Today's Famous Birthdays

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Edward Albert Heimberger
(April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005)

was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in
Roman Holiday, and the second in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen
roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim
in the musical Oklahoma!, and the sadistic prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He
starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and as
Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as
Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.










Bettie Mae Page
(April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008)

was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She
was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and
trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations. After her death, Playboy founder
Hugh Hefner called her "a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced
sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society". In 1959,
Page converted to evangelical Christianity and worked for Billy Graham, studying at Bible
colleges in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, with the intent of becoming a missionary.
The latter part of Page's life was marked by depression, violent mood swings, and several
years in a state psychiatric hospital with paranoid schizophrenia.









Glen Travis Campbell
(April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017)

was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He was best known for a series
of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS
television from 1969 until 1972. He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades,
selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums,
and one double-platinum album. Among Campbell's hits are "Universal Soldier", his first hit from 1965,
along with "Gentle on My Mind" (1967), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (1967),
"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (1968), "Wichita Lineman" (1968), "Galveston" (1969),
"Rhinestone Cowboy" (1975), and "Southern Nights" (1977).










John Joseph Nicholson
(born April 22, 1937)

is an American retired actor and filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors
of all time. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure. He received numerous
accolades throughout his career which spanned over five decades, including three Academy Awards,
three BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the
Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. Nicholson has won three Academy Awards, for Best Actor for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It Gets (1997) and for Best Supporting Actor
for Terms of Endearment (1983). He was Oscar-nominated for Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970),
The Last Detail (1974), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1986), Ironweed (1987),
A Few Good Men (1992) and About Schmidt (2002). Nicholson is also known for his notable roles
in Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Shining (1980), Heartburn (1986), Broadcast News (1987),
Batman (1989), Hoffa (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003),
The Departed (2006) and The Bucket List (2007)









Ryan Lee Stiles
(born April 22, 1959)

is an American-Canadian actor, comedian, and producer whose work is often associated with
improvisational comedy. He is best known for his work on the original British series and
American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his role as Lewis Kiniski on
The Drew Carey Show. He also played Herb Melnick on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men
and was a performer on the show Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza.








Amber Laura Heard
(born April 22, 1986)

is an American actress, humanitarian and social activist. She had her first leading role in the
horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), and went on to star in films such as
The Ward (2010), Drive Angry (2011), and London Fields (2018). She has also had supporting
roles in films including Pineapple Express (2008), Never Back Down (2008), The Joneses (2009),
The Rum Diary (2011), Paranoia (2013), Machete Kills (2013), Magic Mike XXL (2015), and
The Danish Girl (2015). Heard is part of the DC Extended Universe franchise, playing Mera in
Justice League (2017), Aquaman (2018), and the forthcoming Aquaman and the
Lost Kingdom (2023). She has also acted in television series such as Hidden Palms (2007)
and The Stand (2020).









Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
(22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924),

better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924
and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the
Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party.
Ideologically a Marxist, his development of the ideology is known as Leninism. A controversial
and highly divisive historical figure, Lenin is viewed by his supporters as a champion of socialism
and the working class. Meanwhile, Lenin's critics accuse him of establishing a totalitarian
dictatorship which oversaw mass killings and political repression.









J. Robert Oppenheimer
(April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967)

was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of
California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory
and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the
Manhattan Project—the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear
weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico,
where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945. He later
remarked that the explosion brought to mind words from the Bhagavad Gita:
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
In August 1945, the weapons were used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.










Peter Kenneth Frampton
(born 22 April 1950)

is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member
of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie. Later in his career Frampton found success as a
solo artist. He has released several albums, including his breakthrough album, the live release
Frampton Comes Alive! (1976), which spawned several hit singles and has earned 8× Platinum
by the RIAA in the United States. He has also worked with acts such as Ringo Starr, the
Who's John Entwistle, David Bowie, and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam.
Frampton is best known for such hits as "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way",
"Do You Feel Like We Do", and "I'm in You", which remain staples of classic rock radio.
He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy,
and Madam Secretary.