Famous Birthdays

Lesley Margaret Laird is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2017…

Beverly Heather D’Angelo is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation films (1983–2015) and musician. She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated…

Curtis Emerson LeMay was a US Air Force general who was a key American military commander during World War II and the Cold War. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1961…

Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and short-story writer. In 1993, he was selected by the literary magazine Granta as one of the 20 best young British writers, while his novel Under the Frog was…

Gu Kailai is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China’s most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices…

Babette Babich is an American philosopher who writes from a continental perspective on aesthetics, philosophy of science, especially Nietzsche’s, and technology, especially Martin Heidegger’s and…

Jon Gary Grubbs is an American character actor who has appeared in 178 credited shows and films since the 1970s and is still working steadily. He is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love…

Patrick Jake O’Rourke was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. His books Parliament…

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan…

Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in…