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April 18th
1904 David 'Pigmeat' Markham (comedian: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - "Here Comes da Judge") (d 12/13/81, age 77)
1912 Wendy Barrie (actress) (d 2/2/78, age 65)
1918 Cliff Hillegass (founder/president: Cliff's Notes, creating study guides for literature classes) (d 5/5/01, age 83)
1919 Virginia O'Brien (actress/singer) (d 1/16/01, age 81)
1921 Barbara Hale (actress: Della Street on "Perry Mason") (d 1/26/17, age 95)
1924 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (blues guitarist/singer/fiddler) (d 9/10/05, age 81)
1925 Bob Hastings (actor: Lt Elroy Carpenter on "McHale's Navy," Tommy Kelcy on "All in the Family") (d 6/30/14, age 89)
1926 Gunter Meisner (actor: Ansel Slugworth & Mr. Wilkinson in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory") (d 12/5/94, age 68)
1930 Clive Revill (actor) (d 3/11/25, age 94)
1934 James Drury (actor: The Virginian) (d 4/6/20, age 85)
1934 Mark Kingston (actor) (d 10/9/11, age 77)
1935 Paul Rothchild (record producer: The Doors, Paul Butterfield, Janis Joplin) (d 3/30/95, age 59)
1937 Robert Hooks
1939 Glen Hardin (keyboardist/pianist: The Crickets, also played with Elvis Presley's and John Denver's bands)
1940 Ed Garvey (labor leader, former leader of the NFL Players Association) (d 2/22/17, age 76)
1940 Charles 'Skip' Stephenson (comedian: Real People) (d 5/18/92, age 52)
1941 Walt Sweeney (offensive lineman: San Diego Chargers 1963-1973, Washington Redskins 1973-1974) (d 2/2/13, age 71)
1941 Michael Vickers (guitarist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
1943 Clyde Stubblefield (drummer: James Brown) (d 2/18/17, age 73)
1944 Art Ferguson (actor: Charlie Tuna on Starkist commercials) (d 2/19/16, age 71)
1946 Lenny Baker (singer: Sha Na Na) (d 2/24/16, age 69)
1946 Alexander 'Skip' Spence (drummer: Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane) (d 4/16/99, age 52)
1946 Hayley Mills (actress: The Parent Trap)
1946 Tommy Shannon (bassist: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Johnny Winter, The Arc Angels, Storyville)
1947 Lori Martin (actress) (d 4/4/10, age 62)
1947 Dorothy Lyman (actress: All My Children, Naomi on "Mama's Family")
1947 Cindy Pickett (actress: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere)
1947 James Woods
1949 Avery Brooks
1950 Bill Sudderth II (trumpeter: Atlantic Starr)
1952 Richard Bowden (fiddle/mandolin/trumpet/singer: Austin Lounge Lizards)
1953 Rick Moranis
1954 Kim Stone (bassist: Spyro Gyra)
1956 John James (actor: Jeff Colby on "Dynasty")
1956 Eric Roberts (actor: Will Butler on "Less Than Perfect")
1956 Melody Thomas Scott (actress)
1958 Les Pattinson (bassist: Echo & the Bunnymen)
1960 J. Christopher Stevens (diplomat, lawyer, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, killed by terrorists) (d 9/11/12, age 52)
1961 Jane Leeves (actress: Daphne Moon on "Frasier")
1962 Jeff Dunham (comedian/ventriloquist)
1963 Eric McCormack (actor: Will and Grace)
1963 Conan O'Brien (talk show host)
1967 Maria Bello
1976 Melissa Joan Hart (actress: Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
1976 Sean Maguire (actor: Kyle Lendo on "The Class")
1979 Kourtney Karsdashian
1984 America Ferrara (actress)
April 19th
1891 Madge Kennedy (actress: Aunt Martha on "Leave it to Beaver") (d 6/9/87, age 96)
1897 Jiroemon Kimura (oldest person in the world when he died) (d 6/12/13, age 116)
1903 Eliot Ness (FBI Agent) (d 5/16/57, age 54)
1920 Frank Fontaine (comedian: Jackie Gleason Show, Crazy Guggenheim) (d 8/4/78, age 58)
1925 Hugh O'Brian (actor) (d 9/5/16, age 91)
1926 Blossom Dearie (jazz pianist/singer: Peel Me A Grape, several songs for Schoolhouse Rock) (d 2/7/09, age 82)
1927 Don Barbour (singer: The Four Freshmen) (d 10/5/61, age 34)
1933 Jayne Mansfield (d 6/29/67, age 34)
1933 Dick Sargent (actor: Darrin on "Bewitched") (d 7/9/94, age 61)
1934 Richard 'Dickie' Goodman (parody singer: Flying Saucer) (d 11/6/89, age 55)
1934 Bruce Swedien (record producer: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, The Four Seasons) (d 11/16/20, age 86)
1935 Dudley Moore (actor: 10, Arthur) (d 3/27/02, age 66)
1936 Jack Pardee (fullback/linebacker: L.A. Rams 1957-1970, Washington Redskins 1971-1973; coach: Chicago Bears 1975-1977, Washington Redskins 1978-1980, San Diego Chargers 1981, Houston Oilers 1990-1994) (d 4/1/13, age 76)
1937 Elinor Donahue
1939 Ellen Weston (actress: Betty on "S*W*A*T")
1940 Arthur Bloom (director: 60 Minutes, it was his stopwatch that was originally used as their trademark intro) (d 1/28/06, age 65)
1941 Bobby Russell (country singer) (d 11/19/92, age 51)
1942 Larry Ramos (guitarist/singer: The Association) (d 4/30/14, age 72)
1942 Allen Price (pianist/keyboardist: The Animals)
1944 Bernie Worrell (keyboardist/composer known for his work with the Talking Heads) (d 6/24/16, age 72)
1946 Tim Curry
1947 Mark 'Flo' Volman (singer: Flo & Eddie (as Flo, The Phlorescent Leech), The Turtles) (d 9/5/25, age 78)
1949 Paloma Picasso (jewelry designer, daughter of Pablo Picasso)
1953 Rod Morgenstein (drummer: Winger)
1956 Tony Martin (singer: Black Sabbath 1987-1991, 1993-1997)
1957 Belinda Lipscomb (singer: Midnight Star)
1957 Boo Watson (keyboardist: Midnight Star)
1962 Al Unser, Jr. (Indy 500 winner: 1992, 1994)
1963 Wendy Holcombe (country singer, multi-instrumentalist) (d 2/14/87, age 23)
1968 Ashley Judd (actress)
1968 Thomas Nock (actor)
1978 James Franco (actor: Daniel on "Freaks and Geeks," Chris in "Whatever it Takes 127 Hours)
1979 Kate Hudson (actress, daughter of Goldie Hawn)
1981 Hayden Christensen
April 20th
1889 Adolf Hitler (German dictator) (d 4/30/45, age 56)
1893 Edna Parker (oldest person in the world when she died) (d 11/26/08, age 115)
1905 Stanley Marcus (retail legend, built up the swank Neiman Marcus department store chain, worked more than 70 years in the world of fashion, personal service and extravagant gifts) (d 1/22/02, age 96)
1914 Betty Lou Gerson (voice actress: Cruella de Vil in "101 Dalmatians") (d 1/12/99, age 84)
1920 John Paul Stevens (Supreme Court Justice 1975-2010) (d 7/16/19, age 99)
1923 Ernest 'Tito' Puente (percussionist / bandleader) (d 5/31/00, age 77)
1924 Nina Foch (actress) (d 12/4/08, age 84)
1925 Ernie Stautner (defensive end/tackle: Pittsburgh Steelers 1950-1963, Hall of Famer) (d 2/16/06, age 80)
1925 Elena Verdugo (actress) (d 5/30/17, age 92)
1933 George R. Robinson (actor: Chief Hurst in the first six "Police Academy" movies) (d 1/29/23, age 89)
1934 Robert Doqui (actor) (d 2/9/08, age 73)
1938 Johnny Tillotson (singer: Poetry in Motion, Gidget) (d 4/1/25, age 86)
1938 Michael Greer (actor) (d 9/14/02, age 64)
1939 Joe Camp (director: Benji movies) (d 3/15/24, age 84)
1940 James Gammon (actor) (d 7/16/10, age 70)
1940 George Takei (actor: Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek")
1941 Ryan O'Neal (actor: Paper Moon, Peyton Place) (d 12/8/23, age 82)
1941 David Leland (actor) (d 12/24/23, age 82)
1943 Jody Powell (press secretary for Jimmy Carter) (d 9/14/09, age 66)
1945 Jimmy Winston (keyboardist: Small Faces) (d 9/26/20, age 75)
1945 Michael Brandon (actor)
1948 Craig Frost (keyboardist: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Grand Funk Railroad)
1949 Jessica Lange
1951 Luther Vandross (singer) (d 7/1/05, age 54)
1958 Gary Primich (blues harpist/singer) (d 9/23/07, age 49)
1959 Clint Howard (actor: Backdraft, Cocoon; brother of Ron Howard)
1961 Don Mattingly (first baseman: New York Yankees, 1985 MVP)
1963 Brett Edward Garsed (former guitarist with Nelson)
1964 Crispin Glover (actor: George McFly in "Back to the Future")
1967 Lara Jill Miller (actress: Samantha on "Gimme a Break")
1968 Ron Carroll (DJ, record producer) (d 9/21/25, age 57)
1970 Shemar Moore (actor: Derek Morgan on "Criminal Minds")
1971 Mikey Welsh (bassist: Weezer) (d 10/8/11, age 40)
1972 Carmen Electra
1976 Joey Lawrence
1983 Miranda Kerr (Victoria Secret model)
1984 Harris Wittels (actor and producer: Parks and Recreation) (d 2/19/15, age 30)
April 21st
1912 Eve Arnold (photographer for Marilyn Monroe) (d 1/4/12, age 99)
1914 Norman Panama (screenwriter: with his colleague Melvin Frank wrote classic Hollywood films such as "White Christmas" and the hit Broadway musical "Li'l Abner") (d 1/13/03, age 88)
1915 Anthony Quinn (d 6/3/01, age 86)
1916 Sidney Clute (actor: Cagney & Lacey, Lou Grant) (d 10/2/85, age 69)
1926 Queen Elizabeth II (Queen of England 1952-2022) (d 9/8/22, age 96)
1932 Elaine May (actress)
1935 Charles Grodin (actor/talk show host) (d 5/18/21, age 86)
1938 Eddie King (blues guitarist) (d 3/14/12, age 73)
1939 Reni Santoni (actor: Poppie on "Seinfeld") (d 8/1/20, age 81)
1942 Bobby McClure (gospel singer) (d 11/13/92, age 50)
1947 Iggy Pop
1948 Paul Davis (singer: I Go Crazy, 65 Love Affair, Cool Night) (d 4/22/08, age 60)
1948 Claire Denis (actress)
1949 Patti LuPone (actress/singer)
1951 Paul Carrack
1951 Tony Danza (actor: Tony Panta on "Taxi," Tony Micelli on "Who's the Boss")
1958 Andie MacDowell
1959 Jerry Only (bassist: The Misfits)
1959 Robert Smith (singer/guitarist: The Cure)
1959 Michael Timmins (guitarist: Cowboy Junkies)
1963 Brian Goldner (CEO: Hasbro Toys) (d 10/12/21, age 58)
1963 John Cameron Mitchell
1969 Keri Leigh (blues singer, author: "Stevie Ray-Soul to Soul")
1971 Samantha Druce (youngest women to swim English Channel (1983))
1978 Avi Phillips (actor)
1979 James McAvoy (actor)
1984 Ashley Peldon (actress)
April 22nd
1904 Robert J. Oppenheimer (physicist, father of the atomic bomb) (d 2/18/67, age 62)
1906 Eddie Albert (actor: Oliver on "Green Acres") (d 5/26/05, age 99)
1916 Yehudi Menuhin (child prodigy, violin virtuoso) (d 3/12/99, age 82)
1918 Mary McGrory (Washington Post columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her commentary during Watergate) (d 4/21/04, age 85)
1920 Hal March (game show emcee: $64,000 Question) (d 1/19/70, age 49)
1922 Charles Mingus (jazz bassist, pianist, & singer) (d 1/5/79, age 56)
1923 Aaron Spelling (producer: Melrose Place, Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, Beverly Hills 90210, The Love Boat, etc) (d 6/23/06, age 83)
1923 Hugh Lloyd (actor) (d 7/14/08, age 85)
1924 George 'Harmonica' Smith (bluesman) (d 10/2/83, age 59)
1926 Charlotte Rae (actress: Edna Garrett on "The Facts of Life") (d 8/5/18, age 92)
1928 Estelle Harris (actress: Estelle Costanza, George's mom, on "Seinfeld") (d 4/2/22, age 93)
1933 Mark Damon (actor) (d 5/12/24, age 91)
1935 Paul Chambers (bassist: John Coltraine) (d 1/4/69, age 33)
1935 W.S. Holland (drummer: Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three) (d 9/23/20, age 85)
1936 Glen Campbell (singer: Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman, Southern Nights, Galveston) (d 8/8/17, age 81)
1937 Jack Nitzsche (composer/actor) (d 8/25/00, age 63)
1937 Jack Nicholson
1939 Jason Miller (actor: Father Damien Karras in "The Exorcist," Benjamin Rasnick in "Light of Day," playwright) (d 5/13/01, age 62)
1943 Mel Carter (singer/actor)
1944 James Fossett (adventurer) (d 9/3/07, age 63)
1948 Carole Drinkwater (actress)
1950 Pete Carr (session guitarist with Muscle Shoals - recorded with Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Hank Williams Jr) (d 6/27/20, age 70)
1950 Peter Frampton (guitarist/singer: Show Me the Way, Do You Feel Like We Do)
1953 Steve Bond (actor)
1954 Joseph Bottoms (actor)
1957 Alan Campbell (actor: E.Z. on "Three's a Crowd")
1959 Catherine Mary Stewart
1959 Ryan Stiles (actor: Whose Line is it Anyway, Lewis on "The Drew Carey Show," Herb on "Two and a Half Men")
1961 Byron Allen (host: Real People)
1961 Jeff Hostetler (quarterback: NY Giants, Super Bowl XXIV)
1964 Chris Makepiece (actor: Rudy in "Meatballs," Clifford in "My Bodyguard")
1966 Jeffrey Dean Morgan
1967 Sheryl Lee (actress)
1967 Sherri Shepherd (actress: Ramona on "Less Than Perfect")
1971 Eric Mabius
1974 Scott Nemes (actor: Ricky Halsenback on "The Wonder Years," Grant Schumacker on "It's Garry Shandling's Show")
1979 Daniel Paul Johns (guitarist/singer: Silverchair)
1980 Aaron Metchnik (actor)
1985 Lauri Hendler (actress: Julie on "Gimme a Break")
1986 Amber Heard
April 23rd
1564 William Shakespeare (playwright) (d 4/23/1616, on his 52nd birthday)
1914 Harry Crane (creator/producer: The Honeymooners) (d 9/13/99, age 85)
1921 Warren Spahn (winningest left-hander in baseball history, played for 21 seasons, helped pitch the Milwaukee Braves to the NL pennants in 1948, 1957, and 1958, as well as 1957 World Series) (d 11/24/03, age 82)
1926 Gus Grissom (commander of ill-fated Apollo 1, which burned up on launch pad) (d 1/27/67, age 40)
1928 Shirley Temple-Black (child actress, adult activist) (d 2/10/14, age 85)
1936 Roy Orbison (singer: Only the Lonely, Running Scared, Oh, Pretty Woman, Crying, Dream Baby, It's Over; also with The Traveling Wilburys) (d 12/6/88, age 52)
1939 Ray Peterson (singer: Tell Laura I Love Her) (d 1/25/05, age 65)
1939 David Birney (actor/director) (d 4/27/22, age 83)
1939 Lee Majors (actor: Six Million Dollar Man)
1941 Ed "Stewpot' Stewart (DJ/TV host: Top of the Pops, Crackerjack) (d 1/9/16, age 74)
1941 Ray Tomlinson (inventor of email) (d 3/5/16, age 74)
1943 Tony Esposito (hockey) (d 8/10/21, age 78)
1943 Herve Villechaize (actor: Tattoo on "Fantasy Island") (d 9/4/93, age 50)
1944 Sandra Dee (actress/singer) (d 2/20/05, age 60)
1948 Tessa Wyatt (actress)
1949 Blair Brown (actress)
1949 Joyce DeWitt (actress: Janet on "Three's Company")
1953 James Russo (actor)
1955 Judy Davis (actress)
1956 Kevin Meaney (actor/comedian) (d 10/21/16, age 60)
1957 Jan Hooks (actress: Saturday Night Live, Carlene on "Designing Women") (d 10/9/14, age 57)
1960 Steve Clark (guitarist: Def Leppard) (d 1/8/91, age 30)
1960 Valerie Bertinelli (actress: Barbara Cooper on "One Day at a Time")
1961 George Lopez (actor/comedian)
1964 Dan Frischman (actor: Arvid Engen on "Head of the Class")
1964 Simon Matthews (aka Gen, drummer: Jesus Jones)
1965 Tommy DeCarlo (singer: Boston 2007-2026) (d 3/9/26, age 60)
1967 Melina Kanakaredes (actress: Providence, Guiding Light)
1967 Brent Muscat (guitarist/percussionist: Faster Pussycat)
1968 Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma City bomber) (d 6/11/01, age 33)
1970 Scott Bairstow (actor: Ned on "Party of Five")
1974 Barry Watson
1977 Kal Penn (actor)
1990 Dev Patel
1991 Caleb Johnson (singer, winner of 2014 American Idol)
April 24th
1914 Justin Wilson (cajun humorist and chef: Cookin' Cajun) (d 9/5/01, age 87)
1922 J.D. Cannon (d 5/20/05, age 83)
1926 Marilyn Erskine (actress)
1928 Johnny Griffin (jazz saxophonist) (d 7/25/08, age 80)
1930 Richard Donner (director: The Omen, Superman) (d 7/5/21, age 91)
1933 John Barbour (host: Real People 1979-1982)
1934 Shirley Boone (singer, wife of Pat Boone) (d 1/11/19, age 84)
1934 Shirley MacLaine
1936 Jill Ireland (actress: Assassination, Death Wish 2, Hard Times) (d 5/18/90, age 54)
1937 Dick Kniss (bassist: Peter, Paul and Mary) (d 1/25/12, age 74)
1937 Joe Henderson (saxophonist) (d 6/30/01, age 64)
1940 Michael Parks (actor) (d 5/9/17, age 77)
1940 Sue Grafton (author: Kinsey Millhone series) (d 12/28/17, age 77)
1942 Richard M. Daley (Chicago mayor 1989-2011)
1942 Barbra Streisand
1943 Richard Sterban (bass singer: Oak Ridge Boys)
1945 Linda Stein (manager: The Ramones, Steve Forbert) (d 10/30/07, age 62)
1945 Robert Knight (singer: Everlasting Love) (d 11/5/17, age 72)
1945 Doug Clifford (drummer: Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1946 Phil Robertson (star of "Duck Dynasty") (d 5/25/25 age 79)
1947 Glen Cornick (founding member/bassist: Jethro Tull) (d 8/28/14, age 67)
1949 Bob Chandler (wide receiver: Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Super Bowl XV) (d 1/27/95, age 45)
1951 Debra 'Honey' Piazza (blues pianist: The Mighty Flyers)
1953 Eric Bogosian
1953 Porter Carroll, Jr. (drummer: Atlantic Starr)
1954 Jack Blades (bassist: Night Ranger, Damn Yankees)
1955 Michael O'Keefe (actor)
1960 Paula Yates (actress, Mrs. Bob Geldof) (d 9/17/00, age 40)
1963 Billy Gould (bassist: Faith No More)
1963 Joey Vera (bassist: Armored Saint)
1964 Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles
1967 Patty Schemel (drummer: Hole)
1968 Aaron Comess (drummer: Spin Doctors)
1972 Larry 'Chipper' Jones (third baseman: Atlanta Braves)
1973 Brian Marshall (bassist: Creed)
1976 Shane McDermott (actor)
1980 Danny Gokey (singer, third place finisher on 2009 American Idol)
1981 The IBM PC :-)
1982 Kelly Clarkson (singer, winner of the first (2002) American Idol)
1992 Sean Rademaker (actor)
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