Good company

[kickaha]

Out of curiosity, I decided to see who I share a birthday with...

Sep 12th...

1575 Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer, Hudson River
1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun
1888 Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi
1897 Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, neutron, Nobel 1935
1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Ohio, wicked witch of the west, Wizard of Oz
1913 Jesse Owens, track star, Olympics - 4 gold medals
1914 Desmond Llewelyn, British Actor
1921 Stanislaw Lem, born in Poland, sci-fi author, Solaris, Invincible
1931 Ian Holm, born in Ilford Essex, England, actor
1940 Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS 83, 94
1944 Barry White, born in Galveston, Texas, singer, Love's Theme
1949 Mark Knopfler, English rock vocalist and guitarist, Dire Straits
1950 Cynthia Meyers, playmate, Dec 1968, /actress, Beyond Valley of Dolls
1952 Neil Peart, born in Canada, pop drummer, Rush
1954 Peter Scolari, New Rochelle, New York, actor
1955 Nina Blackwood, Massachusetts, actress/VJ, MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad
1972 Cady Cantrell, Lanett AL, playmate, Apr, 1992
1977 James Louis McCartney, son of Paul and Linda McCartney


Nina frickin' Blackwood, Stanislaw Lem *and* Henry Hudson?? Cool.

Comments

[babbleon1.livejournal.com]

I am, of course, *much* more impressed by Ian Holm.

Off the top of my head, I know I share my bday with Mahatma Gandhi, Groucho Marx, Bud Abbot (Hey Abbot!) and Sting. Free India and demonstrate the power of non-violent resistance, make the world laugh and sing. Not bad.

Hmmm... Just checked it out at World Almanac for Kids: Got a close miss on Neve Campbell... :D

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm... Neve Campbell.

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

*twitch*

Barry White, singer, composer, and conductor.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Conductor?? I mean sure, he's the conductor of the Love Train maybe, but... whaaaaaaaaa?

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Yup. And Love's Theme is an instrumental piece. That was what tipped me over the edge on posting. ;)

[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

Cynthia Meyers... Yum!
And Neil Peart and the boys rock out! But they'd spin in their graves (if they were dead) from being called "pop"...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to get the two Playmates on there. ;)

I have to admit, I didn't write the bios, I snagged them from another site, but yes, I thought that classifying Rush as pop was too damned funny.

my nephew Ian. . .

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

Was also born today. One year ago today, actually. :)

[ssandv.livejournal.com]

I know I get (May 12) George Carlin, Yogi Berra, and Florence Nightingale. Beyond that I'm not sure, but it's a pretty good start.