April 17th Birthdays

Michael Sembello, American musician and songwriter, was born on this day in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1954

Also born on April 17th:

• 1929
  Michael Forest, American actor
• 1942
  David Bradley, British actor
  Buster Williams, American jazz musician
• 1950
  L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
• 1951
  Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress
• 1954
  Lester Square, Canadian musician
• 1955
  Pete Shelley, British musician
• 1957
  Nick Hornby, English author
• 1959
  Sean Bean, English actor
• 1961
  Norman “Boomer” Esiason, American football player
• 1963
  Joel Murray, American actor
• 1964
  Maynard James Keenan, American singer
  Lela Rochon, American actress
• 1965
  William Mapother, American actor
• 1967
  Marquis Grissom, American baseball player
  Kimberly Elise, American actress
  Timothy Gibbs, American actor
  Leslie Bega, American actress
  Liz Phair, American singer, guitarist
• 1968
  Prince Maurits of the Netherlands
• 1970
  Redman, American rapper
• 1972
  Jennifer Garner, American actress
  Claire Sweeney, English actress
• 1973
  Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
• 1974
  Victoria Beckham, English singer
• 1976
  Maiwenn, French actress, director
  Monet Mazur, American actress., musician
  Alex Nesic, American actor
• 1977
  Phil Jamieson, Australian singer
• 1978
  Lindsay Hartley, American actress
• 1980
  Nicholas D’Agosto, American actor
  Alaina Huffman, Canadian actress
• 1981
  Wayne Lydon, American baseball player
  Ryan Raburn, American baseball player
• 1984
  Jed Lowrie, American baseball player
• 1985
  Rooney Mara, American actress
  Luke Mitchell, Australian model, actor
• 1987
  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress
• 1995
  Paulie Litt, American actor
• 1996
  Dee Dee Davis, American actress

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 17th:

• 1960
  Eddie Cochran, American singer, guitarist (age 21)
• 1967
  Red Allen, American singer, trumpet player (age 59)
• 1983
  Felix Pappalardi, American singer, musician (Mountain), (age 43)
• 1987
  Dick Shawn, American actor (age 63)
• 1990
  Ralph Abernathy, American minister, activist (age 64)
• 1998
  Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist (age 56)
• 2003
  John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist (age 73)
  Earl King, American blues singer, guitarist (age 69)
• 2006
  Scott Brazil, American director and producer (age 50)
  Henderson Forsythe, American actor (age 88)
• 2007
  Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer (age 96)
• 2011
  Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (age 70)
• 2014
  Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian author (age 87)
• 2016
  Doris Roberts, American actress (age 90)
• 2018
  Barbara Bush, former U.S. First Lady (age 92)