Famous Birthdays for April 13John Hanson 1721 - Merchant and public official in Maryland, signed the Articles of Confederation, [O.S. April 3] Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President - More information here - Today in U.S. President History Frank W. Woolworth 1852 - Merchant, created the five and ten cent store, head of F.W. Woolworth & Co. Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker) 1866 - American train robber, bank robber and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang Olga Rudge 1895 - Violinist Alfred Butts 1899 - Architect, game inventor (Scrabble) Bud Freeman 1906 - Jazz musician, tenor sax player Samuel Beckett 1906 - Author, critic, playwright Eudora Welty 1909 - Poet Howard Keel 1919 - Actor ("Dallas"), singer Madalyn Murray O’Hair 1919 - Author ("Why I Am an Atheist") Stanley Donen 1924 - Movie director Jules Irving 1925 - Actor Don Adams (Donald James Yarmy) 1926 - Actor ("Get Smart") Teddy Charles (Theodore Charles Cohen) 1928 - Vibraphonist, songwriter, composer, arranger Marilynn Smith 1929 - Golfer Dan Gurney 1931 - Auto racer Lyle Waggoner 1935 - Actor ("The Carol Burnett Show", "Wonder Woman") Edward Fox 1937 - Actor ("The Big Sleep", "Portrait of a Lady") Lanford Wilson 1937 - Playwright Paul Sorvino 1939 - Actor ("Law and Order", "Dick Tracy") Seamus Heaney 1939 - Poet Lester Chambers 1940 - Singer, musician (The Chambers Brothers) Jose Napoles 1940 - Boxer Bill Conti 1942 - Composer Brian Pendleton 1944 - Musician (The Pretty Things) Jack Casady 1944 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Lowell George 1945 - Musician (Little Feat) Tony Dow 1945 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver") Al Greene 1946 - Singer, songwriter Roy Loney 1946 - Musician (Flamin' Groovies) Ron Perlman 1950 - Actor ("Beauty and the Beast" series) Peabo Bryson 1951 - Singer Max Weinberg 1951 - Musician (E Street Band) Sam Bush 1952 - American bluegrass mandolin player Jimmy Destri 1954 - Musician (Blondie) Gary Kroeger 1957 - Actor Saundra Santiago 1957 - Actress ("Miami Vice") Joey Mazzola 1961 - Musician (Sponge) Hillel Slovak 1962 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Garry Kasparov 1963 - Chess champion Page Hannah 1964 - Actress Caroline Rhea 1964 - Actress, comedian Davis Love III 1964 - Golfer Lisa Unbarger 1965 - Musician (Toadies) Rick Schroder 1970 - Actor ("Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue") Jonathan Brandis 1976 - Actor ("seaQuest DSV") Courtney Peldon 1981 - Actress |
