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I can haz birfday
I was looking at the Wikipedia entry for 29th September today as part of the Skuds birthday celebrations (yes we know how to party here in Crawley!) to see who I share it with.
What a mixed bunch. Some really big names like Cervantes, Caravaggio and Nelson. Some personal favourites like Les Claypool, Jean-Luc Ponty and Antonioni. Quite a few heads of state/government like Wim Kok, Rhodri Morgan, Julia Gillard, the president of Chile and a former president of Iran.
No less than three Nobel winners - Fermi, Lech Walesa and James Watson Cronin.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Alan McGee, Brett Anderson and the Bros twins (although they are twins only one is listed on the 29/9 births, but I'm assuming the other was born the same day, what with them being twins and all that)
Some other recognisable names like Ian McShane, Colin Dexter, Robert Webb, Seb Coe, Andriy Shevchenko, Mackenzie Crook, Anita Ekberg and Trevor Howard, plus Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen.
There are a couple of black sheep too: Silvio Berlusconi and Fred West
I have celebrated by getting myself the new Primus album, featuring Mr Claypool who is exactly one year younger than me.
Other than Berlusconi & West I'm quite pleased with that lot. Does anybody else have a set of birthday-sharers they are particularly chuffed with?
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Lauren Laverne and Saddam Hussein...
and Mussolini was executed on the same date (year apart) as my birthday.
I didn't know Lauren Laverne had been executed
Poor lass.
Damon Albarn did it.
When Laverne called "World Music" "World Music" and the stroppy, baby po faced muso lost the plot...
NB - this will be lost on readers who did not see Laverne's interview with this ginormous prick on The Culture Show last year.
Hitler.
Slightly offset by Jessica Lange.
Kate and Wills
didn't they pick the same day to get married as Hitler & Eva ?
Not saying that was the main influence on their decision...
Not a bad selection
including Woody Allen, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor and Janelle Monae.
Interesting.
First entry for October 1st: Henry III, King Of England.
Last entry: Charlie McDonnell, English YouTube personality.
My how the times have changed.
I've also got Harry Hill, Keith Duffy and a Hungarian star of bongo films called Dora Venter. Who I've never heard of. Honest.
(She looks quite a lot like Amanda Holden)
My birthday is shared with...
The Good!
Salvador Dali, Phil Silvers, Eric Burdon, Jeremy Paxman, Greg Dulli
The Bad!
Doug McClure, Holly Valance
The Ugly!
Peter North,
Peter North
I haven't heard of him either.
You dare besmirch the good name of Trampas!
Why is Doug McLure bad?
He did a decent enough job in The Virginian, which would have been better named had it been called Trampas, who seemed to be the centre of the story each week.
January (17th) ( sick and tired you've been hanging on me)
Benjamin franklin
David Lloyd George ( although he didn't know my father)
Stanislavski
Max Sennett
Al Capone
Ertha Kitt
Vidal Sassoon
Muhammad Ali
Andy Kuafman
Mick Taylor
Steve Earle
Keith Chegwin
Andy Rourke
Shabba Ranks
Richard Hawley
Calvin Harris
I think I would hold my own in Birthday Poker
June 15th
Ice Cube
Simon Callow
Noddy Holder
Courtney Cox
James Belushi
Helen Hunt
Lakshmi Mittal
Muff Winwood
Harry Nilsson
Waylon Jennings
Errol Garner
Sam Giancana
Edvard Grieg
Now there's a series of Big Brother I'd watch.
You also share 29/9 with my cousin, Jenny
I was also this week, 28th September.
I was born on the same day as Dita von Tesse and, coincidentally, the Australian Cricketer, Matthew Elliott was born the year before me.
Others sharing the birthday
Peter Egan
Brigitte Bardot
Ben E King
Mira Sorvino
Mika Hakkinen
Moon Unit Zappa
The only ones I know off the top of my head...
...are Emma Bunton and Edwin Starr. And what's that knowledge good for?
August 21
Between scientists, american wrestlers and a couple of mediums I also share the congratulations with this bunch:
Count Basie
Peter Weir
Princess Margaret
Usain Bolt
Aubrey Beardsley
Joe Strummer
Kim Cattrall
Jackie DeShannon
Steve Smith (Journey)
Kenny Rogers
Art Farmer
and
Christopher Robin Milne
Also, on this day in 1961 Motown released its first #1 hit; Please Mr Postman - The Marvelettes.
Birfday
I share a birthday with Frank Sinatra, Emerson Fittipaldi and Kate Humble. Most excitingly, I was born on the exact same day as Sharin Foo from The Raveonettes.
A fun night down the pub with...
... Robespierre, Sigmund Freud, Rudolph Valentino, Billy Cotton, Stewart Granger, Orson Welles, Willie Mays, Andreas Baader, Bob Seger, Graham Souness, Laetitia Sadier and Tyler the Creator
And then in walks Tony Blair
Also:
George Clooney. May 6th: you and me both.
A strong Rock heritage on mine
Sonny James
Little Walter
Harry Belafonte
Judy Collins
Rita Coolidge
Ray Parker Jr
D'Arcy Wretzky
...and of course Paul Smith, saxophonist with Haircut 100, who was born on exactly the same day as me...
18th March
2 US Presidents (John C. Calhoun and the marvellously named Grover Cleveland), a British Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain), a poet (Wilfred Owen), from the world of film/TV (Peter Graves....Capt. Oveur from the Airplane movies, Jeff Stelling) and from the world of sport (Alex Higgins and "Big Ron" Atkinson)
and one half of Ben & Jerry's (Ben Cohen)...and for musical entertainment, Wilson Pickett.
John C Calhoun
Was not US President
Ok, Vice President
....
Not bad...
... Bowie and Elvis.
Bad
Zane Lowe, Helen Flanagan, Samantha Ronson, Brian Conley, Alexi Sale, John Glover.
My birthday seems to be cursed.
A few I share with...
Bob Dylan
Priscilla Presley
Eric Cantona
Queen Victoria
& Best of all, my Dad.
(24th May)
Room for one more?
…and me. And Stanley Baxter too.
Room for one more?
Welcome aboard.
bifday
And me...
Cosmically entwined
I was born on exactly the same day as Kylie Minogue. At the height of late eighties Neighbours fandom I was courting a young lady born on exactly the same day as Jason Donovan.
More impressed that I share a birth date with Wild Bill Hicock.
love you just a little more, baby .........
The Walrus of Love himself
Can you feel my love yet?
Lots
Michelle Phillips
Russell Brand
Angelina Jolie
Bradley Walsh
Noah Wyle
Dr Ruth Westheimer
Dennis Weaver
Bruce Dern
To name but a few
OMG!
We share a birthday! And I think it might even be the same year.
Also Cecilia Bartoli. And, I remember discovering a while ago, someone in the film business called Gary Vomit.
March 22
William Shatner
George Benson
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Sondheim
Leslie Thomas
Bruno Ganz
Keith Relf
Matthew Modine
Pete Wylie
Reese Witherspoon
Roger Whittaker
Jocky Wilson
Plus
Kenny from South Park (according to a calendar I had!)
This isn't fair
Meatloaf & Avril Lavigne.
That's a charity duet
waiting to happen.
A mixed bag...
Joan of Arc
Terry Venables
Syd Barrett
Sandy Denny (2 died-too-young English musical geniuses. Uncanny)
Rowan Atkinson
Angus Deayton
Nigella Lawson
Andy Carroll
Oh yes, I'm in good company every time 6 January comes around.
Sherlock
Jan 6th is also supposed to be Sherlock Holmes' birthday according to Sherlockian scholars.
And don't anybody dare try telling me that he didn't exist!
February 28th
I share it with Barry McGuigan, the late Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and the late football commentator, formerly the country's best known Gillingham fan, Brian Moore and the still living, although some might argue otherwise, doyen of golf commentators Peter Allis as well as the Godstar himself, the late Brian Jones.
Do we have anyone here born on February 29th? I missed being a leap year baby by about 6 1/2 hours.
Death! Jail! or Rock & Roll!
I share my birthday with the spectacular Mike Monroe, formerly of Hanoi Rocks.
Igor Stravinsky, Chris Spedding, Jello Biafra, Phil Chevron - WHAT A WILD OLD TIME WE'LL HAVE!!!
And Barry Manilow.
I share a birthday...
...with two of the Goons.
Which is nice.
October 9th - 2 pillars of popular music
John Lennon and Brian out of Westlife
Also Sean Lennon, Brian Blessed and erotic actress Savannah, who I'm sure we all recall from her part in 'Saturday Night Beaver'
April 2nd
Along with the other not quite foolish people.
Roscoe Dash
Michael Fassbender
Linford Christie
Emperor Charlemagne
Max Ernst
Alec Guinness
Serge Gainsbourg
Brian Glover
Marvin Gaye
Leon Russell
Emmylou Harris
I'm not sure where I fit into that esteemed conglomerate, but I'm sure some sort of conquering soul athletics steeped in Americana and French filth is calling...
July 21
Robin Williams
Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam
Ernest Hemingway
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Henry Priestman (ex-Christians)
Howie Epstein (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers bass guitar bloke)
Brian Talbot (ex Ipswich & Arsenal Midfielder)
Titus Bramble (Naughty Footballer)
John Lowe
Some good ones - and a belter!
Harry Houdini
Fatty Arbuckle
Steve McQueen
Lara Flynn Boyle
Kelly Le Brock
and
NICK LOWE!!!!
isnt that Today
??
Not according
to NeverWrongipedia
24th March. I shall send them all a card. They'll be thrilled.
The night before Hallowe'en
Maradona and Michael Winner. Jesus!
(Clarification - that was an exclamation. Jesus was not born on 30th October, obviously.)
All round to mine with...
Helen Keller (deaf and blind lady)
Doc Pomus
Shirley Ann Field (Beat Girl!)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Ross Perot
Meera Syal
Khloe Kardashian
April 24th - a mixed bag
Anthony Trollope
William of Orange
Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain
William Joyce (Lord HawHaw)
Stafford Cripps
Clement Freud
Shirley Maclaine
Barbra Streisand
Tony Visconti
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Captain Sensible
Paula Yates
Stuart Pearce
January 18 includes
Archie Leach (Cary Grant)
Oliver Hardy
Legs Larry Smith
Joanna Newsom
Slightly Disappointing
I knew that Michael "There's not going to be a hurricane" Fish shared my birthday. Extensive research reveals (ok I looked on Wkipedia so it must be true) that I also share 27th of April with
Eric Bristow
Sheena Easton
and the very lovely Tess Daly - so not all bad.
I once played darts against Eric Bristow
He won