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jcollie719Another post on LJ got me curious about who shares my birthday (January 15th.) I knew about Martin Luther King Jr. because a calendar I had as a kid listed it, even though I didn't know who he was back then and his birthday wasn't yet a federal holiday. Here's just a partial list:
# 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
# 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
# 1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, President of the DuPont company (d. 1954)
# 1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
# 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
# 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
# 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
# 1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor (Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?)
# 1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
# 1941 - Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
# 1941 - Charo, Spanish-born singer
# 1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
# 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
# 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
# 1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
# 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
# 1959 - Pete Trewavas, English bass guitarist (Marillion)
# 1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
# 1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
# 1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
# 1971 - Regina King, American actress
# 1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
# 1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
# 1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
# 1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
# 1981 - Howie Day, American singer
# 1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family
# 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
# 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
# 1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, President of the DuPont company (d. 1954)
# 1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
# 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
# 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
# 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
# 1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor (Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?)
# 1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
# 1941 - Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
# 1941 - Charo, Spanish-born singer
# 1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
# 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
# 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
# 1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
# 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
# 1959 - Pete Trewavas, English bass guitarist (Marillion)
# 1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
# 1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
# 1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
# 1971 - Regina King, American actress
# 1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
# 1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
# 1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
# 1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
# 1981 - Howie Day, American singer
# 1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family
