Interesting Things to Know
April Celebrity Birthdays!
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
By By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50365084
1 – Asa Butterfield, 25, actor (Ender’s Game), Islington, London, England, 1997.
2 – Camille Paglia, 75, literature professor, Endicott, NY, 1947.
3 – Alec Baldwin, 64, actor (Beetlejuice), Massapequa, NY, 1958.
4 – David Blaine, 49, magician, Brooklyn, NY, 1973.
5 – Pharrell Williams, 49, singer, Virginia Beach, VA, 1973.
6 – James Watson, 94, discoverer (with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA, Chicago, IL, 1928.
7 – Russell Crowe, 58, actor (Gladiator), Auckland, New Zealand, 1964.
8 – Katee Sackhoff, 42, actress (Battlestar Galactica), Portland, OR, 1980.
9 – Tom Lehrer, 94, songwriter, pianist, mathematician, New York, NY, 1928.
10 – Chyler Leigh, 40, actress (Grey’s Anatomy), Charlotte, NC, 1982.
11 – Jeremy Clarkson, 62, television personality (Top Gear), Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, 1960.
12 – Andy Garcia, 66, actor (Ocean’s Eleven), Havana, Cuba, 1956.
13 – Al Green, 76, Songwriters and Gospel Music halls of fame singer, Forrest City, AR, 1946.
14 – Abigail Breslin, 26, actress (Little Miss Sunshine), New York, NY, 1996.
15 – Emma Watson, 32, actress (Harry Potter), Paris, France, 1990.
16 – Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus, 95, retired; born Joseph Ratzinger, Marktl Am Inn, Germany, 1927.
17 – Liz Phair, 55, rock singer/songwriter, New Haven, CT, 1967.
18 – Chloe Bennet, 30, actress (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), born Chloe Wang, Chicago, IL, 1992.
19 – Tony Plana, 68, actor (Ugly Betty), Havana, Cuba, 1954.
20 – Crispin Glover, 58, actor (Back to the Future), New York, NY, 1964.
21 – Dylan Bruce, 42, actor (Orphan Black), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1980.
22 – Amber Heard, 36, actress (3 Days to Kill), Austin, TX, 1986.
23 – Jesse Lee Soffer, 38, actor (Chicago P.D), Ossining, NY, 1984.
24 – Djimon Hounsou, 58, actor (Blood Diamond), Cotonou, Benin, 1964.
25 – Jonathan Bailey, 34, actor (Bridgerton), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, 1988.
26 – Carol Burnett, 86, actress (The Carol Burnett Show), San Antonio, TX, 1936.
27 – Lizzo, 34, singer, rapper, born Melissa Vivianne Jefferson, Detroit, MI, 1988.
28 – Jenna Ushkowitz, 36, actress (Glee), Seoul, S. Korea, 1986.
29 – Carnie Wilson, 54, singer, Bel Air, CA, 1968.
30 – Gal Gadot, 37, actress (Wonder Woman), Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel, 1985.
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