April 2




Birthdays


Giovanni Casanova 1725 - Writer, philanderer

Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - Author ("The Ugly Duckling")

Frederic Bartholdi 1834

Emile Zola 1840 - Novelist

Walter Chrysler 1875 - Auto manufacturer (Chrysler Corporation)

Max Ernst 1891

Buddy Ebsen 1908 - Actor ("The Beverly Hillbillies", "Barnaby Jones")

Herbert Mills 1912 - Singer (The Mills Brothers)

Sir Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness de Cuffe) 1914 - Actor ("Bridge Over River Kwai", "A Passage to India", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Star Wars")

Lou Monte 1917 - Singer

Dabbs Greer 1917

Charles White 1918 - Artist

Jack Webb (John Randolf) 1920 - Director, actor

Sir Jack Brabham

Bobby (Roberto Francisco Gonzales) Avila 1924 - Baseball player

Carmen Basilio 1927 - Boxer

Rita Gam 1928 - Actress ("The Thief", "Midnight")

Sharon Acker 1935

Warner Mack 1938 - Country singer

Marvin Gaye, Jr. 1939 - Singer ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")

Leon Russel 1941 - Singer, songwriter

Larry Coryell 1943

Glen Dale 1943 - Musician (The Fortunes)

Marlene Floyd 1944 - Golfer, golf commentator

Linda Hunt 1945 - Actress ("Kindergarten Cop")

Reggie (Carl Reginald) Smith 1945 - Baseball player

Don Sutton 1945 - Baseball pitcher

Emmylou Harris 1947 - Singer

Leon Wilkerson 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Pamela Reed 1953 - Actress

Debralee Scott 1953 - Actress ("Police Academy")

Ron "Horshack" Palillo 1954

Christopher Meloni 1961

Keren Woodward 1961 - Singer (Bananarama)

Billy Dean 1962

Jeremy Garrett 1976