Famous Birthdays for April 20Phillip Pinel 1745 Napoleon III 1808 - Emperor of France Daniel Chester French 1850 - Sculptor, created Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC Adolf Hitler 1889 - German leader during World War II Joan Miro 1893 - Artist Harold Lloyd 1893 - Comedian, actor ("For Heaven's Sake") Norman Norell (Norman David Levinson) 1900 - Costume designer, fashion designer Lionel Hampton 1908 - Singer, songwriter, jazz musician, bandleader Tito (Ernest) Puente 1923 - Jazz musician, bandleader Nina Foch (Nina Consuelo Maud Fock) 1924 - Actress ("Spartacus", "An American in Paris") Leslie Phillips 1924 - Actor ("Harry Potter" films) Henri Renaud 1925 - Jazz musician, pianist, record producer Elena Verdugo 1926 - Actress ("Little Giants", "Meet Millie") Phil Hill 1927 - Auto racer Bob (Robert Earl) Braun 1929 - Television host ("The Bob Braun Show"), actor ("Die Hard 2", "The Young and the Restless") Beaver Harris (William Godvin Harris) 1936 - Musician George Takei 1937 - Actor ("Star Trek", "Star Trek" movie series) Johnny Tillotson 1939 - Singer Ryan O'Neal 1941 - Actor ("Love Story", "Peyton Place") Michael Brandon (Feldman) 1945 - Actor ("Red Alert", "Promises in the Dark") Jimmy Winston (Langwith) 1945 - Musician (Moments, Small Faces) Steve Spurrier 1945 - Football player Tom (Thomas George) Hutton 1946 - Baseball player Brian Lavender 1947 - Hockey player David Leland 1947 - Actor ("Time Bandits"), director Joe Bonner 1948 - Jazz pianist, composer Craig Frost 1948 - Musician (Grand Funk Railroad) Jessica Lange 1949 - Actress ("Tootsie", "Blue Sky") Luther Vandross 1951 - Singer, songwriter Denis Leary 1958 - Actor Clint Howard 1959 - Actor ("Backdraft", "Cocoon") Crispin Glover 1964 - Actor ("Dead Man", "Twister", "Back to the Future") Mike Portnoy 1967 - Musician, drummer (Dream Theater) Wade Hayes 1969 Carmen Electra 1972 - Actress ("Baywatch"), singer/rapper Joey Lawrence 1976 - Actor ("Gimme a Break", "Blossom") |
