Famous Birthdays for April 11Lizzie P. Bliss 1864 - Co-founder of New York City's Museum of Modern Art Lou Holtz 1893 - Comedian, actor Dean G. Acheson 1893 Percy Julian 1899 - Scientist Dale Messick 1906 - Cartoonist ("Brenda Starr") Paul Douglas 1907 - Actor Jane Bolin 1908 - Attorney, first black woman to graduate from Yale School of Law, first black, female judge John Levy 1912 - Jazz musician (George Shearing quintet) Oleg Cassini 1913 - Fashion designer Cameron Mitchell 1918 Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber 1918 Dorothy Shay 1921 - Singer, actress Ralph Blaze 1922 - Guitarist (with Stan Kenton) Ethel Kennedy (Skakel) 1928 - Wife of U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy Johnny Sheffield 1931 - Actor Joel Grey 1932 - Singer (Katz), dancer, actor ("Cabaret"), actress Jennifer Grey's father Richard Berry 1935 Louise Lasser 1939 - Actress ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Slither") Ellen Goodman 1941 - Syndicated columnist John Milius 1944 - Director, screenwriter Joe Beauchamp 1944 - Football player Meshach Taylor 1947 - Actor ("Designing Women") Peter Riegert 1947 - Actor ("The Mask") Bill Irwin 1950 - Actor ("Hot Shots!", "Popeye"), choreographer Steve George 1951 - Football player Sid Monge 1951 - Baseball player Chris Difford 1954 - Musician (Squeeze) Neville Staple 1956 - Musician (The Specials) Jim Lauderdale 1957 - Country singer, songwriter Daryl Simmons 1957 - Songwriter, producer Stuart (William) Adamson 1958 - Musician (Big Country) Lucky Vanous 1961 - Actor Steve Azar 1964 - Country singer Nigel Pulsford 1965 - Musician (Bush) Lisa Stansfield 1966 - Singer, songwriter Delroy Pearson 1970 - Musician (Five Star) Dylan Keefe 1970 - Musician (Marcy Playground) Jason Varitek 1972 - Baseball player Mark Teixeira 1980 - Baseball player Joss Stone 1987 - Singer |
