Today's Famous Birthdays

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Gary Leonard Oldman
(born 21 March 1958)

is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has
received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three
British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making
him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.

Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982).
He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court and was a member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane,
Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of
Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz
in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of
a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of
the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990),
Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

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Matthew Broderick
(born March 21, 1962)

is an American actor. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character
in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994),
and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical The Producers and its 2005 film adaptation. Other
films he had starring credits in include WarGames (1983), Glory (1989), The Freshman (1990),
The Cable Guy (1996), Godzilla (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count on Me (2000)
and The Last Shot (2004). Broderick also directed himself in Infinity (1996) and provided voice
work in Good Boy! (2003), Bee Movie (2007), and The Tale of Despereaux (2008).









John Davison Rockefeller III
(March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978)

was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He
was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic projects, many of which his family had launched, as well
as supporting organizations related to East Asian affairs. Rockefeller was also a major supporter of the
Population Council, and the committee that created the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.










Rose Stone
(born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945)

is an American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and
the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and
Freddie Stone. She often wore a platinum-colored wig while performing with the band, and was
noted for her strong vocals. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a
member of Sly and the Family Stone.

After the band's dissolution in 1975, "Sister Rose" (as she was also known) married Sly Stone's
former manager/co-producer, Bubba Banks. She later recorded a solo album on Motown Records,
billed as Rose Banks.










Russell Allen Thompkins Jr.
(born March 21, 1951)

is an American soul singer. Best known as the original lead singer of the vocal group The Stylistics
and noted for his high tenor, countertenor, and falsetto vocals. With Russell as lead singer. The
Stylistics had 12 straight Top 10 Billboard R&B singles, and 5 gold singles from 1971 through 1974.

From 1971 to 1974, the Stylistics had twelve consecutive U.S. R&B top ten hits and five top ten U.S.
pop hits, including "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", "You Are Everything", "Betcha by Golly, Wow",
"Break Up to Make Up", and "You Make Me Feel Brand New". All of these songs
(and everything the group ever recorded) were led by Thompkins, and with the exception of
"You're a Big Girl Now", written and composed by Thom Bell and lyricist Linda Creed (1974's
"You Make Me Feel Brand New", a No. 2 pop hit, was also sung lead by group member Airrion Love).










Lynn Mabry
(born March 21, 1958)

is an American singer. She got her start in Sly and the Family Stone, along with Dawn Silva. In 1977,
she joined P-Funk. The following year, Mabry and Silva became the original Brides of Funkenstein,
releasing their first album Funk Or Walk. Mabry became pregnant and left the band in 1979. She gave
birth to a daughter named Akasha Larain Morrison in December 1979 (father is Walter "Junie" Morrison).
Silva continued The Brides with backing singers Sheila Horne and Jeanette McGruder for another year.

In 1983, Mabry joined Talking Heads for their concert film Stop Making Sense. She also spent time as
a background vocalist, continuing to tour with such acts as Rita Coolidge, Namie Amuro and Bette Midler
and George Michael in 1989 on the song "If You Were My Woman". In 1990, she toured as a backing
vocalist for Fleetwood Mac during their Behind the Mask Tour. In 1991, she toured as a backing vocalist
for Stevie Nicks during her Time Space tour. In the same year, she performed a cover version Soul II Soul's
"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" with George Michael for his Cover to Cover tour.