Today's Famous Birthdays

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Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
(April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001),

better known by his stage name Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican-American actor. He was known for his
portrayal of earthy, passionate characters "marked by a brutal and elemental virility" in numerous
critically acclaimed films both in Hollywood and abroad. His notable films include La Strada,
The Guns of Navarone, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Shoes of the Fisherman,
The Message, Lion of the Desert, Jungle Fever and Seven Servants. He also had an Oscar-nominated
titular role in Zorba the Greek. Quinn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for
Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956. In addition, he received two Academy Award nominations
in the Best Leading Actor category, along with five Golden Globe nominations and two BAFTA Award
nominations. In 1987, he was presented with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement
Award. Through both his artistic endeavors and civil-rights activism, he remains a seminal figure of
Latin-American representation in the media of the United States.









Tony Danza
(born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951)

is an American actor. He is known for co-starring in the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and
Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four
Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer
in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show
(not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show of the same name).
He has also appeared in films such as The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981),
Angels in the Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), and Don Jon (2013).









Charlotte Brontë
(21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855)

was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood
and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted in school at Roe Head, Mirfield,
in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne,
at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839, she undertook the role of governess for the
Sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to Haworth, where the sisters opened a
school but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published
in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The Professor,
was rejected by publishers, her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847. The sisters
admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in
London literary circles. Charlotte Brontë was the last to die of all her siblings. She became
pregnant shortly after her marriage in June 1854 but died on 31 March 1855, almost certainly
from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.










Elizabeth II
(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)

was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her
death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was head of
state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of
any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female head of state in history.









James Newell Osterberg Jr.
(born April 21, 1947),

known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, radio broadcaster, songwriter
and actor. Called the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band
The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since.










Robert James Smith
(born 21 April 1959)

is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member
of the rock band the Cure, which he co-founded in 1978. He was also the lead guitarist for the band
Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984, and was part of the short-lived group the Glove in 1983.
Smith is known for his guitar-playing style, distinctive voice, and fashion sense, with the latter—a pale
complexion, smeared red lipstick, black eye-liner, a dishevelled nest of wiry black hair, and all-black
clothes—being highly influential on the goth subculture that rose to prominence in the 1980s. He was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cure in 2019, and in its 2023 issue
of the list, he was ranked the 157th greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.