I knew Jools Holland and Warren Zevon were born on my birthday, 24th January. I've just googled it. Guess who was top of the list? Luis Suarez
1409 – Jean II, Duke of Alençon (d. 1476) 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523) 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (d. 1613) 1578 – George Sandys, English poet (d. 1644) 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) 1755 – Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick, Belgian composer (d. 1799) 1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794) 1769 – DeWitt Clinton, American politician, 6th Governor of New York (d. 1828) 1770 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (d. 1826) 1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War (d. 1851) 1793 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863) 1800 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844) 1810 – Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903) 1816 – Alexander Bullock, American politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882) 1817 – János Arany, Hungarian journalist (d. 1882) 1820 – Multatuli, Dutch author (d. 1887) 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884) 1829 – Carl Schurz, German-American politician (d. 1906) 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1913) 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914) 1843 – Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911) 1849 – Robert Means Thompson, American navy officer and businessman (d. 1930) 1859 – Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (d. 1916) 1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961) 1862 – John Jay Chapman, American author (d. 1933) 1862 – Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916) 1876 – Pope Pius XII (d. 1958) 1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor (d. 1944) 1885 – Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (d. 1955) 1886 – Willis H. 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Michel, American politician 1924 – Cal Abrams, American baseball player (d. 1997) 1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian (d. 1995) 1927 – Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist 1928 – John S. Romanides, Greek priest and author (d. 2001) 1930 – John Cullum, American actor and singer 1930 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007) 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate 1931 – Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author 1932 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist (d. 2011) 1934 – Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter (The Rambos) (d. 2008) 1935 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor and director (d. 2001) 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian politician, 5th President of Algeria 1937 – Denny Crum, College basketball player and coach 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, Chilean politician, 33rd President of Chile 1938 – Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Four Tops) (d. 1997) 1939 – Jan Howard Finder, American author (d. 2013) 1939 – BarBara Luna, American actress 1940 – Tony Croatto, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) 1940 – Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani politician, 12th President of Pakistan 1941 – Jon Finch, English actor (d. 2012) 1941 – David Satcher, American physician, 16th United States Surgeon General 1942 – Kwang Jo Choi, South Korean martial artist 1942 – John Irving, American author 1942 – Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player 1942 – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran 1942 – Luc Plamondon, Canadian songwriter 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Velvet Underground) 1943 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005) 1943 – Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2005) 1943 – Peter Straub, American author 1944 – Uschi Glas, German actress 1945 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player (d. 2013) 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager 1948 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Taste) (d. 1995) 1948 – Jeff Kennett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria 1949 – Alain Chamfort, French singer 1949 – Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer 1949 – J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby player 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983) 1950 – Jeffrey Chodorow, American businessman 1952 – Mark Evanier, American author and illustrator 1952 – Laraine Newman, American actress 1953 – Russ Feingold, American lawyer and politician 1954 – Hans-Jürgen Baake, German footballer 1954 – Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player 1955 – Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader, founded Aum Shinrikyo 1955 – Dale Bozzio, American singer (Missing Persons) 1955 – Jay Osmond, American singer and drummer (The Osmonds) 1955 – Ken Salazar, American politician, 36th Attorney General of Colorado 1955 – Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor 1956 – John Cowsill, American singer and drummer (The Cowsills) 1956 – Mark Evans, Australian bass player (AC/DC, Finch, and Heaven) 1958 – Kevin Curren, South African tennis player 1958 – Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer 1959 – GX Jupitter-Larsen, American painter 1959 – Larry Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Restless Heart) 1960 – Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player 1960 – Debra Marshall, American wrestler, manager, and actress 1961 – Simone Young, Australian conductor 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Bon Jovi) 1962 – Scott La Rock, American DJ and producer (Boogie Down Productions) (d. 1987) 1962 – Hiroyuki Morioka, Japanese author 1962 – Tom Nordlie, Norwegian footballer and coach 1962 – Michael Salinger, American poet 1962 – Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach 1963 – Alvin Youngblood Hart, American guitarist 1963 – Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider 1963 – Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian target shooter 1963 – Anthony Albanese, Australian politician, 15th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1964 – Laird Hamilton, American surfer 1964 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987) 1965 – Ron Gant, American baseball player 1965 – Lembit Ãpik, Irish politician 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor 1969 – Ben Oxenbould, Australian actor 1969 – Han ten Broeke, Dutch politician 1970 – Alexander Armstrong, English comedian and actor 1970 – Wibi Soerjadi, Dutch pianist and composer 1971 – Dave Gorman, English comedian and author 1971 – Lisa Lackey, Australian actress 1971 – Method Man, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan) 1971 – Amber Smith, American actress and model 1971 – Manami Toyota, Japanese wrestler 1972 – Michael Buskermolen, Dutch footballer 1972 – Richard Ruccolo, American actor 1972 – Rene Bitorajac, Croatian actor 1973 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer 1974 – Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer 1974 – Monika Niederstätter, Italian hurdler 1975 – El-P, American rapper and producer (Company Flow and The Weathermen) 1976 – JJ Fernandez, Malaysian radio host 1977 – Dominique Canty, American basketball player 1977 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter and producer (Coldplay) 1977 – Andrew Strauss, English cricketer 1978 – Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player 1978 – Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer 1979 – Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer 1979 – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
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Ronnie barker, Christopher Reeve, Felicity kendall, Catherine Zeta Jones, Will Smith, Georgie Thomson, Michael Douglas, Ronnie Whelan, Jodie Kidd and William Faulkner. And Heather Locklear. Birthday tomorrow. Er....40. ish Btw, any other oldies on line remember a documentary series that used to be on in the early/mid 70's @ teatime (I think on ITV) that was . I think Canadian. The ending sequence featured some long-haired dude playing keyboards on a garbage barge going down a major river (St Lawrence?). Can't get the tune out of my head.
1st June Marylyn Monroe Morgan Freeman Heidi Klum Willow Shields (Hunger Games) Javier Hernandez I was happy with the top 4; then the 5th one popped up.
AMY WINEHOUSE (1983-2011) sept 14th Five-time Grammy Award winner and singing icon whose album, Back to Black, became the best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK. fukin lightweight letting the side down pfffft
