Sunday, July 22, 2012

Celebrity Birthdays on July 22


1811-1832 Napoleon II, Emperor of the French and King of Rome
1828-1864 James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta
1806-1869 John A. Roebling was a German-American civil engineer who designed the Brooklyn Bridge
1827-1915 Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor who was known for proposing worldwide standard time zones, Canada's postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and being a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, a science organization in Toronto
1903-1934 John Dillinger, American bank robber
1878-1967 Carl Sandburg, American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes
1940-1992 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, actor and rodeo rider who portrayed the Marlboro Man
1958-1999 Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth)
1966-2003 Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein
1964-2003 Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein
1923-2008 Estelle Getty, American comedic actress who is best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992, which won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe

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