I'm going to be a little egotistical, but happy birthday to me! Yay!!

Come! Cheer with me!!

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Okay, fine. If not for me, then maybe one of these fine folks who were kind enough to share this birthday with me:

Bea Arthur -- Star of Maude & Golden Girls -- Sic Semper Bea Arthur!!
Dennis Rodman -- if you don't know who he is by now...
Darius Rucker -- lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish, one of my favorites
Harvey Keitel -- one of the finest actors of our time IMHO
Joe Louis -- boxing legend
Peter Gabriel -- Musician (remember that goofy "Sledgehammer" video?)
Stevie Wonder -- 'nuff said
Ritchie Valens -- the original, not Lou Diamond Phillips
Jim Jones -- Cult Leader (the man with the fatal Kool-Aid... admittedly, not a popular fellow, but it is his birthday too)

and some slightly less well-known figures:

Daphne DuMaurier -- author of Rebecca & the story that became the movie "The Birds"
Roger Zelazny -- Award-winning SF author (I've probably read some of his stuff, but I can't remember)
Franklin Ajaye -- Jazz singer/Actor (mostly known in the early to mid-80s)
Sir Ronald Ross -- Pathologist & Nobel laureate
Sir Arthur Sullivan -- of Gilbert & Sullivan fame)

and last but not least:

Popes Innocent XIII & Pius IX, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria & King Joao of Portugal!!

Not too shabby a crowd, if I do say so myself. Except for Jim Jones, of course, a fine group to be associated with.