Birthdays today; emperor Renzong of Song 1010, politician Alexander Nevsky 1220, astronomer Georg von Peuerbach 1423, composer Valentin Dretzel 1578, painter Wallerant Vaillant & politician John Egerton 1623, queen Claudia Felicitas of Austria 1653, politicians Wills Hill 1718, Roger Newdigate 1719 & Henry Addington 1757, composer Johann Christian Lobe & administrator Andreas Victor Michiels 1797, mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach 1800, composer Joaquim Casimiro 1808, politician John Alexander McClernand 1812, mathematician Eugene Charles Catalan 1814, politician Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau 1820, poet Alfred Austin 1835, composer Louis Varney 1844, king Amadeo I of Spain 1845, jeweler Peter Carl Faberge 1846, historian Alice Stopford Green 1847, composer Siegfried Alkan 1858, psychologist Pierre Janet 1859, industrialist Arthur Vining Davis 1867, actor Olga Engl 1871, philosopher Giovanni Gentile 1875, runner Wyndham Halswelle 1882, composer Riccardo Zandonai 1883, writer Randolph Bourne 1886, sculptor Alexander Archipenko & composer Gino Tagliapietra 1887, politician James A Farley 1888, activist Iman Jacob van den Bosch 1891, painter Fernando Amorsolo 1892, administrator Hubertus van Mook 1894, director Howard Hawks 1896, writer Cornelia Otis Skinner & producer Irving Thalberg 1899, archaeologist Seton Lloyd & actor Stepin Fetchit 1902, poet Countee Cullen & painter Ray Howard-Jones 1903, politician Ernesto de la Guardia Jr 1904, anthropologist Germaine Tillion & aviator Elly Beinhorn 1907, voice actor Mel Blanc 1908, bandleader Benny Goodman 1909, actor Inge Meysel & politician Ralph Metcalfe 1910, actor Douglas Fowley 1911, physicist Alexander Langsdorf, biochemist Julius Axelrod, writer Julian Symons playwright Joseph Stein & actor Hugh Griffith 1912, composer Cedric Thorpe Davie 1913, bandleader Bobbwy Sherwood 1914, educator Jerome Weisner 1915, physicist Joseph W Kennedy 1916, poet Pita Amor & restaurateur Bob Evans 1918, politician Rene Barrientos 1919, bass-baritone George London & choreographer John Heawood 1920, writer Hal Clement 1922, actor Jimmy Lydon 90, composer Claude Prey & politician Eddy Bruma 1925, conductor Edouard van Remoortel & entrepreneur James McLamore 1926, actor Clint Walker 86, director Agnes Varda 85, painter Pro Hart, harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt & politician John Wright 1928, actor Michael Mellinger 1929, painter Robert Ryman 83, entrepreneur Mark Birley 1930, composer Pauline Oliveros 81, composer Seppo Nummi 1932, cosmonaut Alexey Leonov 79, actors Ruta Lee & Keir Dullea 77, poet A C Jacobs 1937, politician Wilfried de Pree 75, actors Michael J Pollard 74 & David Ackroyd 73, politician Dan Miller 71, NFLer Gale Sayers 70, rocker Lenny Davidson 69, actors Meredith MacRae 1944 & Norman Eshley 68, activist Candy Lightner 67, screenwriter Michael Piller 1948, actor Paresh Rawal & politician Bertrand Delanoe 63, singer Zdravko Colic, actor Stephen Tobolowsky & politician Fernando Lugo 62, composer Zoltan Kocsis 61, actor Colm Meaney 60, rocker Topper Headon 58, runner Allison Roe 57, rocker Chris van Jaarsveld 56, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, rocker Marie Fredriksson, actor Ted McGinley & politicians Steve Israel 55 & Frank Vanhecke 54, rocker Stephen Duffy 53, model Ella Arolovich & actor Ralph Carter 52, comics creator Kevin Eastman & actor Tonya Pinkins 51, cosmonaut Helen Sharman & model Lynda Wiesmeier 50, rocker Tom Morello & singer Wynonna Judd 49, actor Tammy Parks 48, rockers Stephen Malkmus 47 & Tim Burgess 46, singer Idina Menzel 42, voice actor Soichiro Hoshi 41, comedian Leigh Francis 40, rappers Cee-Lo Green 39 & Big L 1974, actor Rachael Stirling 36, voice actor Rie Kugimiya 34, singer Devendra Banhart & actors Blake Bashoff 32, Kevin Covais 24 & Dean Collins 23
Posted on: Thu, 30 May 2013 13:33:18 +0000