Today's Famous Birthdays

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Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds
(April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016)

was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years.
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal
of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role,
as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of
Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination),
The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached
number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album,
titled Debbie.

She starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous
Molly Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967),
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996)
(Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997).









Alexander Gordon Jump
(April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003)

was an American actor. He was best known for playing Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the series
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which he reprised in its spin-off The New WKRP in Cincinnati
(1991–1993). He also played Chief Tinkler in the sitcom Soap (1977–1978) and Mr. Horton
on a two-part episode of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1983). He appeared in Maytag commercials
as the "Maytag repairman" from 1989 until his retirement in 2003.








Elizabeth Alice MacGraw
(born April 1, 1939)

is an American actress and activist. She gained attention with her role in the film
Goodbye, Columbus (1969), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising
Newcomer. She gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story (1970),
for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was
voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and
footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films.
Despite this, she would retain her leading woman status in only four films afterward.
She went on to star in the popular action film The Getaway (1972). She played the female
lead in Convoy (1978) and headlined the romantic sports drama Players (1979), the comedy
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), and appeared in the historical novel-based television
miniseries The Winds of War (1983). In 1991, she published an autobiography, Moving Pictures.








Logan Alexander Paul
(born April 1, 1995)

is an American social media personality, actor, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to
WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel,
and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021.
Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over 4 million
YouTube subscribers









Paul John Manafort Jr.
(born April 1, 1949)

is an American lobbyist, political consultant, and attorney. A long-time Republican Party
campaign consultant, he chaired the Trump presidential campaign from June to August 2016.
Manafort served as an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford,
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bob Dole. In 1980, he co-founded the Washington,
D.C.–based lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone, along with principals Charles R. Black Jr.
and Roger J. Stone, joined by Peter G. Kelly in 1984. Manafort often lobbied on
behalf of foreign leaders such as former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, former
dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, former dictator of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko,
and Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign
governments requires registration with the Justice Department under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); on June 27, 2017,
he retroactively registered as a foreign agent.








Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.
(born April 1, 1950)

is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and
has served since January 31, 2006. He is the second Italian American justice to serve on the
U.S. Supreme Court—after Antonin Scalia—and the eleventh Catholic.

Alito was raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and educated at Princeton University and
Yale Law School. After graduating, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before joining the Supreme Court.
He is the 110th justice. Alito is "one of the most conservative justices on the Court." He has
described himself as a "practical originalist" and applies originalism flexibly, reliably arriving
at conservative outcomes.








Henry Gross
(born April 1, 1951)

is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group Sha Na Na and for
his hit song, "Shannon". Gross is considered a one-hit wonder artist; none of his other songs
reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, his single "Springtime Mama" was a
top 40 hit in the summer of 1976, peaking at #37.









Susan Magdalane Boyle
(born 1 April 1961)

is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series
of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.

Boyle's debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released in November 2009; it became the
UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held by Spirit by Leona Lewis,
and set a record for first-week sales by a debut album, according to the Official Charts Company.
In her first year of fame, Boyle made £5 million (£7.1 million today) with the release of
I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses".









Vítor Vieira Belfort
(born 1 April 1977)

is a Brazilian, retired mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions.
Belfort previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he fought in the
Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions. He is the UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament
Champion, as well as the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Cage Rage World Light
Heavyweight Champion. Known for his explosive knockout power, Belfort is tied for third for the
most finishes in UFC history with 14. Belfort has also competed for MMA promotions Pride FC,
Strikeforce, Affliction, and Cage Rage.