Famous Birthdays for April 22Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451 Henry Fielding 1707 - Author ("The History of Tom Jones") Immanuel Kant 1724 - Philosopher Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924) Nicola Sacco 1891 - Convicted of robbery and executed along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti after a controversial trial in Massachusetts. Vladimir Nabokov 1899 - Russian novelist J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres") Yehudi Menuhin 1916 - Violinist, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at age ten Robert Wadlow Alton 1918 - At the time of his death on July 15, 1940 he was the tallest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He was 8 ft 11.1 in. Mickey (James Barton) Vernon 1918 - Baseball Hal March (Mendelson) 1920 - Television emcee ("The $64,000 Question"), actor ("The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show") Candid Camero 1921 - Musician Charles Mingus 1922 - Musician Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - Musician, singer, bandleader, composer Aaron Spelling 1923 - Exectuive producer ("Fantasy Island", "Beverly Hills 90210") Bettie Page 1923 - Model George Cole 1925 - Actor ("Minder", "Flash Harry") Charlotte Rae 1926 - Actress ("Facts of Life") Estelle Harris 1932 - Actess ("Seinfeld") Mark Damon (Alan Harris) 1933 - Actor ("The Fall of the House of Usher") Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor Jack Nitzsche 1937 - Arranger, producer, songwriter Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men") Deane Beman 1938 - Golfer Jason Miller 1939 - Actor ("Toy Soldiers", "The Exorcist" series) Mel Carter 1943 - Singer, actor Cleve Francis 1945 - Country singer John Waters 1946 - Director Larry Groce 1948 - Singer, songwriter Spencer Haywood 1949 - Basketball player Peter Frampton 1950 - Musician (Humble Pie) Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics) Tom Lysiak 1953 - Hockey player Joseph Bottoms 1954 - Actor ("Surfacing", "Inner Sanctum") Ryan Stiles 1959 - Actor ("Whose Line is It Anyway") Byron Allen 1961 - Comedian, television host, actor ("Real People") Chris Makepiece 1964 - Actor ("My Bodyguard", "Captive Hearts") Jeffrey Dan Morgan 1966 - Actor ("Grey's Anatomy") Sheryl Lee 1967 - Actress ("Twin Peaks") Sherri Shepherd 1967 - Talk show host, actress Heath Wright 1967 - Musician (Ricochet) Ingo Rademacher 1971 - Actor ("General Hospital") Eric Mabius 1971 - Actor ("Ugly Betty") Daniel Johns 1979 - Musician (Silverchair) Amber Heard 1986 - Actress |
