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Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:39 pm

I was born October 17th. The people with my birthday that I have any particular feelings about are:

Nathanael West, Robert Atkins, Eminem, Irene Ryan, Arthur Miller, Pope John Paul I, Jerry Siegel, Paul Derringer, Tom Poston, Jupiter Hammon, Charles McClendon, Mae Jemison, Evel Knievel, Elinor Glyn, and Mike Judge.

Bit of a mixed bag, really.

Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:12 am

For June 28th:
1491 - King Henry VIII of England
1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
1946 - Gilda Radner, American actress (d. 1989)
1966 - John Cusack, American actor
1986 - Kellie Pickler, American Idol finalist (ugg)

Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:13 am

Nothing all that interesting

1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)

And same day(including year) that Freddie Mercury died.

Hmm. Coulda sworn I was born on the same day as Scott Joplin, but I gues not.

Ah- they thought it was but then found out it was wrong.

Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:11 am

Twilight wrote:August 27!

Woo!

- Mario, R&B Singer
Jimmy Pop, American Musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
,,,not too manh interesting people on mine.


Hey, we're birthday buddies! How funny, I put up totally different people. :)

Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:26 am

Births For May 5th according to Wikipedia.

867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
1832 - H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1865 - Elizabeth Jane Cochran, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)
1890 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
1899 - Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)

1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
1903 - James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)
1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
1926 - Ann B. Davis, American actress
1935 - Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)
1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
1941 - Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer
1943 - Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian
1944 - Roger Rees, Welsh actor
1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
1948 - Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)

1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
1957 - Richard E. Grant, British actor
1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
1961 - Hiro Hase, Japanese professional wrestler
1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

1970 - Juan Acevedo, Baseball player
1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
1972 - James Cracknell, British Rowing Champion, Double Olymipic Gold Medalist

1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
1976 - Chad Patton, American wrestling referee
1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and supermodel
1981 - Craig David, British R&B singer (I have heard of him)
1981 - Danielle Fishel, American actress
1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player
1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor
1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
1987 - John Gotti Agnello, son of columnist and author Victoria Gotti and grandson of mobster John Gotti
1988- Brooke Hogan, American singer (Hulk Hogan's daughter)
1989 - Chris Brown, American singer

Out of that list I have only heard of Brooke Hogan, Chad Patton(I have seen him on WWE), Craig David, Hiro Hase and Michael Palin.

Interestingly according to Wikipedia Napoleon the First of France died in 1821 on May 5th.

Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:33 am

April 16th.

Hmm, quite a lot. Notably:

1971 - Selena, American singer (d. 1995)
1965 - Martin Lawrence, American actor
1963 - Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer (The Osmonds)
1935 - Bobby Vinton, American singer
1889 - Charles Chaplin, English actor, writer, and film producer (d. 1977)
1867 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)

Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:52 pm

Dragonfire wrote:Um, let's see...

- David Copperfield
- James C. Penney (founder of the JC Penney department store)
- B.B. King
- Marc Anthony (singer who married J. Lo.)

Um, and Hitler's chauffeur. o.O

Oh, and the company General Motors was founded on my birthday. :P


You had Hitler's chauffeur? Lucky. I had his father.

'No Adolf. I AM your father!'

Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:59 pm

Sugarinii wrote:April 16th.

Hmm, quite a lot. Notably:

1971 - Selena, American singer (d. 1995)


Ooh yeah, I know her. There's a big memorial of her in Corpus Christi, TX, where she lived and where she's buried.

Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:29 pm

I know her too.
Well...I saw the movie with J Lo in it, but...I know OF her. XD

Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:13 pm

August 3

1963 - James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)

:o Thats really awesome ^_^

(only interesting one)

Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:25 pm

Dunno. But I know for a fact that I share my birthday with the Cybunny Carnival :D

Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:28 pm

DM was on fire! wrote:Tara Strong has done a bunch of other voices as well. Off the top of my head, I can remember Ingrid Third (Fillmore!), Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls), Timmy Turner (The Fairly Odd Parents), Dil (Rugrats) and Raven (Teen Titans).
I didn't know she did Rikku though. :o


She was also the huge baby in the English dub of Spirited Away^^

My birthday's March 8. Let's see....

Admiral Yi Sun Shin

....And that's the only interesting one. I only know his name from Age of Kings.

Millard Filmore and Joe DiMaggio died on my birthday, though. O.o

Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:33 pm

Janurary 31st:

Justin Timberlake (NOOOOO!!!!!)
Minnie Driver
Nolan Ryan (sweet!)
Jean Simmons (she was in "Guys and Dolls" back in the day with Frank Sinatra)
Carol Channing (thank you that my voice is not nearly as weird as hers)
Norman Mailer
Mario Lanza
Jackie Robinson (what's with all the baseball guys?)

Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:57 pm

thelilbear wrote:Hey, we're birthday buddies! How funny, I put up totally different people.


We are birthday buddies! :P


Doozer wrote:Justin Timberlake (NOOOOO!!!!!)


Ha ha ha ha. :roflol:

Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:05 am

September 5th -

1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw
1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer and songwriter with Queen (he died on my birthyear as well)

Those are the only two cool people, but they're very cool ('specially Mr. Mercury), so it's okay.
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