Today's Birthdays – December 31, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1491 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) 1738 – Charles (Lord) Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis, British general (d. 1805) 1815 – George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872) (Union Army) 1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) 1880 – George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, 1953 Nobel Laureate (d. 1959) Authored Marshall Plan 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Polish/Austrian nazi hunter (Wiesenthal Center) 1930 – Odetta [Holmes], American singer (d. 2008) (Sanctuary) 1937 – Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor (Silence of the Lambs) 1938 – Rosalind Cash, American actress (d. 1995) (Omega Man, Wrong is Right) 1941 – Sarah Miles, English actress (Ryan’s Hope, Big Sleep, Venom) 1942 – Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police) 1943 – John Denver, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997) (Thank God, I’m a Country Boy) 1943 – Sir Ben Kingsley, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice) 1944 – Taylor Hackford, American producer and director (Officer & a Gentleman, Devil’s Advocate) 1945 – Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan actress and model (Angelica-Dallas, Fatima Blush-Never Say Never Again [James Bond]) 1945 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-born fashion designer 1947 – Burton Cummings rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes) 1947 – Tim Matheson, American actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek) 1948 – Donna Summer, American singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio) 1948 – Joe Dallesandro American actor (Heat, Trash, AW Frankenstein) 1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith) 1953 – Jane Badler, American actress (Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V) 1953 – James Remar, American actor (Dexter, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club) 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress (Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees) 1959 – Paul Westerberg, American musician (The Replacements) 1959 – Phill Kline, American politician 1959 – Val [Edward] Kilmer, American actor (The Saint, Top Gun, The Doors) 1960 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (d. 2009) (Washington DC Sniper) 1963 – Scott Ian, American guitarist (Anthrax) 1969 – Lance Reddick, American actor (Fringe) 1971 – Heath Shuler, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints) 1972 – Joe McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)]]]]> ]]>

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