Famous Birthdays for April 7William Wordsworth 1770 - Poet William King 1786 - 13th U.S. Vice President W.K. Kellogg 1860 - Industrialist in food manufacturing, most known for founding of the Kellogg Company John (Joseph) ‘Mugsy’ McGraw 1873 - Baseball player, baseball commissioner, baseball manager Irene Castle 1893 - Ballroom dancer Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator Percy Faith 1908 - Orchestra leader, composer Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer R. G. Armstrong 1917 - Actor Ralph Flanagan 1919 - Pianist, arranger Ravi Shankar 1920 - Musician, sitarist, was George Harrison's sitar teacher Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria 1922 - Bandleader, composer, musician James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick") Daniel Ellsberg 1931 - Author, known for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times Cal Smith 1932 - Country singer Wayne Rogers 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H") Ian Richardson 1934 - Actor Bobby Bare 1935 - Country singer, actor Hodding Carter 1935 - Commentator Gail Cogdill 1937 - Football player Charlie Thomas 1937 - Singer (The Drifters) Freddie Hubbard 1938 - Jazz musician Spencer Dryden 1938 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage & The Dinosaurs) David Frost 1939 - TV host ("That Was the Week that Was") Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director Mick Abrahams 1943 - Musician (Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull) Patricia Bennett 1947 - Singer (The Chiffons) Carol Douglas 1948 - Singer John Oates 1949 - Songwriter, singer (Hall and Oates) Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) 1951 - Singer John Dittrich 1951 - Musician (Restless Heart, The Buffalo Club) Bruce Gary 1952 - Musician (The Knack) Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2") Tony Dorsett 1954 - Football player James "Buster" Douglas 1960 - Boxer Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator") Mark Kibble 1964 - Singer (Take 6) Bill Bellamy 1965 - Actor Dave "Yorkie" Palmer 1965 - Musician (Space) Ronde Barber 1975 - Football player Tiki Barber 1975 - Football player |
