DECEMBER 11 BIRTHDAYS 1725 - George Mason, Fairfax County Virginia, American statesman (Bill of Rights) 1757 - Charles Wesley, composer 1758 - Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer 1781 - David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) 1797 - Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, Dover Delaware, US stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) 1882 - Fiorello La Guardia, NYC (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45) 1882 - Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954) 1889 - Paul Kornfeld, writer 1889 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981) 1890 - Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango (d. 1935) 1904 - Marge, American cartoonist (d 1993) 1905 - Gilbert Roland, [Luis Alonso], Juarez Mex, actor (Juarez, Barbarosa) 1908 - Elliott Cook Carter Jr, NYC, composer (Tom & Lily), (d. 2012) 1909 - John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d.1989) 1910 - Robert Grieve, civil servant 1911 - Vincent Henry Kemp, poet 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Magenta, Lombardy, Italian producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago) 1915 - Anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve) 1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989) 1919 - Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, American actress (Double Deal) 1920 - Eddy Firestone, SF California, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles) 1922 - Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award) 1922 - Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer (Jane Fromans USA Canteen) 1923 - Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) 1925 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate 1926 - Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) 1927 - John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002) 1928 - Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z) 1930 - Leonard Friedman, violinist 1930 - Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress 1931 - Richard Devon, Glendale CA, actor (Battle of Blood Island) 1931 - Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores Alverío], Humacao, Puerto Rico, singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) 1932 - Anne Heywood, [Violet Pretty], Engl, Miss GB (1949)/actress (Brain) 1932 - Wynn Irwin, NYC, actor (Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time) 1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician 1935 - Ferdinand A. Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany, car designer (Porsche 911), (d. 2012) 1935 - Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007) 1937 - Jim Harrison, American writer 1938 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist 1939 - David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby Im A Want You) 1939 - Thomas McGuane, US, writer (Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks) 1939 - Tom Hayden, 60s activist/Mr. Jane Fonda/(Rep-D-CA) 1940 - Donna Mills, Chicago, Illinois, American actress (Knots Landing, Incident) 1941 - Max Baucus, (Sen-D-Mont) 1942 - Karen Susman, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1962) 1943 - John Kerry, Aurora, Colorado, American politician and 2004 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party 1944 - Booker T Jones, US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12] 1944 - Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia GA, singer (Im Sorry) 1944 - David Ashley White, composer 1944 - Lynda Day George, San Marcos Tx, actress (Casey-Mission Impossible) 1944 - Teri Garr, Lakewood, Ohio, American actress (Mr. Mom, Young Frankenstein) 1944 - Jon Garrison, American tenor 1945 - Robert Pickett, rocker 1947 - Tom Fuccello, Newark NJ, actor (Dave-Dallas) 1948 - Elizabeth Baur, Los Angeles California, actress (Fran-Ironside, Teresa-Lancer) 1950 - Christine Onassis [Andreadis], New York City, New York, American-born Greek heiress (Aristotles daughter) 1951 - Robert Cochran, Claremont VT, skier (Olympics-1972) 1952 - Susan Seidelman, director (Desperately Seeking Susan) 1953 - Bess Armstrong, Baltimore Md., actress (Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws) 1953 - Ken Wahl, actor (Wanderers, Wise Guys) 1953 - Peter Isacksen, Dover NH, actor (CPO Sharkey, Jessie) 1954 - Bradley Dub Bryant, Amarillo TX, PGA golfer (1995 Walt Disney) 1954 - Jermaine Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Jackson 5-ABC) 1955 - Stu Jackson, Reading Pa, NBA coach (NY Knicks (1989-90) 1956 - Lani Brockman, playwright 1958 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Motley Crüe) 1959 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star 1960 - Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mt Vernon IL, LPGA golfer (1987 Henredon Classic) 1960 - Rachel Portman, English film composer 1961 - Mike Henneman, St Charles MO, pitcher (Texas Rangers) 1962 - Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record) 1962 - Ben Browder, American actor 1963 - Mark Alalmo, actor (Avenging Force) 1963 - Jon Brion, American musician/record producer 1964 - Thomas Howard, Middletown OH, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1964 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in Jon Benet Ramsey case 1964 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic) 1964 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer 1965 - Jay Bell, Eglin AFB FL, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1965 - Laurie Carr, Dallas Tx, playmate (Dec, 1986) 1966 - Terry Sharpe, rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets) 1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor 1967 - Jackie Gallagher-Smith, LPGA golfer 1967 - Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward (Oly-gold-96) 1967 - Richard Stemp, cricketer (Yorkshire & England A left-arm spinner) 1967 - DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A) 1968 - Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder (Houston Astros) 1968 - Mark Dailey, Parma Ohio, 1.5k runner 1969 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster 1970 - Danan Hughes, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs) 1970 - Doug Nussmeier, NFL quarterback (NO Saints) 1970 - Errict Rhett, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1970 - Victoria Fuller, Santa Barbara California, playmate (Jan, 1996) 1971 - Willie McGinest, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots) 1973 - Erin Moorad, Chicago Ill, pairs skater (& Richard Gillam) 1974 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler 1974 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality 1976 - Shareef AbdurRahim, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1979 - Rider Strong, San Francisco, California, American actor, writer and director (Boy Meets World) 1981 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) 1983 - Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range) 1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer 1993 - Gina Miele, American singer and actress
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