Today's Birthdays – January 17, 2012

Notable Birthday

1504 – Pope Saint Pius V (d. 1572) 1612 – Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. 1671) 1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor (d. 1790) 1820 – Anne Brontë, British author (d. 1849) 1863 – David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (d. 1945) 1882 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946) (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) 1886 – Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer (d. 1955) 1897 – Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946) 1899 – Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947) 1905 – Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007) 1922 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American jurist and 65th United States Attorney General 1922 – Betty White, American actress (Golden Girls) 1925 – Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member 1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (McMillan & Wife) 1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008) (Played “Catwoman” in the original Batman TV Series) 1928 – Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist 1931 – James Earl Jones, American actor (The Great White Hope, Patriot Games, Voice of Lion King’s “Mufasa” & “Darth Vader” in the Star Wars franchise, Native of Arkabutla, MS) 1932 – Sheree North, American actress (d. 2005) (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Breakout, Madigan) 1933 – Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. 1998) (Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop) 1939 – Maury Povich, American talk show host 1942 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer 1949 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian (d. 1984) (Latka Gravas-Taxi) 1949 – Mick Taylor, British musician (The Rolling Stones) 1954 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist, son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy 1955 – Steve Earle, American musician (Copperhead Road) 1956 – Paul Young, English musician (Every Time You Go Away, Oh Girl) 1957 – Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality (host of “Showtime at the Apollo”) 1959 – Susanna Hoffs, American musician (lead singer of The Bangles, Breakout hit “Walk Like an Egyptian”) 1961 – Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director (Salt, A Knight’s Tale, Taking of Pelham 123) 1962 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian (Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The Mask) 1964 – Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States 1966 – Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer (Mr. Loverman) 1971 – Kid Rock, American singer (All Summer Long, Picture, Only God Knows Why, Bawitdaba) 1977 – Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor (Producer of “Saw” movie franchise) 1980 – Zooey Deschanel, American actress (FOX’s “The New Girl”) 1981 – Ray J [William Ray Norwood], American R&B singer (McComb, MS native, Brother of Brandy)

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