Hey all you dudes and dudettes out there in Internet-land…It’s my birthday today! I decided to search out who else shares such an illustrious date of birth and so I took my quest to the only place I could for the facts…WIKIPEEEEEEEEEDIA!

Here’s the list…

Births

• 1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)
• 1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d. 1569)
• 1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)
• 1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d. 1772)
• 1724 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
• 1740 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
• 1748 - Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
• 1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813)
• 1767 - Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
• 1774 - William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
• 1787 - Jacques Viger, French Canadian politician, first mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
• 1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
• 1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
• 1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
• 1847 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
• 1857 - William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930)
• 1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
• 1867 - Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)
• 1882 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960)
• 1885 - George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1891 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
• 1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)
• 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
• 1893 - Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
• 1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
• 1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)

• 1328 - Lily Mohre
• 1909 - Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
• 1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)
• 1914 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
• 1916 - Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
• 1917 - David Tomlinson, English film actor (d. 2000)
• 1919 - Eva Peron, Argentine first lady (d. 1952)
• 1922 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
• 1922 - Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1922 - Joe O’Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (d. 2007)
• 1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1924 - Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
• 1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
• 1927 - Jim Lowe, American singer
• 1929 - Babe Parilli, American football player
• 1929 - Dick Williams, American baseball player, manager and coach
• 1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
• 1931 - Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (d. 2007)
• 1932 - Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico
• 1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
• 1935 - Isobel Warren, Canadian author
• 1937 - Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player
• 1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1939 - Johnny Maestro, American pop singer
• 1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
• 1939 - Ruggero Deodato, Italian film director, actor and screen writer
• 1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
• 1940 - Jim Connors, Legendary Radio personality (d. 1987)
• 1941 - Catherine P. Saxton, British-born American public relations executive
• 1943 - Terry Allen, American country music singer
• 1943 - Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
• 1944 - Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 - Richard O’Sullivan, British actor
• 1945 - Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
• 1945 - Robin Strasser, American TV soap opera actress
• 1946 - Thelma Houston, American singer
• 1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
• 1946 - Brian Turner, English celebrity chef
• 1950 - Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, American boxer and actor
• 1950 - Tim Russert, American television host
• 1951 - Robert Hegyes, American actor
• 1953 - Pat McInally, former National Football League player
• 1953 - Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
• 1954 - Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
• 1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director
• 1955 - Ben Poquette, American basketball player
• 1955 - Kevin Reed, American theologian
• 1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer
• 1956 - Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
• 1957 - Ray Fernandez, wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1959 - Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
• 1959 - Michael E. Knight, American actor
• 1960 - Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist
• 1961 - Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
• 1963 - Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
• 1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1965 - Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish Footballer
• 1967 - Joe Rice, legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
• 1968 - Traci Lords, American actress
• 1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
• 1969 - Rick Porras, American co-producer
• 1971 - Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
• 1972 - Felix Da Housecat, a House music DJ and record producer
• 1972 - Frank Trigg, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
• 1973 - Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter
• 1973 - Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
• 1974 - Breckin Meyer, American actor
• 1974 - Ian Pearce, English footballer
• 1975 - Jason Tunks, Canadian track & field athlete
• 1975 - Zee, American hip hop artist
• 1977 - Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
• 1978 - Brian Clevinger, American author
• 1978 - Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
• 1978 - Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1979 - Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
• 1980 - Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
• 1982 - Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player
• 1984 - Alex Smith, American football player
• 1984 - Drew Stanton, American football player
• 1984 - James Loney, American baseball player
• 1985 - Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player
• 1986 - Mark Furze, Australian actor
• 1986 - Matt Helders, Musician, Drummer for Arctic Monkeys
• 1987 - Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)

Soooooooo, yea, I’m gonna be honest, besides Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Johnny Unitas, I’m a little disappointed. Anyway, Happy Birthday to me, and if it’s your birthday today too, drop a line and let me know.

Peace out and God bless you,

-Weese

Tags: May 7th, My Birthday, Weese, Wikipedia

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