# Invite 4 current or historical people to dinner, all of whom were born on your birthday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551 "2016-04-08T15:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/1 "2016-04-08T15:26:52Z")
Similar to [this recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789388) in which I asked Dopers to assemble a band made up of musicians born on their birthday. You are hosting a small dinner party and may invite four guests. Each diner must have been born on your birthday. [Helpful link](http://www.onthisday.com/birthdays-calendar.php) The invitees may be currently living or dead. Mine are not terribly exciting. And seem to have Zero in common. Save the date: **March 15**. [ul] [li] **Mike Love** (Beach Boys)[/li][li] **Punch Imlach** (legendary Canadian hockey coach)[/li][li] **Andrew Jackson** (7th president of the U.S.)[/li][li] **Saint Nicholas** (model for Sandy Claus)[/li][/ul] Whatta ya got? mmm ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/2 "2016-04-08T15:36:28Z")
Willie Nelson Alice B. Toklas Carl Gauss Al Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/3 "2016-04-08T15:43:57Z")
Feb 2: Christie Brinkley James I Duane “Dog” Chapman Ayn Rand I went with the most diverse people, to inspire the most interesting conversations, not necessarily the ones I like most. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/4 "2016-04-08T15:47:41Z")
Apr. 26 Carol Burnett Sal Maglie A. E. van Vogt Fanny Blankers-Koen ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/5 "2016-04-08T15:51:21Z")
Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609) - I have absolutely no idea who he is or how important (or not) he was to history, I just want to introduce him to the other guests by his full title. Dwight Eisenhower (1890) - 34th President. Mochitsura Hashimoto (1909) - Japanese WW2 submarine commander. I just want to put him in a room with Ike. Roger Moore (1927) - He’s not Sean Connery, but I’ll take any 007 I can get. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/6 "2016-04-08T15:52:23Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I went with the most diverse people, to inspire the most interesting conversations, not necessarily the ones I like most. Yeah right. You invited Christie Brinkley for the conversation. Like I invited Willie Nelson to talk about football. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/7 "2016-04-08T15:57:02Z")
Jan. 7: Zora Neale Hurston (Harlem Renaissance author, and anthropologist) Millard Fillmore (Zachary Taylor’s veep; took over when Taylor died; in running for “Most Obscure US President”) Katie Couric (TV journalist and Sarah Palin-hater) William Peter Blatty (wrote _The Exorcist_) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/8 "2016-04-08T15:59:26Z")
Feb 21: [ul] [li]Andrés Segovia (guitar dude)[/li][li]Robert “Big Bob” Mugabe (politician)[/li][li]Nina Simone (songstress)[/li][li]Sam Peckinpah (Director)[/li][/ul] Andrés can pick a tune for Nina to sing, hopefully diverting Mugabe’s attention away from Peckinpah’s attempts to pick a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/9 "2016-04-08T16:02:09Z")
Ice Cube Neil Patrick Harris Waylon Jennings Courtney Cox ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/10 "2016-04-08T16:04:40Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Mine are not terribly exciting. And seem to have Zero in common. > > Save the date: **March 15**. > > [ul] > [li] **Mike Love** (Beach Boys)[/li][li] **Punch Imlach** (legendary Canadian hockey coach)[/li][li] **Andrew Jackson** (7th president of the U.S.)[/li][li] **Saint Nicholas** (model for Sandy Claus)[/li][/ul] > Whatta ya got? > mmm Wait, did I say they have nothing in common? Mike Love, when Saint Nicholas arrives fashionably late: > [@](#): > > “_It’s the little Saint Nick._…” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/11 "2016-04-08T16:05:22Z")
March 13: Inocencio XII Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (the tea dude) Yonatan Netanyahu (brother of Benjamin) Georges de la Tour Hopefully between English and French we’ll be able to find a way to get everybody fed 🙂 UNinvited: L. Ron Hubbard ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/12 "2016-04-08T17:03:14Z")
Oskar Schindler Saddam Huissein Harper Lee Terry Prachett Ha! ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/13 "2016-04-08T17:14:14Z")
We’ll be an artsy group to be sure: **Salvador Dali** , artist **Valentino** , fashion designer **Irving Berlin** , composer **Natasha Richardson** , actress ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/14 "2016-04-08T17:20:21Z")
After thoroughly perusing the list of people born on my birthday, I think I’ll just call room service. Besides, **mmm** , that website is deeply flawed. It doesn’t even list me, and I’m pretty damn sure I was born on my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/15 "2016-04-08T17:27:11Z")
I was born on mine as well. Must be a conspiracy. On a related note, do you know that more than 60% of all deaths occur within six months of that person’s birthday? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/16 "2016-04-08T17:32:05Z")
September 21: [ul][li]H.G. Wells[/li][li]Stephen King[/li][li]Bill Murray[/li]Luke Wilson (only because we were also born in the same year)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/17 "2016-04-08T17:40:22Z")
Dec 1 Woody Allen Bette Midler Sarah Silverman All show-biz types Woody Allen was born twenty years before me and Bette Midler ten years before me\*, while Sarah Silverman was born fifteen years after me. We can all discuss how Rosa Parks was refused a seat on a bus the day I was born. \*They appeared together as a married couple in the 1991 movie _Scenes from a Mall_. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/18 "2016-04-08T17:48:11Z")
June 12th: George H. W. Bush Anne Frank Marv Albert Jason Mewes Chosen mainly so I could see what Jay would have to say to the other three. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/19 "2016-04-08T17:52:00Z")
September 26 Actually a pretty stellar, if eclectic, line-up George Gershwin, musician T.S. Eliot, writer Ivan Pavlov, scientist Winsor McCay, comics artist (_Little Nemo_) and animator I would, however, be tempted to invite the alternative line-up of: Pope Paul VI Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), tree planter, environmentalist, and missionary Martin Heidegger, philosopher Albert Anastasia, Mafioso (boss of Murder Incorporated) but I would be afraid that Anastasia would end up drilling the other three. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551/20 "2016-04-08T17:52:26Z")
Me too Cal, Dec 1st. I’ll go with Woody Allen Bette Midler Sara Silverman too. How could you leave out Richard Pryor? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-were-born-on-your-birthday/751551.md?page=2)