Today's Birthdays – December 22, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1696 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785) 1856 – Frank B. Kellogg, 45th U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel laureate (d. 1937) 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington IN, pianist/composer 1909 – Alan Carney [David Boughal], actor (Zombies on Broadway) 1912 – Claudia A “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson 1st lady (1963-1969) 1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver) (d. 2010) 1917 – Gene Rayburn, Host of The Match Game (d. 1999) 1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963) (Ozark Jubilee) 1936 – Hector Elizondo, American actor (American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love) 1943 – Billie Jean King, tennis pro 1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time) 1946 – Rick Nielsen, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick) 1948 – Lynne Thigpen, actress (Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego) 1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player 1949 – Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003) 1949 – Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) 1957 – Susan Powter diet guru/author/talk show host (Susan Powter Show, Stop the Insanity) 1968 – Dina Meyer, American actress (Starship Troopers, Saw 2, 3 & 4) 1968 – Lauralee Bell, American actresss (Cricket-Young & Restless) 1969 – Greg Biffle, Nascar driver 1974 – Heather Donahue, American actress (Blair Witch Project) 1982 – Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress (Sherman’s Way, Infestation, The Comebacks) 1983 – Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler (aka Festus / Luke Gallows) 1989 – Jordin Sparks, American singer (Winner of American Idol) 1989 – Logan Huffman, American actor (played Tyler in ABC’s Re-make of “V”) 1993 – Ali (Aliana Taylor) Lohan, model / actress (younger sister of Lindsay Lohan) 1998 – G. (Genevieve) Hannelius, American child actress (Dakota on Disney Channel’s “Sonny with a Chance”)  ]]]]> ]]>

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