Today's Famous Birthdays

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Victor Daniels
(April 12, 1899 – December 1, 1955),

known professionally as Chief Thundercloud, was an American character actor in Westerns.
He is noted for being the first actor to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native-American
companion, on the screen. Daniels worked many jobs — cowboy on cattle ranches, miner,
rodeo performer, and tour guide — before he went to Hollywood to try his luck at acting.
Daniels started as a stuntman. From there he graduated to character actor status. His title
"Chief" was a Hollywood invention, a stage name. He had the title role in Geronimo (1939)
and played Tonto in both Republic Lone Ranger serials, The Lone Ranger (1938) and
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939).








Frank Bank
(April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013)

was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the
1957–1963 situation comedy television series Leave It to Beaver. Bank was cast in fifty episodes
of Leave It to Beaver between January 24, 1958, until the series finale on May 30, 1963. Thereafter,
he was cast as Clarence Rutherford in 101 episodes of the series sequel, The New Leave It to Beaver,
which aired on cable television from 1985 to 1989.







Edward Leonard O'Neill
(born April 12, 1946)

is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Al Bundy on the Fox Network sitcom
Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes, and Jay Pritchett
on the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he was nominated for three
Primetime Emmy Awards and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards (all four for being part
of the best Ensemble in a Comedy Series). He has also appeared in the Wayne's World film
series, Little Giants, Prefontaine, The Bone Collector, and Sun Dogs, and has done voice-work
for the Wreck-It Ralph franchise and Finding Dory.







David Michael Letterman
(born April 12, 1947)

is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late night television
talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with
David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with
David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and
Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night
talk show host in American television history. In 1996, Letterman was ranked 45th on
TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. In 2002, The Late Show with David Letterman
was ranked seventh on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.







David Bruce Cassidy
(April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017)

was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known for his role as
Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother, Shirley Jones), in
the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol
status as a superstar pop singer of the 1970s








Shannen Doherty
(born April 12, 1971)

is an American actress. She is known for her many roles of television and film, including as
Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to
Have Fun (1985); Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–1988); Heather Duke in Heathers (1989);
Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–94), 90210 (2008–2009) and again in BH90210 (2019);
Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001); and Dobbs in Fortress (2021).








Henry Clay Sr.
(April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852)

was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state.
He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections. He helped found both the
National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned
the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen,
alongside fellow Whig Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun.









Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
(born April 12, 1940)

is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with
trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped
to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop
sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles, using a wide
array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released perhaps his best-known
and most influential album, Head Hunters.







Patrick Henry Travers
(born April 12, 1954)

is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career in the mid-1970s.
Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, he
saw Jimi Hendrix perform in Ottawa. Travers began playing in bands early in his teens; his first
bands were the Music Machine (not to be confused with the Californian psychedelic/garage band
of the same name), Red Hot, and Merge, which played in clubs in the Quebec area.







Vincent Grant Gill
(born April 12, 1957)

is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial
success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s
and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed
him in high demand as a guest vocalist and a duet partner.








Tulsi Gabbard
(born April 12, 1981)

is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who served
as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was
the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress.
She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election,
before leaving the party and becoming an independent in October 2022.