Famous Birthdays for April 8Guatama Buddha 563 BC - 'The Enlightened One' in the Buddhist faith Philip IV (Spain and Portugal) 1605 Ray (O. Raymond) Knight 1872 - 'Father of Canadian Rodeo' Mary Pickford 1893 - Actress ("Coquette", "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm") Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg 1896 - Song lyricist ("Over the Rainbow," all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz) Sonja Henie 1912 - Ice skater Elizabeth "Betty" Ford (Bloomer) 1918 - Wife of 38th U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, founder of the Betty Ford Clinic Carmen McRae 1922 - Jazz singer Franco Corelli 1923 - Tenor Edward Mulhare 1923 - Actor ("Megaforce", "Knight Rider") Ruth Gaines 1872 - Playwright Shecky Greene (Sheldon Greenfield) 1926 - Comedian, actor ("Laverne and Shirley", "Northern Exposure") Charlie (Charles Richard) ‘Smokey’ Maxwell 1927 - Baseball player John Gavin (Anthony Golenour) 1928 - Actor ("Psycho") Monty Sunshine 1928 - Jazz musician Jacques Brel 1929 - Singer, songwriter Dorothy Tutin 1930 - Actress Fred Ebb 1936 - Lyricist Klaus Löwitsch 1936 - Actor Symore Hersh 1937 - Investigative reporter Kofi Annan 1938 - United Nations secretary-general John Havlicek 1940 - Basketball player J.J. Jackson 1941 - Singer Vivienne Westwood 1941 - Fashion designer Peggy Lennon 1941 - Singer (Lennon Sisters) Darlene Gillespie 1941 - TV personality ("The Mickey Mouse Club") Roger Chapman 1942 - Singer (Family) John (Frederick) Hiller 1943 - Baseball player Hywel Bennett 1944 - Actor Stuart Pankin 1946 - Actor ("Irreconcilable Differences", "Arachnophobia") Jim (James Augustus) "Catfish" Hunter 1946 - Baseball player Steve Howe 1947 - Musician (Yes, Asia) Mel Schacher 1951 - Musician (Grand Funk Railroad) John Schneider 1954 - Singer, actor ("Dukes of Hazzard", "Smallville") Gary Carter 1954 - Baseball player Barbara Kingsolver 1955 - Writer Izzy Stradlin 1962 - Musician (Gun's 'N Roses) Julian Lennon 1963 - Musician, son of John Lennon (Beatles), Today in Beatles History Dave Rowntree 1963 - Musician (Blur) Donita Sparks 1963 - Musician (L7) Biz Markie 1964 - Rapper Robin Wright (Robin Wright Penn) 1966 - Actress Patricia Arquette 1968 - Actress ("True Romance", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors"), sister of Rosanna Arquette Craig Honeycutt 1970 - Singer (Everything) Darren Jessee 1971 - Musician (Ben Fold Five) Emma Caulfield 1973 - Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Beverly Hills 90210") Taylor Kitsch 1981 - Actor ("Friday Night Lights") Taran Noah Smith 1984 - Actor ("Home Improvement") Kirsten Storms 1984 - Actress ("Days of Our Lives") |
