Today's Birthdays – January 7, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1718 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790) 1800 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874) 1903 – Alan Napier, British actor (d. 1988) (Alfred-Batman) 1908 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1967) 1910 – Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994) 1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995) (Prissy-Gone with the Wind – said “I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies”) 1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988) (The Addams Family) 1920 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992) (Moonstruck, Bang the Drum Slowly (Academy Award), Little Shop of Horrors) 1941 – Frederick D. Gregory, NASA astronaut 1942 – Paul Revere, American keyboardist (Paul Revere & Raiders-Fallin in Love, Good Thing) 1946 – Jann S Wenner, American magazine publisher (Rolling Stone) 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer (Footloose, Your Mama Don’t Dance, I’m Alright: The Theme from Caddyshack) 1949 – Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter 1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress 1949 – Steven Williams, American actor (Rufus-Supernatural, The Blues Brothers, Captain Fuller-21 Jump Street) 1949 – John Christopher Parry, American rock musician (Cure) 1950 – Erin Gray, American actress (Buck Rogers, Silver Spoons) 1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor (Disney’s Around the World in 80 Days, Kung Fu Hustle) 1955 – Sandra Bernhard, American comedienne/actress (Roseanne, Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) 1956 – David Caruso, American actor (CSI Miami) 1957 – Katie Couric, American television host (CBS Evening News, NBC’s Today Show) 1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress (Crocodile Dundee) 1958 – Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure (US Senator Gary Hart) 1959 – Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Go’s) 1960 – David Marciano, American actor (Det. Steve Billings-The Shield, Virgil-Homeland) 1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician, U.S. Representative from California 1963 – Rand Paul, American politician, Junior Senator from Kentucky (Son of Ron Paul) 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor (Ghost Rider, National Treasure, Gone in 60 Seconds) 1969 – Doug E. Doug, American actor (The Cosby Show, Cool Runnings, Voice of Bernie in “Shark Tale”) 1971 – C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler (ECW) 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor (28 Weeks Later, The Hurt Locker) 1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor (Screech-Saved by the Bell) 1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress (Nikita) 1988 – Haley Bennett, American singer and actress (Haunting of Molly Hartley) 1988 – Robert Sheehan, Irish actor (Season of the Witch) 1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events)]]]]> ]]>

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