Today's Famous Birthdays

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Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld
(born April 14, 1960),

known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Possessing
a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action
and animation mediums. Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s.
Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film,
in minor and guest roles. His first major role was Robert Barone on the CBS sitcom
Everybody Loves Raymond. The series debuted September 13, 1996, and ran for nine seasons.
In 2002, he gave an Emmy-nominated and critically lauded performance as Jackie Gleason
in the television film Gleason.








Sarah Michelle Prinze
(born April 14, 1977)

is an American actress. After being spotted at the age of four in New York City, she made her acting
debut in the television film An Invasion of Privacy (1983). A leading role on the teen drama series
Swans Crossing (1992) was followed by her breakthrough as Kendall Hart on the ABC daytime soap
opera All My Children (1993–1995), for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Younger Actress in a Drama Series. Gellar received international recognition for her portrayal of
Buffy Summers on the WB/UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), which
earned her five Teen Choice Awards, a Saturn Award, and a Golden Globe Award nomination.








Loretta Lynn
(April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022)

was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released
multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as: "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'
(With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980
musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life. Lynn received many awards and other accolades
for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association
and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She was nominated 18 times
for a Grammy Award and won three times. As of 2022, Lynn was the most awarded female country recording
artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (the 1970s). Lynn scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11
number-one albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017
and broke her hip in 2018.









Francesco Vincent Serpico
(born April 14, 1936)

is an American retired New York Police Department detective, best known for whistleblowing on
police corruption. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was a plainclothes police officer working
in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to expose vice racketeering. In 1967, he reported credible
evidence of widespread police corruption, to no effect. In 1970, he contributed to a front-page story
in The New York Times on widespread corruption in the NYPD, which drew national attention to
the problem. Mayor John V. Lindsay appointed a five-member panel to investigate accusations of
police corruption, which became the Knapp Commission.








Peter Edward Rose Sr.
(born April 14, 1941),

also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player
and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently
as a member of the Cincinnati Reds team known as the Big Red Machine for their dominance of
the National League in the 1970s. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos.
During and after his playing career, he served as the manager of the Reds from 1984 to 1989.
Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562),
at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328). He won three World Series, three batting titles,
one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award. Rose made
17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder,
third baseman, and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder,
in 1969 and 1970. In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player),
Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled
on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included
claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those
on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal
agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball
and on the Reds.







Richard Hugh Blackmore
(born 14 April 1945)

is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing
jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar
riffs and has been known for playing both classically influenced and blues-based solos. During his
solo career, Blackmore established the hard rock band Rainbow, which fused baroque  music influences
and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later
formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night along with his current wife
Candice Night, shifting to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. He is cited by publications such as
Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most  influential guitar players of all time.








Anderson da Silva
(born 14 April 1975)

is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds
the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ended
in 2013 and included a UFC record 16 consecutive victories in that span. UFC president Dana White,
UFC commentator Joe Rogan and numerous mixed martial arts (MMA) pundits have named Silva as
one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. Silva left the UFC in November 2020 and returned
to boxing. Silva will be inducted in the UFC Hall of Fame in July 2023.