April 7




Birthdays



William Woodsworth 1770 - Poet

William King 1786 - 13th U.S. Vice President

W.K. Kellogg 1860

Jersey Joe Walcott 1872

John (Joseph) ‘Mugsy’ McGraw 1873 - Baseball player, baseball commissioner, baseball manager

Irene Castle 1893

Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator

Percy Faith 1908 - Orchestra leader, composer

Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer

R. G. Armstrong 1917 - Actor

Ralph Flanagan 1919 - Pianist, arranger

Ravi Shankar 1920 - Musician, sitarist, was George Harrison's sitar teacher

Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria 1922 - Bandleader, composer, musician

James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick")

Daniel Ellsberg 1931 - Author, known for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times

Cal Smith 1932 - Country singer

Wayne Rogers 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")

Ian Richardson 1934 - Actor

Bobby Bare 1935 - Country singer, actor

Hodding Carter 1935 - Commentator

Gail Cogdill 1937 - Football player

Charlie Thomas 1937 - Singer (The Drifters)

Freddie Hubbard 1938 - Jazz musician

Spencer Dryden 1938 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)

David Frost 1939 - TV host ("That Was the Week that Was")

Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director

Mick Abrahams 1943 - Musician (Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull)

Patricia Bennett 1947 - Singer (The Chiffons)

Carol Douglas 1948

John Oates 1949 - Songwriter, singer (Hall and Oates)

Janis Ian 1950 - Singer, songwriter (Fink)

John Dittrich 1951 - Musician (Restless Heart, The Buffalo Club)

Bruce Gary 1952 - Musician (The Knack)

Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2")

Tony Dorsett 1954 - Football player

James "Buster" Douglas 1960 - Boxer

Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator")

Mark Kibble 1964 - Singer (Take 6)

Bill Bellamy 1965 - Actor

Dave "Yorkie" Palmer 1965 - Musician (Space)

Ronde Barber 1975 - Football player

Victoria Adams Beckham 1975 - Singer (Spice Girls)

Tiki Barber 1975 - Football player