September 21

September 21 – Famous Birthdays

Stephen King (NOVELIST) 1947

Bill Murray (MOVIE ACTOR) 1950

Leonard Cohen (FOLK SINGER) 1934-2016

September 21 – Famous Birthdays

1415 Frederick III Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1452 Girolamo Savonarola Florentine monk/preacher/reformer
1756 John Loudon McAdam created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1788 Margaret Smith Taylor 1st lady
1849 Sir Edmund Gosse London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1866 Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
1866 H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells Bromley, England (War of the Worlds)
1874 Gustav Holst Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)
1884 Hugh (Shorty) Ray supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member
1886 Teiichi Igarashi Japan, climbed Mt Fuji at age 99
19– Rebecca Balding Little Rock Ark, actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap)
1901 Adele Bochner
1902 Limari Salminen Finland, 10K run (Olympic-gold-1936)
1907 Lloyd Gough actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet)
1909 Kwame Nkrumah President of Ghana (1958-66)
1912 Chuck Jones animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1912 Gy”rgy S ndor Budapest Hungary, pianist (L’Apprenti Sorcier)
1914 John Kluge Chemnitz Germany, media CEO (Metromedia)/billionaire
1918 Rand Brooks LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)
1930 Dawn Addams Felixstown Engl, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens)
1931 Larry Hagman Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
1932 Melvin Van Peebles US, playwright/director (Watermelon Man)
1934 Leonard Cohen Montr‚al, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)
1935 Henry Gibson Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In’s poet)
1940 Bill Kurtis Pensacola Fla, newscaster (The American Parade)
1942 Ann Elder Cleve Oh, comedienne (Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In)
1944 Fannie Flagg Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera)
1944 Hamilton Jordan political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
1947 Stephen King suspense writer (Shining, Kujo)
1948 Artis Gilmore ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels)
1948 Michael Finneran diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform)
1950 Bill Murray Evanston Ill, comedian (SNL, What About Bob, Stripes)
1953 John Mengatti NYC, actor (Nick-White Shadow, For Love & Honor)
1955 Richard J Hieb Jamestown ND, astronaut (STS 39, Sk:STS 49)
1959 Corrinne Drewery rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1959 David Coulier Detroit, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House)
1962 Grant Fuhr Edmonton Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers)
1968 Ricki Lake actress (Hairspray)
1971 Alfonso Ribeiro NYC, actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons)