Who do you share a birthday with?

i'm pleased to report that i share my birthday with a german crown-prince :

"Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, deutscher Kronprinz "
* 06.05.1882 Potsdam (Provinz Brandenburg)
† 20.07.1951 Hechingen (Baden-Württemberg)

(i'm also glad to report that i've outlived him !)
hbg

July 11th-

Yul Brynner
Giorgio Armani
Adreinne Barbeau
Harry Von Zell
John Quincy Adams

December 15

1903 Sandro Botticelli
P a i n t e r [ d. 1510 ]
1933 Tim Conway
C o m i c / A c t o r
1939 Cindy Birdsong
M u s i c a l A r t i s t
1942 Dave Clark
M u s i c a l A r t i s t
1949 Don Johnson
A c t o r
1955 Paul Simonon
M u s i c a l A r t i s t

April 17th birthdays
1837: John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist
1894: Nikita S Khrushchev, Russian leader
1918: William Holden, American actor

Not much choice, so I'll take Holden for 100, please.

Halloween, Gala:




PEOPLE BORN ON HALLOWEEN

In 1912, Dale Evans, [Frances Butts] cowgirl, actor, singer (Roy Rogers Show)

In 1920, Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes)

In 1922, Barbara Bel Geddes actor (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught)

In 1922, Norodom Sihanouk, president of Cambodia

In 1931, Dan Rather, news anchor CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes

In 1937, Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven)

In 1937, Tom Paxton folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn)

In 1942, David Ogden Stiers actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc)

In 1944, Kinky Friedman country rocker (Ride 'em Jewboy)

In 1947, Russ Ballard, rocker (Argent)

In 1949, Bob Selbenberg, rocker (Supertramp)

In 1950, Jane Pauley newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend)

In 1950, John Candy actor/comedian

In 1959, Val Kilmer, actor (Top Secret, Batman Forever)

In 1961, Larry Mullen Jr, rock drummer (U2-I Will Follow)

In 1963, Rob Schneider, actor (SNL, Jamie Coleman-Men Behaving Badly)

In 1968, Antonio Davis, NBA forward with Toronto Raptors

In 1968, Vanilla Ice, [Robert Van Winkle], rapper (Ice Ice Baby

And, of course, The witch of Endor:

April 20th:

Adolph Hitler -- infamous mass murdered

Maurice Duplessis -- infamous Quebec premier who ruled with an iron fist

Both short, megalomaniacs.

I'm short. That's all we have in common, thank God.

Birthdays occurring on September, 17
1580 Quevedo was born on September 17, 1580
Spanish master satirist and poet of Spain's Golden Age, 1580-1645
He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future
More quotations from Quevedo

1643 Gilbert Burnet was born on September 17, 1643

That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone
More quotations from Gilbert Burnet

1743 Marquis de Condorcet was born on September 17, 1743

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
More quotations from Marquis de Condorcet

1883 William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883
American poet, 1883-1963
It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.
More quotations from William Carlos Williams

1885 George Cleveland was born on September 17, 1885

The marriage amendment should have gotten passed, ... I really don't understand what the problem was with that.
More quotations from George Cleveland


I really like that William Carlos Williams shares my birthday. edgarblythe

You also share a birthday with my oldest half brother. Congratulations.

George Gershwin and T S Eliot and not much more for me.

Charlie Sheen

Hookers and booze baby...hookers and booze!

Listen up y'all,

Please share a commentary about these people-- I'll go into more detail

Gene Hackman-- I L-U-V love him

FDR-- This is no small p'tatos to share a birthday with him

Dick Cheney-- Shite, this nearly erases the coolness of the other two.

Touche!

Edgar, he's a good one to share a birthday with indeed.

Sid Caesar
Peter Sellers
Patsy Cline
Antonin Dvorak
Robert Taft ( late Senator and son of late President William Howard Taft)
Lyndon LaRouche
Mark Foley the 3rd (yes that Mark Foley)
Sam Nunn (Georgia Senator)
Heather Thomas
Virna Lisi

It is also the day on which (in 1380) The Russians defeated the Tatars at Kulikovo and of course (although just before my time) in 1937 The Yankees defeated Boston after entering the 9th inning losing 6-1...Yanks won with a final score of 9-6!

and in 1952 (a special day indeed) Ernest Hemingway first published The Old Man and The Sea...which was incidentally published in the September 1, 1952 issue of Life Magazine, (and yes, I do have a copy of the magazine).

And of course for all the Trekies out there it was the day in 1966 that Star Trek premiered in primetime.

For the religious fanatics it also the day alleged to be that of the birth of The blessed Virgin Mary.

Georges Seurat born on December 2, 1859 - that is cool

Maria Callas born on December 2, 1923 - she slept with Onasis

Julie Harris born on December 2, 1925 - some actress

Willie Brown born on December 2, 1940 - who?

Ron Raines born on December 2, 1949 - who?

Richard Jenkins born on December 2, 1953 - who?

Dan Butler born on December 2, 1954 - who?

Stone Phillips born on December 2, 1954 - some TV guy

Steven Bauer born on December 2, 1956 - who?

Nick Cheung born on December 2, 1967 - who?

Darryl Kile born on December 2, 1968 - who?

David Batty born on December 2, 1968 - who?

Lucy Liu born on December 2, 1968 - ok, she's cool

Rena Sofer born on December 2, 1968 - who?

Anthony 'Treach' Criss born on December 2, 1970 - this sounds like a british guy.

Giovan D'Angelo born on December 2, 1970 - who?

Sarah Silverman born on December 2, 1970 - who?

Francesco Toldo born on December 2, 1971 - who?

Eduardo Iduñate born on December 2, 1972 - who?

Natalia Kim born on December 2, 1972 - who?

Jan Ullrich born on December 2, 1973 - who?

Monica Seles born on December 2, 1973 - she plays tennis and has a lot of money.

Anouk Verschoor born on December 2, 1976 - who?

Youko Miyamoto born on December 2, 1977 - who?

Nelly Furtado born on December 2, 1978 - um, who?

Melissa Archer born on December 2, 1979 - who?

Yvonne Catterfeld born on December 2, 1979 - who?

Britney Spears born on December 2, 1981 - who?

Eric Jungmann born on December 2, 1981 - who?

Apichet Kittikorncharoen born on December 2, 1982 - uh, can't even pronounce this name.

Chae Na Ri born on December 2, 1983 - who?

Quincy Smolders born on December 2, 1983 - who? but sounds like a cool guy anyway.

Teairra Mari born on December 2, 1987 - who?

Cassie Steele born on December 2, 1989 - who?




Wow, I don't know anybody anymore.

WOW, I know a lot more of these people who DIED on my birthday!
wow....joey adams AND the marquis de sade. Pablo Escobar and Aaron Copeland.

December 2 Deaths in History

December 2, 2000 Gail Fisher, actress, Mannix, dies at 65
December 2, 1999 Joey Adams, American Comedian
December 2, 1996 Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76
December 2, 1995 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90
December 2, 1995 Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66
December 2, 1995 Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88
December 2, 1995 [William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
December 2, 1995 Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist
December 2, 1994 Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85
December 2, 1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86
December 2, 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
December 2, 1992 Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43
December 2, 1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
December 2, 1990 Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
December 2, 1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
December 2, 1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer
December 2, 1986 Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59
December 2, 1985 Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
December 2, 1985 Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
December 2, 1983 Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
December 2, 1982 David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
December 2, 1982 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49
December 2, 1981 Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62
December 2, 1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
December 2, 1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86
December 2, 1980 Romain Gary, Russian Novelist
December 2, 1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72
December 2, 1976 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59
December 2, 1976 William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
December 2, 1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72
December 2, 1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies
December 2, 1972 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
December 2, 1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72
December 2, 1969 Kliment J Voroshilov, president U.S.S.R. (1953-60), dies
December 2, 1967 Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78
December 2, 1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
December 2, 1964 Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76
December 2, 1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
December 2, 1957 Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
December 2, 1953 Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
December 2, 1950 Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33
December 2, 1944 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
December 2, 1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
December 2, 1943 Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies
December 2, 1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber
December 2, 1933 Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78
December 2, 1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80
December 2, 1925 Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
December 2, 1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
December 2, 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69
December 2, 1918 Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38
December 2, 1918 Edmond Rostand, French Poet
December 2, 1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69
December 2, 1915 Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72
December 2, 1903 Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50
December 2, 1888 Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54
December 2, 1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
December 2, 1880 Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65
December 2, 1864 Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31
December 2, 1859 John Brown, U.S. abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59
December 2, 1845 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82
December 2, 1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56
December 2, 1828 Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
December 2, 1814 Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74
December 2, 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
December 2, 1763 Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56
December 2, 1723 Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
December 2, 1719 Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
December 2, 1592 Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46
December 2, 1515 Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
December 2, 1463 Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies
December 2, 537 Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies

In the arts:
Franco Zeffirelli (film/opera director and designer)

In politics:
Abraham Lincoln (USA)

In religion:
Thubten Gyatso (Dalai Lama)

In arms:
Omar Bradley

In science:
Charles Darwin

Not too shabby, but I think I have performance anxiety now.

Even I know who Nelly Furtado is, stuffy old fart that I am.



She's a born in British Columbia singer.

March 26, 1986 Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988 - Remember her?

March 26, 1968 Kenny Chesney, American Musician - !

March 26, 1962 Richard Coles, rocker, Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way

March 26, 1950 Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos - I love him!

March 26, 1950 Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone - Had his eight track.

March 26, 1950 Teddy Pendergrass, born in Philadelphia, singer, Turn Off the Lights - had his 45.

March 26, 1950 Tony Papenfuss, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Daryl-Newhart - Not sure which Daryl, could of been Daryl or his brother Daryl or his other brother Daryl.

March 26, 1949 Fran Sheehan, rock bassist, Boston-More than a Feeling - first album to which I got high.

March 26, 1949 Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family - Another favorite.

I appear to be in good company. Hope Baby Jessica is doing well. She would be a sophmore in college now. Wow! Seems like it wasn't that long ago.