Famous Birthdays for April 5
Today's:
Thomas Hobbes 1588
Elihu Yale 1649
Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash)
Robert Smalls 1839
Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery)
Walter Huston (Houghston) 1883 - Actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948])
Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]")
Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) 1901 - Actor ("Ghost Story", "Being There")
Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?")
Jagjivan Ram 1908 - Political leader in India
Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis)
Robert Q. Lewis 1921 - Comedian, TV quiz show panelist ("What's My Line", "To Tell the Truth")
Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie")
Stan Levey 1925 - Drummer (in band with Charlie Parker), composer
Roger Corman 1926 - Director
Tony Williams 1928 - Singer (Platters)
Nigel Hawthorne 1929 - Actor ("Richard III", "Demolition")
Cowboy Jack Clement 1931
Billy Bland 1932 - Singer
Frank Gorshin 1934 - Impressionist, actor ("Batman", "The Great Imposter")
Stanley Turrentine 1934 - Saxophone player
Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ronnie White - Singer (The Miracles)
Tommy Cash 1940 - Songwriter, country singer, brother of Johnny Cash
David LaFlamme 1941
Michael Moriarty 1941 - Actor ("Windmills of the Gods")
Peter Greenaway 1942 - Director, writer
Allan Clarke 1942 - Singer (The Hollies)
Maxwell Gail 1943 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
Crispian St. Peters 1944
Dave Holland 1944 - Musician (Judas Priest)
Doug Favell 1945 - Hockey player
Jane Asher 1946 - Actress
Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut
Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA)
Marv Bateman 1950 - Football player
Rennie (Renaldo Antonio Porte) Stennett 1951 - Baseball player
Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
Peter Greenaway 1952 - Director
Peter Case 1954 - Musician (Plimsouls)
Stan Ridgway 1954 - Musician (Wall of Voodoo)
Mike McCready 1966 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
Troy Gentry 1967 - Country singer
Paula Cole 1968 - Singer
Pharrell Williams 1973 - Rapper
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