April 10th Birthdays

Sheb Wooley, American character actor and singer, was born on this day in 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma, as Shelby Frederick Wooley. Sheb had a No. 1 hit in 1958 with the novelty song, Purple People Eater, which has since become a children’s favorite. He passed away at the age of 82 on September 16, 2013.

Also born on April 10th:

• 1947
  Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
• 1950
  Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
• 1952
  Steven Seagal, American actor
• 1954
  Peter MacNicol, American actor
• 1955
  Lesley Garrett, British soprano
• 1957
  Steven Gustafson, American musician
• 1959
  Davy Carton, Irish musician
  Brian Setzer, American singer, musician
• 1960
  Katrina Leskanich, American musician
  Terry Teagle, American basketball player
• 1962
  Steve Tasker, American football player
• 1963
  Warren DeMartini, American musician
  Jeff Gray, American baseball player
• 1965
  Tim Alexander, American musician
• 1968
  Orlando Jones, American actor, comedian
• 1969
  Billy Jayne, American actor
  Mike Mushok, American musician
• 1970
  Kenny Lattimore, American singer
  Q-Tip, American musician
• 1971
  Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
  Brad William Henke, American actor
• 1972
  Ed Byrne, Irish stand up comedian, actor
• 1973
  Guillaume Canet, French actor
  Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
• 1975
  Chris Carrabba, American singer
• 1978
  Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist
• 1979
  Kenyon Coleman, American football player
  Shemekia Copeland, American singer
  Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
• 1980
  Charlie Hunnam, British actor
  Bryce Soderberg, American musician
• 1981
  Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
  Liz McClarnon, British singer
  Michael Pitt, American actor
• 1982
  Andre Ethier, American baseball player
  Chyler Leigh, American actress
• 1983
  Ryan Merriman, American actor
  Jamie Chung, American actress
• 1984
  Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
  Cara DeLizia, American actress
• 1987
  Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
  Shay Mitchell, Canadian Actress
• 1988
  Haley Joel Osment, American actor
• 1990
  Alex Pettyfer, English actor
• 1991
  Amanda Michalka, American actress, singer
• 2007
  Princess Ariane of the Netherlands

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 10th:

• 1909
  Algernon Swinburne, English poet, author, critic (age 72)
• 1919
  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (age 39)
• 1931
  Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, philosopher (age 48)
• 1958
  Chuck Willis, American singer, songwriter (age 32)
• 1962
  Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, screenwriter (age 75)
• 1965
  Linda Darnell, American actress (age 41)
• 1966
  Evelyn Waugh, English author, critic (age 62)
• 1975
  Marjorie Main, American actress (age 85)
• 1980
  Kay Medford, American actress, singer (age 60)
• 1986
  Linda Creed, American singer, songwriter (age 37)
• 1991
  Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (age 35)
  Natalie Schafer, American actress (age 90)
• 1992
  Sam Kinison, American comedian, actor (age 38)
• 1999
  Jean Vander Pyl, American actress, voice artist (age 79)
• 2000
  Peter Jones, English actor, screenwriter (age 79)
  Larry Linville, American actor (age 60)
• 2003
  Little Eva, American singer (age 59)
• 2010
  Dixie Carter, American actress, singer (age 70)