Famous Birthdays for April 17
Today's:
Henry Vaughan 1622 - Author, physician, poet
Mifflin Gibbs 1823 - Abolitionist, judge
J.P. (John Pierpoint) Morgan 1837 - Financier
Thornton Wilder 1897 - Novelist, playwright
Gregor Piatigorsky 1903 - Cellist
Arthur Lake 1905 - Actor ("Blondie" series)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1916 - Ceylon Prime Minister, the world's first woman prime minister
William Holden (Beedle Jr.) 1918 - Actor ("Stalag 17 [1953]", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "The Towering Inferno")
Harry Reasoner 1923 - Newsman ("Sixty Minutes")
Lon McCallister 1923
Solly (Solomon Joseph) Hemus 1923 - Baseball player
Lindsay Anderson 1923 - Director
Roy Gallant 1924 - Author
Chris Barber 1930 - Musician, bandleader
Don Kirshner 1934 - Music publisher, created The Monkees
Warren Chiasson 1934 - Jazz musician (Warren Chiasson Duo)
Lamar Lundy 1935 - Football player
Dennis Hextall 1943 - Hockey player
Bobby Curtola 1944 - Singer
Jan Hammer 1948 - Composer, musician
Pedro (Modesto Delfi) Garcia 1950 - Baseball player
Olivia Hussey 1951 - Actress ("Ice Cream Man", "Psycho 4: The Beginning")
Pete Shelley (Peter Campbell McNeish) 1955 - Musician (The Buzzcocks)
Sean Bean 1958 - Actor ("Goldeneye", "The Lord of the Rings" series)
Teri Austin 1959
Stephen Singleton 1959 - Musician (ABC)
Boomer (Norman) Esiason 1961 - Football player, TV commentator
Lela Rochon 1964
William Mapother 1965 - Actor ("Lost)
Henry Cusick 1967 - Actor ("Lost")
Marquis Grissom 1967 - Baseball player
Liz Phair 1967 - Singer, songwriter
Redman 1970 - Rapper, actor
Jennifer Anne Garner 1972 - Actress ("Daredevil", "Electra", "Alias")
Victoria Beckham (Victoria Caroline Adams) 1974 - Singer (Posh Spice of the Spice Girls)
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