# Straight Dope Birthday List **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459 "2002-06-11T14:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/81 "2002-06-12T02:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > \*\*October 3rd. Not many Libras here. \*\* Just so you don’t feel _too_ alone . . . September 29th. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/82 "2002-06-12T02:55:12Z")
**January 8th** - Same day as Elvis, David Bowie and **Anubis** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![runforrestrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@runforrestrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runforrestrun)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/83 "2002-06-12T03:11:20Z")
October 10, 1985…yes, still a minor. But GO LIBRAS!!! Stuffy, way to be born close to me, and heck, I only live 3 hours from you. Central Coast. Cool shit. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/84 "2002-06-12T03:18:57Z")
Feb 1st. I share my birthday with Princess Stephanie and Lisa Marie Presley :o Go, Aquarius! ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/85 "2002-06-12T03:33:23Z")
September 12, 1968 - the last birthday was, shall we say, a bit…subdued ( A guy at work had his birthday the day before. He said it didn’t affect his birthday a bit.) But that makes me wonder about people with birthdays on days that are associated with tragedy - how long does it take before those days are just associated with their birth for them? For example, I imagine people who were born on December 7th don’t really think much about Pearl Harbor. But I wonder if someone was born _before_ 1941 and lived through it, do they still associate their birthday with the event? Or do they chose to focus on the good things that are associated with the day - like the couple who decided to get married at Ground Zero after meeting there while working on the clean up effort. Sorry for diverting the thread. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/86 "2002-06-12T03:35:21Z")
geezer generation checking in April 21, 1965 my son was born April 9, 1996 keep it in the family I sez ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/87 "2002-06-12T03:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\*geezer generation checking in > April 21, 1965 > > \*\* Hey! I’m in the same generation as you (late 60’s baby bust) and I resent the implication that I’m becoming a geezer! I myself prefer the term “old fart” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/88 "2002-06-12T03:54:49Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* \*\* > > That’s mine, too. 🙂 > > –Viva \*\* * * * And I share it with Captain William Bligh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crispy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Crispy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crispy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/89 "2002-06-12T03:59:57Z")
Go Aries! Fire forever! [sub]me? a pyromaniac? never![/sub] Zapata was killed in Mexico and the Bataan Deathmarch began on my birthday. ☹ Birthday Board: April 10 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer (publisher: namesake of the Pulitzer Prize which he founded in 1917) 1870 - Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov) (Russian premier [1917-1924]) 1885 - Bernard Gimbel (merchant: Gimbel’s Department Stores) 1915 - Harry Morgan (Bratsburg) (Emmy Award-winning actor: M_A_S\*H [1979-80], Dragnet, You Can’t Take It with You, Pete and Gladys, HEC Ramsey, December Bride, The D.A., Aftermash) 1921 - Chuck Connors (actor: The Rifleman, Roots, The Yellow Rose, Werewolf, Cowboy in Africa, Branded; host: Thrill Seekers) 1921 - Martin Denny (composer, arranger, pianist: Quiet Village, The Enchanted Sea) 1921 - Sheb Wooley (CMA comic of the Year [1968]; singer, songwriter: The Purple People Eater, Are You Satisfied, Hee Haw theme; actor: Rawhide, High Noon, Rocky Mountain, Giant, Hoosiers) 1928 - Jean Dawn Kean (actress) 1929 - Max Von Sydow (actor: Dune, The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, The Emigrants, Flash Gordon, Hannah and Her Sisters, Hawaii, The Quiller Memorandum, Quo Vadis, Three Days of the Condor) 1932 - Omar Sharif (Michael Shalhoub) (actor: Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Funny Girl, Funny Lady, Peter the Great, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, Beyond Justice, Crime & Passion) 1936 - John Madden (football: head coach: Oakland Raiders; broadcaster: FOX NFL Sunday) 1938 - ‘Dandy’ Don Meredith (football: Dallas Cowboys; broadcaster: ABC Monday Night Football: “Turn out the lights – the party’s over”; actor: Terror on the 40th Floor, Sky Hei$t) 1941 - Paul Edward Theroux (author: The Mosquito Coast, Millroy the Magician) 1946 - Bob Watson (baseball) 1950 - Ken Griffey (baseball: Seattle Mariners; father of Ken Griffey, Jr.; the first father-son combination to play in the major leagues at the same time) * * * Chart Toppers: April 10 1959 Venus - Frankie Avalon Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods Charlie Brown - The Coasters Tijuana Jail - The Kingston Trio 1968 (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Honey - Bobby Goldsboro Lady Madonna - The Beatles How Long Will My Baby Be Gone - Buck Owens and his Buckaroos 1977 Dancing Queen - Abba Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul Rich Girl - Daryl Hall and John Oates Lucille - Kenny Rogers 1986 Rock Me Amadeus - Falco These Dreams - Heart Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer 100% Chance of Rain - Gary Morris ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/90 "2002-06-12T04:02:46Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* \*\* > > That’s mine, too. 🙂 > > –Viva \*\* Both of our screen name’s start with the letter V(my favorite letter), we’re both in SoCal, and we share the same birthday - kick ass! 😃 Hmmm…I wonder if we were born in the same year…? That’s probably pushing it, huh? 1970 here. As for 9/11, no, it didn’t affect my birthday, _on_ my birthday, but it still shook me up a bit, and made me realize how down the general feeling is going to be at the same time this year. My cousin’s birthday is 12/7, and while he was born, post Pearl Harbor, I always remember it, exactly for that reason. ~V P.S. We also share our birthday with Kristie McNichol(who I have always loathed, go figure), Hugh Grant, and Adam Sandler, not to mention that it’s also California’s birthday! ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/91 "2002-06-12T04:04:17Z")
24 of August ---
**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:** [June 12, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/92 "2002-06-12T04:07:45Z")
Groundhog Day, 1975 stv ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/93 "2002-06-12T04:09:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VDarlin \* > \*\* > > Both of our screen name’s start with the letter V(my favorite letter), we’re both in SoCal, and we share the same birthday - kick ass! 😃 Hmmm…I wonder if we were born in the same year…? That’s probably pushing it, huh? 1970 here. > > As for 9/11, no, it didn’t affect my birthday, _on_ my birthday, but it still shook me up a bit, and made me realize how down the general feeling is going to be at the same time this year. My cousin’s birthday is 12/7, and while he was born, post Pearl Harbor, I always remember it, exactly for that reason. > > ~V > > P.S. We also share our birthday with Kristie McNichol(who I have always loathed, go figure), Hugh Grant, and Adam Sandler, not to mention that it’s also California’s birthday! \*\* * * * Close…1965 here. We also share our birthday with actor Goran Visnijc (sp?)–he plays Dr. Luka on ER. It might also be actor Michael Keaton’s birthday, but I’m not sure. Yeah, I don’t think I can interest anyone in a big fest this year. I did have quite the blowout, though, on 9-9-99! It was a luau and I called it Tropocalypse Now. 😃 And just for the heck of it, here are some famous Virgos, late August to late September: Moby Tim Burton Richard Gere Sean Connery Mel Torme Maurice Chevalier Sophia Loren Stephen King D.H. Lawrence Some pretty decent company. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/94 "2002-06-12T04:32:12Z")
another jimminee Gemini checking in … June 16th BTW, a great test of the [Infamous Birthday Probability](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114024) trick. By my counting Max Torque called snap on the 19th post. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/95 "2002-06-12T04:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Broken Doll \* > \*\ ***January 8th** - Same day as Elvis, David Bowie and **Anubis** 😃 \*\* Well, up to now when people would ask me my birthday. I’ve told them and then said that exact same thing: “Me, Elvis, and David Bowie”. But from now on I’ll say "Me, **Broken Doll** and **Anubis**! (Although I’m probably in an earlier year.) January 8th, 1956 Ugly ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/96 "2002-06-12T05:06:17Z")
August 8. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/97 "2002-06-12T05:21:45Z")
Well, OK, not many May babies. Now I know I’ve given up any anonymity I had on this board. **May 7th** , 1953. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/98 "2002-06-12T05:37:07Z")
April 18, 1984. Paul Revere Day and Einstein’s death, among other things. I sort of liked how the beginning of the book _1984_ mentions its being April. I think I was also born sometime after 1, so “the clocks were striking thirteen” would apply. Too bad that later in the book, when Winston starts writing in his journal, we find out it’s before the 18th. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/99 "2002-06-12T05:37:54Z")
If it makes you feel any better, **Ringo** , my oldest son’s birthday is May 22nd(as is one of my childhood friend’s, and my cousin’s daughter’s), and for you lonely Libra types, my boyfriend’s birthday is Oct. 2, and my dad’s is Oct. 8. Just think of them as Dopers by proxy. 😉 ~V ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459/100 "2002-06-12T05:50:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\*August 8. \*\* 16 minutes later and that would be my birthday too, but as it stands it’s August 7 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-birthday-list/113459.md?page=6)