October 9 – Famous Birthdays
John Lennon (ROCK SINGER) 1940-1980
Tony Shalhoub (TV ACTOR) 1953
Gok Wan (TV SHOW HOST) 1974
October 9 – Famous Birthdays
1547 Miguel de Cervantes novelist (Don Quixote)
1757 Charles X reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1782 Lewis Cass (Gov-Mich)
1835 Camille Saint-Sans Paris France, composer (Ode Sainte Ccile)
1863 Alexander Siloti Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)
1884 Martin Elmer Johnson explorer/photographer
1888 Hank Patterson Alabama, actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres)
1890 Aimee Semple McPherson Pentecostal evangelist/radio preacher
1899 Bruce Catton civil war historian
19– Brooke St James Staten Island NY, rocker (Tyketto-Wings)
19– Ellen Wheeler actress (Karen-All My Children)
19– Geoff Grayson rocker (RU Ready)
19– Jason Wingreen Brooklyn NY, actor (Harry-All in the Family)
19– John O’Hurley actor (Jim-Young & Restless)
19– John Schubert rocker (Electric Angels-I Believe, Whiplash)
1900 Alastair Sims actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright)
1903 Walter O’Malley owner (Dodgers)
1904 Wally Brown Malden Mass, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City)
1906 Lopold Senghor poet/president of Senegal (1960-80)
1907 Klaes Karppinen Findland, 4 X 10K relay (Olympic-gold-1936)
1908 Jacques Tati Pecq France, director (Traffic, Playtime, My Uncle)
1908 James E Folsom (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59)
1910 Phil Hanna River Forest Ill, singer (Once Upon a Tune)
1914 Edward Andrews Griffin Ga, actor (Broadside, Harry-Supertrain)
1917 Kusuo Kitamura Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)
1918 E Howard Hunt Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in
1923 Donald Sinden England, actor (Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba)
1924 Robert Rushworth pilot (X-15)
1925 Robert Finch actor (Academy Theater)
1927 Daniele Delorme Paris, actress (Pardon My Affair Too)
1927 Robert Shaw actor (From Russia with Love, Man for All Seasons)
1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara Helsinki Finland, composer (Kaivos)
1930 David Rounds Bronxville NY, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill)
1940 Gordon Humphrey (Sen-R-NH)
1940 Joe Pepitone baseball player (NY Yankee 1st baseman)
1940 John Lennon rocker/Beatle (Imagine)
1944 John Entwistle rocker (The Who-Tommy)
1944 Peter Tosh Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa)
1945 Jeannie C Riley Texas, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw)
1948 Dave Samuels vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1948 Jackson Browne Germany, rocker (Lawyers in Love)
1949 Shep Messing Israel, soccer goal tender (NY Cosmos)
1950 Gary Frank Spokane Wash, actor (Sons & Daughters, Family)
1951 Richard Chaves actor (Cease Fire, Predator)
1951 Robert Wuhl Union NJ, actor (Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam)
1954 Scott Bakula actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho)
1955 Linwood Boomer Vancouver, actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie)
1955 Steve Ovett England, runner (Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980)
1959 Michael Par Brooklyn NY, actor (Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights)
1959 Mike Singletary NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1961 Arlene Boxhall Zimbabwe, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 Jean Sagal LA Calif, actress (Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2)
1961 Liz Sagal LA Calif, actress (Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2)
1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso Canada, tennis player/actress (Spring Fever)
1975 Sean Ono Lennon John’s son
