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NickAdams
10-19-2007, 04:02 PM
During low periods, some aspiring authors find solace in knowing that they share their day of birth with a respected writer. Maybe there is some astrological algorithm … maybe not.:confused: Out of curiosity, do you also share a birth date with an author you enjoy?

I was born, as well as Oscar Wilde and Eugene O’Neil, on October 16.

Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_wilde

Eugene O'Neil (The Iceman Cometh):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neil

papayahed
10-19-2007, 04:21 PM
What? No link?

Dori
10-19-2007, 04:23 PM
I don't. The only writer I can find that shares my birthday is Walt Whitman.

Granny5
10-19-2007, 04:34 PM
I googled my birthdate, Janurary 2, (not the year!) and this is what I found....

Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer
Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Famous Modern Telugu Poet
Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author
Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
Neil Downing, Irish writer and musician
Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
Christopher Durang, American playwright
Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author

My favorite

Sally Rand, American fan dancer

Don't know which is worse!

Ian Brady, British serial killer
Jim Bakker, American televangelist

AimusSage
10-19-2007, 04:34 PM
Joost van den Vondel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_den_Vondel) who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.

His Lucifer is incredible. :) forgot to mention that.

Niamh
10-19-2007, 04:36 PM
http://www.nndb.com/lists/534/000106216/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17#Births
Anton Chekhov:)
Anne Bronte:(

papayahed
10-19-2007, 04:44 PM
Found one:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/authordate.pdf

8 2 1924 Baldwin, James
8 2 1900 Holling, Holling C.
8 2 1946 Howe, James


I'm not familiar with any of them.

I found the rest of these from here:

http://www.brainyhistory.com/birthdays.html

Myrna Loy, actress,
Carroll O'Connor
Betsy Bloomingdale, department store mogul
Peter O'Toole
Wes Craven
Isabel Allende
Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial
Caleb Carr, American Novelist - Love him!
Apollonia, actress, Purple Rain
Kevin Smith, director, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks

NickAdams
10-19-2007, 05:00 PM
I don't. The only writer I can find that shares my birthday is Walt Whitman.

Please tell that's sarcasm.;) I enjoy Whitman.


I googled my birthdate, Janurary 2, (not the year!) and this is what I found....

Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer
Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Famous Modern Telugu Poet
Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author
Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
Neil Downing, Irish writer and musician
Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
Christopher Durang, American playwright
Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author

My favorite

Sally Rand, American fan dancer

Don't know which is worse!

Ian Brady, British serial killer
Jim Bakker, American televangelist

I'm only familiar with Isaac Asimov.


Joost van den Vondel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_den_Vondel) who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.

His Lucifer is incredible. :) forgot to mention that.

Lucifer looks interesting. You just added a read to my list. Thanks.:)


http://www.nndb.com/lists/534/000106216/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17#Births
Anton Chekhov:)
Anne Bronte:(

:lol:


Found one:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/authordate.pdf

8 2 1924 Baldwin, James
8 2 1900 Holling, Holling C.
8 2 1946 Howe, James


I'm familiar with Bladwin. He writes a lovely prose.

Taliesin
10-19-2007, 05:12 PM
Try inserting your birthday into wikipedia search. Then look for births down there.

Euripides happened to be born on September, 23rd. We too. Haven't actually read anything he has written, perhaps we ought to.

vheissu
10-19-2007, 05:44 PM
Philip Roth was born on the same day (19th March), that's the only author I found.

A Bond girl, Ursula Andress (the one in the white bikini)

And the new prince of Jordan....born just this year.

Niamh
10-19-2007, 05:51 PM
Konstantin Stanislovsky was born on my birthday.:)
But so was jim Carey:(

Mortis Anarchy
10-19-2007, 06:02 PM
William Blake, Friedrich Engels, Rita Mae Brown...Jon Stewart were born on my birthday...or I was born on their birthdays!

Wat 'da hell...Anna Nicole Smith?!

Niamh, is your birthday Jan. 17th? 'cuz, thats my brothers birthday and I think he said Jim Carey was born on his birthday as well.

Niamh
10-19-2007, 06:04 PM
yep! jan 17th.:p

Virgil
10-19-2007, 07:33 PM
I can't find anyone with my birthday. :(

Bakiryu
10-19-2007, 07:36 PM
Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet
Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
Daniel Burnham, American architect
Darius Milhaud, French composer
Antonin Artaud, French playwright
Mary Renault, English novelist
Edward Dmytryk, American film director
Richard Wright, American writer
Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)

Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
Lucie Silvas, English musician
Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal, Spanish singer


Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)

DUDE!- Mickey Cohen, American gangster!:LOL:

and that person I dislike:- Beyonce!
Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)

Petrarch's Love
10-19-2007, 08:13 PM
February 7th: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens, and Sir/St. Thomas More

jlb4tlb
10-20-2007, 01:29 AM
D. H. Lawrence and I share Sept. 11

Pensive
10-20-2007, 02:03 AM
December, 8

65 BC - Horace, Roman poet
1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel Prize laureate
1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
1894 - James Thurber, American writer (d. 1961)
1911 - Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist
1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet
1915 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter
1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
1961 - Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney

I had never heard of any of these before, let alone having read their works. :p

crazefest456
10-20-2007, 02:23 AM
dec. 16:
philip k.dick
beethoven (the composer)
arthur c. clarke

manolia
10-20-2007, 06:30 AM
Most of the famous people born on 1st of June are athletes, musicians or actors
Here are the funnier



1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862) :(
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962) :D
1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer, a.k.a. The Son of Sam :lol:
1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer :lol: :lol:
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter :lol: :lol: :lol:
1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer :D

Here are the authors/poets


1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist

metal134
10-20-2007, 02:47 PM
December 18: No notable authors, but I do share a birthday with Katie Holmes and Kari Byron.:thumbs_up

But also, Peter Boulware.:flare:

Niamh
10-20-2007, 02:53 PM
December, 8
1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
I had never heard of any of these before, let alone having read their works. :p

John Banville won the manbooker prize 2005 for his book The sea.
Bill Bryson is a travel writer (most of the time.:p )

Pensive
10-21-2007, 02:18 AM
John Banville won the manbooker prize 2005 for his book The sea.
Bill Bryson is a travel writer (most of the time.:p )

I am already much into travelling, getting more inspirations can be a way too much! :p

Nossa
10-21-2007, 03:58 AM
I can't find anyone with my birthday. :(

Me neither :( ...at least not someone I know

thelastmelon
10-21-2007, 04:00 AM
April 5

1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet
1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer
1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author
1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer

Anyone heard of these writers and the poet? :D
Doesn't seem to be a good day for writers to be born, haha.

AuntShecky
10-21-2007, 07:58 PM
E. B. White. Not the same year!

mtpspur
10-21-2007, 08:59 PM
My first born son James claims September 12 which matches the birthday of Walter B. Gibson famous as the author of The Shadow pulp stories. This constant boast on my part as I l-o-v-e the Shadow pulp character annoys the long suffering wife no end.

Oniw17
10-21-2007, 09:53 PM
I found tons of people who I've never heard of on wikipedia's entry for October 17...no significant writers. I did find out that the rapper eminem shares my birthday though.

Janine
10-21-2007, 10:05 PM
I just looked them up and it seems to be these all of these - I am amazed.


28 February Births


Caniff, Milton (1907)
Abramoff, Jack (1959)
Stratten, Dorothy (1960)
Larter, Ali (1976)
Smarty Jones (2001)
also


actors: Charles Durning (82), Mercedes Ruehl (57),
Mario Andretti: champion race car driver

Gee, just looked on Wikipedia and I also share my birthday with these people (ready for this?)

1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (d. 1592)
1552 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1612 - John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
1670 - Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)
1675 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1704 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1824 - Blondin, French tightrope walker (d. 1897)
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
1838 - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
1840 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
1841 - Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)
1865 - Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary (d. 1940)
1878 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
1882 - Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer (d. 1959)
1882 - Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish writer (d. 1928)
1894 - Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and film director (d. 1974)
1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1900 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1907 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (d. 1988)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1909 - Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
1912 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)
1915 - Ketti Frings, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, (d. 1981)
1915 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1921 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
1923 - Charles Durning, American actor
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
1929 - John Montague, Irish poet
1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1930 - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1930 - Gavin MacLeod, American actor
1931 - Dean Smith, American basketball coach
1932 - Don Francks, Canadian actor
1933 - Rein Taagepera, Estonian politician
1939 - Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1940 - Mario Andretti, American race car driver
1940 - Joe South, American singer
1942 - Frank Bonner, American actor
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1943 - Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (d. 1998)
1944 - Win Aung, Burmese politician
1944 - Kelly Bishop, American actress
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor
1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1948 - Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
1952 - William Finn, American composer
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian
1956 - Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1956 - Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1957 - Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress (d. 1980)
1961 - Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
1961 - Mark Latham, Australian politician
1961 - René Simard, French Canadian singer and TV host
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1967 - Colin Cooper, English footballer
1968 - Stéphan Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
1969 - Tor Řivind Řdegaard, Norwegian track runner
1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
1970 - Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
1971 - Tristan Louis, American writer
1972 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
1973 - Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1974 - Lee Carsley, Irish footballer
1974 - Moana Mackey, New Zealand politician
1975 - Mike Rucker, American football player
1976 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
1976 - Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer
1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978 - Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1979 - Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist
1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1979 - Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
1980 - Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
1982 - Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1984 - Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1987 - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
1991 - Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
2007 - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

opps, didn't realise it was just authors - well, I am sure all of them wrote something sometime in their lives!:lol:

LadyWentworth
10-21-2007, 11:25 PM
I can't find anyone with my birthday. :(

NOBODY??!!?? Or just writers?


February 7th: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens, and Sir/St. Thomas More

I would enjoy sharing the day with them!



1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor


8 people that I wouldn't mind sharing a birthday with! Instead I have Sally Field, Michael Cerveris, Catherine Crier, Maria Shriver and Mike Nichols :(

Then again, I do have Ray Conniff and Ethan Hawke. They are OK. They are acceptable. :)

I do have John Philip Sousa, though. That makes up for EVERYTHING!!! :D

I tend to memorize the people who share my birthday! Crazy, I know! Anyway, I really couldn't find any writers except for James Jones (1921). That was it!

AuntShecky
10-22-2007, 01:11 PM
To Pensive:

You've never heard of James Thurber? Drop everything and get to the public library post haste. Next to Mark Twain, he is undoubtedly the greatest American Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Along with great humor pieces,
short stories ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"), he also drew distinctive cartoons for The New Yorker magazine. They are remarkable, and even more so with the knowledge that Thurber was all-but legally blind when he drew them. I don't believe he hung around with the Algonquin Wits, but he is their contemporary, and again, worked at the same publication. My Life and Hard Times is Thurber's very funny autobiography, a true classic.

Delmore Schwartz? Extremely important American poet.
some say that Delmore was the inspiration for Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Saul Bellow's great novel, Humboldt's Gift. Also, look up "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz.

Bill Bryson -- entertaining writer w. a good sense of humor.
Explored under-rated byways of the good ol' USA. Also he is very, very good on language.

And Ann Coulter? A dragon lady! Avoid her at all costs.

Auntie

Janine:

Just a note that Smarty Jones -- the 2004 winner of the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and missed winning the Triple Crown when ---? Birdstone?-- won the Belmont, may indeed have been born on Feb. 28, but for thoroughbred purposes -- all foals are considered to have been born on January 1.

That way the bookkeeping isn't too formidable when determining which horses are eligible for which races --
for instance, all three-year-olds running now are considered to have been born on Jan. 1, 2004

Janine
10-22-2007, 06:46 PM
Janine:

Just a note that Smarty Jones -- the 2004 winner of the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and missed winning the Triple Crown when ---? Birdstone?-- won the Belmont, may indeed have been born on Feb. 28, but for thoroughbred purposes -- all foals are considered to have been born on January 1.

That way the bookkeeping isn't too formidable when determining which horses are eligible for which races --
for instance, all three-year-olds running now are considered to have been born on Jan. 1, 2004

Hi AuntShecky, That may be true, but I do recall that when he was in the spotlight, they kept saying on the TV, that his birthday was February 28th, so I really perked up and took note, it being my birthday, too. I loved that horse - is he still alive? I know he continued to have problems with his bad leg, but he was put out for stud right? or to live peacable on a nice farm. I hope he is ok. That one race was so exciting, truly amazing!


NOBODY??!!?? Or just writers?



I would enjoy sharing the day with them!



8 people that I wouldn't mind sharing a birthday with! Instead I have Sally Field, Michael Cerveris, Catherine Crier, Maria Shriver and Mike Nichols :(

Then again, I do have Ray Conniff and Ethan Hawke. They are OK. They are acceptable. :)

I do have John Philip Sousa, though. That makes up for EVERYTHING!!! :D

I tend to memorize the people who share my birthday! Crazy, I know! Anyway, I really couldn't find any writers except for James Jones (1921). That was it!

Hi Lady Wentworth, yeah, I did not think my list was too, bad. I always liked the last 3 actors, so that made me happy. Well Sally Field had her day and some good films. She won an Oscar once I recall, and Mike Nichols has directed a lot of big hits. Surely, your list is way longer than these 7. Look in Wikepedia - maybe you share your day with some real heavy-duty brainy human beings.
Gee, why couldn't I share my B-day with my favorite actor, KB? *eternal question of life...sigh sigh....*

LadyWentworth
10-23-2007, 02:40 PM
Hi Lady Wentworth, yeah, I did not think my list was too, bad. I always liked the last 3 actors, so that made me happy. Well Sally Field had her day and some good films. She won an Oscar once I recall, and Mike Nichols has directed a lot of big hits. Surely, your list is way longer than these 7. Look in Wikepedia - maybe you share your day with some real heavy-duty brainy human beings.

Yeah. I have looked at Wikipedia before and there really isn't anyone of too much interest to me. Mike Nichols is OK, but I just don't care. I have a pretty dull birthday. Though, like I did say, it is all made up for by having John Philip Sousa. I happen to love his music. So, I love that fact! :D


Gee, why couldn't I share my B-day with my favorite actor, KB? *eternal question of life...sigh sigh....*

Yeah, but you DO share with Robert Sean Leonard! So, you at least have that "connection"! Don't forget "Much Ado" AND "Swing Kids"! :p

Janine
10-23-2007, 03:08 PM
Yeah. I have looked at Wikipedia before and there really isn't anyone of too much interest to me. Mike Nichols is OK, but I just don't care. I have a pretty dull birthday. Though, like I did say, it is all made up for by having John Philip Sousa. I happen to love his music. So, I love that fact! :D

LW, that is pretty cool. What would we have done without a John Philip Sousa ? Think of it....all those bands and parades around the US of A! So Americana he was!
OK, so there might have been someone else in your list of interest to someone on here. You should have posted it, anyway. I would like to see who you share you B-D with, even if not an actual author - afterall, I am sure all of them wrote something, at one time or the other, in their lives; said this in a prior post. Look at KB, he wrote his autobiography. Lots of actors do!


Yeah, but you DO share with Robert Sean Leonard! So, you at least have that "connection"! Don't forget "Much Ado" AND "Swing Kids"! :p

:thumbs_up This is true and from extra features I have seen them together and they seem to get along wonderfully - hey, that is a good sign!:D Here's a thought just came to me, I could write a fan letter to RSL (pointing out that we have the same birthdate) and ask him to get KB's autograph, as well....kill two birds with one stone! hahhaa!

Pensive
10-23-2007, 04:09 PM
To Pensive:

You've never heard of James Thurber? Drop everything and get to the public library post haste. Next to Mark Twain, he is undoubtedly the greatest American Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Along with great humor pieces,
short stories ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"), he also drew distinctive cartoons for The New Yorker magazine. They are remarkable, and even more so with the knowledge that Thurber was all-but legally blind when he drew them. I don't believe he hung around with the Algonquin Wits, but he is their contemporary, and again, worked at the same publication. My Life and Hard Times is Thurber's very funny autobiography, a true classic.

Delmore Schwartz? Extremely important American poet.
some say that Delmore was the inspiration for Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Saul Bellow's great novel, Humboldt's Gift. Also, look up "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz.

Bill Bryson -- entertaining writer w. a good sense of humor.
Explored under-rated byways of the good ol' USA. Also he is very, very good on language.

And Ann Coulter? A dragon lady! Avoid her at all costs.

Auntie

Thanks for the information, AuntShecky! :) I wish I could have a telepathic contact with all these personalities like Saleem Sinai had with Midnight's Children! :D

AuntShecky
10-24-2007, 02:02 PM
Pensive -- the last I heard Smarty was still among us, but at a -- excuse the expression -- a stud farm. So unlike his predecessor, the beloved Funny Cide who is a gelding, perhaps someday future champions can claim Smarty Jones as his sire.

Stargazer86
04-21-2009, 03:23 PM
April 23rd- William Shakespeare

Although I've heard before, that that may or may not be his actual birthday. The earliest known documentation of Shakespeare was his Christening date which was, I believe, April 26th. Since this was usually done when babies were about 3 days old, his birthday is assumed to be April 23. I saw this on a video in a class much. Don't know if it's true or not. I suppose it would be worth looking more into

Wilde woman
04-22-2009, 05:24 AM
Interesting thread!

Feb. 10

John Suckling
William Congreve
Charles Lamb
Boris Pasternak (ironic...I'm reading Doctor Zhivago right now)
Roxanne Pulitzer (of the Pulitzer prize...cool!)

Also, Mark Spitz. Back when I swam competitively, I used to take that for a sign. But ever since Michael Phelps came along.... :sick:

higley
04-22-2009, 04:36 PM
September 25th-- William Faulkner! :)

a_little_wisp
04-22-2009, 04:43 PM
MWAHAHA everyone's zodiac sign is now available!

January 28th, and the only one I can remember is - Collete (Gigi)

Lynne50
04-22-2009, 04:58 PM
It seems there are only two authors/poet on my list...John Steinbeck and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But I can say that Elizabeth Taylor is also on the list. Boy, I wish I had those violet eyes.

BienvenuJDC
04-22-2009, 05:56 PM
Sam Levenson (1911) - In One Era and Out the Other