Today's Famous Birthdays

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Audrey Hepburn
(born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)

was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognized as a film and fashion icon, she was
ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from
the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International
Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Audrey Kathleen Ruston (later, Hepburn-Ruston) was born
on 4 May 1929 at number 48 Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She was
known to her family as Adriaantje. Black and White photo of Hepburn's grandfather when
he was governor of Dutch Guiana. Hepburn's grandfather, Aarnoud van Heemstra, was
the governor of the Dutch colony of Dutch Guiana. Hepburn's mother,
Baroness Ella van Heemstra (12 June 1900 – 26 August 1984), was a Dutch noblewoman.
Ella was the daughter of Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra, who served as mayor of Arnhem
from 1910 to 1920 and as governor of Dutch Guiana from 1921 to 1928, and
Baroness Elbrig Willemine Henriette van Asbeck (1873–1939), a granddaughter of
Count Dirk van Hogendorp.
At age 19, she married Jonkheer Hendrik Gustaaf Adolf Quarles van Ufford,
an oil executive based in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, where they subsequently lived.









Paul Xavier Gleason
(May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006)

was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as
All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading Places, and Die Hard. Gleason was
born on May 4, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Eleanor (née Doyle), a registered nurse,
and George L. Gleason, a restaurateur, professional boxer, iron worker, and roofing manufacturer.
Gleason was raised in Miami Beach, Florida. At age 16, he ran away from home and hitchhiked
across the east coast, sleeping on beaches and playing baseball.










Randy Bruce Traywick
(born May 4, 1959),
known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer,
songwriter, guitarist, and actor. Randy Bruce Traywick was born on May 4, 1959, in
Marshville, North Carolina, as the second of six children of Bobbie (née Tucker)
(May 16, 1937 – May 21, 1998), a textile factory worker, and Harold Traywick
(March 31, 1933 – October 8, 2016), a horse breeder, turkey farmer, substitute school teacher,
and construction business owner.








Mary Elizabeth McDonough
(born May 4, 1961),

sometimes credited as Mary Beth McDonough, is an American actress and writer, best known for
her role as Erin Walton on The Waltons from 1972 to 1981. McDonough was born May 4, 1961 in
the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, California, the third of four children to Lawrence and Elizabeth
(née Murray) McDonough. Her father was an Irish American ex-marine from Nebraska, while her
mother was from La Junta, Colorado. McDonough was raised Catholic, in what she described as
a working-class family.









William Emerson Arnett
(born May 4, 1970)

is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix series
Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and as the titular character in the Netflix series
BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). He has appeared in films such as Let's Go to Prison (2006),
Blades of Glory (2007), Semi-Pro (2008), G-Force (2009), Jonah Hex (2010),
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Out of the Shadows (2016), and Show Dogs (2018). Arnett was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of
Edith Alexandra "Alix" (Palk) and Emerson James "Jim" Arnett, who was a corporate lawyer and brewer,
among other occupations.











Michael Ryan Pritchard
(born May 4, 1972),

better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder,
bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the band Green Day. He has also played
in several other bands, including the Frustrators. His stage name Dirnt was originally a nickname
that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and made
a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.









Laci Denise Peterson
(May 4, 1975 — c. December 24, 2002)

was an American woman killed while eight-months pregnant with her first child. Laci's husband,
Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972), was convicted of first-degree murder for her death
and second-degree murder for the death of their unborn son. Originally sentenced to death, Scott's
sentence was overturned in 2020, and, in 2021, he was re-sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole. Scott has maintained his innocence.