Category Archives: Birthdays

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor William Daniels (St. Elsewhere, The Graduate, Reds) is 85.

 

Golf champion Miller Barber (holds record for most wins in the Senior PGA Tour [24] from 1981 to 1992) is 81.

 

Author John Jakes (California Gold, In the Big Country) is 80.

Actor Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds, Centennial, Shogun) is 78.

 

Actress – singer Shirley Jones (Carousel, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, The Partridge Family) is 78.

 

Jazz musician Herb Alpert (Tijuana Brass) 77.

 

Actor Christopher Walken (The Deerhunter, Batman Returns, Pulp Fiction) is 69.

 

Guitarist Mick Ralphs (All the Young Dudes, Bad Company) is 68.

 

Actor – comedian Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Kotter, Nobody’s Perfekt) is 67.

 

Guitarist – keyboardist Al Nichol (The Turtles) is 66.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCaCwYO-09Y

 

Lawyer – author Dwight David Eisenhower II, grandson of 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is 64.

Al Gore (U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1985 – 1993; 45th U.S. Vice President, 1993 – 2000]) is 64.

Actress Rhea Perlman (Cheers, Pearl, Carwash) is 64.

 

Ed Marinaro (former Minnesota Vikings running back [Super Bowl VIII, IX] – actor [Hill Street Blues, Sisters, Dancing with Danger]) is 62.

 

Singer – keyboardist Sean Hopper (Clover; Huey Lewis and The News) is 59.

 

Guitarist Angus Young (AC/DC) is 57.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fSEjlLQcRY

 

Actor Marc McClure (Freaky Friday, Back to the Future series, Superman series) is 55.

Actor Ewan McGregor (The Pillow Book, Trainspotting) is 41.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Richard Dysart (L.A. Law, Wall Street, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) is 83.

 

Actor John Astin (The Addams Family, The Pruitts of Southampton, Operation Petticoat) is 82.

 

TV host Peter Marshall (Hollywood Squares) is 82.

 

Actor Warren Beatty (Splendor in the Grass, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Bonnie and Clyde) is 75.

 

Drummer Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues) is 71.

 

Country singer Bobby Wright is 69.

 

Guitarist – singer – songwriter Eric Clapton (Yardbirds; solo) is 67.

 

Actor – comedian Paul Reiser (Diner, Mad About You, Aliens) is 55.

 

 

Pop singer – songwriter Tracy Chapman is 48.

 

Actor Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills 90210, The Fighter) is 48.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

TV host – news editor – columnist John McLaughlin (McLaughlin – CNBC Network) is 85.

Actor Eric Idle (Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Casper) is 69.

 

Singer Bobby Kimball (Toto) is 65.

 

Actor Bud Cort (Harold and Maude, Brewster McCloud) is 64.

 

Jazz musician Michael Brecker (The Brecker Brothers) is 63.

 

Pro Football Hall of Famer Earl Campbell (1977 Heisman Trophy winner; Houston Oilers [1978-1984], New Orleans Saints [1984-1985]) is 57.

 

Gymnast – TV sports commentator Kurt Thomas (first American male to win a world champion gymnastics event since 1932, floor exercise – 1978, 1979) is 56.

 

Actor Christopher Lambert (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; To Kill a Priest) is 55.

 

Supermodel – actress Elle MacPherson (South Kensington, A Girl Thing, Batman & Robin) is 48.

 

Tennis champion Jennifer Capriati (1990 Wimbledon winner, 1992 Olympic gold-medalist) is 36.

 

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

Actress Conchata Ferrell (L.A. Law, Mystic Pizza, Edward Scissorhands) is 69.

 

Actor Ken Howard (The White Shadow, The Thorn Birds) is 68.

 

Bass guitarist Chuck Portz (The Turtles) is 67.

 

Actress Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets over Broadway, Edward Scissorhands) is 64.

 

Sprinter Ronnie Ray Smith (1968 Olympics gold medal winner: 4-by-100 meter relay [w/Charles Greene, Melvin Pender & Jim Hines]) is 63.

Singer Reba McEntire is 57.

 

Singer Cheryl James (Salt; Salt-N-Pepa) is 46.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Author Anthony Lewis (Gideon’s Trumpet, Make No Law, The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment) is 85.

 

Actor Austin Pendleton (Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Guarding Tess, My Cousin Vinny) is 72.

 

Actor Michael York (Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, Murder on the Orient Express) is 70.

 

Singer – composer Tom Sullivan (If You Could See What I Hear) is 65.

Keyboardist Tony Banks (Genesis) is 62.

 

Skier Annemarie Moser-Proell (all-time record six women’s World Cup championships, 1971 – 1975) is 59.

 

Keyboardist Andrew Farriss (INXS) is 53.

 

Director – screenwriter Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs) is 49.

 

Singer Mariah Carey (Vision of Love, Emotions, Music Box, Daydream; only artist with a #1 single in every year of the 1990s; has spent more weeks at #1 than any other artist) is 42.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!” 

Sandra Day O’Connor, 1^st woman nominated and appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, is 82.

 

Actor – director Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) is 81.

 

Actor Alan Arkin (Catch-22; The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming) is 78.

 

Basketball Hall of Famer Wayne ‘The Wall’ Embry (Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks; first African-American GM in major league sports) is 75.

National Horse Racing Hall of Famer Braulio Baeza (1^st horse jockey to go over $3 million in purses in one year) is 72.

Actor James Caan (The Godfather, Rabbit Run, Brian’s Song) is 72.

 

Author Erica Jong (Fear of Flying, Becoming Light, How to Save Your Own Life) is 70.

Journalist – author Bob Woodward (helped expose the Watergate scandal) is 69.

Singer – actress Diana Ross (The Supremes) is 68.

 

Keyboardist Richard Tandy (Electric Light Orchestra) is 64.

 

Singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 64.

 

Actress – singer Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama’s Family) is 63.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1sY0boR5M&feature=related

 

Bass guitarist Fran Sheehan (Boston) is 63.

 

Actor – comedian Martin Short (Saturday Night Live, The Three Amigos) is 62.

 

Curtis Sliwa (founder, Guardian Angels) is 58.

 

TV hostess Leeza Gibbons (Entertainment Tonight) is 55.

 

Actress Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Dirty Dancing, The Cotton Club) is 52.

 

Former professional football player Marcus Allen (Kansas City Chiefs, LA Raiders; 1981 Heisman Trophy Winner) is 52.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (first to complete 4 spaceflights; first to make 2 flights to the Moon; commander of Apollo 13 April 1970: planned lunar landing that was aborted after an explosion on Apollo service module) is 84.

 

Author – publisher – feminist activist Gloria Steinem is 78.

 

Singer Aretha Franklin (Respect, Baby I Love You, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think, Day Dreaming; first woman inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]) is 70.

 

Actor – director – writer Paul Michael Glaser (actor: Starsky & Hutch, Single Bars Single Women; director: Butterflies are Free, The Air up There) is 69.

 

Singer – songwriter – musician Elton John (Your Song, Honky Cat, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie & The Jets, Daniel, Philadelphia Freedom) is 65.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJHL34DiBY

 

Actress Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard, Presumed Innocent, They Shoot Horses Don’t They) is 64.

 

Actor John Stockwell (Born to Ride, Top Gun, City Limits) is 51.

 

Actress – opera singer Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City, Miami Rhapsody, L.A. Story) is 47.

 

Figure skater Debi Thomas (Olympic bronze medalist [Calgary, 1988]) is 45.

 

If yours is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Poet – author Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Coney Island of the Mind, Starting from San Francisco) is 93.

 

Actor – writer – teacher – bodybuilder William Smith (Eye of the Tiger, L.A. Vice, Maniac Cop) is 79.

 

Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie (The Carol Burnett Show) is 72.

 

Harmonica player Lee Oskar (War) is 66.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvmfdicYWMw

 

Base guitarist Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 61.

Actor Robert Carradine (Body Bags, Double-Crossed, The Long Riders) is 58.

 

Actress Donna Pescow (Saturday Night Fever, Glory Years, Angie) is 58.

 

Actress Lara Flynn Boyle (Twin Peaks, The Practice, Wayne’s World) is 42.

 

 

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Rocket car speedster Craig Breedlove, the first person to travel more than 400mph, more than 500mph and more than 600 mph on land, is 75.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZO12xkvU2M

 

Singer – songwriter – guitarist Ric Ocasek (The Cars) is 63.

 

Singer Chaka Khan (Yvette Marie Stevens; Tell Me Something Good [with Rufus], I Feel for You) is 59.

 

Basketball Hall of Famer Moses Malone (Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets [single-game playoff record for most offensive rebounds; NBA MVP: 1979, 1982, 1983; records: most consecutive games without a disqualification [1,212], most free throws made [8,531], most offensive rebounds [6,731]) is 57.

 

Actress Teresa Ganzel (The Dave Thomas Comedy Hour, The Duck Factory, Roxie) is 55.

 

Actress Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God, Joe Versus the Volcano, The World According to Garp, Pulp Fiction) is 55.

 

If it’s yours, too, Happy Birthday!

 

Composer Stephen Sondheim (Send in the Clowns, A Little Night Music; scores for West Side Story, Reds) is 82.

 

Actor William Shatner (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal) is 81.

 

Actress May Britt (The Young Lions, The Hunters, Murder, Inc.) is 79.

 

Actor M. Emmet Walsh (Serpico, Blade Runner, Reds, Ordinary People, East of Eden) is77.

 

Singer – guitarist Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) is 71.

 

Actor Bruno Ganz (The American Friend, Wings of Desire, The Last Days of Chez Nous) is 71.

 

Singer – guitarist George Benson (This Masquerade, On Broadway, Give Me the Night) is 69.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrrx6kxWZ4

 

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Cats, Phantom of the Opera) is 64.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imv-7F8zHy4

 

Sportscaster – news anchor Bob Costas (CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Dateline NBC) is 60.

 

Actress Lena Olin (Romeo is Bleeding, Havana) is 57.

 

Singer – actress Stephanie Mills is 55.

 

Actor Matthew Modine (And the Band Played On, Pacific Heights, Full Metal Jacket) is 53.