBC) 1948 Mamoru Mohri Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut (STS 47) 1949 Thomas J Downey (Representative-D-NY, 1975- ) 1950 Barbi Benton [Klein], California, Playboy model/actress (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!) 1950 David Carl Hilmer Iowa, Colonel USMC/astronaut (STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42) 1950 Glyn Ford British MEP 1951 Gordon Prentice British MP 1951 Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut (STS 87) 1951 Susan Buckner Seattle WA, actress (George-Hardy Boys) 1951 William Nelson Jr US bassist (Connections & Disconnections) 1953 Debbie Steinbach LPGA golfer 1953 Michael Day rocker 1954 Anicee Alvina Paris France, actress (Friends) 1954 Shawn Murray rock drummer (Mink Deville) 1956 Peter Schilling Stuttgart Germany, rocker (Major Tom-Coming Home) 1957 Harley Jane Kozak actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness) 1957 Nick Price Durban South Africa, PGA golfer (1991 Byron Nelson Classic) 1959 Dave Sharp rock guitarist (Alarm-In the Summertime) 1960 John Caliri Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble) 1961 Luann L Lee Santa Monica CA, playmate (Jan, 1987) 1962 Keith Hamilton Cobb Tarrytown NY, actor (Noah Keefer-All My Children) 1962 Michael Cage NBA forward/center (Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets) 1962 Sam Phillips singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance) 1963 Danny Spitz heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive) 1963 Colleen Harp Washington DC, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1994) 1963 Denise Beillmann Switzerland, figure skater (Olympics-4th-1980) 1964 Dwight Stone NFL receiver/running back (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1964 Emlyn Aubrey PGA golfer (1995 Nestles-25th) 1966 Jeff Uhlenhake NFL center (New Orleans Saints, Washington Redskins) 1966 Michal Pivonka Kladno Czechoslovakia, NHL center (Washington Capitals) 1967 Peter Hofstede Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht) 1967 Tom Hodson NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints) 1968 Henry Hering Pointe-Claire Québec Canada, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96) 1968 Marnie McBean Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96) 1968 Sarah McLachlan folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy) 1969 Giorgio Lamberti Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m) 1969 John Veenhof Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen) 1970 Barry Minter NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears) 1970 Donald Tardy US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death) 1970 James Atkins NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks) 1970 Mike Chalenski NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles) 1972 Carey Bender NFL running back (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Elena Baranova WNBA center (Utah Starzz) 1972 Frank Garcia NFL center (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers) 1973 Bronwyn Thompson Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1973 Jerome Allen NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves) 1973 Joe Stephens NBA forward (Houston Rockets) 1973 Robert Braknis Montréal Québec Canada, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 (Olympics-96) 1974 Derrick Mayes NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI) 1974 Jermaine Dye Oakland CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves) 1974 Tony Delk NBA guard (San Francisco Warriors) 1974 Vitaly Tregubov hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1974 Zack Bronson safety (San Francisco 49ers) 1975 Anne Montminy Montréal Québec Canada, 10m diver (Olympics-17-92, 96) 1975 Julian Dean Waihi New Zealand, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96) 1978 Helga Bauer Salas Miss Bolivia-Universe (1997) 1980 Nick Carter singer (Backstreet Boys) 1981 Elijah Wood Cedar Rapids IA, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son) 1985 Athina Onassis daughter of Christina
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Message Posted: Jan 27, 2005 3:18:32 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 27 1546 Joachim III Frederick elector (Brandenburg) 1556 Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia (1587-1629) 1592 Pierre de La Barre composer 1662 Richard Bentley Oulton, scholar/controversialist 1679 Jean-François de Troy French painter 1701 Johann N von Hontheim German church historian/suffragan (bishop) 1715 Vaclav Kalous composer 1720 Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) 1723 Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro) 1775 Friedrich von Schelling Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity) 1775 Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez García Spanish tenor/composer 1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal composer 1805 Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) 1806 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer 1808 David F Strauss Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) 1822 Thomas Leiper Kane Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) 1824 Jozef Israëls Dutch painter 1826 Richard Taylor Lieutenant-General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 1828 Louis Schubert composer 1828 Samuel Allen Rice Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 1830 Georg Hellmesberger composer 1830 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1832 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], author (Alice in Wonderland) 1834 Dmitri Mendeleev chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements) 1834 Robert Sanford Foster Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (masochism) 1850 Samuel Gompers Dutch/US, 1st president-American Federation of Labor 1851 Rafael Obligado Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) 1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer 1859 Kaiser Wilhelm II Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) 1867 Claude Antoine Terrasse composer 1868 Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera) 1869 Will Marion Cook composer 1872 Learned Hand Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals) 1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano) 1885 Jerome Kern New York City NY, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta) 1885 Eduard Künneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda) 1887 Carl Blegen Minneapolis MN, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos) 1889 Balthasar van der Pol physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol) 1891 Ilya Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) 1892 Mitya Stillman composer 1894 Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26) 1895 Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41) 1895 Claudio Carneyro composer 1899 Granville English composer 19-- Marc Ferrari rocker (Cold Sweat-Break Out) 1900 Hyman G Rickover US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy) 1901 Art Rooney NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1901 Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon) 1903 Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton) 1903 John Eccles British physiologist/neurologist 1905 Howard McNear Los Angeles CA, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons) 1905 Luther Diamond radio personality 1906 Radames Gnattali composer 1907 Henry Cotton English golf champion (won 3x British Open) 1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing) 1911 Benay Venuta San Francisco CA, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister) 1911 George Pope cricketer (English pace bowler, 1-49 & 0-36 in his only Test) 1912 Lawrence Durrell Indian/British writer (Private Country) 1913 Milton Adolphus composer 1913 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer 1914 Anna Larina revolutionary 1915 Jack Brymer clarinettist 1917 Dunboyne Lord 1917 Merrivale Lord 1918 Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom) 1918 Skitch Henderson Birmingham England, orchestra leader (Tonight Show) 1919 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno CA, (Alvin & Chipmunks) 1919 H D Halsey Bishop of Carlisle 1919 Nina Milkina pianist 1921 Donna Reed Denison IA, actress (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life) 1922 Wilfrid Bourne QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 1924 Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer 1924 Kenneth Corfield CEO (STC) 1924 Rauf Denktasj Turkish-Cypriot politician 1924 Rix Lord 1924 Sabu [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum) 1924 William van Straubenzee British MP 1925 Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant 1925 John Bury designer 1927 Doretta Morrow New York City NY, actress (Because You're Mine) 1927 Joe Perry AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback (San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts) 1927 Michael Craig Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror) 1927 Nancy Dickerson journalist (NBC) 1928 Jean-Michel Damase composer 1929 Ingrid Thulin Solleftea Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned) 1929 Richard Du Cann lawyer QC 1930 Bobby "Blue" Bland Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer) 1930 Esteban Edward Torres (Representative-D-CA, 1983- ) 1930 Roger Sims British MP 1931 John Hopkins writer 1931 Mordecai Richler Montréal, author (Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz) 1931 Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts) 1931 Vinson Lord 1932 Neville Trotter British MP 1933 Mohamed Al Fayed CEO (Harrods) 1933 Rita Hennessy matron-in-chief (QARANC) 1934 Federico Mayor Zaragoza Barcelona, Spain, UNESCO director (1987- ) 1934 Donald Spiers controller (Aircraft MoD) 1934 Edithe Cresson premier of France (1991-92) 1934 Julian Ogilvie Thompson CEO (De Beers) 1935 Gillian Beer professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge) 1936 Troy Donahue New York City NY, actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye) 1936 Ismail Kadare Albanian author/poet (Dimri i Madh) 1937 John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer 1938 Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds) 1938 Timothy Elworthy Captain of The Queen's Flight 1939 Mike Hill Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open) 1939 N R Bomford head master (Harrow School) 1939 Rawlings Baroness 1939 Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer 1940 Brian T O'Leary Boston MA, astronaut 1940 Harry Kümel Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden) 1940 James Cromwell Los Angeles CA, actor (Stretch-All in the Family, Babe) 1942 Petr Kotik composer 1943 A H Harper CEO (Baltic Exchange) 1943 Cumberlege Baroness 1944 Kevin Coyne rocker 1945 Mairead Corrigan-Maguire North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976) 1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money) 1946 Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) 1947 Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby) 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing) 1948 Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff) 1949 Lifford Viscount 1951 Brian Downey rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town) 1951 Scott Lane New York City NY, actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel) 1951 Seth Justman Washington DC, rock vocalist/keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold) 1952 Brian Gottfried Baltimore MD, tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976) 1952 Peter Garland composer 1954 Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes Australian cricketer 1955 Mimi Rogers Coral Gables FL, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters) 1955 Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 1956 Fred Quillan Portland Oregon, WLAF offensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1957 Karen Kondazian Boston MA, actress (Irene-Shannon, Mortal Sins) 1957 Frank Miller US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns) 1958 Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star) 1958 Alan Milburn British MP 1959 Patti Cohoon Whittier CA, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides) 1959 Cris Collinsworth NFL wide receiver/TV sportscaster 1959 Keith Olbermann TV sportscaster 1960 Sarah Kennedy Coquille OH, comedienne (Laugh in) 1961 Charlotte Kemp Omaha NE, playmate (December 1982) 1961 Karen Velez Rockville Center NY, playmate (December 1984) 1961 Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 1961 Gillian Gilbert Manchester England, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) 1961 Jean-Paul Banos Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Olympics-9/10-88, 92, 96) 1961 Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies) 1962 James F Doehring Santa Barbara CA, shot putter (Olympics-silver-1992) 1962 Michael Collins clarinettist 1964 Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance) 1964 Bridget Fonda Los Angeles CA, actress (Scandal, Single White Female) 1964 Cathy Podewell California, actress (Dallas) 1964 Inga Thompson Reno NV, US cyclist (Olympics-8th-88, 84, 92) 1964 Jack Haley NBA center (Chicago Bulls) 1964 Woody Austin Tampa FL, PGA golfer (1995 Buick Open) 1965 Igor Matoushkin NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1966 Michael De Angelis hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998) 1966 Tamlyn Tomita Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara) 1967 Carrington Garland Los Angeles CA, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara) 1967 Alfred Oglesby NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals) 1967 Dave Manson Prince Albert, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets) 1967 Laura Golarsa Italy, tennis star 1967 Sue Palmer Collingwood Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1968 Anthony Pleasant NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons) 1968 Eric Wedge US baseball catcher (Boston Red Sox) 1968 Matt Stover NFL kicker (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens) 1968 Mike Patton Eureka CA, rocker (Faith No More-The Real Thing) 1968 Reggie Johnson NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles) 1968 Rusty Meacham Stuart FL, pitcher (Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners) 1968 Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones) 1969 Kristen Danihy Lawton OK, team handball circle/wing (Olympics-1996) 1969 Phil Plantier Manchester NH, outfielder (San Diego Padres, Red Sox, A's) 1969 Shane Thomson New Zealand cricket off-spin all rounder (since 1990) 1970 Carlos Javier Bernardo Dutch prince 1970 Dario Brose Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympics-92) 1970 Dean Headley cricket (grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996) 1971 Mark Noordlander soccer player (Sparta) 1971 Patrice Brisebois Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens) 1972 Bryant Young NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers) 1972 Chad Askew NFL wide receiver (New York Jets) 1972 Mark Lawrence Burlington, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars) 1973 Eddie Davis CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders) 1973 Margot Bourgeois Miss Trinidad & Tobago-Universe (1997-3rd place) 1975 Chaminda Vaas brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler (1994- ) 1976 Haimish Karrasch Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1976 Mike Ferrier Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam, Salernitana) 1976 Rhett Warrener Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1979 Jessica Lynn Ferdinand Miss New York Teen-USA (1997) 1981 Jonny Lang blues musician
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 27, 2005 3:17:15 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 26 1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb composer 1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon Governor-General of Netherland-Indies 1708 William Hayes composer 1714 Jean B Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) 1715 Claude Helvetius Paris France, philosopher 1716 George Sackville Germain 1st Viscount Sackville 1722 Prestonpans 1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers composer 1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer 1763 Charles XIV French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) 1770 Alexander Carlyle Moderator of General Assembly 1771 Jacob Andries van Braam colonial director (Suriname) 1778 Ugo Foscolo Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis) 1781 Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) 1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) 1804 Eugane "Marie Joseph" Sue France, novelist (Wandering Jew) 1814 Rufus King Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 1816 Lloyd Tilghman Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1826 Julia Dent Grant 1st lady (1869-77) 1828 Johan T Buys Dutch lawyer 1831 Mary Mapes Dodge New York City NY, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) 1852 Pierre Brazza explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) 1852 Frederick Corder composer 1855 Arthur Hervey composer 1871 Warner Fabian [Samuel H Adams], US journalist/writer (Average Jones) 1877 Kees van Dongen Netherlands, French painter 1878 A W "Dave" Nourse cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of South African cricket) 1878 R A Schröcker writer 1879 Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans Flemish (stage)author (Tille) 1880 Douglas MacArthur Little Rock AR, General of the Army (WWII), he did return! 1884 Roy Chapman Andrews US, scientist/explorer 1884 Edward Sapir Germany, linguist/anthropologist (Indians) 1886 Joannes A Veraart Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands) 1887 Enrique E Ecker Curaçao, bacteriologist 1887 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher US Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58) 1891 Ilya G Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) 1892 Zara Cully Worcester MA, actress (Mother Jefferson-The Jeffersons) 1893 Bessie Coleman 1st black airplane pilot 1899 Wyllis Cooper Pekin IL, TV narrator (Volume One) 19-- Richard Hill Harlan KY, actor (Al Gordean-Today's FBI) 1901 Ervin Major composer 1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie jet pioneer 1902 Menno ter Braak Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens) 1902 Romney Brent Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz) 1904 Douglas Evans actor (South Pacific Trail) 1904 Sean MacBride Dublin Ireland, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder (Nobel '74) 1905 Charles Lane San Francisco CA, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) 1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1905 John Carmel Heenan Essex, cardinal archbishop of Westminster (1963-75) 1905 Marquess of Bath English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1907 Eddie Ballantine Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club) 1907 Henry Cotton English golfer (British Open 1934, 1937, 1948) 1908 Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist 1910 Elmar Klos Czechoslovakian director (Adrift) 1910 Marijan Lipovsek composer 1911 Norbert Schultze composer 1911 Polykarp Kusch US, nuclear physicist Nobel 1955 1912 Cora Baird New York City NY, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) 1913 Jimmy Van Heusen songwriter (Love & Marriage) 1913 William Prince Nichols NY, actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac) 1914 Kaye Webb English writer/publisher (Puffin Club) 1915 William Hopper New York City NY, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason) 1916 Lothar Jensch composer 1918 Nicolae Ceausescu Romanian President (1967-90) 1919 K C Ibrahim cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49) 1920 Derek Bond Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickleby) 1920 John Logan Gorlay journalist 1921 Akio Morita Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony) 1921 Frantisek Chaun composer 1921 Johannes Driessler composer 1922 Michael Bentine England, author/comedian (Reluctant Jester) 1923 Anne Jeffreys North Carolina, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital) 1924 Warren Frank Benson composer 1925 Joan Leslie Detroit MI, actress (Sergeant York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy) 1925 Paul Newman Cleveland OH, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler) 1925 David Jenkins Bishop (Durham) 1925 Desmond Cassidi British admiral 1926 Charles Tidbury former chairman (Whitbread & Company) 1926 Jose Maria Valverde philosopher poet/translator 1926 Ronnie Hilton singer (Moonraker) 1927 William Redfield New York City NY, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage) 1927 José Simón Azcona Hoyo President of Honduras (1986-90) 1928 Eartha Kitt South Carolina, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman) 1928 Roger Vadim France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella) 1928 Gene Snyder (Representative-R-KY, 1963-65, 67- ) 1928 Philip José Farmer Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld) 1929 Jules Feiffer New York City NY, cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders) 1929 M R Turner publisher 1930 A N Solomons chairman (Singer & Friedlander) 1930 Anne Macfarlane Master (Court of Protection) 1930 Harry "Buddy" Melges Jr Wisconsin, yachter (Olympics-gold/bronze-1964, 72) 1931 Mary Murphy Washington DC, actress (A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators) 1932 George H Clements famous African 1932 Christopher Price Director (Leeds Metropolitan U) 1932 Ronald Allison British author/broadcaster 1934 Huey "Piano" Smith pianist (Having a Good Time) 1935 Bob Uecker Milwaukee WI, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere) 1935 Henry Jordan Emporia VA, NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland, Green Bay) 1935 Peter Ronnefeld composer 1935 Zbigniew Penherski composer 1936 Noel Harrison London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE) 1937 Gerrit Gerritse Dutch MP (CDA) 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh General/President (Sierra Leone) 1937 S J B Langdale Headmaster (Shrewsbury School) 1938 Margaret Daly British MEP 1939 Marshall Lieb rocker (Teddy Bears) 1941 Henry Jaglom London England, actor (Eating, Lucky Ducks, Always) 1942 Scott Glenn Pittsburgh PA, actor (Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft) 1942 Nigel Walmsley chairman (Carlton UK Television) 1942 William McLennan CEO (Central Statistical Office) 1943 Jean Knight vocalist (Mr Big Stuff) 1943 Peter Kenton Winkler composer 1943 Sherian Grace Cadoria Brigadier General 1944 Angela Yvonne Davis black activist/professor 1945 Jacqueline du Pré Oxford England, cellist 1945 Mick Hill cricketer (New South Wales all-rounder 1964-75) 1946 Gene Siskel movie critic (Siskel & Ebert) 1946 Christopher Hampton Azores, playwright (Oviri, Hotel du Lac) 1946 Timothy Clifford director (National Galleries of Scotland) 1947 Patrick Dewaere [Bordeaux], France, actor (Les Valseuses) 1948 Corky Laing rocker (Mountain) 1949 Derek Holt rocker (Climax Blues Band) 1949 Paul Nurse doctor/director-General elect (Imperial Cancer Research Fund) 1950 David Strathairn actor (LA Confidential, Eight Men Out) 1950 Jorg Haider Austrian political leader (Austrian Freedom Pary) 1951 David Briggs rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way) 1951 Andy Hummell Memphis TN, rock bassist (Big Star) 1951 Jarmila Kratochvilova Czechoslovakia, 400m/800m runner (women's world record holder, Olympics-silver-1980) 1951 Walt Willey Ottawa IL, actor (Joe Novak-Ryan's Hope, Jackson Montgomery-All My Children) 1952 Mario Runco Jr Bronx NY, Lieutenant-Commander USN/astronaut (STS 44, 54, 77) 1952 Thomas Edward Henderson South Carolina, basketballer (Olympics-silver-1972) 1953 Andrée C van Es Dutch MP (PSP) 1953 Bert Heerink Amsterdam, rock vocalist 1953 Lucinda Williams singer 1954 Kim Hughes cricketer (brilliant Australian batsman 1977-84) 1954 Martin Dunn British editor (Today) 1955 Lucia Mendez Mexico, Spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno) 1956 Lisa Boray [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End) 1956 Simon Howard English large landowner (Castle Howard) 1957 Ashok Malhotra cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84) 1957 Eddie Van Halen Nijmegan Netherlands, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984) 1957 Shivlal Yadav cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87) 1958 Anita Baker Toledo OH, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got) 1958 B James Lowry rocker (Boys Band) 1958 Dave Rummells Cedar Rapids IA, Nike golfer (1993 Buick-2nd) 1958 Ellen DeGeneres New Orleans LA, comedienne (Ellen Morgan-Ellen) 1958 Norman Lamont Hassan British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 Gary Plummer NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers) 1960 Jeanette Bolden Los Angeles CA, 4x100m runner (Olympics-gold-1984) 1961 Wayne Gretzky Brantford Ontario, Edmonton Oilers/Los Angeles Kings/New York Rangers (NHL MVP 1980-1987), Great One 1962 Roshan Guneratne cricketer (wicketless in only Test SL vs Australia 1983) 1962 Tim May cricketer (Australian off-spinner 1987-95) 1962 Tom Keifer rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station) 1963 Andrew Ridgeley England, rock guitarist (Wham-Wake Me Up) 1963 Claudia Lonow New York City NY, actress (Diana-Knots Landing) 1963 Jazzie B [Beresford Romeo], English rapper (Soul II Soul-Feel Free) 1963 Simon O'Donnell cricketer (Deniliquin New South Wales ODI all-rounder 1985-90) 1965 Allison Hossack Steinbach Manitoba Canada, actress (Olivia-Another World) 1965 Lou Frazier US baseball outfielder (Montréal Expos) 1965 Tim McDonald safety (San Francisco 49ers) 1967 Jeff Branson US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1967 Katie Peterson-Parker Bethesda MD, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile-5th) 1967 Tim Pugh Lake Tahoe CA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals) 1968 Eric Davis NFL cornerback (San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers) 1968 Reggie Jordan NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves) 1970 Dan Carlson US baseball pitcher (San Francisco Giants) 1970 Dean Malkoc Vancouver, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks) 1970 Ronald Moore NFL running back (New York Jets, St Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals) 1971 Jon Heidenreich WLAF G (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1971 Lamar Mills WLAF DE (Amsterdam Admirals) 1971 Lee Naylor Australian 400m runner (Olympics-96) 1971 Min Tang Hunan China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra Australia) 1971 Tracy Middendorf Georgia, actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Carrie-Days of Our Life) 1972 Harrison Houston NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears) 1973 Mark Brook WLAF LB (Rhein Fire) 1973 Tatsuki Katayama hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) 1973 Tony Ramirez tackle (Detroit Lions) 1976 Paul Byrne Australian 800m runner (Olympics-96) 1977 Cindy Cesar Miss Mauritius-Universe (1997) 1977 Justin Gimelstob New Jersey, tennis star (1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield) 1978 Reesa Starr Jr 1997 Pasaye Twins Palatine IL, twin born 92 days after his brother (Oct 26)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 25, 2005 11:41:42 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 25
0749 Leo IV (the Khazar) Byzantine emperor (775-80) 1477 Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII 1509 Giovanni Morone Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" 1540 Edmund Campion London, saint/Jesuit martyr (December Rationes) 1615 Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) 1626 John van de Cappelle Amsterdam, landscape painter 1627 Robert Boyle Ireland, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) 1634 Gaspar Fagel lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) 1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40) 1708 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian painter 1728 Antoine Court de Gébelin French vicar/writer 1736 Joseph-Louis comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician 1741 Benedict Arnold General /traitor (US revolution) 1750 Johann Gottfried Vierling composer 1759 Robert Burns Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) 1766 Hans Freiherr von Gagern German advisor to Dutch king Willem I 1770 Francis Burdett British politician 1777 Elias Canneman Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) 1796 William McGillivray Old Aberdeen, naturalist 1806 Daniel Maclise Irish painter 1814 Francis Harrison Pierpont Governor (Union), died in 1899 1826 Rembt van Boneval Faure Dutch MP 1834 Pablo Hernandez Salces composer 1839 Seldon Connor Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet 1844 Frederick E Kitziger composer 1851 Arne Garborg Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) 1851 Jan Blockx Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) 1858 Giuseppe Radiciotti composer 1860 Charles Curtis (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) 1866 Emile Vandervelde leader of Belgian BWP party 1874 Hewlett Johnson [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop 1874 [William] Somerset Maugham Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage) 1880 Francis George Scott composer 1881 Emil Ludwig German biographer (Diana, Son of Man) 1881 Gustave Frederic Soderlund composer 1882 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf London, author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse) 1884 Edward Kilenyi composer 1885 A J Else Mauhs German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon) 1886 Wilhelm Fürtwängler Berlin Germany, conductor/composer 1887 Diego Valeri Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze) 1889 Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer 1891 Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Britian, actress (Cleopatra) 1891 William C Bullitt 1st US ambassador to USSR 1896 John Moores British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire 1898 Joachim Wach German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding) 1899 Ace Goodman Kansas City MO, comedian (Easy Aces) 1899 Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, statesman, leader in European integration 1900 Mildred Dunnock Baltimore MD, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story) 1900 Theodosius Dobzhansky Ukraine, geneticist/writer (Mankind Evolving) 1901 Eric Brown architect 1902 Gerard P M Knuvelder Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty) 1903 "Sleepy" John Estes rocker 1904 Frans Goedhart Dutch journalist/founder (Het Parool) 1904 Géza Frid Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist 1908 Lord Iliffe English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar) 1908 W H V "Hopper" Levett cricket keeper (England in 1 Test in Calcutta) 1910 Harold Watkinson politician/businessman 1910 Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck composer 1911 Julia Frances Smith composer 1912 Lucius E Burch Jr US lawyer/civil rights leader 1913 Witold Lutoslawski Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux Vénitiens) 1915 Michael Duane educationalist 1918 Ken Mayers actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol) 1919 Edwin Newman New York City NY, newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment) 1919 Patricia Louise Dalton chair (Sherlock Holmes Society of London) 1921 Alfred Reed composer 1921 Russell Reading Braddon Australian author 1922 Jules P de Palm Antilles writer 1922 Raymond Baxter British TV host/author (Fast Lady) 1923 Eva Zeller writer 1924 Lou "The Toe" Groza AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns) 1925 Eric Dempster cricketer (New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling average 109.5) 1927 Gregg Palmer San Francisco CA, actor (Scream, To Hell & Back) 1927 Antonio Carlos Jobim composer 1927 Seung Sahn Zen teacher (Korean line) 1928 Eduard Shevardnadze Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of USSR (1985-91) 1931 Dean Jones Decatur AL, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug) 1931 Harold Lloyd Jr actor (Frankenstein's Daughter) 1931 Paavo J Haavikko Finnish writer/poet/husband of Marja-Liisa Vartio 1931 Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur 1933 Corazón Aquino President of Philippines (1986-92) 1934 Elizabeth Allen Jersey City NJ, actress (Laura-Bracken's World) 1936 Dan Schaefer (Representative-R-CO, 1983- ) 1936 Diana Hyland Cleveland Heights OH, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough) 1937 Don Maynard NFL receiver (New York Jets), #13 1937 Kathleen Tynan Halton writer 1938 Betico Croes Arubian politician (Status Aparte) 1938 Etta James [Jamesette Hawkins], US singer (Roll With Me Henry) 1941 Elzie "Buddy" Baker race-car driver 1945 Leigh Taylor-Young Washington DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas) 1946 Ronnie Brandon rocker (McCoys) 1946 Josephine M Verspaget sociologist/Dutch MP (PvdA) 1946 Silvio Blatter writer 1950 Michael Cotton rocker (Tubes) 1950 Gloria Naylor US author (Women of Brewster Place) 1951 Steve Prefontaine Coos Bay OR, 5K distance runner (Olympics-4th-1972) 1953 Malcolm Green rocker (Split Enz-I Got You) 1954 Condredge Holloway Alabama, CFL quarterback (Ottawa, Toronto) 1954 Richard Finch rock bassist (KC & Sunshine-That's the Way I Like It) 1956 Andy Cox Birmingham England, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy) 1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen Moses Lake WA, playmate (May, 1980) 1957 Edmund Theodore Sylvers rocker (Sylvers) 1957 Jeff Gossett NFL punter (Oakland Raiders) 1957 Jenifer Lewis actress (Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act) 1958 Dinah Manoff New York City NY, actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol-Empty Nest) 1958 Gary Brian Tibbs London, rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together) 1958 Harti Weirather Austrian alpine skier 1961 Michele Tobin Chicago IL, actress (Fitzpatricks) 1962 Chris Chelios Chicago IL, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team USA) 1963 Carl Fysh rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) 1963 Joe Lloyd Highland Park IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Space Coast) 1963 Suzanne Klemann Dutch singer (Loïs Lane-I Wanna Be) 1964 Chip Foster actor/twin of Pepper (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday) 1964 Pepper Foster actor/twin of Chip (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday) 1964 Bob Sweeney Concord, NHL center (New York Islanders, Calgary Flames) 1964 William Thomas Andrade Fall River MA, PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open) 1965 Brian Holman Winfield KS, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners) 1965 Esa Tikkanen Helsinki Finland, NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Olympics-B-98) 1966 John [Vo] Velyvis North Adams MA, rower (Olympics-1996) 1966 Mark Schlereth NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII) 1966 Paul Ranheim St Louis MO, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers) 1966 Pavel Torgajev Nizhnij Novgorod, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames) 1966 Richie Lewis US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1967 Mario Brunetta hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998) 1967 Marty Calder St Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-12-92,96) 1967 Randy Mckay Montréal Québec Canada, NHL right wing (New Jersey Devils) 1968 Lynette Brooky New Zealand, golfer (New Zealand Open 1993/94) 1968 Roosevelt Collins WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals) 1968 Tim De Leede cricketer (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup) 1969 Jesse Harte Rome GA, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 1969 Heidi Wolfgramm rocker (Jets) 1969 Nolan Harrison NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Pitt Steelers) 1969 Penny Moore WNBA guard/forward (Charlotte Sting) 1970 Chris Mills NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks) 1970 Milt Stegall CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1970 Pau Coll WLAF kicker/safety (Barcelona Dragons) 1970 Scott Hendrickson CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1971 China Slick rocker (daughter of Grace Slick) 1971 Herman Smith NFL/WLAF defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, London Monarchs) 1971 Jordan Young Thunder Bay Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Purdue) 1971 Kerry Taylor US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres) 1971 Kevin Williams receiver/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys) 1971 Konstantin Matoussevich Israel, Men's high jump (Olympics-7th-1996) 1971 Tommie Jones WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals) 1971 Vincent Brisby NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots) 1973 Anthony Harris linebacker (Miami Dolphins) 1973 Elvis Presley Jr alleged son of Elvis Presley 1973 Marco Battaglia tight end (Cincinnati Bengals) 1973 Rodney Young NFL safety (New York Giants) 1973 Terrell Wade Rembert SC, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1974 Jonathan Bryan Colling Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) 1974 Adam Meadows offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts) 1974 Daniel Sproule Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96) 1975 John Piersma US, 200m/400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-4th-96) 1976 Tara Fleming N York Ontario, LPGA golfer (1992 LPGA Corning-10th) 1978 Christine Lakin actress (Alicia Lambert-Step by Step) 1978 Mandy Carraway Miss Kansas Teen-USA (1996) 1980 Amanda Michelle Burns Miss West Virginia Teen-USA (1997)
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Message Posted: Jan 24, 2005 1:13:36 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 24
0076 Publius A Hadrianus 14th Roman Emperor (117-138) 1664 Sir John Vanbrugh London, dramatist/architect (baptized) 1679 Christian von Wolff German philosopher 1705 Farinelli "Carlo Broschi" Andria Italy, castrato 1712 Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86) 1712 Georg F Schmidt German engraver/etcher 1732 Pierre de Beaumarchais France, playwright (Barber of Seville) 1746 Gustav III king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) 1750 Wybo Fijnje Dutch politician/patriot/journalist 1758 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer 1767 Antony CW Staring Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir) 1774 Karl Moser composer 1776 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann German writer/judge/composer (Undine) 1778 Charles F duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X 1798 Karl von Staudt German math professor (projective geometrician) 1798 Karl von Holtei Silesian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden) 1800 Sir Edwin Chadwick British social reformer 1814 Abraham van Stolk Dutch resources/art collector 1820 John Milton Thayer Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 1828 Adam Jacoby Slemmer Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 1828 Ferdinand J Cohn German botanist/publicist 1828 Karol Studzinski composer 1829 William Mason composer 1832 John Pegram Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 1833 Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte) 1859 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer 1862 Edith Wharton[-Jones] US, novelist (Ethan Frome, Age of Innocence, House of Mirth) 1874 Arthur Shomburg famous African 1880 Elisabeth Achelis creator (World Calendar) 1883 Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street) 1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft) 1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum Austrian/US author (Men Never Know) 1891 Walter Model German field marshal 1895 Albin Zollinger Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch) 1895 Eugen Roth writer 1895 Hans Fischböck Austria, Finance minister (Nazi-occupied Holland) 1902 Walter Keirnan New Haven CT, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret) 1902 Oskar Morgenstern German/US economist 1903 Robert Gwathmey artist (Arts & Letters) 1906 Norman Cook museum curator 1907 Alfonse Vranckx Belgian lawyer/politician 1907 Maurice Couve de Murville France premier (1968-69) 1909 Ann Todd Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil) 1909 Tiny Winters musician 1911 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night) 1912 Ken Weekes cricketer (West Indies batsman vs England 1939, 137 at The Oval) 1913 Mark Goodson TV game-show producer (Goodson-Toddman) 1913 Norman Dello Joio [Dello Ioio], New York City NY, composer 1915 Ernest Borgnine Hamden CT, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty) 1915 Robert B Motherwell US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic) 1915 Vitezslava Kapralova composer 1916 John Corner scientist 1916 Vic Stollmeyer cricketer (brother of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings) 1918 John McLiam Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh) 1918 Oral Roberts Televangelist; needs $8,000,000 (Oral Roberts College) 1918 Gottfried von Einem Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod) 1919 Leon Kirchner Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily) 1919 Nora Beloff journalist/author 1920 Don Saddler Van Nuys CA, dancer (Holiday Hotel) 1920 Jerry Maren actor (munchkin-Wizard of Oz, Mayor McCheese) 1921 Bernard J Dwyer (Representative-D-NJ, 1981- ) 1922 Neil Franklin soccer star 1923 Simeon ten Holt composer 1924 8th Earl Spencer English large landowner/father of Diane 1924 David Craighead composer 1924 Klaus George Roy composer 1924 Marvin Kaplan Brooklyn NY, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice) 1924 Robert W Kastenmeier (Representative-D-WI, 1959- ) 1925 Maria Tallchief Fairfax OK, ballerina 1925 William Hudson California, actor (I Led 3 Lives) 1927 Paula Hawkins (Senator-R-FL, 1981-86) 1928 Desmond Morris English zoologist (Human Ape, Body Language) 1930 Bernard Matthews English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire 1931 Ib Norholm composer 1931 Kees Zÿlstra Dutch MP (PvdA) 1932 Werner Steger composer 1933 Zeke Carey US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You) 1936 Doug Kershaw Louisiana, plays electric fiddle 1936 Jack Scott Canada, rocker (My True Love) 1936 Daniel Goode composer 1938 Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist 1939 Ray Stevens Clarksdale GA, singer (Ahab the Arab, The Streak) 1940 Flip Buurmeijer Dutch MP (PvdA) 1941 Michael Chapman Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11) 1941 Neil Diamond Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer) 1941 Aaron Neville US singer/keyboardist (Neville Brothers) 1943 Sharon Tate Dallas TX, actress (Valley of the Dolls) 1943 Julie Bennett Beverly Hills CA, actress (Hey There It's Yogi Bear) 1944 David Gerrold [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek) 1946 Hubert M "Jubi" Kirindongo Curaçaos sculptor/painter 1946 John Harrison South African correspondent (BBC) 1946 Michael Ontkean Vancouver BC, actor (Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks) 1947 Giorgio Chinaglia soccer star (Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos) 1947 Warren Zevon Chicago IL, rocker (Excitable Boy) 1947 David Randall priest 1948 Elliott Abrams assistant secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras 1949 John Belushi Chicago IL, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers) 1949 Bart Gordon (Representative-D-TN, 1985- ) 1950 Daniel Auteuil Algeria, actor (Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring) 1951 Yakov Smirnoff Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country) 1952 William F Readdy Quonset Point RI, astronaut (STS 42, 51, 79) 1953 Brian Matthews Philadelphia PA, actor (The Burning) 1955 James Montgomery US 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1976) 1955 Julian Holland rocker (Squeeze) 1958 Frank Ullrich East Germany, world biathlon champion 1960 Nastassja Kinski Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People) 1961 Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov Bulgaria, cosmonaut 1962 Sultan Zarawani cricketer (United Arab Emirates captain 1996 World Cup) 1964 Rob Dibble Bridgeport CT, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) 1964 Ronnie McCann Evander South Africa, Nike golfer (1993 Hawkeye-37th) 1965 Ross MacDonald Vancouver BC, star yachter (Olympics-96) 1966 Kim Saiki Inglewood CA, golfer (1994 Standard Register PING-13th) 1966 Mike Forgeron Main-A-Dieu Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96) 1967 Chris Warren NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks) 1967 Shannon Butler South Lake Tahoe CA, 10k runner 1968 Mark Burmester cricketer (Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992) 1968 Mary Lou Retton Fairmont WV, gymnast (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84) 1968 Ross Powell US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros) 1968 Scott Mercier Harbor City CA, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1969 Louise McPaul Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1969 Stephanie Romanov actress (Teri Spencer-Models Inc)/model (Elite) 1970 Chris Bartolone hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998) 1970 Matthew Lillard actor (Scream) 1971 Tonya Crowe Long Beach CA, actress (Olivia-Knots Landing) 1971 Cory Bailey US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox) 1971 Joe Panos NFL guard/center (Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 John Reece WLAF/NFL cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys) 1971 Saalman Raelyn Fostoria Ohio, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold) 1972 Jay Walker quarterback (Minnesota Vikings) 1972 Joe Garten WLAF center (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 Raphael Graetz WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 Salima Davidson Pittsburgh Penn, volleyball setter (Olympics-96) 1972 Shannon Garrett CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1973 Chris Ferraro Port Jefferson, NHL right wing (Olympics-94, New York Rangers) 1973 Erik Gervais Valleyfield Québec Canada, kayaker (Olympics-96) 1973 Peter Ferraro Port Jefferson, NHL right wing (Olympics-94, New York Rangers) 1973 Richard Aimonetto hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1974 Kristy Sargeant Edmonton Alberta, ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada) 1974 Layla Linn Miss New Mexico-USA (1996) 1974 Tim Biakabutuka running back (Carolina Panthers) 1975 Danielle Connors Miss Virginia-USA (1996) 1976 Laure Belleville Miss France-Universe (1996) 1976 Shae-Lynn Bourne Chatham Ontario, ice dancer (Bourne & Kraatz - 1995 World Champions-4th) 1977 Lenka Cenkova Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures-Vaihingen-Germany) 1979 Tatyana M Ali New York City NY, actress (Sesame Street, Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1993 Ashley Jade Stern daughter of radio personality Howard Stern
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 23, 2005 11:42:34 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 23
1574 Lucas I Franchoys Belgian painter 1582 John Barclay Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) 1730 Joseph Hewes US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) 1752 Muzio Clementi Italian composer 1761 Friedrich von Matthison German poet (Adelaide) 1762 Christian A Vulpius Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini) 1783 Stendahl [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et Le Noir) 1785 Carl A Agardh Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad 1813 Franz Commer composer 1816 Carl Herrmann near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1820 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer 1828 Calvin Edward Pratt Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 1830 Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet French General /minister of War (1899-1900) 1832 Édouard Manet France, Impressionist painter (Déjeuner sur L'Herbe) 1833 John Randolph Chambliss Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1840 Ernst Abbe Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) 1843 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer 1857 Andrija Mohorovicic Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) 1862 David Hilbert Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician 1865 Benjamin Delmonte theater director/actor (Black Haired Whore) 1867 Herbert Bedford composer 1868 Juventino Rosas composer 1869 Carlo Felice Boghen composer 1869 Herbert David Croly US author (Promise of American Life) 1878 Oton Zupancic Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom) 1878 Rutland Boughton composer 1885 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer 1887 Miklós Kállay premier Hungary (1942-44) 1888 Gilbert Ledward British sculptor 1889 Franklin Pangborn Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living) 1889 Prosper Arents Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography) 1891 Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist 1893 Frank Carlson (Governor/Republican/Senator-R-KS) 1894 Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot) 1896 Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64) 1897 Amanda Berry Smith famous African 1897 Subhas Chandra Bose Indian politician 1898 Sergei Eisenstein Russia, film maker (Battleship Potemkin) 1898 Randolph Scott actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) 1899 Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen) 1899 Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts) 19-- Angela Carrasco Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, Spanish singer 19-- Ray Girardin Wakefield MA, actor (Charlie & Company) 1900 Mary Philips CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde) 1900 Ralph Graves Cleveland OH, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street) 1901 Benno Stokvis Dutch attorney/politician 1902 Benny Waters saxophonist 1904 Theodor Schaefer composer 1905 David Newell Missouri, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves) 1905 Konstanty I Galczynski Polish poet (Zielona Ges) 1906 Bob Steele Pendleton OR, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) 1907 Dan Duryea White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) 1907 Hediki Yukawa Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949) 1908 Hubert Nicholson poet/novelist 1908 Pak Saleman Siswowitono Javan/Surinamese writer 1909 Norman Fulton composer 1910 Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist 1911 Dan Smith harmonica player/gospel singer 1912 Ank van der Moer actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy) 1914 Napoleon L Bonaparte French pretender to the throne 1915 Herma Bauma Austria, javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1948) 1915 Potter Stewart Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81) 1918 Gertrude Belle Elion New York City NY, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) 1919 Ernie Kovacs Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show) 1919 Bob Paisley English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool 1919 Nina Dumbadze USSR, Discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1952) 1920 Erbet Pawel biographer (Kafka) 1923 Florence Halop Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere) 1923 Horace Ashenfelter US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-gold-1952) 1923 Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars) 1924 Frank R Lautenberg (Senator-D-NJ, 1983- ) 1925 Marty Paich Oakland CA, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell) 1928 Eugene Monti Italy, bobsledder (Olympics-2 golds-1968) 1928 Jeanne Moreau Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) 1928 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman Dutch speed skater (Olympics-silver-1952) 1929 John Polanyi Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) 1929 Ian Thomson cricketer (England seam bowler vs South Africa 1964-65) 1930 Derek Walcott St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992) 1930 Ken Errair singer (Four Freshmen) 1930 William Reid Pogue Okemah OK, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4) 1932 Bud Shuster (Representative-R-PA, 1973- ) 1933 Arlene Golonka Chicago IL, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD) 1933 Chita Rivera Washington DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) 1933 Joel Spiegelman composer 1934 Lou Antonio Oklahoma City OK, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It) 1936 Jerry Kramer Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay) 1938 Anatoly Marchenko Siberia, Soviet dissident 1939 Arlene Golonka Chicago IL, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD) 1940 Johnny Russell country singer 1942 Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin cosmonaut 1942 Laurie Mayne cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70) 1942 Willy Bogner Jr Munich Germany, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) 1943 Gil Gerard Little Rock AR, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century) 1943 William E "Bill" Gibb Scottish fashion designer 1944 Sergey Belov USSR, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1972) 1944 Jerry Lawson US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk) 1944 Marty Russo (Representative-D-IL, 1975- ) 1944 Rutger Hauer Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend) 1946 Asif Masood cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic run-up) 1947 Thomas R Carper (Representative-D-DE, 1983- ) 1948 Anita Pointer Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy) 1949 Robert D Cabana Minneapolis MN, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, 88) 1950 Patrick Simmons guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute) 1950 Richard Dean Anderson Minneapolis MN, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Point NAS) 1950 William Cunningham rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter) 1950 Danny Federici rocker (E Street Band) 1950 Richard Gilliland Fort Worth TX, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland) 1951 Margaret Johnson Bailes Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1968) 1951 Michael Matz equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96) 1952 Omar Henry cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992) 1952 Robin Zander rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) 1953 Pat Haden Westbury NY, NFL quarterback (Los Angeles Rams) 1954 Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It) 1954 Edward Ka-spel English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots) 1954 Franco De Vita Caracas Venezuela, Spanish singer (Extranjero) 1954 Trevor Hohns cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1989) 1955 Reginald Calloway trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1955 Alexander O'Neal R&B singer 1957 Princess Caroline [Louise Marguerite Grimaldi] of Monaco 1958 Lorraine Michaels Canterbury England, playmate (April 1981) 1959 Tyrone Power Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Shag) 1959 Earl Falconer British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 Misha Mck East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C) 1960 Greg Ritchie cricketer (Queensland & Australian batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote) 1961 Trey Junkin tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1963 Gail O'Grady Detroit MI, actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue) 1963 Hakeem Olajuwon NBA center (Houston Rockets) 1963 Rocco Romano CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders) 1964 Mariska Hargitay Los Angeles CA, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown) 1964 Frank Winters NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI) 1965 Tim Berrett Tunbridge Wells England, Canadian 20k walker (Olympics-14-92, 96) 1966 Haywoode Workman NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1966 Mike Brim NFL cornerback (Cincinnati Bengals) 1966 Scott Fortune Newport Beach CA, volleyballer (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96) 1967 Naim Suleymanoglu Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Olympics-gold-1988) 1967 Christine Parris-Washington Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96) 1968 Eric Metcalf NFL receiver/running back (Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers) 1968 Lubomir Kolnik Skalica Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo) 1968 Petr Korda Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati OH) 1968 Todd Scott NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1969 Brendan Shanahan Mimico Ontario, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings) 1969 Eric Carter CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1970 Alan Embree Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1970 Jim Schwantz NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers) 1970 Mark Wohlers Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1970 Marquel Fleetwood WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1970 Richard Smehlik Ostrava Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres, Olympics-Gold-98) 1970 Sherman Obando Changuinola Panamá, outfielder (Montréal Expos) 1971 Adam Parore cricket wicket-keeper (New Zealand, 1st Maori Test centurion) 1971 James Logan WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores) 1971 Julie Foudy San Diego CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96) 1971 Kevin Mawae NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 Mark Grimmette Ann Arbor MI, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 1972 Anthony Peterson NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers) 1972 Gary Harrell NFL/WLAF receiver (New York Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 Kez McCorvey NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) 1972 Tanya Harding Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1973 Mark Kolesar Minnesota, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1974 Glen Chapple cricketer (Lancashire & England A pace bowler) 1974 Tiffani-Amber Theissen Long Beach CA, actress (Saved by Bell, 90210) 1975 Kevin Alexander NFL wide receiver (New York Giants) 1976 Byron Hanspard NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons) 1976 Phil Boudreault Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96) 1980 Theresa Kulikowski Tacoma WA, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Olympics-96)
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Message Posted: Jan 22, 2005 2:30:32 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 22
1440 Ivan III the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania 1561 Francis Bacon England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) 1571 Robert Bruce Cotton English antiquary, politician 1592 Pierre Gassendi Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 1649 Pascal Collasse composer 1655 Geleyn Evertsen Lieutenant-Admiral (Zealand) 1707 Carl Hockh composer 1709 Joseph Reipel composer 1727 Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Germany, critic/dramatist 1729 Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi composer 1748 Lewis Edson composer 1753 Peter Fuchs composer 1756 Vincenzo Righini composer 1766 Antoine-Vincent Arnault French writer (Les Vénitiens) 1779 Stefano Pavesi composer 1781 François-Antoine Habeneck composer 1788 Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron England, romantic poet (Don Juan) 1802 Richard Upjohn US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, New York) 1815 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger composer 1820 Hermann von Lingg German playwright/poet 1820 Johan Hendrik Koelman portrait painter (Jahresringe) 1824 Josef Leopold Zvonar composer 1826 [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1842 Charles Henri Marechal composer 1845 Jacob Verdam Dutch philologist 1845 Paul Vidal de la Blanche France, geographer 1848 Samuel Muller Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) 1849 August Strindberg Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia) 1855 Ernst Kullak composer 1858 Betrice Potter Webb England, economist 1858 Frederick Lugard British captain/baron (Congo) 1861 Karel Stecker composer 1865 Friedrich Paschen German physicist 1870 Charles Arnold Tournemire composer 1871 Leon Jessel composer 1874 Wincenty Witoz Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926) 1875 Bonifacius C de Jonge Governor (Dutch East Indies) 1875 D[avid] W Griffith movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation) 1875 Thomas W Ross actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm) 1877 Hjalmar Schacht president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics 1878 Constance Collier Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool) 1878 Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator 1886 John Joseph Becker composer 1890 Fred M Vinson Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53) 1891 Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analytical 1891 Moise Kisling Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse) 1892 Marcel Dassault [Bloch], French airplane builder 1893 Conrad Veidt Potsdam Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari) 1894 Charles Morgan England, writer (Fountain) 1894 Matt McHugh PA, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair) 1897 Josef Stanislav composer 1897 Rosa Ponselle opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino) 1898 Ross R Barnett lawyer/(Gov-D-MS) 1898 Alexander Abramsky composer 1898 Ben van Eysselsteijn Dutch writer (Arid Earth) 1898 Gustaf Paulson composer 1898 Hans van Werveke Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan) 1899 Guido Kisch Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany) 1899 Martti Haavio [P Mastapää], Finnish linguist/poet 19-- Dawn Smith Jackson TN, actress (Jolene-Joe Forrester) 19-- Steve Riley rock drummer (LA Guns-It's Over Now) 1900 Franz Salmhofer composer 1901 Hans-Erich Apostel Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica) 1903 Robin Humphrey Milford composer 1904 George Balanchine composer/choreographer 1906 Robert E[rvin] Howard US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror) 1906 Willa B Brown (Coffey) US black air pioneer (NAAA) 1907 Marie Dressler actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8) 1909 Ann Sothern [Harriette Lake], North Dakota, actress (Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car) 1909 Lev D Landau Russian physicist (Nobel 1962) 1909 [Sithu] U Thant Burma, 3rd UN Secretary-General (1962-72) 1911 Bruno Kreisky Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83) 1911 Roberto Garcia Morillo composer 1913 Verdina Shlonsky composer 1914 Dimitri Dragatakis composer 1914 Suzanne Danco Belgian singer 1915 Tom Burtt cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand) 1916 Henri Dutilleux Angers France, composer 1917 Albert "Pud" Brown clarinetist/saxophonist 1917 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright 1918 Richard Eastham Opelousas LA, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest) 1920 William Warfield singer (Show Boat) 1920 George Breakston Paris France, actor/director (Jungle Stampede) 1920 Piet Van Lishout Flemish writer (Eva & I) 1921 Andre Hodeir composer 1921 Andy Ganteaume cricketer (West Indies batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948) 1922 Howard Moss poet/editor (New Yorker) 1923 Diana Douglas Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys) 1923 Friedrich Zehm composer 1923 Leslie Bassett composer 1924 J J Johnson composer/jazz trombonist 1924 Margaret Whiting big band singer 1925 Leslie Silver English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1926 Lord Erskine of Rerrick peer 1926 Tom Blackburn writer 1927 Joe Perry NFL Hall-of-Famer 1927 Lou Creekmur Baseball Hall-of-Famer 1928 Birch Bayh (Senator-D-IN) 1929 Rita Gillespie TV director 1930 Roy Cooper London England, actor (Amistad, Julian Po, Trevor-Beacon Hill) 1931 Rauno Makinen Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympics-gold-1956) 1931 Sam Cooke Clarksdale MS, gospel & blues singer (You Send Me, Another Saturday Night, Twisting The Night Away) 1931 Galina Zybina USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58) 1932 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit MI, actress (Twin Peaks) 1934 Bill Bixby San Francisco CA, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian) 1934 Graham Kerr chef (Galloping Gourmet) 1935 Pierre S Du Pont IV (Governor-DE) 1935 Seymour Cassel Detroit MI, actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino) 1937 Eden Pastora Gomez Nicaraguan contra leader 1937 Joseph Wambaugh East Pittsburgh PA, police writer (Onion Fields) 1940 Addie "Micki" Harris Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) 1940 John Hurt England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express) 1940 Tilo Medek German composer 1943 H James "Jim" Saxton (Representative-R-NJ, 1984- ) 1945 Michael Cristofer actor/writer (Little Drummer Girl) 1945 Oliver rocker 1946 Andrew Rubin New Bedford MA, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash) 1949 James P Pennington rocker (Exile) 1949 Rein P Hummel Dutch MP (PvdA) 1949 Steve Perry Hanford CA, vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry) 1952 Karen Moe [Thornton] US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972) 1952 Teddy Gentry Fort Payne AL, country music star (Alabama-Mountain Music, Take Me Down) 1953 Myung-Whun Chung Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1954 Chris Lemmon Los Angeles CA, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet) 1955 Thomas David Jones Baltimore MD, PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk 98) 1956 Becky Pearson LPGA golfer 1956 John Wesley Shipp actor (The Flash, Dawson's Creek, Kelly-Guiding Light) 1957 Mike Bossy NHL forward (New York Islanders) 1959 Linda Blair St Louis MO, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St) 1960 Michael Hutchence Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Need You Tonight, Dogs in Space) 1961 Barb Thomas Whitehead Sibley IA, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian Open) 1962 Robert Mailhouse New Haven CT, actor (Brian-Days of our Life) 1963 Diane Lane New York City NY, actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town) 1963 Jeff Treadway US baseball infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1964 Ann Rowe Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1990) 1964 Maria Ellingsen Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara) 1964 Stojko Vrankovic NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers) 1964 Wayne Kirby Williamsburg VA, outfielder (Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers) 1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand) 1965 Ray Mayhew rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 1965 Steven Adler Cleveland OH, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child) 1965 Tim Prukop WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals) 1966 Carlton Haselrig NFL guard (New York Jets) 1966 Nishantha Ranatunga cricket (brother of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder) 1967 Manabu Nakanishi wrestler (NJPW) 1967 Nicholas Gillingham British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle) 1967 Olivia d'Abo London England, actress (Wonder Years, Single Guy) 1968 Andrey Sokolov hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1968 Brian Jones NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints) 1969 Christina Marie Leardini St Petersburg FL, playmate (April 1991) 1969 Keith Gordon US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1969 Ousmane Bary WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons) 1969 Shelley Sandie Australian basketball guard (Olympics-88, 96) 1969 Vinnie Clark NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1970 Brian Gaskill actor (David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children) 1970 Keith Wagner NFL/WLAF tackle (New York Giants, Redskins, Scot Claymores) 1971 Bucky Brooks wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1971 Jennifer Christine Joseph Wendover NV, Miss Nevada-America (1995) 1972 Steve Scifres guard/tackle (Dallas Cowboys) 1972 Toddrick McIntosh NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1973 Deon Minor Paris Texas, 400m runner 1973 George Noga CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1973 Reggie Barlow wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1973 Said Larossi soccer player (Emmen/Vitesse) 1973 Vincent Bradford linebacker (San Francisco 49ers) 1974 Pavel Mikhalevitch soccer player (NEC) 1974 Stephanie Rottier St Niklaas Belgium, tennis star (1995 semi Prague) 1975 Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen Palmerston North New Zealand, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1976 Balthazar Getty actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies) 1979 Melanie Winiger Miss Switzerland-Universe (1997) 1982 Kevin Sheridan actor (Soul Man) 2179 Hikaru Walter Sulu San Francisco CA, (character on Star Trek)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 21, 2005 2:43:18 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 21 1338 Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80) 1571 John I Pontanus physicist/historian (Amsterdam) 1659 Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect 1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard composer 1743 John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) 1746 Johann H Pestalozzi Zurich Switzerland, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) 1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor composer 1759 Johan Valckenaer Dutch politician/patriot 1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer 1771 Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director 1775 Manuel Garcia composer 1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) 1796 John Gelinde van Blom Frisian notary/author 1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer 1813 John C Frémont [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Governor (AZ) 1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer 1815 Horace Wells dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia) 1821 John Cabell Breckinridge (D) 14th US Vice Pressident (1857-61)/Major-General (Confederacy) 1823 Alexandre Edouard Goria composer 1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lieutenant-General 2nd Corps (ANV, Confederacy) 1829 Oscar II Frederik King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet 1833 Norman Willis union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress) 1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake pioneer English woman physician 1848 Henri Duparc French composer 1855 John M Browning US, weapons manufacturer 1859 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer 1865 Heinrich E Albers-Schönberg German röntgenologist 1867 James Marcus actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger) 1867 Maxime Weygand French General/Governor-General (Algeria) 1867 Willem C Royaards Dutch theater director (Summer Games) 1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland Dutch foreign minister 1875 John Lindworsky German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille) 1875 Paul E Kahle Germany, professor of oriental studies 1878 Egon Friedell Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe) 1883 Olav Aukrust Norway, poet 1884 Katie Sandwina Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter 1884 Roger Nash Baldwin founder (American Civil Liberties Union) 1885 Umberto Nobile Italian General 1886 Gustaaf Sap Belgian minister of Finance/Economy 1887 Alfred Henry Ackley composer 1887 Wolfgang Köhler German/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes) 1889 Bert Collins cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WWI years) 1889 Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility) 1891 Francisco Lazaro Portuguese runner 1891 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer 1891 Timothy Mather Spelman composer 1897 J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan) 1898 John George Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu) 1898 Avery Claflin composer 1904 Richard P Blackmur Massachusetts, critic/poet (Anni Mirabiles, Good European) 1904 Joseph Ford McGuinn Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men) 1905 Christian Dior Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look) 1906 Fred Fehl Austrian/US Broadway photographer 1906 John Putz journalist 1908 Bengt Strömgren Göteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud) 1909 Todor Skalovski composer 1910 Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Cowboy & the Lady) 1910 Lord Cayzer British financier/Schweppes magnate/multi-millionaire 1911 Stanley William Reed cineaste 1912 Konrad Bloch Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964) 1915 Alan Hewitt New York City NY, actor (Detective Brennan-My Favorite Martian) 1917 Rohan Butler historian 1918 Geoffrey Dawes physiologist 1919 Jinx Falkenburg Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party) 1920 Donald Cuthbert Coleman economic historian 1920 Errol Walton Barrow PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986-87) 1920 Torsten Nilsson composer 1921 Barney Clark 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart 1921 John Doucette Brockton MA, actor (Lock Up, Big Town) 1921 Todor Popov composer 1922 Jean P Vroom Dutch sculptor 1922 Paul Scofield Hurst England, actor (Man for All Seasons, Train) 1923 Judith Merril [Josephine Juliet Grossman], sci-fi writer 1924 Benny Hill Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show) 1924 Telly [Aristotle] Savalas Garden City Long Island NY, actor (Acapulco, Kojak) 1925 Lola Flores Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona) 1925 Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock railway writer 1926 Paul Burke New Orleans LA, actor (Neal-Dynasty) 1926 Franco Evangelisti Italian composer 1926 Raf Reymen Flemish actor 1926 Steve Reeves Glasgow MT, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained) 1930 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev Russia, cosmonaut 1932 Boris Shakhlin Russia, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956-60-64) 1933 Itzhak Fuks Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam 1933 William Wrigley III chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys) 1935 Ann Wedgeworth Abilene TX, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie) 1939 Mary Ellen McAnally Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes) 1939 Wolfman Jack [Bob Smith], Brooklyn NY, DJ (Midnight Special) 1940 Jack Nicklaus Columbus OH, golfer (Player of Year 1967,72,73,75,76) 1940 Marquis of Tavistock English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1941 Placido Domingo Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Madame Butterfly) 1941 Richie Havens Brooklyn NY, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun) 1941 Edwin Starr [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War) 1942 Mac Davis Lubbock TX, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40) 1944 John Kenneth Tavener composer 1944 Neely Bruce composer 1945 Andrew Stein president of NYC council (D) 1945 Chris Britton rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine) 1946 Vincent Placoly Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive) 1947 Jill Eikenberry New Haven CT, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project) 1947 Jimmy Ibbotson Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1950 Billy Ocean [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen) 1950 Joseph R Tanner Danville IL, astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk 97) 1950 Richie Ranno rocker 1953 Fausto Bara Mexico, actor (Gaucho-Renegades) 1955 Peter Fleming New Jersey, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83) 1955 Robby Benson Dallas TX, actor (One on One, Running Brave, ChosenIce Castles, Beauty and the Beast) 1956 Bob Brill New York City NY, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) 1957 Geena (Virginia) Davis Wareham MA, actress (Beetlejuice, The Fly) 1957 Jacob Green NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk) 1957 Shaukat Dukanwala cricketer (Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996) 1958 Miguel Alejandro New York City NY, actor (Popi) 1961 Sherry Ramsay Stauton VA, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns) 1961 Gabrielle Carteris Phoenix AZ, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210) 1963 Cindy Schreyer Forest Park GA, LPGA golfer (1993 Sun-Times Challenge) 1963 Detlef Schrempf Germany, NBA forward (Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics) 1963 Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon Nigeria, NBA center (Rockets, Olympics-gold-96) 1963 Jessie Hester NFL player (St Louis Rams) 1965 Brian Bradley Kitchener, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1965 Cordell Crockett rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 1965 Eric Moore NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns) 1965 Tania Abitbol Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th) 1966 Chris Hammond US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1966 Katrine Michaelsen Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark (1984) 1967 Ulf Stenlund Sweden, tennis star 1968 Charlotte Ross Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives) 1968 Tom Urbani Santa Cruz CA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers) 1969 Ashley Sheppard NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1969 Matt Willig NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets) 1969 Rusty Greer Fort Rucker AL, outfielder (Texas Rangers) 1969 Ted Long CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1970 Brennan Little St Thomas Ontario, golfer (1994 Western States mini-tour) 1970 Ian Salisbury cricketer (Sussex & England leg-spinner 1992-96) 1971 Doug Edwards NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1971 Doug Weight Warren MI, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98) 1971 Tommy Puett Gary IN, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10) 1972 Alan Benes Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1972 Howard Nathan NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks) 1972 Shelley Looney ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98) 1973 Bubba Miller corner (Philadelphia Eagles) 1973 Grady Jackson defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders) 1973 Jamal Cox WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1974 Jerald Sowell fullback (New York Jets) 1974 Jerry Wunsch tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1974 Orpheus Roye defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1975 Anette Oldenborg Miss Denmark-Universe (1996) 1975 Faghma Absalom Miss Namibia-Universe (1996) 1975 Willem Korsten Dutch soccer player (Vitesse) 1976 Amanda Little Miss Texas-USA (1997, top 6) 1976 Emma Lee Bunton "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls) 1976 Lynn Thomas Newport News VA, playmate (May 1997) 1979 Kelly Gaudet Miss Florida Teen-USA (1996) 1980 Aubrie Rippner Los Angeles CA, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 21, 2005 2:42:17 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 20
1586 Johann Hermann Schein German composer (Fontana d'Israel) 1622 Susanna van Baerle Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns 1654 Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet 1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer 1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco composer 1716 Carlos III king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits 1716 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historical writer (Greek Antiquity) 1732 Richard H Lee US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence) 1743 Pascal Boyer composer 1760 Charles III king of Spain (1759-88) 1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer 1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer 1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish patriot 1775 Andre-Marie Ampere Lyon France, discovered electromagnetism 1782 Johan B J F S archduke of Austria 1806 Nathaniel Willis writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Magazine) 1809 Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (La Paloma) 1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1820 Anne Jemima Clough England, promoted higher education for women 1831 Pieter J Joubert General (South Africa) 1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) 1844 Johan Peter Selmer composer 1847 W R Pettiford Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) 1855 Amedee-Ernest Chausson Paris France, composer (Poème for Violin & Orchestra) 1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck 1866 Richard Le Gallienne English writer (Maker of Gainborg) 1868 Wilhelm Schäfer German writer (Ein Totschläger) 1870 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer 1873 Charles A Ellwood US, sociologist/psychologist 1873 Johannes V Jensen Denmark, novelist/poet/essayist (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944) 1877 Ruth St Denis Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) 1878 Finlay Currie Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) 1883 Betram Home Ramsay English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1884 A[braham P] Merritt US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!) 1889 Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter Mooringsport LA, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) 1891 Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist 1892 Roscoe Ates Grange MS, actor (Deputy Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass) 1893 Kaj Birket-Smith Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) 1894 Harold L Gray creator (Little Orphan Annie) 1894 Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis) 1895 Eva A Jessye US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah) 1896 George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], New York City NY, actor/comedian (Oh God) 1896 Rolfe Sedan New York City NY, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show) 1896 Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik) 1897 Mae Busch Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) 1898 Colin Clive [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein) 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin composer 1899 Kenjiro Takayanagi Vice President (JVC) 19-- Colleen Zenk Pinter Barrington IL, actress (Barbara-As the World Turns) 19-- Karen Morris Gowdy Cheyenne WY, actress (Faith-Ryan's Hope) 1900 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer 1900 Doris Deane Wisconsin, entertainer 1903 Leon Ames Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride) 1903 Sybil Marion Rosenfeld theatre historian 1904 Theodore Brameld author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas) 1904 Alexandra Danilova Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point) 1904 Renato Caccioppoli Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin 1907 Roy Welensky Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63) 1908 Ian Peebles cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31) 1908 Paula Wessely Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade) 1908 Wilfred Conwell Bain composer 1910 Abram Hill director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater) 1910 Joy Adamson naturalist/author (Born Free) 1910 Ennio Porrino composer 1910 Lauritz Lauritzen German politician 1910 Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher 1912 Christopher Casson Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita) 1914 Wensley Pithey Cape Town South Africa, actor (Winston Churchill-Ike) 1915 Joe Hitchcock darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four) 1915 C W Ceram [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer (March of Archaeology) 1916 Jopie [Johan A] Pengel premier of Suriname (1963-69) 1916 Walter Bartley biochemist 1919 Alex Nicol Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet) 1919 Royalton Kisch British conductor 1919 Stepan Lucky composer 1920 DeForest Kelley Atlanta GA, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek) 1920 Federico Fellini Rimini Italy, director (8½, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita) 1920 Peter Clemoes anglo-Saxon scholar 1920 Richard John Copeland Atkinson archaeologist 1920 Sam M Gibbons (Representative-D-FL, 1963- ) 1921 Bernt Engelmann Germany, writer 1922 Ray Anthony Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme) 1922 Lord James Hanson English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative) 1924 Yvonne Loriod Houilles France, pianist 1925 E Cardenal writer 1925 Edwin Gordon New York City NY, VOA correspondent 1925 Eugen Gomringer writer 1925 George Connol NFL Hall-of-Famer 1926 Patricia Neal Packard KY, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) 1926 Robert L Van Citters cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean 1926 David Eugene Tudor Philadelphia PA, composer 1926 Michael Higgins Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion) 1927 Geoffrey WT Atkins British World Champion racket player (1954-72) 1927 Olivier Strebelle Belgian sculptor/ceramist 1928 Martin Landau Brooklyn NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999) 1928 Peter Donat Kentville Nova Scotia, actor (Flamingo Road, Different Story) 1928 William Berger Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules) 1929 Arte Johnson Chicago IL, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie) 1930 Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr Montclair NJ, USAF/astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 11) 1931 Sawako Ariyoshi Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife) 1931 Thomas Roy Garrett museum curator 1933 Ron Townson St Louis MO, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away) 1934 Tom Baker actor (Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror) 1936 Eldred G Maduro minister (Netherlands Antilles) 1937 Dorothy Provine Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat) 1939 Murle Breer LPGA golfer 1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe Indian astronomer 1940 Carol Heiss Jenkins New York City NY, figure skater (Olympics-gold/silver-56, 60) 1940 Jorge Peixinho composer 1941 Ronald Townson rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius) 1942 Slim Whitman yodeler/country singer (Home on the Range) 1943 Roeland HG "Roel" van Duyn Dutch Provo politician 1944 Isao Okano Japan, middleweight judo (Olympics-gold-1964) 1944 Eddie Shah English publisher (Today, Post) 1944 Lieven Soete Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact) 1945 Eric Stewart rock guitarist (10CC-I'm Not in Love) 1945 Peter Beckwith English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1946 David Lynch Missoula MT, actor/director (Blue Velvet, Dune, Eraserhead, Twin Peaks) 1947 George Grantham rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes) 1947 Malcolm McLaren founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) 1948 Jerry L Ross Indiana, Lieutenant-Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74, 88) 1948 Anatoly Shcharansky Soviet human rights activist/émigré 1948 Melvyn John Pritchard England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) 1949 Ivana Trump former wife of Donald 1949 Kieron Walsh academic 1950 Henk Batenburgh cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht) 1951 Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev Russian cosmonaut 1952 Ian Hill bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law) 1952 Paul Stanley [Eisen], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) 1955 Joe Doherty Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US) 1955 Michael Anthony rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman, Jump, 1984) 1956 John Naber US, 100m/200m backstroke swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1976) 1956 Bill Maher comedian (Politically Incorrect) 1956 John McNally Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96) 1956 John Phillips Naber Evanston IL, swimmer (Olympics-4 gold/silver-76) 1957 Leonard C Clements Cherry Point NC, PGA golfer (1994 Bob Hope-2nd) 1958 Lorenzo Lamas Los Angeles CA, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever) 1959 Lea Antonoplis West Covina CA, tennis star 1963 Scott Fisher San Jose CA, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-96) 1964 Ozzie Guillen Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop (Chicago White Sox) 1964 Roger Smith Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player 1964 Ron Harper NBA guard (Chicago Bulls) 1964 Victoria Sellers London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords) 1965 Brad Brink US baseball pitcher (San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies) 1966 Tia Carrere Honolulu HI, actress (Wayne's World, General Hospital) 1966 Bert Weidner NFL guard (Miami Dolphins) 1966 Chris Morris NBA forward (Utah Jazz) 1966 Rich Gannon NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs) 1966 Tracii Guns rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) 1967 Joe Pasquale rocker (Prey) 1967 Mark Stepnoski NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers) 1967 Stacey Dash Bronx NY, actress (Dionne-Clueless) 1968 Junior Murray cricketer (West Indies keeper, no relation to Derryck or David) 1968 Nick Anderson NBA guard/forward (Orlando Magic) 1969 Tia Marie Zorne Las Vegas NV, Miss America-Nevada (1990) 1969 Andre Romal Cason Virginia Beach VA, 100m runner 1969 Melissa Rivers New York City NY, TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News) 1970 Anita St Rose Miss Great Britain-Universe (1996) 1970 Dennis Hulshof soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) 1970 Deon Figures cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1970 Marvin Benard Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (San Francisco Giants) 1970 Rob Gaudreau Lincoln, NHL center (Ottawa Senators) 1970 Ron Carpenter NFL/WLAF safety (New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals) 1970 Skeet Ulrich actor (Scream) 1970 Terry Kirby NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers) 1970 Thomas "Tom" Murray Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996) 1971 Alan Young NFL defensive end (New York Jets) 1971 Andrei Skabelka NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1971 Johnny Mitchell NFL tight end (New York Jets) 1971 Karin Smith Miss Minnesota USA (1996) 1972 Alcides Catanho NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots) 1973 Eddie Kennison wide receiver (St Louis Rams) 1973 Jalen Rose NBA guard (Denver Nuggets) 1974 Calvin Harrison Orlando Florida, 200m/400m runner 1974 Rae Carruth wide receiver (Carolina Panthers) 1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams cricketer (lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa)
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Message Posted: Jan 19, 2005 10:52:13 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 19
0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran) 1200 Dogen Kigen, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto 1544 Francis II de Valois-Angoulême king of France (1559-60) 1613 Jacques Huyn composer 1639 Noël Alexandre French theologian/historian 1676 John Weldon composer 1679 Girolamo Chiti composer 1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn Japan, Zen Buddhist 1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine) 1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre French writer (Paul et Virgin) 1749 Isaiah Thomas US, printer/editor/publisher/historian 1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer 1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) 1798 Auguste Comte philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) 1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer 1st Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1831) 1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer 1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford VA, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) 1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) 1816 Henry Gray Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1820 John Haskell King Brevet Major General (Union Army),died in 1888 1827 Carlos Guido y Spano Argentina, conductor (Ráfagas) 1830 George Blake Cosby Brigadier General(Confederate Army),died in 1909 1832 Ferdinand Laub composer 1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal composer 1837 William Williams Keen surgeon (brain) 1839 Bohumil Pazdirek composer 1839 Paul Cézanne France, impressionist painter (Bathers) 1851 David Starr Jordan NY, biologist/university president (Leland Stanford) 1851 Johannes C Kapteyn Dutch astronomer 1858 Eugene Brieux French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) 1859 Alice Eastwood Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of California) 1863 Werner Sombart German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben) 1866 Harry Davenport New York City NY, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin) 1868 Gustav Meyrink writer 1869 Alfred R Zimmerman mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Director (League of Nations) 1873 Hans E Blaich writer 1877 Charles Coburn Savannah GA, actor (Devil and Miss Jones) 1879 Marie Koenen author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) 1883 Hermann Abendroth German conductor 1884 Albert Louis Wolff composer 1887 Alexander Woollcott New Jersey, short story writer/critic (Man Who Came to Dinner) 1889 Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp (Dada) 1892 Olafur Thors Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) 1897 Natacha Rambova Salt Lake City UT, costume designer 1897 René Victor Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad) 1899 [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion organist/composer 19-- Anthony Herrera Wiggins MS, actor (James Stenbeck-As the World Turns, Dane-Loving) 19-- Richard Van Vleet Denver CO, actor (Chuck-All My Children) 1902 Heinrich Schmist-Barrien German author (Moorkeerl) 1903 Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer 1903 Erwin Nyiregyhazi Budapest Hungary, pianist 1903 Alfred Lane Beit connoisseur 1904 James Winston Watts developer (Frontal Lobotomy) 1905 Anne Schumacher Hummert radio pioneer 1905 Oveta Culp Hobby government official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post) 1906 Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue], Pennsylvania, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) 1906 Lanny Ross Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show) 1907 Lillian Harvey London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) 1910 Willi Schmidt Germany, director 1912 Leonid V Kantorovich St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel) 1912 Francis David Charteris Earl of Wemyss & March/Scottish landowner 1912 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans Dutch socialist democratic chairman (1965-69) 1913 Phyllis Flowerdew school Reading text author 1914 Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top) 1915 Alvy West Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show) 1917 John Raitt Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor (Pajama Game) 1917 Rudolf Maros composer 1918 John H Johnson US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet) 1919 Dharam Singh India, field hockey player (Olympics-gold-1964) 1919 Anthony Dexter [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor (Valentino) 1920 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Lima Perú, 5th Secretary-General of UN (1982-91) 1921 Patricia Highsmith [Plangman], US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train, L'amateur d'escargot) 1922 Arthur Morris cricketer (great Australian lefty opening batsman) 1922 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], Bakersfield CA, actor (Wild Bill Hickok) 1922 Ken Hughes Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale) 1923 Jean Stapleton New York City NY, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family) 1924 Nicholas Colasanto Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers) 1924 7th Earl of Carnarvon English large landowner 1924 Jean François Revel French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jésus) 1925 Nina [Mary] Bawden English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman) 1926 Fritz Weaver Pittsburgh PA, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin) 1926 Libera Carlier Flemish author (Action Station Go!) 1928 Dainin Katagiri Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki 1928 Edward Gerard Schurmann composer 1929 Ulu Grosbard Belgium, actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love) 1930 John Waite cricket wicket-keeper (great South African) 1931 Robert MacNeil Montréal Québec Canada, news anchor (NBC Weekend News 1965-67) 1931 Ron Packard (Representative-R-CA, 1983- ) 1932 Richard Lester movie director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia) 1932 Joe Schmidt NFL Hall of Fame linebacker (Detroit Lions) 1933 Marc F A Andries Flemish actor (Central Station) 1935 Tippi Hedren Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful) 1936 Elliott Schwartz composer 1936 Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She) 1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie) 1938 Denny Smith (Representative-R-OR, 1981- ) 1938 Eskil Hemberg composer 1940 Barend J du Plessis South African minister of Finance (1984- ) 1940 Mary Mills LPGA golfer 1942 Michael Crawford England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera) 1942 Shelly Fabares Santa Monica CA, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach) 1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me) 1943 Joe Butler rocker 1943 Margriet Francisca Dutch Princess 1944 Dan Reeves NFL Coach (New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons) 1944 Pehr Henrik Nordgren composer 1944 Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist 1945 Rod Evans rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band) 1945 Charles Amirkhanian composer 1945 Vadim Abdrashitov director (Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets) 1946 Julian Barnes England, writer (Before She Met Me) 1946 Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin Russian cosmonaut 1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton Sevierville TN, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5) 1947 Ann Compton news reporter (ABC TV) 1947 Alessandro Haber actor (China is Near) 1948 Harvey Hinsley rocker 1949 Robert Palmer Batley England, rocker (Addicted to Love, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley) 1951 Dewey Bunnell Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane, Sister Golden Hair) 1951 Martha Davis vocals/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1951 Linda Hayden Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw, Shattered) 1953 Desi Arnaz Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride) 1954 Steve DeBerg NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers) 1954 Katey Sagal Los Angeles CA, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children) 1955 Simon Rattle England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) 1957 Michael "Mickey" Virtue Birmingham England, rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1957 Ottis "O J" Anderson NFL running back (New York Giants) 1960 Alfrederick Joyner East St Louis IL, triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1984) 1961 Paul McCrane actor (Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back) 1961 William Ragsdale Alaska, actor (Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk) 1962 Anthony Edwards Santa Barbara CA, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure) 1962 Chris Sabo Detroit MI, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles) 1963 Adele Peterson LPGA golfer 1963 Caron Wheeler English singer (Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin') 1963 Michael Adams NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets) 1965 Ricky Reynolds NFL cornerback (New England Patriots) 1966 Anthony Young US baseball pitcher (New York Met, Chicago Cubs) 1966 Ronnie Williams NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins) 1966 Stefan Edberg Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991) 1966 Sylvain Cote Duberger, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1967 Christine Tucci actress (Amanda Cory-Another World) 1968 Marty Conlon NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks) 1968 Whitfield Crane rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 1969 Andrew Murray Stone Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter (Olympics-96) 1969 Junior Seau NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1969 Luc Longley NBA center (Chicago Bulls) 1969 Orlando Palmeiro Hoboken NJ, outfielder (California Angels) 1970 Ghetty Chasun Erie PA, actress (Red Lips) 1970 Rick Krivda Mckeesport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) 1970 T J Mathews Belleville IL, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1971 Jeff Juden Salem MA, baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants) 1971 Maurice Hofman Dutch soccer player (MVV) 1971 Reggie Brooks NFL running back (Washington Redskins) 1971 Shawn Wayans actor (In Living Color) 1972 Tyrone Wheatley NFL running back (New York Giants) 1973 Chris Stynes Queens NY, infielder (Kansas City Royals) 1974 Amaury Telemaco Higuey Dominican Republic, pitcher (Chicago Cubs) 1974 Gregory Playfair Suriname/Dutch soccer player (PSV) 1974 Tarik Oulida soccer player (Ajax/Seville) 1974 Walter Jones tackle (Seattle Seahawks) 1975 Natalie Harvey Australian 3k/5k runner (Olympics-96) 1976 Claire Grech Miss Malta-Universe (1997) 1976 Sky Christopherson Tucson AZ, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1977 Taliesin Jaffe Venice CA, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief) 1977 Anne Miller Midland MI, tennis star (1995 Darmstadt Germany) 1982 Jodie Sweetin actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House) 1993 John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg son of Caroline Kennedy
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Message Posted: Jan 18, 2005 2:41:51 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 18
1543 Alfonso Ferrabosco composer 1641 François Michel le Tellier French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) 1657 Hendrik Casimir II Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) 1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch Classical prof, baptized 1689 Charles de Montesquieu France, philosopher/writer (Lettres Persanes) 1726 Hendrik prince of Prussia/diplomat 1732 Jean-Guillain Cardon composer 1751 Ferdinand Kauer composer 1779 Peter Roget thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) 1782 Daniel Webster Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer 1793 William Henry Havergal composer 1795 Anna Paulowna Romanova monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I 1809 Richard Caswell Gatlin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden inventor (1st commercial usable barbed wire) 1815 James Chesnut Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 1815 Richard Yates Warsaw KY, Governor-Illinois (1861-65), died in 1873 1817 Jacques Gregoir composer 1818 Johannes van Vloten Dutch literary/theologist 1820 Abraham Buford Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 1829 Louis van Haecke Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) 1831 Edward Ferrero Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 1835 César A Cui Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer 1835 Jan van Droogenbroeck Flemish poet 1840 Austin Dobson England, poet/critic/biographer 1840 Ernst Rudorff composer 1841 Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) 1849 Sir Edmund Barton 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) 1854 Thomas A Watson needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) 1856 Dr Daniel Nathan Hale Williams famous African-American 1856 John Hyatt Brewer composer 1857 Otto von Below German commandant (WWI) 1861 Hans Goldschmidt German chemist 1861 Raymond Huntington Woodman composer 1867 Rubén Darío national poet (Nicaragua) 1869 Willem De Vreese Flemish linguist/biblographer 1870 Berend Modderman printer (Drukkers yearbook) 1871 Franz Blei [Peregrinus Steinhövel], Austrian painter/critic 1872 Paul Leautaud [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) 1878 Hendrik Baels Belgian politician 1879 Henri-Honoré Giraud French General /member of parliament 1880 Paul Ehrenfest Austria/Netherlands physicist (adiabates hypothesis) 1881 Gaston Gallimard French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) 1882 Alan Alexander Milne English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) 1882 Jacob Clay Dutch philosopher/physicist (Mesones) 1882 Sylvia Pankhurst English feminist 1884 Arthur Ransome English author (Swallows & Amazons) 1886 Antoine Pevsner French sculptor 1886 Peter Alma Dutch painter/graphic artist 1892 Oliver Hardy Harlem GA, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy) 1893 John Lawrence Seymour composer 1893 Jorge Guillén Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (Cántico, Final) 1894 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff Dutch parapsychologist 1896 Hans H Holm Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt) 19-- Jose Luis Perales Spain, Spanish singer (Con El Paso del Tiempo) 19-- Mike Marquis rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire) 1901 Arie Querido Dutch social psychiatrist 1903 Berthold Goldschmidt German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci) 1904 Cary Grant England, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest) 1904 Henri-Georges Adam French etcher/painter/sculptor (Grand Nude) 1905 Chick Chandler Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family) 1906 Hans Aeschbacher Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours) 1907 Janos Ferencsik Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) 1908 Albert P Morano (Representative-R-CT, 1951-59) 1908 Jacob Bronowsky British mathematician/cultural historian 1910 Arthur John Howard actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage) 1911 Gabor Darvas composer 1912 William Sansom English writer (The Loving Eye) 1912 Charles Moeller Belgian theologist (Humanisme et sainteté) 1912 René Gabriëls Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European championships) 1913 Danny Kaye Brooklyn NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show) 1914 Arno Schmidt writer 1916 Alec Coxon cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82) 1917 Oscar Lewenstein impressario 1918 Adriano Mandarino Hypolito priest 1918 Bohuslav Jeremias composer, dies at 58 1918 Ton Brandsteder CEO/founder (Sony Nederland) 1919 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas Santiago Chile, composer 1921 Bruce Woodcock boxer 1922 Constance Moore Sioux City IA, actress (Window on Main Street) 1922 Yehezkiel Braun composer 1924 Donald Baverstock TV producer 1925 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere TV producer 1925 Gilles Deleuze philosopher 1925 Roepie Kruize Dutch field hockey player (Olympics-Bronze-48/Silver-52) 1932 Joe Schmidt NFL Hall-of-Famer 1932 Robert Anton Wilson US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat) 1933 John Boorman producer/director (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz) 1933 David Bellamy English botanist/tv-program maker 1933 Ray Dolby sound expert/inventor (Dolby noise limiting system) 1933 Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov cosmonaut 1935 Raymond Briggs English author (Fungus the Bogeyman) 1939 Bernard Glassman New York, Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of NY) 1941 Bobby Goldsboro Marianna FL, singer (Honey) 1941 David Ruffin Mississippi, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone) 1941 Tom Bailey rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) 1941 Iva Zanicchi actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro) 1943 Dave Greene rocker 1944 Larry "Legs" Smith rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) 1944 Relus ter Beek Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA) 1946 Katia Ricciarelli actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot) 1948 Takeshi Kitano Tokyo Japan, actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) 1950 John Hughes director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science) 1950 Claudia de Colombia Bogato Columbia, Spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti) 1950 Gilles Villeneuve Canadian auto racer 1953 Brett Hudson Portland OR, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show) 1955 Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren Dutch actor (Hunk) 1955 Kevin Costner Los Angeles CA, actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham) 1955 Mable Fergerson Los Angeles CA, 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1972) 1956 Mark Collie Waynesboro TN, country singer (Another Old Soldier) 1957 Tom Bailey rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) 1958 Jeffrey N Williams Superior WI, Major Army/astronaut 1958 Larry Smith NBA player 1959 Bob Rosenberg rocker (Will To Power) 1961 Mark D Messier Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, New York Rangers) 1962 Alison Arngrim actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie) 1962 David O'Connor equestrian 3-day (Olympics-silver-96) 1963 Jane Horrocks Lancashire England, actress (Absolutely Fabulous) 1964 Brady Anderson Silver Spring MD, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1964 Jenny Holliday Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1965 Richard Dunwoody British jockey) 1967 M C Tab [Sharon Richard], New York City NY, rapper 1967 Kim Perrot WNBA guard (Houston Comets) 1967 Peter Cox Jr Bronxville NY, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96) 1969 Larry Webster defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens) 1969 Marvin Pope CFL defensive end (Calgary Stampeders) 1970 Leo Araguz NLF/WLAF punter (Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire) 1971 Andre Coleman NFL wide receiver/kick returner (San Diego Chargers) 1971 Greg Engel NFL center (San Diego Chargers) 1972 Dwayne Carswell NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII) 1972 Mike Lieberthal Glendale CA, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1972 Ryan Kuehl defensive tackle (Washington Redskins) 1972 Steven Conley linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1972 Vinod Kambli cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-) 1973 Crispian Mills London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker) 1973 Edward Jasper defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles) 1973 Junior Burrough NBA forward (Boston Celtics) 1973 Regilio Vreede soccer player (Blue White, RKC) 1974 Devon Odessa actor (Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost) 1974 Shane Burton defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins) 1975 Derek Smith linebacker (Washington Redskins) 1976 Laurence Courtois Kortrijk Belgium, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta) 1976 Vincent Polvliet soccer player (FC Utrecht) 1981 Kimberly Gloudemans Miss California Teen-USA (1997) 1981 Latoya Farley Miss Oklahoma Teen-USA (1996)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 18, 2005 2:40:56 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 17
1342 Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy 1463 Frederick III the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther 1501 Leonhard Fuchs Germany, botanist (History of Plants) 1504 Pius V [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) 1517 Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) 1545 Antonio Pace composer 1574 Robert Fludd composer 1600 Pedro Caldéron de la Barca Spanish poet/dramatist 1612 Thomas Fairfax Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary General 1657 Pieter van Bloemen [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized 1659 Antonio Veracini composer 1683 Gerard van Loon Dutch historian 1706 Benjamin Franklin Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor 1712 John Stanley composer 1719 Jean-Joseph Vade composer 1728 Johann Gottfried Muthel composer 1732 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski last king of Poland (1764-95) 1733 Thomas Linley composer 1734 François-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza) 1745 Nicolas Roze composer 1759 Paul Cuffe Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist 1761 James Hall Scotland, geologist 1769 Ole Andreas Lindeman composer 1771 Charles Brockden Brown father of American novel (Wieland) 1806 James Madison Randolph (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House 1814 Ellen Wood English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey) 1818 Sir Antoine Dorion (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64) 1820 Anne Bronte English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) 1828 Lewis Addison Grant Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1918 1834 Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia 1835 Antanas Baranauskas Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist 1835 Johan Filip von Schantz composer 1836 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer 1842 Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands) 1845 Lucas Lindeboom Dutch vicar/evangelist (Vredebond) 1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev St Petersburg Russia, composer 1853 Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont women's rights advocate & activist 1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste developer (1st sound-on-film recording) 1857 Wilhelm Kienzl Austrian composer (Evangelimann) 1858 Tomas Carrasquilla Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) 1862 John E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher 1863 David Lloyd George (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) 1863 Henry Charles Tonking composer 1863 Konstantin S Stanislavski Russia, director (Stanislavski Method) 1864 Lucien Herr France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller) 1873 François Rasse composer 1876 Olga Fastrova writer 1877 Hans Jelmoli composer 1878 Oscar Apfel Cleveland OH, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn) 1880 Mack Sennett movie creator (Keystone Kops) 1881 Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne British anthropologist (Andaman Islanders) 1884 Noah Beery US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) 1885 E Ball-Hennings writer 1885 Joseph Arendt Belgian worker's union leader 1886 Glenn Luther Martin aviator (Collier Trophy-1933) 1886 Ronald Firbank London England, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot) 1891 Marjorie Gateson Brooklyn NY, actress (One Man's Family) 1891 Norman "Squab" Read US aviator who lived to be 101 1891 Walter Eucken German economist 1896 Harry Reser Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 1897 Nils Asther Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster) 1899 Nevil Shute (Norway) London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice) 1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins US, educator/civil libertarian 1899 Al Capone Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) 1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink Dutch literary (1 Man Without Character) 19-- Nina Wilcox New York City NY, actress (Harbourmaster, Jessica Novak) 19-- William Lucking Vicksburg MI, actor (A-Team, Jessie, Shannon) 1900 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant patron of the arts 1901 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky composer 1902 Geoffrey W Lloyd British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55) 1903 Warren Hull Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World) 1904 Grant Withers Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie) 1904 Patsy Ruth Miller actress (Québec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds) 1905 Franz Schmid Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931) 1907 Henk H Badings Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) 1908 Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad producer 1910 Edith S Green (Representative-D-OR) 1910 Michael Economides restaurateur 1911 Hermann Pfrogner Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus) 1911 Luis W Alvarez US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968) 1912 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer 1913 Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten founder (Oostpriesterhulp) 1913 Yuvraj of Patiala cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England) 1916 Joel Herron Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show) 1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR) Indian film star, politician 1917 Oskar Morawetz Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer 1917 Ulyses Simpson Kay composer 1918 Joseph Walker Barr banker/politician 1920 Nora Kaye New York City NY, prima ballerina 1920 Joseph George Handy Hendleman musician 1921 Dehl Berti Pueblo CO, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise) 1922 Betty White Oak Park IL, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls) 1922 Luis Echeverría Alvarez President of Mexico 1923 Onno Molenkamp Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift) 1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb educator/president (California State University at Fullerton) 1925 Rock Hudson Winnetka IL, actor (McMillian & Wife) 1925 A H Kardar cricketer (Pakistana 1st Test captain, previously played for India) 1925 Annie Delorie Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias) 1925 Duane Hanson US sculptor 1926 Clyde Walcott cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman) 1926 Moira Shearer Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes) 1926 Richard Michael Hills comedy script writer 1927 Donald Erb Youngstown OH, composer 1927 Eartha Kitt singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman) 1927 Michael Herford Wooller TV/film producer 1928 Vidal Sassoon London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson) 1928 Jean Barraqué French composer 1928 Ken Archer cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s) 1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante Québec Canada, NHL goaltender (#1) 1930 Thomas P Stafford Oklahoma, astronaut (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10) 1930 Bill Benyon English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1930 Robert Ceely composer 1931 James Earl Jones Mississippi, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man) 1931 L Douglas Wilder (Gov-D-VA) 1931 Frederick Alfred Fox composer 1933 Aga Khan religious leader (Muslims) 1933 Bruno Schroder British baron/banker/multi-millionaire 1933 Sheree North [Dawn Bethel], Louisiana, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Breakout, Madigan) 1933 Yolande Christina Dalida Cairo Egypt, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day) 1934 Shari Lewis Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop) 1934 Donald Cammell film director 1934 Sydney Phillip Hodkinson composer 1935 Jimmy Powell Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic) 1935 Paul O[sborne] Williams US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle) 1936 Jerry Fogel Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow) 1938 Paul Revere Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders) 1938 John Bellairs US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom) 1939 Toini Gustafson Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1968) 1939 Antao D'Souza cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62) 1939 Maury Povich TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung 1940 H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympics-gold-1968, 72) 1940 Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali South African poet (Fireflames) 1942 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8) 1942 Randy Boone Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian) 1943 Chris Montez rocker 1943 Daniel Charles Brandenstein Watertown Wi, astronaut (STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49) 1945 William Hart US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry) 1947 Todd Susman St Louis MO, actor (Goodnight Beantown) 1947 Gail Toushin LPGA golfer 1947 Jane Elliot New York City NY, actress (Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing) 1947 Ulysses Dove dancer/choreographer 1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin South African worker's union leader 1948 Mick Taylor rock bassist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) 1949 Andy Kaufman New York City NY, comedian/actor (Latka Gravas-Taxi) 1949 Debbie Watson La Mirada CA, actress (Karen, Tammy) 1951 Rolando Thoeni Italy, slalom (Olympics-bronze-1972) 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto Japan, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra) 1952 Larry Fortensky former husband (7th) of Liz Taylor 1953 Sheila Hutchinson rocker 1954 Robert F Kennedy Jr attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council) 1954 Janet Dykman Monterey Park CA, archer (Olympics-1996) 1955 Steve Earle San Antonio TX, country singer (Guitar Town) 1956 Mitch Vogel Alhambra CA, actor (Jamie-Bonanza) 1956 Paul Young rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away) 1956 David Caruso actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes) 1957 Donna Stone New Jersey, fencer-epee (Olympics-96) 1958 Jez Strode rocker (Kajagoogoo) 1960 John Crawford Palo Alto CA, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) 1960 Chili Davis Kingston Jamaica, outfielder (California Angels) 1961 Maia Chiburdanidze Kutaisi USSR, women's world chess champ 1961 Susanna Hoffs actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) 1962 Jim Carrey Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Dumb & Dumber, Mask, Skip-Duck Factory) 1964 Jeff Tabaka US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres) 1966 Karissa Rushing Benton AR, Miss America-Arkansas (1990) 1966 Anna Ivan La Jolla CA, tennis star 1966 Don Myrah Oakland CA, cyclist (Olympics-20th-96) 1966 Rexton Gordon "Shabba Ranks" Jamaican dj/rapper (Extra Naked) 1966 Trish Johnson Bristol England, LPGA golfer (1993 Las Vegas) 1967 Gregory Caccia Bayshore NY, team handball right back (Olympics-1996) 1967 William Michael Heinen Jr Rayne LA, PGA golfer (1994 Shell Houston) 1970 Candace Murray Vancouver BC, softball shortstop (Olympics-96) 1970 Darnell Walker NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers) 1970 Jeremy Roenick Boston MA, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes) 1971 Derek Plante Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres) 1971 Peter Winter Australian decathlete (Olympics-96) 1971 Tyler Houston US baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves) 1972 Rohn Meyer CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) 1972 Wendall Gaines NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1973 Amanda Elizabeth Spivey Spartanburg SC, Miss South Carolina-America (1995) 1974 Derrick Mason wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers) 1974 Guillermo Mercedes Dominican/US baseball infielder (Texas Rangers) 1974 Marcus Spriggs offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1974 Sharon Marie Ferris New Zealand, yachter (Olympics-96) 1977 Ali el Kattabi soccer player (Sparta) 1978 Irina A Borisova Miss Ukraine-Universe (1996) 1981 Ray J singer
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Message Posted: Jan 18, 2005 2:39:56 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 16 1587 Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter 1672 Francesco Mancini composer 1697 Richard Savage poet 1728 Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola) 1749 Vittoria A Alfieri Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda) 1757 Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem) 1804 Karl August Krebs composer 1807 Charles Henry Davis Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877 1815 Adolph Trube composer 1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck Major-General (Union Army) 1834 Albert Lindley Lee Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1907 1837 James Phillip Simms Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 1847 Kálmán Mikszáth Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu) 1853 André Michelin France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin) 1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson English actor/theater director (Kathleen) 1864 Frank Bacon actor/author (Lightnin) 1868 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer 1870 Wilhelm Normann German chemist (hardening of oils) 1872 Edward G Craig actor/director (On the art of theatre) 1872 Henri-Paul Busser composer 1873 Boyd Alexander English explorer 1874 Robert Service England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee) 1878 Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey Sr Bronx NY, US actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force) 1878 Robert Garbe German poet (Görniek) 1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40) 1887 John Hamilton Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) 1890 Karl Freund Czech/Austrian cameraman/director 1890 Lloyd Bacon San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin) 1893 Henry C Rümke Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life) 1894 Guy Chamberlin early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards) 1901 Fulgencio Batista President/Dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59) 1902 Eric Liddell China, English 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1924) 1902 Evelyn Levine composer 1904 Max Vredenburg composer 1905 Ernesto Halffter composer 1906 Clement Greenberg art critic 1906 Diana Winyard London, actress (Cavalcade) 1907 Alexander Knox Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind) 1907 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott classicist 1908 Ethel Merman stage & screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam) 1910 David McCampbell US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes) 1911 Eduardo Frei (Christian Democrat), President of Chile (1964-70) 1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) 1911 Gilbert Gadoffre French scholar 1912 Franz Tumler Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf) 1914 Roger Aubert Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX) 1916 Frederick Stewart British geologist 1917 Buddy Lester Chicago IL, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show) 1918 Stirling Silliphant screenwriter 1919 Bob Boucher Kent OH, orchestra leader (Music on Ice) 1920 Elliot Reid New York City NY, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) 1923 Martin Stokken Norway, nordic relay (Olympics-silver-1952) 1923 Roy Lanham rocker (Sons of the Pioneers) 1923 Willem Aantjes Dutch political leader (CDA) 1924 Katy Jurado México, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo) 1926 John "Jack" Layden local politician 1928 Ezra Sims composer 1928 John William Fozard aircraft designer 1928 William Kennedy US writer 1929 Allard Lowenstein radical (Students for Democratic Action) 1929 Francesco Scavullo Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer 1929 Tage Nielsen composer 1930 Norman Podhoretz Brooklyn NY, author/editor (New York Post) 1931 Vladimir Skutina writer playwright/journalist 1932 Dian Fossey zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist) 1932 Jim Berry cartoonist (Berry's World) 1933 Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3) 1933 Susan Sonntag writer 1934 Richard Wernick Boston MA, composer 1934 Bill Alexander (Representative-D-AR, 1969- ) 1934 Marilyn Horne Bradford PA, mezzo-soprano 1935 A J Foyt Houston TX, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77) 1936 Michael White theater/film producer (From Russia With Love) 1937 Bob Bogle Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme) 1937 Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose) 1938 Michael Pataki Youngstown OH, actor (Get Christie Love) 1939 Cliff Thorburn English snooker player 1941 Christine Janes tennis player 1941 Richard Bohringer Paris France, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow) 1941 Tÿmen G J "Tim" Beekman actor (Nosferatu) 1942 Barbara Lynn rocker 1942 Bill Francis Mobile AL rocker (Dr Hook) 1942 Tony P Hall (Representative-D-OH, 1979- ) 1943 Brian Ferneyhough composer 1943 Gavin Bryars composer 1944 Jim Stafford Eloise FL, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill) 1944 Chris de Marigny painter/designer 1944 Ronnie Milsap Robbinsville NC, country singer (Any Day Now, Legend in My Time) 1945 Kabir Bedi actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry) 1946 Michael L Coats Sacramento CA, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 41-D, 29, 39) 1947 Dr. Laura Schlessinger Brooklyn, NY, TV/radio host/author (Go take on the day) 1947 Georgette Mosbacher CEO (La Prairie cosmetics) 1947 Juliet Berto Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop) 1948 Cliff Thorburn Victoria BC, champion snooker player 1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov Riga, cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71) 1948 Christopher Moran English financier/multi-millionaire 1948 John Carpenter Carthage NY, director (Halloween, The Thing) 1950 Caroline Munro Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me) 1950 Debbie Allen Houston TX, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame) 1950 Jesse Dizon Oceanside CA 1951 Richard Thompson rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express) 1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr Savannah GA, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 64) 1952 Roberta Baskin NY, correspondent (48 Hours) 1955 Jerry M Linenger Mt Clemens MI, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut (STS 81/84) 1956 Wayne Daniel cricketer (West Indies fast bowler 1976-84) 1958 Anatoli Boukreev mountaineer 1959 Sadé [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer) 1962 Jan Koster Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool) 1962 Kevin Ross NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs) 1962 Paul Webb rocker (TalkTalk) 1964 Gail Graham Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon) 1964 Mark Collins NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers) 1964 Trevor Barsby cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85) 1966 Anthony Washington Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympics-4th-96) 1966 Jack McDowell Van Nuys CA, pitcher (New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians) 1967 Jeff Branson Waynesboro MI, infielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1967 Maxine Waters Jones rocker (En Vogue) 1968 David Chokachi actor (Baywatch) 1969 Chelan Kozak Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96) 1969 Roy Jones Pensacola FL, Light-middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1988) 1970 Don MacLean NBA forward (New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets) 1970 Ron Villone Englewood NJ, pitcher (San Diego Padres) 1971 Josh Evans actor (Ricochet, The Doors) 1971 Jukka-Pekka Nummi WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores) 1971 Junior Bryant NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers) 1971 Michel Kreek Dutch soccer player (Ajax) 1971 Scott Williams Orange CA, field hockey defender (Olympics-96) 1971 Sergei Bruguera Spain, tennis star 1971 Ulrich van Gobbel Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1972 Desiree Leipham Spokane WA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995) 1972 Joe Horn wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs) 1972 Lee McIntyre Peak Hill Australia, golfer (T3 1995 New South Wales Trainee Champ) 1973 Josie Davis Los Angeles CA, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) 1973 Mario Bates NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints) 1973 Willie Whitehead CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1974 Kate Moss Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein) 1976 Trisha Stillwell Miss Oklahoma-USA (1997, top 10) 1986 Mason Gamble actor (Dennis the Menace)
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Message Posted: Jan 15, 2005 2:31:01 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 15:
1432 Afonso V "the African" king of Portugal (1438-1481) 1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster] Swiss book publisher (Koran) 1567 Black Box [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) 1622 Molière France, dramatist (Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope) (baptized) 1715 Georg C Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist 1716 Philip Livingston merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) 1730 John Malchair composer 1733 Joseph Lederer composer 1742 Eugene Godecharle composer 1779 Jean Coralli Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1791 Franz Gillparzer Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) 1793 Ferdinand G Waldmüller Austrian painter 1795 Willem de Clerq Dutch merchant/man of letters 1798 Thomas Crofton Croker Irish story teller (Fairy legends) 1809 Cornelia Connelly Philadelphia PA, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) 1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon France, politician (libertarian socialist) 1812 Peter C Asbjørnsen Norwegian fairy tale writer 1813 James Marion Sims South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation) 1814 Ludwig Schläfli Swiss vicar/mathematician 1815 Henry Morris Naglee Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1817 Lewis Golding Arnold Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 1821 Lafayette McLaws Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 1826 Mikhail Saltykov Spas-Ugol Russia, radical novelist/satirist (Family of Noblemen) 1841 Lord Frederick Stanley presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup 1845 Ella Flagg Young 1st woman president (National Educational Association) 1845 Heinrich Vogl composer 1850 Mihail Eminesco [Eminovici], Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis) 1850 Sonya Kurtovsky Kovalevsky Russia, mathemetician (Academy of Science) 1858 Giovanni Segantini Italy, painter 1863 Adolph Goldschmidt German historian 1863 Wilhelm Marx premier (Prussia) 1866 Nathan Soderblom Lutheran archbishop, internationalist (Nobel '30) 1868 Noach Zjordanija Georgian veterinarian/premier (1918-21) 1870 Johan Peter Koch Danish officer/explorer (Greenland) 1871 Bertram Shapleigh composer 1873 Max Adler Austria sociologist/socialist theorist 1877 Lewis M Terman Indiana, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) 1878 Johanna Muller-Hermann composer 1879 Ernest Thesiger London England, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Ghoul) 1882 Florian Znaniecki Polish/US sociologist (Polish Peasant in Europe) 1888 Joseph Henabery Omaha NE, director (Cobra) 1891 Osip E Mandelstam Warsaw Poland, Russian poet (Noise of Time) 1892 Frank Hutchens composer 1892 Rex Ingram [Reginald IM Hitchcock], director (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) 1893 D Ivor D Novello Cardiff Wales, British actor/composer/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend, Truth Game) 1893 Dragisa Cvetkovic Serbian premiere of Yugoslavia (1939-41) 1894 Edmond Rubbens Belgian attorney/minister of colonization 1896 Jacobo Ficher composer 1899 Goodman Ace radio/TV actor/writer/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) 19-- Charles Brown Talladega AL, actor (Dwayne Thompson-Today's FBI) 19-- Count Stovall California, actor (Cal-All My Children, Roy-As the World Turns) 19-- Victor Campos New York City NY, actor (Cade's County, Doctor's Hospital) 1900 César Domela Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son) 1900 William Heinesen Färoës Island, writer (Noatun) 1902 Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud king (Saudi Arabia) 1906 Aristotle Onassis Greece, rich shipping magnate 1906 Rezso Kokai composer 1908 Edward Teller Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project) 1908 Roberta Bitgood composer 1909 Elie Siegmeister New York City NY, composer (Plough & the Stars) 1909 Enrique Sasal y Chapi composer 1909 Gene Krupa Benny Goodman's drummer (Sing Sing Sing) 1911 Cy Feuer New York City NY, Broadway producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line) 1911 Wim Kan Dutch cabaretier 1912 Michel J-P Debré premier of France (1959-62) 1913 Lloyd Bridges San Leandro CA, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane) 1914 Lord Dacre of Glanton British historian 1916 Mikki Doyle journalist 1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt (1954-1970) 1918 Andreas M Donner Dutch jurist (constitutional law) 1920 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor Philadelphia PA, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York 1920 John Junor British editor in chief (Sunday Express) 1922 Franz Fühmann writer 1923 Lee Teng-hui president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- ) 1925 Ruth Slenczynska Sacramento CA, pianist 1925 Keith Bentley international racing cyclist 1926 Maria Schell Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999) 1927 Francis Routh composer 1927 Norm Crosby Boston MA, comedian (Young at Heart Comedians) 1929 Reverand Dr Martin Luther King Jr Atlanta GA, dreamer (Nobel 1964) 1929 "Queen Ida" Guillory Ziadaco music 1929 Eva Badura-Skoda composer 1931 Thomas Hoving New York City NY, news correspondent (20/20) 1931 Derek Meddings special effects technician 1931 Murad Kazhlayev composer 1932 Dean Smith US actor/relay runner (Olympics-gold-1952) 1932 Enrique Raxach composer 1932 Louis Woodard Jones New Rochelle NY, 4X400m relayer (Olympics-gold-56) 1935 Malcolm Frager St Louis MO, pianist 1935 Robert Silverberg US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Regan's Planet) 1937 Margaret O'Brien San Diego CA, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis) 1939 Charles Christopher Steel composer 1941 Captain Beefheart [Don Van Vilet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast) 1942 Edward "Sonny" Bivins US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye) 1943 Mike Marshall Major League Baseball pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award) 1945 Marie-Christine AHI von Leibnitz German/British princess 1947 Pete Waterman rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) 1947 Andrea Martin Portland ME, actress/comedienne (Wag The Dog, Club Paradise, SCTV) 1948 Dini Petty Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV) 1948 Tommy Nolan Montréal Québec Canada, actor (Jody-Buckskin) 1948 Ronnie Van Zant rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949 Howard Allen Twitty Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1979 BC Open) 1950 David Lynn Jones Bexar AR, country singer (Bonnie Jean) 1951 Charo Murcia Spain, actress/singer (Chico & the Man, Love Boat) 1951 Martha Davis California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame) 1952 Melvyn Gale rocker (ELO) 1953 Boris Blank rocker (Yello) 1953 Randy White NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys) 1955 Enrico Mentana Milan Italy, Italian newscaster (RAI) 1956 Vera Sosulya USSR, toboggan (Olympics-gold-1980) 1956 Paul Parker cricketer (one Test England vs Australia 1981) 1957 Mario Van Peebles Mexico, actor (Posse, South Bronx Heroes) 1958 Julian Sands actor (One Night Stand) 1959 Pete Trewavas Middlesbrough, rock bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws, Real to Reel) 1960 Tim Curtis cricketer (England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89) 1961 Iris DeMent Paragould AR, country singer (Our Town) 1963 Erling Kagge Norway, explorer (South Pole) 1963 Lijuan Geng Hebei China, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96) 1963 Richard Nasheim hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) 1963 Yaro Dachniwsky Chicago IL, team handball goalie (Olympics-1996) 1964 Cees van der de Linden soccer player 1964 Paula Schnurr Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k (Olympics-8-92, 96) 1965 Derek B rocker (Bullet from a Gun) 1965 Michael Clemons CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts) 1967 Lisa Lisa (Velez) rock vocalist (& Cult Jam) 1967 Richard Blakey cricketer (England wicket-keeper in India 1993) 1967 Ted N Tryba Wilkes-Barre PA, PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch Golf) 1968 Chad Lowe Dayton OH, actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder) 1968 Bob Dahl NFL guard (Washington Redskins) 1968 Felton Spencer NBA center (San Francisco Warriors) 1968 Laurie Fellner Appleton WI, team handball goalie (Olympics-92, 96) 1968 Steve McConaghy Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96) 1969 Adam Burt Detroit MI, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers) 1969 Delino DeShields Seaford DE, infielder (Montréal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers) 1969 Demetra Hampton actress (Valentina) 1969 Leonard Wheeler NFL safety/cornerback (Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings) 1969 Marsha Miller Rochester NY, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1995) 1969 Rob van Dijk Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1969 Rod de Highden Australian 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96) 1969 Siupeli Malamala NFL guard/tackle (New York Jets) 1970 Dan Landry San Diego CA, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-96) 1970 Elroy Kromheer soccer player (FC Volendam) 1970 Michele Granger Anaheim CA, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96) 1971 LeShon Johnson running back (Arizona Cardinals) 1971 Regina King Los Angeles CA, actress (Brenda Jenkins-227) 1972 Ernie Reyes Jr San Jose CA, actor (Ernie-Sidekicks) 1972 Kimberly Anne Massaro St Louis MO, Miss Missouri-America-5th (1996) 1973 Daniel Nijhof Dutch soccer player (FC Twente) 1973 Randy Srochenski CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1974 Aubrey Jo Hiller Missoula MT, Miss Montana-America (1996) 1974 Mike Minter safety (Carolina Panthers) 1975 Greg Loveridge cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner, did not bowl vs Zimbabwe 1996) 1975 Mary Pierce Montréal Québec Canada, tennis star (1995 Australian Open)
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Message Posted: Jan 14, 2005 12:45:07 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 14:
1451 Franchinus Gaffurius composer 1467 Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia 1566 Angelo Notari composer 1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India 1615 John Biddle English minister (Unitarian) 1618 Jan Six Dutch mayor of Amsterdam 1655 Angelo Predieri composer 1664 Simon van Slingelandt Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36) 1684 Jean-Baptiste Vanloo French painter 1700 Picander [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der Säuffer) 1705 Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet Governor (Reunion Is) 1722 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer 1730 William Whipple merchant/judge/patriot (Declaration of Independence signer) 1741 Benedict Arnold US General turned traitor (Revolutionary War) 1751 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer 1780 Francois-Joseph Dizi composer 1791 Calvin Phillips became shortest known adult male (67cm; 2'2") 1798 Isaac da Costa Dutch writer/lawyer 1798 Johan R Thorbecke Premier of Netherlands (Liberal-1849-72) 1800 Ludwig A F Ritter von Köchel Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux) 1804 John Park composer 1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury Naval Commander (Confederacy) 1812 Carl Gradener composer 1814 Johannes Josephus Viotta composer 1817 Harmen S Sytstra Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) 1818 Zacharias Topelius Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories) 1819 Fabio Campana composer 1819 Frederick Steele Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 1822 Nicholas Mori composer 1831 John Bullock Clark Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 1834 William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer 1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 1839 Emil Bohn composer 1841 Berthe M P Morisot French painter/aquarellist 1844 Clara Kathleen Rogers composer 1845 Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/Governor-General Canada 1850 Jean de Reszke [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor 1850 Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pêcheur) 1851 Théophile de Bock Dutch painter/etcher/drawer 1861 Mehmed VI last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22) 1861 Wilhelm von Polenz German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) 1863 Pieter Oosterlee Dutch educator 1868 Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman Dutch author (Belief) 1871 Pauline Beersmans [van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter) 1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess author (Peter Rabbit) 1875 Albert Schweitzer doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1952) 1878 Victor A D Ségalen [Max Anély], French writer 1882 Hendrik W van Loon Netherlands, commentator/writer (Story of America) 1886 Hugh Lofting English/American writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle) 1889 Vincenzo Davico composer 1892 Hal Roach early film director/producer (1 Million BC) 1892 Martin Niemöller clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler 1895 George Richard Samways children's writer 1896 John dos Passos novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel) 1898 Helen Flint Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast) 1899 Fritz Bayerlein German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, St Louis) 19-- Jonathan Daly Chicago, actor (Orrin-Petticoat Junction) 1901 Carlos P Romulo Philippine General/Diplomat/Jurist 1901 Bebe Daniels Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke) 1902 Alfred Tarski Warsaw, mathematician/logician 1902 F C Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog) 1903 Veronica Turleigh County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter) 1904 Sir Cecil Beaton England, royal family photographer 1906 William Bendix New York City NY, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley) 1906 Walter Knape composer 1907 Derek Richter British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory) 1907 Sophie Redmond Suriname's 1st female physician 1908 Carl Esmond Vienna Austria, actor (Address Unknown, Hitler) 1908 Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo US singer/actor (Miracle of Women) 1909 Joseph Walton Losey Wisconsin, director (Damned, Accident) 1910 Renier van der Velden composer 1911 George Amadee Tremblay composer 1911 Helmut Degen composer 1912 Rudolf Hagelstange German author/poet (Spielball der Götter) 1913 Tillie Olsen American writer (Tell Me a Riddle) 1914 Harold Russell actor (Best Years of Our Life) 1915 Andre Frossard Catholic columnist 1916 John Oliver Killens novelist 1919 Andy Rooney Albany NY, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes) 1919 Giulio Andreotti 7 x premier (Italy) 1920 George Herman newsman (CBS-TV) 1920 Bertus de Harder Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux) 1920 Donald Beard cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950's) 1921 Mark Lawrence Washington DC, pianist (Alice Pearce) 1921 Charles Gaupp German/Dutch painter 1924 Guy Williams New York City NY, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space) 1925 Yukio Mishima Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion) 1926 Frank Aletter Long Island NY, actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy) 1926 Thomas Tryon Hartford CT, actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters) 1926 Harold Wolpe sociologist lawyer/South African activist 1927 Ivan Kalita USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1968) 1928 Gerald Arpino Staten Island NY, choreographer 1929 Billy Walker Ralls TX, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 1929 Aleksander Petrovic film director 1930 Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan composer 1930 Ernest Just Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists 1931 Juraj Pospisil composer 1932 Catarina Valente Paris France, singer (The Entertainers) 1932 Harriet Andersson Stockholm Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers) 1936 Ludmila Pinayeva USSR, 500m kayak (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968, 1972) 1936 Reiner Klimke Germany, equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1984) 1936 Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle) 1936 John Paul Cain Sweetwater TX, PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids) 1937 Billie Jo Spears country singer 1937 Ken Higgs cricketer (effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68) 1938 Jack Jones Los Angeles CA, singer (Love Boat Theme) 1938 Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony, Wild Sign of New Orleans) 1940 Julian Bond Nashville TN, (D-GA) civil rights leader 1941 Marjoe Gortner Long Beach CA, actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest) 1941 C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr Chattanooga TN, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas) 1941 [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway Bascom FL, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde) 1942 Carol Bellamy Planfield NJ, (City Council President-D-NYC, 1978-85) 1942 Amichand Rajbansi South African politician 1943 Holland Taylor Philadelphia PA, actress (The Practice, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth) 1943 Ronald Hunter Boston MA, actor (Lazarus Syndrome) 1943 Shannon W Lucid Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, STS 34, STS 43, STS 58, STS 76/79) 1943 José Luis Rodriguez Caracas Venezuela, singer (Dueno De Nada) 1944 Graham Vivian Marsh Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage) 1947 Bill Weberniuk Canadian snooker player 1948 Carl Weathers New Orleans LA, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky) 1948 T-Bone Burnett musician/producer 1948 Tim Harris rocker (Foundations) 1949 Christine Belford Amityville NY, actress (Banacek, Empire, 90210) 1949 Lawrence Kasdan Miami FL, director/writer (Accidental Tourist) 1951 Gil Pak Jong Korea, judo (Olympics-1976) 1951 William Risrook rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express) 1952 Sydney Biddle Barrow madam/author (Mayflower Madam) 1958 Colin Ferguson murderer (6 people on the Long Island Railroad on Dec 7, 1993) 1959 Carl Chas Smash Smyth rock bassist (Madness-Our House) 1959 Geoff Tate vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) 1959 Paul Terry cricketer (in Germany Two Tests England vs West Indies 1984) 1959 Susan Smith Beloit WI, playmate (Sept, 1981) 1961 Robert Edwin Hall mountaineer/businessman 1962 Patrica Morrison rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet) 1964 Sergei Nemchinov Moscow Russia, NHL center (New York Islanders, Olympics-Silver-98) 1964 Steven Soderbergh writer (Mimi, Schizoplis) 1965 Vanity [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson) 1965 Dave Lowry Sudbury, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers) 1965 Désirée Nosbusch Luxembourg, actress (The Fan) 1965 Jemma Redgrave London England, actress (Buddha of Suburbia) 1966 Daniel J Schneider Memphis TN, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class) 1966 Matt Brock NFL defensive end/tackle (New York Jets) 1967 Emily Watson actress (Breaking the Waves, Boxer) 1967 Terry Wooden NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs) 1967 Tom Rhodes actor (Tom Rhodes-Mr Rhodes) 1968 Fred[ric] Honebein San Francisco CA, rower (Olympics-5th-1996) 1968 L L Cool J [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer) 1969 Jason Kent Bateman Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family) 1969 Dave Grohl drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) 1969 David Webb WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1969 Martin Bicknell cricketer (England pace bowler 1993) 1969 Rico Smith NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns) 1970 Eric Charron Verdun, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1970 Steve Cooke Kanai HI, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1970 Tyrone Hughes NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears) 1972 Kyle Brady NFL tight end (New York Jets) 1972 Michael Davis NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns) 1973 Ed Howard NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons) 1973 Lethon Flowers NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1973 Rod Myers Conroe TX, outfielder (Kansas City Royals) 1974 Hugues Legault Montréal Québec Canada, 50m swimmer (Olympics-96) 1974 Kevin Jefferson NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) 1974 Michael Dritlein WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire) 1974 Nancy Napolski Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle (Olympics-1996) 1975 Marcel Koning soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC) 1977 Terry Ryan St Johns, NHL left wing (Montréal Canadiens) 1988 Jamie Altman son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman 1988 Jordy French singer 1989 Sextuplets Paris France, (to a 29-year-old woman)
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Message Posted: Jan 14, 2005 12:43:52 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 13:
1381 St Colette abbess/reformer (Poor Clares) 1406 Matteo Palmieri Italian writer (Della vita civile) 1505 Joachim II Hector ruler (Brandenburg) 1596 Jan J Goyen Dutch landscape painter 1616 Antoinette Bourignon Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic 1628 Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose) 1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon French poet (Atrée et Thyeste) 1683 Johann Christoph Graupner German composer 1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel composer 1727 Johann Christoph Schmugel composer 1734 Luca Sorkocevic composer 1778 Anton Fischer composer 1788 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer 1802 Eduard von Bauernfeld Vienna, comedic playwright 1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1808 Salmon P Chase (Senator-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73) 1812 Humphrey Marshall Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1872 1815 William Henry French Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 1824 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski composer 1834 Horatio Alger Jr Revere MA, author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win) 1835 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior 1850 Leon Francis Victor Caron composer 1859 Karl Bleibtreu German author (Revolution of Literature) 1859 Kostís Palamás Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Basília) 1864 Wilhelm K W Wien German phyicist (Nobel 1911) 1866 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer 1869 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian General (WWI)/fascist 1870 Henryk Opienski Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko) 1874 Jozef E van Roey Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin 1884 Johannes Elsensohn Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan) 1884 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas 1885 Alfred Fuller CEO (Fuller Brush Man) 1892 Paul Smart US, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948) 1893 Clarke Ashton Smith US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci) 1893 Jan Evangelista Zelinka composer 1895 Anton Betzner writer 1895 Fortunio Bonanova Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer 1898 Pedro de Teixeira de Mattos Dutch diplomat 1900 Yasuji Kiyose composer 1903 Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs], Oklahoma City OK, actress (False Madonna) 1904 Richard Addinsell London England, composer (Taming of Shrew) 1905 Percy Humphrey musician 1906 Maxime Jacob composer 1907 Sabine Zlatin nurse 1909 Danny Barker jazz guitarist 1909 Marinus van der Lubbe Dutch communist 1911 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen premier (Queensland Australia) 1913 Jeff Morrow New York City NY, actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising) 1913 Ralph Edwards Merino CO, TV host (This is Your Life) 1915 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman property developer 1916 Osa Massen Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM) 1916 Bella Lewitsky choreographer 1917 Felix Guerro Diaz composer 1918 Steve Dunne Northampton MA, actor (Professional Father) 1918 Lester Sill pioneer music publisher/record producer 1918 Ted Willis prolific English screenwriter (It's Great to be Young) 1919 Army Archerd Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game) 1919 Robert Stack Los Angeles CA, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries) 1923 Jack Watling London, actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart) 1923 Danil Shafran cellist 1924 Philip Rawson artist/teacher 1925 Gwen Verdon Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity) 1925 Rosemary Murphy Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner) 1926 Carolyn Heilbrun [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album) 1926 Pamela M Cunnington English architect/author (Change of Use) 1928 David Sheiner New York City NY, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana) 1928 Gregory Walcott Wilson NC, actor (87th Precinct) 1929 Joseph Anthony Pass guitarist 1929 Wim Bary Dutch actor/theater director (Nice Boys) 1930 Frances Sternhagen Washington DC, actress (Outland, Starting Over) 1930 Liz Anderson rocker 1930 Roman Ciesiewicz artist/graphic designer 1931 Charles Nelson Reilly New York City NY, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir) 1933 Nurdin Jivraj Tanzanian/British hotel magnate (Buckingham International) 1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder, Cheap Thrills) 1933 Tom B Gola NBA Hall-of-Famer 1934 Rip Taylor comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show) 1936 Ami Maayani composer 1936 Edward R Madigan (Representative-R-IL, 1973- ) 1937 Hajé J Schartman Dutch MP (CDA) 1938 Billy Gray Los Angeles CA, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best) 1938 Paavo Johannes Heininen composer 1941 Meinhard Nehmer German Democratic Republic, 2 man bobsledder (Olympics-gold-1976) 1943 Richard Moll California, actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor) 1943 William Duckworth composer 1945 [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter] UK, sci-fi author (High Kings) 1947 Peter Sundelin Sweden, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1968) 1947 John Lees England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man) 1948 Kenia Jayantilal cricketer (5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India) 1948 T Bone' Burnett rocker 1949 Brandon Tartikoff TV exec (NBC) 1949 Rakesh Sharma India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11) 1952 Cornelius Bumpus keyboardist (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute) 1952 Sharon Gabet Fort Wayne IN, actress (Raven-Edge of Night, Brittany-Another World, Melinda-One Life To Live) 1954 Vicki McCarty Los Angeles CA, playmate (September 1979) 1955 Fred White rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) 1955 Jay McInerney author (Bright Lights, Big City) 1955 Titus M Mafolo South Africa journalist/ANC-leader 1955 Trevor Rabin rocker (Yes) 1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten actress (Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1956 Jay McInerney writer (Bright Lights, Big City) 1956 Malcolm Foster rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) 1957 Christina Seufert Sacramento CA, diver (Olympics-bronze-1984) 1957 Don Snow rocker (Squeeze) 1957 Mark Francis O'Meara Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milwaukee) 1958 Ricardo Acuna Chile, tennis star 1959 Kevin Anderson Illinois, actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy) 1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus New York City NY, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Day by Day, Soul Man, Troll) 1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House) 1961 Kelly Hrudey Edmonton, NHL goalie (Los Angeles Kings) 1961 Kent Hull NFL center (Buffalo Bills) 1962 Brett Maxie NFL safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1962 Kevin Mitchell US baseball outfielder (New York Met, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds) 1963 Tim Patrick Kelly Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) 1963 Dirk Tazelaar cricketer (Queensland & Surrey left-arm pace bowler) 1963 Felita Carr Fort Lauderdale FL, dance skater (& Komarov-1995 Pac Champ) 1964 Penelope Ann Miller Los Angeles CA, actress (Kindergarden Cop, Gwen-Popcorn Kids) 1966 Joseph Harper Ventura CA, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96) 1966 Marcus Turner NFL cornerback/safety (New York Jets) 1966 Patrick Dempsey Lewiston ME, actor (Mike-Fast Times, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Can't Buy Me Love, Face The Music) 1966 Tabitha Stevens fictional character (Bewitched) 1968 Kelly Boucher Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96) 1969 Andre Cason US runner (world record 50 indoor) 1969 Dan Footman NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts) 1969 John Flannery guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys) 1969 Katarzyna Nowak Lodz Poland, tennis star (1994 Futures France) 1969 Kevin Foster US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs) 1969 Orlando Miller Changionola Panamá, infielder (Houston Astros) 1969 Robert Wilson NFL running back (Miami Dolphins) 1969 Stephen Hendry British snooker player 1970 Keith Mitchell Palm Springs CA, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy) 1970 Anne-Marie Goddard Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate (Jan, 94) 1970 Frank Kooiman soccer player (Sparta) 1970 Keith Coogan Palm Springs, actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out) 1970 Nachi Abe WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores) 1971 Elmer Dessens Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1972 Byron "Bam" Morris NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers) 1972 Nicole Eggert Glendale CA, actress (Charles in Charge, Chrissie-TJ Hooker, Summer-Baywatch) 1972 Richard Woodley NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions) 1973 Nikolai Khabibulin Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets) 1974 Matt Lepsis NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII) 1974 Sergei Brylin Moscow Russia, NHL center (New Jersey Devils) 1975 Angela Holbeck Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1976 Gary Brent cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996) 1976 Vaclav Batlik Costa Mesa CA, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)
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Message Posted: Jan 12, 2005 11:15:12 AM
Famous birthdays for this day January 12: 1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz Governor/Viceroy of Holland 1492 Andrea Alicati Italian author 1562 Charles Emanuel I the great, Duke of Savoy 1576 Peter Scriverius Dutch lawyer/historian 1580 Jean Baptiste van Helmont Belgian chemist, (found boiling point temperature) 1588 John Winthrop 1st Governor (Massachusetts Bay Colony) 1588 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto] Spanish painter 1599 Adrian van Utrecht Flemish painter 1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg Austrian field marshal (Turkish Wars) 1665 Pierre de Fermat French lawyer/mathematician 1674 Reinhard Keiser composer 1711 Gaetano Latilla composer 1715 Jacques Duphly composer 1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani Modena Italy, physiologist 1729 Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) 1730 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer 1737 John Hancock patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) 1737 Brizio Petrucci composer 1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Switzerland, educator 1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff Austrian earl/prince/diplomat 1751 Ferdinand I king of Sicily & Naples 1751 Jacob M R Lenz writer (Das Leidende Weib) 1780 Wilhelm M L de Wette German exegetist/theologist 1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) 1792 Robert Patterson Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 1804 Hippolyte Monpou composer 1807 Jan T Beelen Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni Vienna, ballet choreographer 1810 Ferdinand II king of Sicily 1814 Jones Mitchell Withers Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 1819 Zealous Bates Tower Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1900 1821 Nikolai Afanisev composer 1825 Joseph Robert Davis Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1826 Charles Cruft Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1832 Richard Waterhouse Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1837 Adolf Jensen composer 1837 Carlos Troyer composer 1842 François Coppée French poet 1852 Joseph J C Joffre French field marshal (Indo-China, Marne) 1853 Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro Italian mathematician (tensor analysis) 1856 John Singer Sargent US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) 1863 Vivekananda Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer 1871 Paul Guthnick German astronomer 1875 Marika Stiernstedt Swedish author (Ulla Bella) 1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Venice Italy, composer 1876 Jack London writer/socialist (Call of the Wild) 1878 Ferenc Molnár Budapest Hungary, playwright (The Play's The Thing, A Pal Utrai Fiuk) 1882 Jakob Jud Swiss linguist/etymologist 1884 Louis Horst composer 1886 Dorothy Green Los Angeles CA, actress (Lavinia-Tammy) 1888 Claude Delvincourt composer 1890 Mordecai W Johnson educator 1893 Hermann Goering Reichsmarshall/propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) 1894 Billy Gilbert Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio) 1896 Rex Ingram Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre) 1897 Hendrik J Valk painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 1898 Jose Forns y Cuadras composer 1899 Paul H Müller Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) 1900 Vaino Hannikainen composer 1901 Kurt Jooss Wurttemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer 1902 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia) 1902 Ray Teal Grand Rapids MI, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza) 1902 Simon H Spoor Dutch General/Intelligence Officer for General MacArthur 1903 Igor V Kurtshatov Russian nuclear physicist (1st Russian nuclear bomb) 1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell jazz artist 1906 Henny Youngman England, comedian (Take my wife please...) 1906 Tex Ritter Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, The Wayward Wind) 1907 Sergei Korolev scientist 1908 Ben Seijes Dutch historian (WWII) 1908 José Limón Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus) 1909 Mauritz Hugo Sweden, actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent) 1910 Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars) 1910 Charles Martin cartoonist 1910 Luise Rainer Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City, Hostages) 1912 Peter Pooley broadcaster 1914 Edqard John Gurney politician 1915 Martin Agronsky journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia) 1915 Ernest Armstrong miner/politician 1915 Frank Annunzio (Representative-D-IL, 1965- ) 1915 Joseph Roy George Ralston pilot 1916 A P(ieter) W Botha Orange Free State, President of South Africa 1917 Walter Hendl West New York NJ, conductor 1920 James Farmer Marshall TX, civil rights leader 1921 John Henry Davis Jr Smithtown NY, light-super-heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1948, 52) 1921 Leo Smit Philadelphia PA, pianist/composer 1924 Jan Willem Radecker sculptor/son of John Radecker 1925 Bill Burrud Hollywood CA, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World) 1925 Laurentiu Profeta composer 1925 Ralph Legall cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies vs India 1954) 1926 Morton Feldman New York City NY, composer 1926 Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times) 1927 Leopold Ahsen writer 1927 Salvatore Martirano composer 1928 Lew Gallo Mt Kisko, actor (12 O'Clock High) 1929 Colin Berry Haycraft publisher 1930 Glenn Yarborough singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee) 1930 Jennifer P Johnston Irish author (Fool's Sanctuary) 1932 Alain Teister Dutch sculptor/writer 1933 Michael Aspel British talk show host 1934 Burdette Haldorson US, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1956, 60) 1935 "The Amazing" Kreskin Montclair NJ, mentalist/telepath 1935 Ron Harper Turtle Creek PA, actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes) 1937 Liliana Cavani Bologna Italy, director (Berlin Affair) 1937 Marie Dubois Paris France, actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim) 1939 Helmut Eisendle writer 1939 Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink Dutch writer/poet (Cold Unrest) 1939 William Lee Golden Brewton AL, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys) 1940 Dick Motz cricketer (1st New Zealander to take 100 Test wickets) 1941 Long John Baldry England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie) 1941 Jaime B Fuster (Representative-D-PR, 1985-92) 1942 Vladimir Sergeyevich Kozelsky cosmonaut (Soyuz 24 backup) 1943 Ray Manzarek rock pianist (Doors-Light my Fire, People are Strange) 1943 Henri J "Adriaan" Adriaansen mime/director (Stinging Nettle King) 1944 Joe Frazier Beaufort SC, heavyweight champion boxer (Olympics-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73) 1944 Vlastimil Hort Czechoslovakian/German chess player 1945 Maggie Bell Glasgow Scotland, rocker 1946 Cynthia Robinson rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People) 1946 George Duke San Rafael CA, rocker 1947 Tom Dempsey NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards) 1948 Anthony Andrews London England, actor (Under the Volcano) 1949 James W Dietz rower 1949 Wayne Wang director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance) 1950 Bob McEwen (Representative-R-OH, 1981- ) 1950 Marilyn R Smith microbiologist 1951 Kirstie Alley Wichita KS, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca) 1951 Larry Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1951 Rush Hudson Limbaugh III Cape Girardeau MO, conservative radio & television host 1951 Bill Madlock 4X NL batting champ (Chicago Cubs) 1951 Chris Bell Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Big Star) 1951 Drew Pearson former NFL all-pro receiver 1952 Ricky Van Shelton Danville VA, country musician (Somebody Lied, From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years) 1954 Howard Stern Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK) 1955 Patty Hayes LPGA golfer 1959 Per Gessle Halmstad Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love) 1960 Dominique Wilkins NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks) 1960 Rob Derksen Australian baseball head coach (Olympics-1996) 1961 Andrea Carnevale soccer player (Napoli) 1962 Richie Richardson cricketer (elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95) 1964 Lynnae Marie Thurik Vancouver WA, Miss Washington-America (1990) 1964 Laura Gildemeister Argentina, tennis star 1965 Mark Moore rocker (S'Express-Winter Course) 1965 Henry Thomas defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots) 1965 John Francis model 1966 Craig Parry Sunshine VIC, Australasia golfer 1966 Linda Ferrando Italy, tennis star 1967 Farrah Forke Texas, actress (Dweebs, Mr Rhodes, Disclosure, Heat) 1967 Marco Boogers Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United) 1967 Mike Simms Whittier CA, outfielder (Houston Astros) 1967 Ulf Dahlen Ostersund Sweden, NHL forward (Team Sweden, San Jose) 1967 Vendela [Kirsebom] Stockholm Sweden, model (Sports Illustrated 1993) 1968 Heather Mills Aldershot England, model/writer (Out on a Limb) 1968 Vince Buck NFL safety (New Orleans Saints) 1969 Cam Russell Halifax, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks) 1970 Jenny Griffith Burbank CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1995) 1970 Nigel Wilson Canadian/US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins) 1970 Takahiro Ikenoue WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1971 Tommy Puett actor/TV host (Life Goes On, America's Top 10) 1971 Andy Fox Sacramento CA, infielder (New York Yankees) 1971 Oscar Sturgis NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys) 1971 Scott Burrell NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets) 1971 Shane Dronett NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos) 1972 Dominique Ross NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) 1973 Greg Morton Milwaukee WI, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King) 1974 Melanie Jayne Chisholm "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls) 1975 Chase Hampton Oklahoma City OK, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) 1975 Jocelyn Thibault Montréal Québec Canada, NHL goalie (Montréal Canadiens) 1977 Sara Walsh South Bend IN, fencer-foil (Olympics-96) 1979 Jenny Schmidgall ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98) 1987 Andrew Lawrence Philadelphia PA, actor (Andy Roman-Brotherly Love) 1987 Naya Rivera actress (Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1996 Sarah Morales Mexico, Siamese twin (survived) 1996 Sarahi Morales Mexico, Siamese twin (died on Jan 27, 1996)
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 11, 2005 6:43:28 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 11: 1403 Jan IV Duke of Brabant/Limburg 1449 Domenico Ghirlandajo Italy, renaissance painter 1503 Francesco Parmigianino Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck) 1703 Columban Praelisauer composer 1720 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent 1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl composer 1732 Pehr Forskåhl Finish botanist 1746 Frantisek Adam Mica composer 1746 William Curtis English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine) 1750 Johann Jakob Walder composer 1757 Alexander Hamilton West Indies, 1st US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face) 1801 John Lodge Ellerton composer 1807 Ezra Cornell founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University) 1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1808 Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist 1814 James Paget English surgeon (disease of Paget) 1814 Richard Griffith Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1815 Sir John A MacDonald (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73) 1816 Fitz-Henry Warren Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 1818 John Reese Kenly Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1831 James Ronald Chalmers Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 1839 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar 1842 William James US, psychologist/philosopher 1849 Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (bath house) 1850 J C Arthur Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) 1850 Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary famous philatelist 1852 Konstantin Fehrenbach German chancellor (1920-21) 1853 Gustav Falke German author/poet (Der Mann im Nebel) 1856 Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway, composer 1857 Fred[erick J] Archer English jockey (won 5 Derbys) 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) 1860 Marie Bashkirtseff Russian/French painter/author (Journal) 1864 Thomas Dixon US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword) 1872 Paul Graener composer 1873 Joaquín Alvarez Quintéro Spanish dramatist/playwright (Los Galeotes) 1875 Reinhold Gliere Kiev Ukraine, composer 1878 Theodorus Pangalos Greek General /dictator (1926) 1879 Antonio Beltramelli writer 1880 Rudolf T Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer 1885 Alice Paul ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) 1886 George Zucco England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury) 1887 Aldo Leopold founder (Wilderness Society) 1888 Chester Conklin Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed) 1890 Monte Blue Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy) 1894 Jaroslav Vogel composer 1896 Paddy Driscoll NFL QB/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Bears) 1898 Hans Rudolf Krik Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven) 1899 Eva LeGallienne actress/director (Resurrection) 19-- Christian Jacobs Rexburg ID, actor (Maggie, Gloria, Exile) 19-- Stan Ivar Brooklyn NY, actor (Daniel Scott-Days of Our Lives, John-Little House on the Prairie) 1901 Andries D Copier Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass) 1902 Maurice Durufle French organist/composer 1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country) 1904 Frederick Boland Irish diplomat/President (UN General Assembly) 1905 John Henry Jacques co-operative retailer 1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee detective writer (½ of Ellery Queen) 1905 Pierre Mendes-France French Premier (1954-55) 1906 Albert Hofmann Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD) 1906 Johannes Paul Thilman composer 1906 Robert Nesbitt impresario 1908 Lionel Stander New York City NY, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours) 1909 Gunnar Johnsen Berg composer 1909 Marguerite Kelsey English model/painter (Haunting) 1910 Izler Solomon St Paul MN, conductor 1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76) 1912 Donald Barry Houston TX, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak) 1912 Roger Lewis aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am) 1912 Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe Waco TX, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1914 Dorothy Jeakins costume designer 1916 Bernard Blier Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables) 1916 James H [Jimmy] Quillen (Representative-R-TN, 1963- ) 1918 Albert Weisser composer 1919 Veda Ann Borg Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice) 1920 John Powell campaigner 1922 Tony Charmoli Minnesota, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew) 1922 Kathleen Byron London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days) 1922 Neville Duke English test pilot 1924 Don Cherry Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show) 1924 Slim Harpo musician 1926 Grant Tinker broadcasting executive (NBC-TV) 1926 Alexander Gibson conductor 1926 Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker Dutch actress (The Miser) 1926 Lev Stepanovich Demin Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15) 1926 Phil Sidey broadcaster 1927 John Hayes cricketer (New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58) 1927 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist 1928 David L Wolper producer (Devil's Brigade) 1928 Mitchell Ryan Cincinnati OH, actor (Chase, Executive Suite) 1929 Rod Taylor Sydney Australia, actor (Bearcats, Time Machine) 1929 Wanda Wilkomirska Warsaw, Poland, violinist 1929 Nicoletta Orsomando 1931 Ed Hall Roxbury MA, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center) 1933 Goldie Hill Karnes County TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1934 Jean Chrétien Canada PM (Liberal, 1993- ) 1935 Chuck Barksdale US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow) 1936 Linda Lawson Ann Arbor MI, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie) 1936 Meindert Leerling Dutch TV director/MP (RPF) 1938 Fischer S Black Jr financial theorist 1938 Michael Fenn docker/socialist 1938 Narvel Felts country singer 1939 Anne Heggtveigt Canada, slalom (Olympics-gold-1960) 1940 Mark DeVoto composer 1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band) 1943 William Albert Penn composer 1944 Henry Cecil British organizer 1944 York Georg Holler composer 1945 Christine Kaufmann Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips) 1946 Ludmila Poradnik USSR, team handball (Olympics-gold-1976, 80) 1946 Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me) 1946 Tony Kaye rocker (Yes) 1947 Anna Calder-Marshall Kensington England, actress (Zulu Dawn) 1948 Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms US 800m runner (Olympics-gold-1968) 1949 Caskey Swaim Lexington NC, actor (Sergeant Fitz-Project UFO, Friday the 13th Part V) 1949 Tom Netherton Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show) 1949 [Frederick] Dennis Greene rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon) 1952 Ben Daniel Crenshaw Austin TX, PGA golfer (1974 Rookie of Year, 1976 Bing Crosby) 1952 Lee Ritenour Los Angeles CA, jazz musician 1952 Massimo Lopez Italian comedian 1953 Anna Marchesini Italian entertainer 1954 Saskia ten Batenburg Dutch actress (Factory, Hunk) 1956 Kuniaki Kobayashi wrestler (WAR/NJPW) 1957 Bryan Robson English international soccer star 1957 Darryl Dawkins NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets) 1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores Honolulu HI, playmate (June 1982) 1958 Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles) 1959 Brett Bodine auto racer 1960 Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) 1961 Paul Skansi NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks) 1962 Donn Pall Evergreen Park IL, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins) 1962 Julie Moran TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day) 1962 Kim Coles Brooklyn NY, actress (Synclaire-Living Single) 1963 Jason Connery London England, actor (Robin Hood) 1963 Kate Gompert Ames IA, tennis star 1963 Petra Schneider E German swimming star (world record 400m) 1963 Tracy Caulkins Winona MN, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984) 1965 Olivia Barash Miami FL, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue) 1965 Barbara Belding San Diego CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994) 1965 Joely Richardson London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby) 1965 Karl Van Calcar Torrance CA, 3k steeplechase 1965 Loredana Romito Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation) 1965 Steve Vancil Oregon City Ore, golfer (1989 City of Portland) 1966 Christian Pouget hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1967 Jeff Bankett Pittsburgh PA, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live) 1967 Richmond Webb NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins) 1967 Ronnie Stern St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames) 1968 Sharon Brown New York City NY, actress (Chantal-Generations) 1968 Ben Rivera Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1969 Darren Anderson NFL cornerback (Kansas City Chiefs) 1969 Dave Cruikshank Northbrook IL, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 1969 Frank Robinson WLAF defensive back (Scottish Claymores) 1969 Reemt Pyka hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1970 Franco Davin Argentina, tennis star 1971 Alexander Delgado Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox) 1971 Karmeeleyah McGill WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores) 1971 Mary J Blige singer 1971 Noah Cantor CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts) 1971 Stephen Smith Indianapolis IN, high jumper 1972 Amber Medlin Virginia Beach VA, Miss Virginia-America (1995) 1972 Dexter Seigler NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks) 1972 Huub Loeffen Dutch soccer player (Vitesse) 1972 Rey Ordonez Havana Cuba, infielder (New York Mets) 1972 Yang Wenyi Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle) 1973 Dave Dickenson CFL quarterback (Calgary Stampeders) 1973 Rahul Dravid cricket batter (prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96) 1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town South Africa (1st known to survive infancy) 1974 Echo Leta Johnson Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993) 1974 Goran Lozanovski Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1974 Rod Jones NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals) 1974 Toderick Malone WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs) 1974 Warren Morris Alexandria LA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 Brad Badger guard (Washington Redskins) 1975 Jacky Verbeek Dutch soccer player (RKC) 1975 Rory Fitzpatrick Rochester, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens) 1988 Alexandria L'Esperance quintuplet 1988 Danielle L'Esperance quintuplet 1988 Erica L'Esperance quintuplet 1988 Raymond L'Esperance quintuplet 1988 Veronica L'Esperance quintuplet
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 11, 2005 6:42:19 PM
sorry the last enter was for January 10th
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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 11, 2005 6:41:54 PM
Famous birthdays for this day January 11: 1502 Hendrik Niclaes German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) 1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], seascape painter) 1635 Willem à Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion) 1638 Niels Stensen Danish astronomer 1644 Louis Boufflers marshall of France 1683 Gasparo Visconti composer 1701 Johann Caspar Simon composer 1738 Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys) 1747 Abraham L Breguet French clock maker 1760 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer 1766 Louis Massonneau composer 1768 James Varicick 1st AME Zion Bishop 1769 Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo) 1780 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein German zoologist 1797 A V Droste-Hülshoff writer 1814 Aubrey de Vere Irish writer (Victorian Observer) 1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1874 1815 Thomas Williams Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 1834 John Acton English historian/MP 1854 Peter Gast composer 1855 Peter J Blok Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) 1858 Heinrich Zille German cartoonist (Cheerful Blätter, Simplicissimus) 1864 George Washington Carver agricultural scientist (estimate date - actual birthdate unknown) 1867 Gerhard Anschütz German MP 1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) 1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel Dutch goldsmith 1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell inventor (electrostatic precipitator) 1880 Eduard M Meijers Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) 1880 French van Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp 1880 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director 1880 Manuel Azaña y Díaz PM/President of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39) 1882 Charles Trowbridge Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour) 1883 Aleksei Tolstoi Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj) 1883 Florence Reed Philadelphia PA, silent film actress (Dancing Girl) 1883 Francis X Bushman Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat) 1884 James Philip Dunn composer 1886 Jose Antonio de Donostia composer 1887 Robinson Jeffers US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) 1888 Emile van Bosch Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks) 1890 Douglas MacLean Philadelphia PA, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up) 1890 Ernest Milton San Francisco CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three) 1891 Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter 1892 Dumas Malone Mississippi, historian (Jefferson & His Time) 1894 Reginald Denham London England, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed) 1897 Albert Moeschinger composer 1898 Sergei M Eisenstein Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) 19-- Bonnie Hellman San Francisco CA, actress (Penny Brooks-Nurse) 1901 Pauline Starke Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic) 1903 Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor 1903 Barbara Hepworth English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover) 1903 Jens A Schade Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Hojsang) 1904 Ray Bolger Dorchester MA, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz) 1904 Jesus Garcia Leoz composer 1908 Paul Henreid Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) 1908 Bernard Lee London England, actor (M in James Bond movies) 1909 Grace Mitchell educator 1909 Rudolf Kubin composer 1910 Dorothy Stroud garden historian 1910 Galina Ulanova St Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi) 1910 Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer 1911 Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong) 1913 Gustav Husak President of Czechoslovakia (1975-89) 1913 Haywood Frank Henry sax player 1914 Polly Rowles Philadelphia PA, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie) 1914 Claude Gallimard France, publisher 1915 Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor 1917 Jerry Wexler music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan) 1920 Georges Marchal Nancy France, actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way) 1923 Ingeborg Drewitz writer 1924 Ludmilla Chiraeff ballet dancer 1925 Maxwell Roach composer 1926 June Haver Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters) 1927 Gisele MacKenzie Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade) 1927 Lee Philips Brooklyn NY, actor (Ellery Queen) 1927 Johnnie Ray Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry) 1928 Donald Brooks fashion designer (Emmy 1983) 1928 Wallace Berry composer 1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer 1930 Roy E Disney CEO (Disney) 1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine South Africa vicar/MP 1931 Ron Galella celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O) 1933 Akira Miyoshi composer 1933 Leonard John Coldwell cricket bowler (England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64) 1935 Ronnie Hawkins Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?) 1935 Sherrill Milnes Hinsdale IL, baritone 1935 Georg Katzer composer 1938 Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich NHL Hall of Famer (Montréal Canadiens) 1938 Ivan Twigden English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC) 1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey 1st baseman (San Francisco Giant #44) 1939 Bill Toomey Philadelphia PA, decathlon champ (Olympics-gold-1968) 1939 Sal Mineo New York City NY, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause) 1940 Harry Gant NASCAR driver 1942 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko Russia, cosmonaut 1942 Jack Regan broadcaster 1942 Walter Hill director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice) 1943 Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown) 1945 Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers) 1945 Rod Stewart London England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy) 1946 Alexis Nihon Jr Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968) 1946 Aynsley Dunbar rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship) 1946 Bob Lang rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) 1947 George Alec Effinger US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time) 1948 Cyril Neville US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon) 1948 Donald Fagen Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg) 1948 William Sanderson Memphis TN, actor (Larry-Newhart, Deuce-Babylon 5, Blade Runner) 1949 Teresa Graves Houston TX, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love) 1949 Walter S Browne US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84) 1949 George Foreman Marshall TX, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74, 95) 1951 Kathleen Bradley Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right) 1952 Scott Thurston keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1953 Bobby Rahal Indy-car racer (over 15 wins) 1953 Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell Is for Children) 1955 Luci Martin rocker vocalist (Chic) 1955 Michael Schenker heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups-Coming on Strong, Scorpions) 1957 Robert Thompson Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd) 1958 Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist 1959 Chandra Cheesborough Jacksonville FL, 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-84) 1959 Don Letts rocker (Big Audio Dynamite) 1959 Kirk & Curtwood musician (Meat Puppets) 1961 Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg Rome Italy, concert violinist 1961 Evan Handler New York City NY, actor (Dear Mr Wonderful) 1961 Janet Jones Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid) 1962 Jim Lindeman US baseball outfielder (New York Mets) 1963 Frank Wijnhoven Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers) 1964 Krista Tesreau St Louis MO, actress (Mindy-Guiding Light, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings) 1965 Nathan rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) 1965 James Washington NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins) 1967 Mick Hankers Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown) 1967 Micky Michelle [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine) 1967 Trini Alvarado actor (Frighteners) 1968 Lyle Menendez NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers) 1968 Malcolm Showell WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals) 1969 Doug E Doug rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever) 1969 Juanita Clayton Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96) 1970 Cameron MacKenzie Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-96) 1970 Deon Figures NFL cornerback/PR (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1970 James Wilson WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire) 1971 Guylaine Cloutier Levis Québec Canada, 100m breast stroke swimmer (Olympics-4-92, 96) 1971 Sergi Bruguera Italy, tennis star 1972 Thomas Lewis NFL wide receiver (New York Giants) 1973 Berry Radstraat Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH) 1973 Glenn Robinson Gary IN, NBA forward (Milwaukee,Olympics-gold-96) 1973 Travis Davis NFL strong safety (Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars) 1974 Andre Kirwan CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts) 1974 Hollis Thomas defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles) 1975 Shannon Kavanaugh Boston MA, rocker (Ivory Soul) 1979 Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up) 2418 8 Henry King US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
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Message Posted: Jan 9, 2005 3:51:10 PM
Famous birthdays for this day .. January 9th
1554 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], Roman Catholic pope (1621-23) 1574 Christoph Buel, composer 1620 Johann Weichmann, composer 1674 Prienhard Keiser, composter, Baroque operas 1728 - Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) 1829 Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste) 1851 Giuseppi Gallignani ,composer 1851 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer/theologian (Pequeñeces, Boy) 1856 Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) 1856 Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) 1856 Stevan Mokranjac, composer 1857 Henry B Fuller ,American writer (Under the Skylights) 1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder of League of Women Voters 1870 - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer & builder/Golden Gate Bridge 1898 - Gracie Fields, music hall/vaudeville performer 19-- Melissa Morgan, actress (Brittany-Young & Restless) 19-- Pat Dunbar, heavy metal rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Ain't So Sweet, Fire) 19__Kathryn Walker, actress Beacon Hill 1900 Joseph Frederick Wagner composer 1901 - Chic Young, creator of "Blondie" comic strip 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera) 1904 - George Balanchine, dancer-choreographer 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir,author (The Mandarins and The Second Sex) 1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) and 37th pres (1969-74) (I am not a crook!) 1913 Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1913 Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist 1914 Kenny Clarke, Musician Jazz 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque entertainer and actress 1915 Anita Louise, actress (My Friend Flicka) 1915 Fernando Lamas, Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous") 1915 Les Paul,guitarist/inventor (Les Paul Guitar) 1916 Vic Mizzy, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show) 1916 Alain Bernardin, impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon) 1917 Herbert Lom, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray) 1921 Seymour Barab, composer 1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1957-84) 1922 Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968) 1924 Julián B Coco, Curaçao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony) 1925 Lee Van Cleef, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York) 1925 Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist 1928 Judith Krantz, author (Scruples, I'll Take Manhattan, Princess Daisy, Dazzle) 1928 Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare) 1928 Fernand J St Germain (Representative-D-RI, 1961- ) 1929 Heiner Muller, dramatist 1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author (Man of Earth) 1931 Geoffrey Wragg, British reorganizer 1933 Sonia Garmers [Justina], Curaçao, author (Dear Queen) 1934 - Bart Starr, NFL quarterback and coach (Green Bay) 1935 Bob Denver, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island) 1935 Dick Enberg, sportscaster (Where's Huddles) 1935 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer 1936 Peter Fletcher, music teacher 1937 K Schlesinger, writer 1938 Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist/actor/assistant secretary of Justice 1940 Jimmy Boyd, actor/singer (Bachelor Father, I saw mommy Kissing Santa Clause) 1940 Barbara Buczek, composer 1940 Big Al Downing, Musican, Country 1941 - Joan Baez, folk singer and human rights advocate 1941 - Susannah York, actress (A Man for All Seasons and Tom Jones) 1942 K Callan, actress (This House Possessed, Splendor in the Grass, Martha-Lois & Clark) 1943 Roy Head, Singer, Treat Her Right 1943 Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre) 1943 Kathryn Walker, actress (Beacon Hill, Barbara-Another World) 1943 Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live) 1943 Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed) 1944 Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore) 1944 Jimmy Page, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) 1945 Frank J Biondi Jr, president (HBO) 1945 Harun Farocki, actor/director (Nicht loeschbares Feur) 1946 Leo Gullotta, actor (Sinbad of the 7 Seas) 1948 William Cowsill, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly) 1948 Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult) 195- Margaret Klenck, actress (One Life to Live, As The World Turns) 1950 David Johansen [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!) 1950 Rio Reiser, rock singer 1951 - Crystal Gale, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue) 1951 - Rosalyn Kind, singer (½ sister of Barbra Streisand) 1952 Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch MP (PvdA) 1954 Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1956 Kimberly Beck Hilton, actress (Kim-Peyton Place) 1959 Otis Nixon, US baseball outfielder (Red Sox, Texas Rangers) 1960 David Peoples, Nike golfer (1991 Buick Southern Open) 1960 Lisa Walters, Prince Rupert BC, LPGA golfer (Itoki Hawaiian-1992, 93) 1962 Phil Lewis, England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) 1963 Eric Erlandson, Musician, Hole 1964 Stan Javier, S P de Macoris Dominican Republic, outfielder (Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants) 1965 [Tyrone] Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Hornets, Warriors, Bullets) 1965 Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) 1965 Carin Garbarra, soccer forward (Olympics-96) 1965 Cindy Brooks, rower (Olympics-96) 1965 Darren Bennett, NFL punter (San Diego Chargers) 1965 Georg Franz, hockey forward (Team Germany, Landshut) 1965 Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots) 1965 Joely Richardson, Actress 101 Dalmations 1966 Jimmie Jones, defensive end/defensive tackle (Eagles) 1967 Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band) 1967 Dave Mcllwain Seaforth, NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins) 1967 Jamie Muskroot Creston, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames) 1968 Katie Anderson, Canada 100m hurdler (Olympics-7th-92, 96) 1969 Domingo Jean, baseball pitcher (Houston Astros) 1969 Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics-98) 1970 Graciela Schutt, WPVA volleyballer (Deerfield-25th-1995) 1971 Bill Schroeder, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers/Super Bowl) 1971 Elizabeth Punsalan, dance skater (& Swallow, Olympics-15-94) 1971 Scott Thornton, London, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers) 1972 Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker (New York Jets) 1972 Jay Powell, pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1972 Kristie Hicks, Miss Kentucky-America (1995) 1973 Aaron Holbert, US baseball infielder (St Louis Cardinals) 1973 Ronald Hamming, soccer player (FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard) 1974 Jamain Stephens, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1975 Justin Huish, archer (Olympics-gold-1996) 1975 Mariano Friedick, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96) 1976 Amy Safe, Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1976 Radek Bonk, NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czechoslovakia) 1978 Alex J McLean, Singer Backstreet Boys 1979 Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen-USA (1996)
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Message Posted: Jan 8, 2005 8:23:07 AM
Famous birthdays for this day .. January 8th
1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) 1587 - Johannes Fabricius, Dutch astronomer who discovered sunspots 1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd Bank of US 1st effective central bank 1836 Fannie M Jackson pioneer/educator 1st USBlack woman college grad 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of evolution 1860 Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher & founder of Doubleday & Co 1864 William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (The Moonstone) 1867 Emily Green Balch, US sociologist and feminist and pacifist (Nobel 1946) 1868 Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein theory: light bent by gravity 1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) 1891 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer 1891 Walther Bothe, German subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) 1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia 1902 Carl R. Rogers, psychologist 1902 Alexander Gray, actor (This is Music) 1902 Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy) 1902 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song) 1903 Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], actor (She Demons, Spider) 1904 Peter Arno, Cartoonist 1908 (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress 1908 William Hartnell, London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot) 1910 Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh] actor (Jezebel) 1911 Andrej Ocenas, composer 1912 Jose Ferrer, actor and director (Cyrano de Bergerac) 1923 Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer 1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1924 Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right) 1924 Antai Ribari, composer 1925 James Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark) 1926 Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], comedian (Soupy Sales Show) 1926 Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], soprano 1934 Jacques Anquetil, 5-time winner of Tour de France bicycle race 1934 Roy Kinnear,England, actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers) 1935 Nolan Miller, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat) 1935 Elvis Aaron Presley, musician, singer, actor (Blue Suede Shoes) 1937 Shirley Bassey, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker) 1938 Bob Eubanks, TV host (Newlywed Game) 1939 Yvette Mimieux, actress (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are) 1940 Anthony Gaurdine, singer (Little Anthony & Imperials) 1940 Cristy Lane, singer, country/gospel 1940 Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials) 1941 Graham Chapman, actor/comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus) 1941 Robby Krieger, Musician, (Doors) 1942 John Peterson, rocker (The Beau Brummels) 1942 Stephen Hawking, English physicist(Black Holes & Baby Universes) 1942 Vyacheslav D. Zudov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) 1942 Yvette Mimieux, actress (Time Machine and Where the Boys Are) 1943 Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice) 1943 Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers) 1944 Terry Brooks, US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara) 1945 Terry Sylvester, Musician (The Hollies) 1945 John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre) 1946 Tod Brannan Vice President (Logos Network Corp) 1946 Elaine Cheris, fencer-epee (Olympics-96) 1946 Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children,Partyof5,Knots landing) 1946 Robbie Kreiger, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire) 1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84,1985-) 1947 Terry Sylvester rocker (Hollies-The Air that I Breathe) 1947 David Bowie, [Jones], London, singer/actor (China Girl, Ziggy) 1948 Gillies Mackinnon, director (Playboys) 1948 Mel Pritchard, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) 1948 Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult) 1951 John McTiernan, actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man) 1951 Paul Dresher, composer 1952 Laurie Walters, actress (Joannie-Eight is Enough) 1952 Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert, SK, golfer (1984 Chilliwack) 1953 Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves) 1955 Mike Reno, Vancouver, BC, rock vocalist (Loverboy) 1959 Paul Hester, Musician, (Crowded House) 1960 Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switzerland, playmate (June, 1983) 1964 Virgil Hill, middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1984) 1965 Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1965 Maria Pitillo, actress (Dear God, Nancy Don Lewis-Ryan's Hope) 1965 Michelle Forbes, actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide) 1966 Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) 1966 Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost) 1967 Willie Anderson, NBA (New York Knicks, Olympics-bronze-1988) 1968 Alexander Alexeevn, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1968 Ami Dolenz, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love) 1968 Brian Johnson, catcher (San Diego Padres) 1968 Paul Carey, baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1969 Brian Boehringer, pitcher (New York Yankees) 1969 R Kelly, singer (I Wish I Could Fly) 1970 Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche) 1971 Brenda Lee Armstrong, Miss Minnesota-America (1990) 1971 Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders) 1971 Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998) 1971 Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe/Miss USA-1997 (Hawaii) 1971 Darren Langdon, NHL left wing (New York Rangers) 1971 Jason Giambi, infielder (Oakland A's) 1971 Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 Stephane Barin, hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1972 Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier) 1972 Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96) 1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen) 1974 Brian Roberson, wide receiver (New York Giants) 1975 Jenny Lewis, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy) 1975 Star Behl, Miss Delaware-USA (1996) 1975 Vitali Yachmenev,Russia, NHL right wing (Los Angeles Kings) 1976 Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96) 1977 Pearl Amoah, Miss Ghana-Universe (1996) 1977 Jenny Lewis, Actress, Life with Lucy 1977 Manuela Arcuri, Actress, Italian movies/TV 1977 Ryan Frances, actor (Trevor-Sisters) 1978 Petra Minarova, Miss Czech Republic-Universe (1997) 1979 Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe) 1979 Sarah Polley, actress (Sweet Hereafter) 1982 Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)
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Message Posted: Jan 7, 2005 6:26:14 AM
Famous birthdays for this day .. January 7th
1611 - James Harrington, Writer, Commonwealth of Oceans 1800 - Millard Fillmore, (Whig) 13th US pres (1850-53) 1830 - Albert Bierstadt, Artist US Landscapes 1845 - Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18) 1898 - Art Baker, Personality TV 1903 - Alan Napier, Actor, Batman 1903 - Edwin W Pauley, Founder, Standard Oil 1910 - Alain De Rothschild, Business Banker 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone with the Wind) 1912 - Charles Addams, Cartoonist, Addams Family 1922 - Vincent Gardenia, Actor, All in the Family 1924 - Roloff Beny, Artist, A Time of Gods 1925 - Gerald Durrell, British zoologist and writer and broadcaster 1928 - William P Blattey, Writer, The Exorcist 1930 - Douglas Kiker, Journalist/Author 1935 - Valeri N. Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6 and 36 and Apollo-Soyuz) 1936 - Eldee Young, Musician, Hang on Sloopy 1938 - Paul Revere, Musician, Revere & the Raiders 1939 - Maury Povich, Personality TV 1942 - Vasili Alexeyev, world champion weight-lifter 1943 - Leona Williams, Songwriter, Ladies Get the Blue 1945 - Tony Conigliaro, Baseball Player 1947 - Jann Wenner, Founder, Rolling Stone Magazine 1948 - Kenny Loggins, Singer, Loggins & Messina 1949 - John C Parry, Musician, the Cure 1949 - Marshall Chapman, Musican, Country 1950 - Erin Gray, Actress, Buck Rogers 1950 - John Friesen, Musican 1952 - Sammo Hung, Actor Martical Law 1953 - E Wire Lindo, Musician, Bob Marley & the Wailers 1956 - Mike Liut, Hockey Player 1957 - Katie Couric, Personality, TV 1957 - Kristen Meadows, Actress, Santa Barbara 1959 - Davie Lee Murphy, Musician, Country 1959 - Kathy Valentine, Musician, The Go-Go's 1960 - David Marciano, Actor, Due South 1962 - Hallie Todd, Actress, Check is in the Mail 1962 - Jeff Montgomery, Baseball Player 1964 - Nicolas Cage, Actorm Moonstruck 1964 - Allan Anderson, Baseball Player 1967 - Guy Hebert, Hockey Player 1969 - Doug E Doug, Actor, the Cosby Show 1970 - Denny Lambert, Hockey Player 1970 - Darryl Williams, Football Player 1970 - Todd Day, Basketball Player 1971 - Frank Menechino, Baseball Player 1972 - Donald Brashear, Hockey Player 1974 - Jennifer Leroy, Playmate 1974 - John Rich, Musician, Country Lonestar 1974 - Gabriel Martinez, Baseball 1976 - Eric Gagne, Baseball 1977 - Dustin Diamon, Actor, Saved by the Bell, Screech 1977 - David Matranga, Baseball 1978 - Kevin Mench, Baseball 1978 - Alfonso Soriano, Baseball
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Message Posted: Jan 6, 2005 12:53:01 PM
Sorry again these area actually the birthdays for today not the 5th as posted.
Famous birthdays for this day .. January 5th
1412 - Joan of Arc, martyr 1799 - Jedediah Smith, fur trader and explorer 1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction Senator 1823 - Gustave Dore, illustrator (Inferno and Rime of Ancient Mariner) 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer 1842 - Clarence King, geologist and mining engineer 1854 - Sherlock Holmes, according to Arthur Conan Doyle 1871 - Aleksandr Scriabin, Russian composer 1878 - Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of Lincoln (The People and Yes) 1880 - Tom Mix, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) 1882 - Samuel Rayburn (D), speaker of House (1940-57) 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese mystic poet (The Prophet and Broken Wings) 1911 - Joey Adams, comedian 1913 - Loretta Young, (Farmer's Daughter and Stranger) in Salt Lake City 1914 - Danny Thomas, comedian and actor 1915 - Don Edwards (D), US representative from California 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church) 1924 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician 1934 - Sylvia Sims, 1945 - Bonnie Franklin, TV actress (One Day at a Time) in Santa Monica 1957 - Nancy Lopez, Golf pro
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Message Posted: Jan 6, 2005 12:51:47 PM
Famous birthdays on January 5 ..
1592 - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58) and builder of Taj Mahal 1779 - Stephen Decatur, early American Naval hero 1846 - Rudolf Eucken, German Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908) 1855 - King Camp Gillette, inventor of safety razor 1876 - Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor 1895 - Jeannette Piccard, balloonist and Episcopal priest 1911 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (Cat & Mouse and Happy Hooker) 1921 - Jean, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- ) 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor of Wyoming 1926 - Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees and Texans and Colts) 1928 - Walter Mondale (D), 42nd US vp (1977-81) 1938 - Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders) 1938 - Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- ) 1940 - Dany Saval, 1946 - Diane Keaton, actress (Annie Hall and Little Drummer Girl) LA 1954 - Pamela Sue Martin,
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Message Posted: Jan 6, 2005 12:51:00 PM
Sorry everyone who had a birthday yesterday that I didn't post this. Have been busy with the new guideline.
Famous birthdays for this day .. January 5th
1412 - Joan of Arc, martyr 1799 - Jedediah Smith, fur trader and explorer 1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction Senator 1823 - Gustave Dore, illustrator (Inferno and Rime of Ancient Mariner) 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer 1842 - Clarence King, geologist and mining engineer 1854 - Sherlock Holmes, according to Arthur Conan Doyle 1871 - Aleksandr Scriabin, Russian composer 1878 - Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of Lincoln (The People and Yes) 1880 - Tom Mix, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) 1882 - Samuel Rayburn (D), speaker of House (1940-57) 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese mystic poet (The Prophet and Broken Wings) 1911 - Joey Adams, comedian 1913 - Loretta Young, (Farmer's Daughter and Stranger) in Salt Lake City 1914 - Danny Thomas, comedian and actor 1915 - Don Edwards (D), US representative from California 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church) 1924 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician 1934 - Sylvia Sims, 1945 - Bonnie Franklin, TV actress (One Day at a Time) in Santa Monica 1957 - Nancy Lopez, Golf pro
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Message Posted: Jan 4, 2005 5:35:54 AM
Famous birthdays for this day .. Janurary 4th
1581 - Bishop James Ussher, calculated that earth began Nov. 23-4004 BC 1643 - Sir Issac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up) 1785 - Jacob Grimm, German librarian and philologist and fairy tale collector 1789 - Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist and abolitionist 1797 - Wilhelm Beer, German amateur who helps to construct 1st moon map 1809 - Louis Braille, developed reading system for blind 1813 - Sir Issac Pitman, shorthand inventor 1838 - Charles Stratton, (alias General Tom Thumb and famous short person) 1878 - Augustus E John, Artist Portraits 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Artist Seated Youth 1914 - Jane Wyman, Actress and the 1st Mrs Ronald Reagan 1930 - Barbara Rush, Actress Peyton place, Hombre, When Worlds Collide 1930 - Don Shula, NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) 1930 - Sorrell Brooke, Actor, Dukes of Hazzard 1932 - Richard Stahl, Actor, The Student Nurses 1935 - Floyd Patterson, world heavyweight champ (1956-59 and 1960-62) 1937 - Dyan Cannon, Former Mrs Cary Grant, Actress, Heaven Can Wait 1940 - Anthony S Teague, Actor, Falcon Crest 1941 - John B Perry, Actor, Falcon Crest 1941 - Maureen Reagan, Political Relative 1943 - Tom Wilkinson, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos) 1946 - Authur Conley, Musician Sweet Soul music 1951 - Nina Foust, Golfer 1955 - Kath Forester, Country Singer, Forester Sisters 1955 - Mark Hollis, Musician, Talk Talk 1956 - Ann Magnuson, Actress, Anything But Love 1956- -Barney Albrecht, Musicin New Order 1956 - Bernie Albreacht, Musician Guitarist 1957 -Patty Loveless, Musician, country 1958 - Matt Frewerm Actor, Max Headroom 1960 - Micheal Stripe, Musician R.E.M. 1960 - Cory E Racine, Body Builder 1961 - Lee Curreri, Actor Fame 1963 - Dave Foley, Actor News Radio 1965 - Julia Ormond, Actress Legends of the Fall 1965 - David Glasper, Musician, Breathe 1965 - Guy Forget, Tennis player 1966 - Deana Carter, Musician, Country 1967 - Rick Cunningham, Football 1969 - Lindsay Kennendy, Actor, Little House on the Prairie 1969 - Corie Blout, Basketball 1971 - Jeremy Light, Actor Hogan Family 1971 - Garrison Hearst, Football 1971 - Olanda Truitt, Football 1973 - Greg De Bries, Hockey 1973 - Lamont Warren, Football 1973 - Ray Mickens, Football 1974 - Carl Powell, Football 1977 - Dimitri Nabovok, Hockey 1977 - Brian O'Connor, Baseball 1978 - Eddie Freeman, Football 1978 - Jason Moore, Baseball 1978 - Willie Martinez, Baseball
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Message Posted: Jan 3, 2005 5:29:07 AM
Famous birthdays on January 3 ..
0106 - Marcus Cicero, Roman statesman, Phiilosopher 1543 - Juan Cabrillo, Discoverer of California 1757 - Johann A Sixt, Composer 1786 - Johann c Schneider, Composer 1793 - Lucretia Coffin Mott, Woman's right leader 1802 - Feliks Ostrowski, Composer 1806 - Henriette Sontag, Opera singer soprano 1823 - Robert Whitehead, Inventor Torpedo 1830 - Alexander Ewing, Composer 1840 - Father Damien, helped lepers in Hawaii 1853 - Iwan Knorr, Composer 1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney) 1879 - Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady 1883 - Clement R. Attlee (Labour), British prime minister (1945-51) 1892 - J.R.R. Tolkien, Author, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings 1896 - Andre A R Masson, Artist, Surrealist, Labyrinth 1898 - Johannes Hin, Olympic Gold Holland 1900 - Maurice Jaubert, Composter 1905 - Ray Milland, Actor (Dial M for Murder and The Lost Weekend) 1909 - Victor Borge, Pianist and Comedian--Denmark 1911 - John Gturges Director, The Magnificent 7 1914 - Jean Louvel, Pianist 1916 - Betty Furness, in NYC 1918 - Maxine Andrews, of singing Andrew Sister 1921 - John Russell, Actor Rio Bravo 1922 - Bill Travers, Actor Born Free 1922 - Jacques Wildberger, Composer My End Is My Beginning 1924 - Hank Stram, Football player/Sportscaster 1926 - Danny Overbea, Singer Blues 1926 - George Martin, Beatles Manager 1928 - Jeanne Moreau, in Paris France 1929 - Sergio Leone, Director Fist Full of Dollars 1930 - Robert Loggia, Actor (1st Love and An Officer & a Gentleman) 1934 - Bryan G Kelly, Composer 1936 - Jos Kunst, Composer 1939 - Bobby Hull, Hockey player, Hall of Fame 1943 - Van Dyke Parks, Songwriter, High Coin 1945 - Stephen Stills, Singer and songwriter 1947 - Melanie (Safka), in Astoria Queens 1948 - Larry McNeeley, Musician Glen Campbell Show 1950 - Victoria Principal, Actress, Earthquake, Dallas 1950 - Beth Anderson, Composer 1950 - Jim Dwyer, Baseball player 1950 - Rick Macliesh, Hockey player 1953 - Angelo Parisi, Olymipic Gold France 1955 - Cynthia Sykes, Actress, St Elsewhere 1956 - Mel Gibson, Actor, Leathal weapon, Mad Max 1959 - Rusty Golden, Musician Boys Band 1961 - Erwin B Dutch, Musician 1962 - Darren Daulton, Baseball Player 1963 - Jim Everett, Football Player 1965 -Danny Stubbs, Football Player 1968 - Shannon Sturges, Actress Savannah 1969 - Nikki Nelson, Musician, Country Highway 101 1969 - Matt Labounty, Football player 1970 - Tony Farmer, Basketball player 1971 - Cory Cross, Hockey player 1972 - Charles Johnson, Football player 1972 - Drake Berehowsky, Hockey player 1973 - Darond Stovall, Baseball player 1973 - Tyrone Brown, Football player 1974 - Todd Warriener, Hockey player 1974 - Luis Rodriguez, Baseball player 1975 - Jason Marsden, Actor Mr Saturday Night 1977 - A J Burnett, Baseball player 1977 - Zach Sorensen, Baseball player 1980 - Rick Riccobono, Baseball player 19 -- - Tom Bower, Actor The Waltons
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