Today's Famous Birthdays

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David Janssen
(born David Harold Meyer)
(March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980)

was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as
Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967). Janssen also had
the title roles in three other series: Richard Diamond, Private Detective; O'Hara,
U.S. Treasury and Harry O.

In 1996 TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.









Anthony George Banks
(born 27 March 1950)

is an English musician, songwriter and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist
and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist,
releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music.








Quentin Jerome Tarantino
(born March 27, 1963)

is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized
violence, extended dialogue including the pervasive use of profanity and references to popular culture.

Tarantino began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of the crime
film Reservoir Dogs in 1992. His second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a dark comedy crime
thriller, was a major success with critics and audiences winning numerous awards, including
the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 1996, he appeared
in From Dusk till Dawn, also writing the screenplay. Tarantino's third film, Jackie Brown (1997),
paid homage to blaxploitation films.









Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, OBE
(27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933)

was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for
reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude Johnson (1864–1926),
he founded Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce initially focused on large 40-50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its
successors. Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War
and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product.








William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) is an American former NASCAR Winston
Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, and farmer. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR
history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He was one
of the preeminent stock car drivers from the 1960s to the 1980s and also competed in IndyCar
events. His fame was such that a special model of the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II
was named after him.

His 83 wins tie him with Jimmie Johnson for sixth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winner's
list (behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, who are tied for fourth with 84). His 14.82% winning
percentage is the ninth best of all-time and third among those with 500 or more starts. Yarborough
won the Daytona 500 four times; his first win coming in 1968 for the Wood Brothers, the second
in 1977 for Junior Johnson, and back-to-back wins in 1983 and 1984 for Ranier-Lundy Racing.
Yarborough is a three-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the
Year Award (1977, 1978, 1979).









Mariah Carey
(born March 27, 1969)

is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme"
by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style,
improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. Carey is famous for
the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song
"All I Want for Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas". Carey rose
to fame in 1990 with her debut album Mariah Carey. She was the first artist to have their first
five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring several generations
of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.









Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson
(born March 27, 1975),

is an American singer and rapper. She first achieved chart success as part of the hip hop group the
Black Eyed Peas. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess (2006), saw commercial success and spawned
three Billboard Hot 100 number one singles: "London Bridge", "Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry".
Although she vocally incorporates rapping into some of her performances,
she does not consider herself a rapper.