Today's Birthdays – October 27, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1728 James Cook captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1811 Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875) 1811 Stevens Thomson Mason, 1st Governor of Michigan (d. 1843) 1858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919) 1872 Emily Post authority on social behavior, writer (Etiquette) 1896 Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (d. 1997) 1908 Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984) 1911 Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986) 1913 Joe Medicine Crow, American tribal historian and anthropologist 1918 Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005) 1920 Nanette Fabray, American actress 1921 Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist 1922 Ralph Kiner, American baseball player 1923 Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997) 1924 Ruby Dee, American actress 1925 Warren Christopher, American diplomat and 63rd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011) 1926 H.R. Haldeman, American political aide and 4th White House Chief of Staff (d. 1993) 1928 Kyle Rote football half-back (NY Giants 1951-61) 1930 Bill George NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, LA Rams) 1932 Dolores Moore, American baseball player (d. 2000) 1932 Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963) 1933 Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997) 1935 Frank Adonis, American actor 1937 Lara Parker, American actress 1939 John Cleese, British actor and writer 1940 John Gotti, American crime boss (d. 2002) 1940 Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer 1941 Dick Trickle, American auto racer 1942 Lee Greenwood, American singer 1943 Carmen Argenziano, American actor 1943 Jerry Rook, American basketball player 1945 John Kane, actor/writer 1946 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004) 1946 Steven R Nagel Canton Ill, USAF/astr (STS 51-G, STS 61-A, STS 37) 1946 Terry J Hart Pittsburgh Penn, astronaut (STS 41C) 1947 Terry Anderson AP correspondant/US hostage held in Lebanon 1949 Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band) 1950 Fran Lebowitz, American writer 1951 K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest) 1953 Michael A Baker Memphis Tenn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43) 1953 Robert Picardo, American actor 1954 Jan Duursema, American comic book artist 1957 Jeff East, American actor 1958 Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran) 1959 Rick Carlisle, American basketball coach 1960 Tom Nieto, American baseball player 1963 Marla Maples, American actress and model 1966 Matt Drudge, American blogger 1967 Steve Almond, American author 1967 Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) 1970 Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth) 1971 Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer 1972 Brad Radke, American baseball player 1973 Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher 1978 Stephanie Abrams, American meteorologist 1982 Patrick Fugit, American actor 1982 Dennis Moran, American computer hacker 1983 Brent Clevlen, American baseball player 1984 Bam Doyne, American basketball player 1984 Brady Quinn, American football player 1986 Jon Niese, American baseball player 1987 Andrew Bynum, American basketball player 1987 Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (birth date disputed) 1988 Evan Turner, American basketball player 1994 Eddie Alderson, American actor 1995 Cooper Pillot, American actor]]]]> ]]>

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