April 6 – Famous Birthdays
Peyton List (TV ACTRESS) 1998
Paul Rudd (MOVIE ACTOR) 1969
Zach Braff (TV ACTOR) 1975
April 6 – Famous Birthdays
1483 Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
1631 Vincenzo De Grandis composer
1660 Johann Kuhnau composer
1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches composer
1708 George Reuter composer
1741 Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort French playwright (Maximes)
1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz composer
1757 Alessandro Rolla composer
1773 James Mill Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
1778 Joseph Funk composer
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)/Mrs Robert Browning
1810 Philip Gosse intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
1812 Aaron Bernstein writer
1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer
1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer
1818 Francis Henry Brown composer
1819 Johann A H Scheler Belgian librarian
1823 Joseph Medill St John New Brunswick Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
1826 Gustave Moreau French painter
1828 Charles William Field Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1830 James Augustine Healy Macon GA, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1833 Johan H C Kern Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer
1844 Joseph Ludwig composer
1860 René Lalique French jewel designer
1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
1869 Louis Raemakers Dutch draftsman/painter
1871 Alexander grandson of England’s Queen Victoria
1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer
1878 Erich Mühsam writer
1883 Mien Labberton Dutch poetress
1884 Walter Huston Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)
1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo composer
1888 Daniel Andersson Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
1889 Barry Macollum Northern Ireland
1889 Gabriela Mistral writer
1890 André L Danjon French astronomer
1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
1892 Lowell Thomas Woodington OH, newscaster (High Adventure)
1892 Donald Wills Douglas US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
1892 Mateusz Glinski composer
1896 Juan Tomas Perez composer
1898 Bobby Gilbert Pennsylvania, actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby MD)
1900 Andrés Sas Perú, composer
1900 Leo Robin US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
1901 Willem Pelemans Flemish composer/music reviewer
1902 Gertrude Short Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus)
1903 Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer
1903 Mickey Cochrane baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 average)
1904 Kurt G Kiesinger German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
1906 John Betjeman English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
1908 Vano Il’ich Muradov [Muradeli] Russia, composer
1910 Desmond Dreyer British Admiral
1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer
1912 Endre Szekely composer
1912 Wilhelmus H L “Willem” Tollenaar actor/director (Don Carlos)
1917 Julian Faber CEO (Willis Faber)
1917 Walter “Shakey” Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody’s Fishin’)
1918 Joan Bernard Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
1918 Karen Verne Berlin Germany, actress (Madame X)
1920 Bernard Carter British painter/etcher
1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie composer
1921 Franta Belsky British sculptor
1921 Lord Moore of Wolvercote
1922 Barry Levinson Baltimore MD, director (Homicide@Life on the Street, Avalon, Rain Man, Diner)
1925 Arthur D Larsen tennis champion (US Open-1950)
1925 John Knox British supreme court justice
1925 Marcus Worsley Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
1926 Ian Paisley North Ireland, clergyman/MP
1927 David Ingram Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
1927 Gerry Mulligan British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
1928 Joi Lansing Salt Lake City UT, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
1928 James Dewey Watson chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
1929 “Crazy” Joe Gallo mobster
1929 André Previn Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/composer/pianist
1929 Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/band leader (Taylor’s Wailers)
1929 Edison Vasalievich Denisov composer
1929 Li Yuan-chia artist
1929 Willis Hall British writer
1931 Ivan Dixon New York NY, actor (Car Wash, Hogan’s Heroes)
1931 Joan Carlyle British soprano
1933 Dudley Sutton British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
1934 Antonius Geesink Holland, judo (Olympics-gold-1964)
1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen composer
1935 John Pepper Clark Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
1936 Manfred Schoof composer
1937 Billy Dee Williams Harlem New York NY, actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back, Double Dare)
1937 Merle Haggard Bakersfield CA, country singer (Death Valley Days)
1937 Tom Veivers cricketer (Australian off-spinner in the 60’s)
1938 Paul Daniels British magician
1938 Roy Thinnes Chicago IL, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest, General Hospital)
1940 Anne Campbell MP
1940 Homero Aridjis Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
1941 Hans W Geissendorfer Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
1942 Phil Austin comedian (Firesign Theater)
1943 Susan Tolsky Houston, actress (Madame’s Place, Here Come the Brides)
1943 Harry Conroy trade unionist
1943 Joaquin Agostinho Portuguese cyclist
1943 Roger Cook investigative journalist/broadcaster
1944 John Stax rocker (Pretty Things-Don’t Bring Me Down)
1944 Judith McConnell Pittsburgh PA, actress (Sophia-Santa Barbara)
1944 [Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing)
1944 Felicity Palmer British mezzo-soprano
1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe trade unionist
1946 Paul Beresford MP
1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga Dutch MP (VVD)
1947 Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1949 Jane Actman New York NY, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
1949 Mary Maples Dunn college president (Smith College)
1950 Dennis E Eckart (Representative-Democrat-OH, 1981- )
1951 Ralph Cooper Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
1952 Marilu Henner Chicago IL, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Evening Shade)
1952 Udo Dirkshneider heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
1952 Judith McConnell actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara)
1953 Janet Lynn ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1954 Judi Bowker Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans)
1956 Dilip Vengsarkar cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92)
1956 Mudassar Nazar cricketer (son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat)
1957 Maurizio Damilano Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1959 Dianne Brill Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
1961 Mike Schuchart Omaha NE, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Tour Championship)
1961 Rory Bremner impressionist
1962 Stan Cullimore bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1963 Lorenzo Lynch NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders)
1964 Johnny Dee heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
1964 Bill Brooks NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1965 Rica Reinisch German Democratic Republic, 100 meter/200 meter backstroke (Olympics-gold-1980)
1965 Gerald Diduck Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1965 Virginia Lee Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1966 Kymberly Paige Newport Beach CA, playmate (May 1987)
1967 John Ratzenberger Bridgeport CT, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
1967 Derrick Fenner NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Chris Anderson Australian high jumper (Olympics-96)
1969 Ari Meyers San Juan Puerto Rico, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie)
1969 Andy Harmon NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Bret Boone El Cajon CA, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1969 Brian Williams NBA center/forward (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers)
1970 Olaf Kolzig Johannesbourg Saf, NHL goalie (Washington Capitals)
1970 Oliver Miller NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
1971 Anthony Redmon guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Tamara Henry Miss Arkansas-USA (1997)
1971 Tom Sorensen Racine WI, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 Vivian Y Herding Albuquerque NM, Miss New Mexico-America (1996)
1972 Jason Hervey actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
1972 Dickey Simpkins NBA forward (San Francisco Warriors, Chicago Bulls)
1972 Donald Blair CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1972 Hurvin McCormack NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 Donnie Edwards linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1973 Randall Godfrey linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 Damon Phillip Pampolina rapper/drummer (Party)
1976 Candace [Helaine] Cameron Bure Panorama City CA, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
1976 Soleil Moon Frye Glendora CA, actress (Punky Brewster)
1976 Simon Coombes Melbourne Victoria Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1979 Ali Burr Miss North Carolina Teen-USA (1997)
1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor son of English prince Michael
1980 Matthew Thomas Carey actor (Once You Meet a Stranger)
