April 7th Birthdays
If you were born on April 7th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
 Bobby Bare (nee Robert Joseph Bare Sr.)
Bobby Bare (nee Robert Joseph Bare Sr.)
Grammy-winning Country Music Hall of Fame American singer & songwriter (Detroit City; Marie Laveau; How I Got to Memphis; 500 Miles Away from Home; Daddy What If; The All American Boy), & TV host (Bobby Bare and Friends), born April 7, 1935. (Bobby Bare 1973: RCA Records / Jack Roberts Agency)
 Iris Johansen (mother of Roy Johansen)
Iris Johansen (mother of Roy Johansen)
American modern & historical romance novelist (Touch the Horizon; One Touch of Topaz), suspense and mystery writer, author of the Eve Duncan crime fiction series (The Face of Deception; Chasing the Night; Sleep No More), born April 7, 1938. (Iris Johansen Photo: Louis Tonsmeire, used by permission)
 Francis Ford Coppola (brother of Talia Shire; dad of Sophia Coppola)
Francis Ford Coppola (brother of Talia Shire; dad of Sophia Coppola)
Oscar-winning American filmmaker (Marie Antoinette; The Godfather; Patton; Apocalypse Now; Bram Stoker’s Dracula; The Rainmaker; American Graffiti; The Black Stallion; The Cotton Club; Rumble Fish; Peggy Sue Got Married), born April 7, 1939. Uncle of Nicolas Cage. (Francis Ford Coppola ’76: NBC)
 John Oates
John Oates
American guitarist, songwriter (Love is Fire), and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duet singer with Daryl Hall (Sara Smile; She’s Gone; Out of Touch; You Make My Dreams; Maneater; Possession Obsession; Adult Education; Rich Girl; Kiss on My List; Private Eyes; I Can’t Go For That), born April 7, 1949. (John Oates 1989)
Janis Ian (nee Janis Eddy Fink)
 (nee Janis Eddy Fink)
American science fiction writer, folk musician, & Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (At Seventeen; Better Times Will Come; Society’s Child [Baby I’ve Been Thinking], Fly Too High; Love is Blind; Will You Dance? You Are Love), born April 7, 1951. (Janis Ian 1960s-1970s Photo: JanisIan.com)
 Jackie Chan (nee Chan Kong-sang)
Jackie Chan (nee Chan Kong-sang)
Hong Kong singer, martial arts expert (hapkido), movie producer, stuntman & actor (Mr. Nice Guy; Rush Hour; Shanghai Noon; Rumble in the Bronx; New Fists of Fury; The Cannonball Run; Police Story; Armour of God; The Foreigner), born April 7, 1954. (Jackie Chan 2002 Photo: Lee M. McCaskill / U.S. Navy)
 Teri Ann Linn (aka Teri Anderson)
Teri Ann Linn (aka Teri Anderson)
American singer, model & actress of TV (Kristen Forrester Garrison on The Bold and the Beautiful; Giulia Colombo on Anni ’60; Magnum, P.I.; The New Mike Hammer) and movies (Aloha Summer; Fallout; Female Mercenaries; Pure Danger), born April 7, 1961. (Teri Ann Linn 2013 Photo: Teri Anderson)
 Russell Crowe (nee Russell Ira Crowe; aka Russ le Roq)
Russell Crowe (nee Russell Ira Crowe; aka Russ le Roq)
Oscar-winning New Zealand actor of movies (Gladiator; A Beautiful Mind; L. A. Confidential; Cinderella Man; The Insider; Robin Hood; Proof of Life; The Silver Brumby; 3:10 to Yuma; Virtuosity; Mystery, Alaska; Rough Magic), stage, & TV, born April 7, 1964. (Russell Crowe 2011: Eva Rinaldi)
 (Billie Holiday: Billboard 1943 Music Yearbook | Walter Winchell 1931)
(Billie Holiday: Billboard 1943 Music Yearbook | Walter Winchell 1931)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 7th!
Remember These April 7th Famous Birthdays
 James Garner (nee James Bumgarner)
James Garner (nee James Bumgarner)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Maverick; The Rockford Files; 8 Simple Rules; Nichols; Cheyenne) and movies (Boy’s Night Out; The Thrill of it All; Victor Victoria; Murphy’s Romance; Space Cowboys; Cash McCall; The Great Escape) (born Apr. 7, 1928 – died July 19, 2014; age 86). James Garner died of a heart attack. (James Garner 1950s Maverick Photo: Warner Brothers TV)
 Roberta Shore (nee Roberta Jymme Schourop)
Roberta Shore (nee Roberta Jymme Schourop)
American actress of TV (Betsy Garth on The Virginian; Father Knows Best; The Bob Cummings Show; Annette; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Maverick) & movies (The Shaggy Dog; Blue Denim; Because They’re Young; The Young Savages; A Summer Place; Lolita) (born Apr. 7, 1943 – died Feb. 12, 2022; age 78). (Roberta Shore 1960s The Virginian Photo: Herb Ball / NBC)
 Wayne Rogers (nee William Wayne McMillan Rogers III)
Wayne Rogers (nee William Wayne McMillan Rogers III)
American actor of TV (Trapper John McIntyre on M*A*S*H; Dr. Charley Michaels on House Calls; Luke Perry on Stagecoach West; Search for Tomorrow; City of Angels; Chiefs; Gunsmoke; Murder, She Wrote; The F.B.I.) and movies (Cool Hand Luke; WUSA) (born Apr. 7, 1933 – died Dec. 31, 2015; age 82). Wayne Rogers died of pneumonia complications. (Wayne Rogers 1960 Johnny Ringo)
 David Frost (ex of Lynne Frederick; ex-partner of Diahann Carroll)
David Frost (ex of Lynne Frederick; ex-partner of Diahann Carroll)
English comedian, writer, journalist, TV interviewer & host (That Was The Week That Was; Breakfast With Frost; Through the Keyhole; Frost Over the World; Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life; The Frost Report; Frost on Sunday; Frost on Friday; The Frost Interview) (born Apr. 7, 1939 – died Aug. 31, 2013; age 74). David Frost died of a heart attack. (David Frost 1972 Photo)
 Billie Holiday (nee Eleanora Fagan; “Lady Day“)
Billie Holiday (nee Eleanora Fagan; “Lady Day“)
Grammy, Rock & Roll, and National Rhythm & Blues Halls of Fame American jazz songwriter & singer (Lady Sings the Blues; Carelessly; I’m Gonna Lock My Heart; Strange Fruit; Easy Living; What a Little Moonlight Can Do; Summertime; They Can’t Take That Away From Me; Billie’s Blues) (born Apr 7. 1915 – died July 17, 1959; age 44). Billie Holiday died of cirrhosis. (Billie Holliday 1948)
 Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell
American host, narrator and gossip columnist of newspapers (On-Broadway), radio (Saks on Broadway), TV (The Walter Winchell File; The Untouchables; The Walter Winchell Show) and movies (Dondi; The Bard of Broadway; The Helen Morgan Story) (born Apr. 7, 1897 – died Feb. 20, 1972; age 74). Walter Winchell died of prostate cancer. (Walter Winchell 1952 What’s My Line?)
 Alan J. Pakula (nee Alan Jay Pakula; ex of Hope Lange)
Alan J. Pakula (nee Alan Jay Pakula; ex of Hope Lange)
American screenwriter, movie producer and director (Klute; All the President’s Men; To Kill a Mockingbird; Sophie’s Choice; The Pelican Brief; The Parallax View; Baby the Rain Must Fall; Inside Daisy Clover; Up the Down Staircase; Presumed Innocent; The Devil’s Own) (born Apr. 7, 1928 – died Nov. 19, 1998; age 70). Alan J. Pakula died instantly in a car accident. (Alan J. Pakula 1990: Towpilot)
 Percy Faith
Percy Faith
Canadian-American Grammy-winning conductor (Percy Faith and His Orchestra) & composer for TV & movies (Theme from A Summer Place; The Song from Moulin Rouge; Tammy Tell Me True; Theme from Summer of ‘42; I’ll Never Smile Again; The Virginian (born Apr. 7, 1908 – died Feb. 9, 1976; age 67). Percy Faith died of cancer. (Percy Faith 1948 Photo: CBS Radio)
Italian fencer, 13X Word Champion & 6X Olympic gold medalist in individual & team fencing (1952 individual & team épée gold; 1936, 1956 & 1960 team épée; 1956 team foil), the most championships in the history of the sport (born Apr. 7, 1919 – died May 25, 2012; age 93). Cause of death for Edoardo Mangiarotti is unknown. (Edoardo Mangiarotti 1930s-1950s Photo)
English Romantic Age Poet Laureate (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; Simon Lee: The Old Huntsman; Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey; Lucy Gray; The Prelude; We are Seven; She dwelt among the untrodden ways; Strange fits of passion have I known; I traveled among unknown men) (born Apr. 7, 1770 – died Apr. 23, 1850; age 80). (William Wordsworth: Henry William Pickersgill)
 Will Keith Kellogg (W.K. Kellogg; brother of John Harvey Kellogg)
Will Keith Kellogg (W.K. Kellogg; brother of John Harvey Kellogg)
American flaked cereal pioneer, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company / Kellogg Company (whole-grain cereals) founder, Arabian horse breeder, founder of W. K. Kellogg Airport on Kellogg Ranch (now California State Polytechnic College), & philanthropist (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) (born Apr. 7, 1860 – died Oct. 6, 1951; age 91). (W.K. Kellogg 1938: Frank O. Salisbury)
 Bert Wheeler (nee Albert Jerome Wheeler)
Bert Wheeler (nee Albert Jerome Wheeler)
American comedian & actor solo & with partner Robert Woolsey of stage, TV, & films (Rio RIta; Small Timers; The Cuckoos; Dixiana; Halt Shot at Sunrise; Hook Line and Sinker; Cracked Nuts; Oh! Oh! Cleopatra; Cockeyed Cavaliers; Girl Crazy; Hold ‘Em Jail; So This is Africa; Diplomaniacs; The Nitwits; Kentucky Kernels) (born Apr. 7, 1895 – died Jan. 18, 1968; age 72). (Bert Wheeler 1932)
 R. G. Armstrong (nee Robert Golden Armstrong, Jr.)
R. G. Armstrong (nee Robert Golden Armstrong, Jr.)
American actor of TV (Gunsmoke; Trapper John, M.D.; Dynasty; T.H.E. Cat; L. A. Law; Matlock; Cannon; The Virginian; Hawaii Five-O; Rawhide; Bonanza; The Fugitive; Perry Mason; Zane Grey Theater) & films (Justin Morgan Had a Horse; Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) (born Apr. 7, 1917 – died July 27, 2012; age 95). R. G. Armstrong died of natural causes. (R. G. Armstrong 1967 Daniel Boone)
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