Today's Birthdays – December 28, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1635 – Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) 1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) 1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) 1763 – John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836) 1856 – (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate, and 34th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1924) 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936) 1887 – Charles Dingle, American Actor (d. 1956) (The Little Foxes, Call Me Madam) 1895 – Auguste & Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema 1902 – Mortimer J Adler, Philosopher/Author (d. 2001) (Encyclopedia Brittanica) 1903 – Earl “Fatha” Hines, American Jazz pianist (d. 1983) (Deep Forest) 1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974) (Charlie Weaver) 1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr Kildare) 1910 – Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972) (Your Show of Shows) 1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (d. 2009) (Dean Martin Show, Melba) 1915 – Roebuck “Pops” Staples, American musician (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000) 1922 – Stan Lee, American comic book writer (Spiderman, Incredible Hulk) 1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer (d. 1979) 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer (Uhura-Star Trek) 1938 – Charles Neville US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers) 1946 – Edgar Winter, American guitarist (Frankenstein) 1946 – Mike Beebe, American politician and 45th Governor of Arkansas 1950 – Alex Chilton, American musician (The Box Tops, Big Star) (d. 2010) 1950 – Hugh McDonald, American bassist (Bon Jovi) 1953 – Richard Clayderman pianist (Amour, Romantic America) 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor 1954 – “Leaping” Lanny Poffo (aka The Professor), American professional wrestler (Brother of Randy Savage) 1958 – Twila Paris, American gospel singer 1958 – Joe Diffie, American country singer/guitarist (Third Rock from the Sun) 1960 – Terri Garber, American actress (Leslie Carrington-Dynasty) 1972 – Adam Vinatieri, NFL Kicker (New England Patriots) 1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor (Saturday Night Live- Weekend Update Anchor) 1978 – John Legend (John Rodger Stephens), American R & B musician (Ordinary People) 1981 – Sienna Miller, British actress (Factory Girl, GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra) 1985 – Taryn Terrell (aka “Tiffany” in WWE/ECW), American wrestler/model 1990 – David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American singer    ]]]]> ]]>

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