What Famous Person Do You Share a Birthday With? - Page 2

Ghoulish Delight · 08-20-2010, 08:10 AM

First things that come to mind:

Gulf War Episode I
Fall of the wall
Kirk Gibson's homerun
The birth of MTV
The arrival of VCRs
LA Riots
Challenger

blueerica · 08-20-2010, 08:23 AM

A select few (birthdays):

Neko Case
Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
Great Kabuki (sumo wrestler)
Patsy Cline
Peter Sellers
Jimmie Rodgers

I'm surprised that, for as many people as I have met that share my birthday (non-famous, of course) there aren't more famous people.

blueerica · 08-20-2010, 08:28 AM

GD hit the main memories, I dare suspect.

I'd have to search to find more.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-20-2010, 08:34 AM

A longer list of notables that share my b-day:

Oscar Hammerstein
David Attenborough
Don Rickles
Sonny Liston
Thomas Pynchon
Bill Cowher
Lovie Smith
Ronnie Lott
Michel Gondry
Mellisa Gilbert
Bobby Labonte
Enrique Iglesias
Martha Wainwright
Adrian Gonzalez

mousepod · 08-20-2010, 08:47 AM

Thanks to Wikipedia:

Goethe
Tolstoy
Charles Boyer
Bruno Bettelheim
Jack Kirby
Donald O'Connor
David Soul
Lou Piniella
David Fincher
Jack Black

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-20-2010, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

One of my favorite bits of utterly pointless trivia about myself: I share my birthday with Harry S Truman. And my was born one year to the day after he died.

He meant to say, "And my sister was born one year to the day after he died."

I share my bday with Golda Meir and James Brown. And as I just learned, Levi Johnston, of Bristol Palin fame.

Pretty much all the rest on my list are people I haven't heard of.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

First things that come to mind:

Gulf War Episode I
Fall of the wall
Kirk Gibson's homerun
The birth of MTV
The arrival of VCRs
LA Riots
Challenger

Yup. Challenger being at the top of my list. There was the space program before, and the space program the day after. The fall of the wall was huge but I can't say I understood it at the time as well as I should have.

Imagine explaining to Theo about a pre-9/11 world. He was born 8.5 years after it happened. I can't believe it's as far removed from him as the moon landing is from me.

Kevy Baby · 08-20-2010, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Pretty much all the rest on my list are people I haven't heard of.

Well, there is David Ball from Soft Cell
Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols
Doug Henning (Magician)
Frankie Valli (singer)
Engelbert Humperdinck (Singer)
Sugar Ray Robinson (Boxer)
Pete Seeger (Folk Musician)
Mary Astor (Actress)
Bing Crosby (Crooner)
Zoltan Korda (Director of Jungle Book and other movies)

I didn't think you got off that easily

Capt Jack · 08-20-2010, 09:08 AM

Dan Marino. same day, same year

Scrooge McSam · 08-20-2010, 09:36 AM

A few that caught my eye on Wikipedia:

1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
1877 – Charles Rolls, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910)
1899 – C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1916 – Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)
1947 – Harry Reems, American actor
1949 – Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama
1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor
1952 – Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor
1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)
1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer
1977 – Mase, American rapper

Kevy Baby · 08-20-2010, 09:44 AM

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1947 – Harry Reems, American actor

Calling him an actor is being generous

08-20-2010, 08:10 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	First things that come to mind: Gulf War Episode I Fall of the wall Kirk Gibson's homerun The birth of MTV The arrival of VCRs LA Riots Challenger __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	A select few (birthdays): Neko Case Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) Great Kabuki (sumo wrestler) Patsy Cline Peter Sellers Jimmie Rodgers I'm surprised that, for as many people as I have met that share my birthday (non-famous, of course) there aren't more famous people.
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	GD hit the main memories, I dare suspect. I'd have to search to find more.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	A longer list of notables that share my b-day: Oscar Hammerstein David Attenborough Don Rickles Sonny Liston Thomas Pynchon Bill Cowher Lovie Smith Ronnie Lott Michel Gondry Mellisa Gilbert Bobby Labonte Enrique Iglesias Martha Wainwright Adrian Gonzalez __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Thanks to Wikipedia: Goethe Tolstoy Charles Boyer Bruno Bettelheim Jack Kirby Donald O'Connor David Soul Lou Piniella David Fincher Jack Black __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	Dan Marino. same day, same year __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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08-20-2010, 09:36 AM	#9
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	A few that caught my eye on Wikipedia: 1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831) 1877 – Charles Rolls, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910) 1899 – C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966) 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984) 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) 1916 – Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994) 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille) 1947 – Harry Reems, American actor 1949 – Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama 1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor 1952 – Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush) 1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor 1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer 1977 – Mase, American rapper
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