Today's Famous Birthdays

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Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr.
(born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939)

was an American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in
silent films, including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro, but spent the
early part of his career making comedies. Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
(spelled "Ulman" by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in his memoirs) in Denver, Colorado. His parents
were Hezekiah Charles Ullman and Ella Adelaide (née Marsh). He had two half-brothers,
John Fairbanks Jr. and Norris Wilcox, and a full brother, Robert Payne Ullman.









Sidney Meltzer
(May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011),

known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent
carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom Green Acres and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the
Copa Club, in The Danny Thomas Show and its spin-offs. He appeared in about 140 film and
television projects in a career that spanned nearly 60 years. Among his most famous films were
Lost Continent with Cesar Romero, The Steel Helmet with Gene Evans and Robert Hutton,
The Lemon Drop Kid with Bob Hope, and Lady Sings The Blues with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.
He was a regular on The Danny Thomas Show and Green Acres, and appeared in flashback on
several episodes of The Golden Girls as Salvadore Petrillo, the long-dead husband of Sophia
(played by Estelle Getty) and father of Dorothy (played by Beatrice Arthur). Sidney Meltzer
was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His father was Isidor Meltzer, a Yiddish theater comedian.










Rosemary Clooney
(May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002)

was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song
"Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me",
"Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She
also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because
of problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas
co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in
show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. Rosemary Clooney was born
in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney.
She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was
of English and Irish ancestry.










Drew Allison Carey
(born May 23, 1958)

is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps
and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey gained stardom in his own sitcom,
The Drew Carey Show, and as host of the U.S. version of the improv comedy show
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both of which aired on ABC. He then appeared in several films,
television series, music videos, a made-for-television film, and a computer game. Carey has
hosted the game show The Price Is Right since October 15, 2007, on CBS. Carey was born
on May 23, 1958 to Lewis and Beulah Carey. He is the youngest of three brothers
(Neil, 1946–2010 and Roger, born 1952) and was raised in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood
of Cleveland, Ohio.










William Pelham Barr
(born May 23, 1950)

is an American attorney who served as the 77th and 85th United States attorney general in the
administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump. Born and raised in New York City,
Barr was educated at the Horace Mann School, Columbia University, and George Washington
University Law School. From 1971 to 1977, Barr was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
He then served as a law clerk to judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 1980s, Barr worked for the law firm
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, with one year's work in the White House of the Ronald Reagan
administration dealing with legal policies. Before becoming attorney general in 1991, Barr held
numerous other posts within the Department of Justice, including leading the Office of Legal Counsel
(OLC) and serving as deputy attorney general. From 1994 to 2008, Barr did corporate legal work
for GTE and its successor company Verizon Communications, which made him a multimillionaire.
From 2009 to 2018, Barr served on the board of directors for Time Warner.









Marvelous Marvin Hagler
(born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021)

was an American professional boxer and film actor. He competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987 and
reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight division from 1980 to 1987, making twelve
successful title defenses, all but one by knockout. Hagler also holds the highest knockout percentage
of all undisputed middleweight champions at 78 percent. His undisputed middleweight championship
reign of six years and seven months is the second-longest active reign of the last century. He holds
the record for the sixth longest reign as champion in middleweight history. Nicknamed "Marvelous"
and annoyed that network announcers often did not refer to him as such, Hagler legally changed
his name to "Marvelous Marvin Hagler" in 1982.