Happy Birthday!

[Nearly Sane]

I've been using birthdays on the quotes thread to give sone focus to the choice, which is why I quoted the genius that was Yeats today. I couldn't help but notice that it is also James Clerk Maxwell's birthday today, a stone cold genius, so I am starting a thread where we can note notable birthdays. It's a bit cheerier than the deaths.

http://clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/about_maxwell.html

[Nearly Sane]

So it's a happy birthday amongst others to Harriett Beecher Stowe and Donald Trump, but also Jerzy Kosinski who wrote Being There (or maybe didn't). Fascinating life





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Kosiński

[Walt Zingmatilder]

I've been using birthdays on the quotes thread to give sone focus to the choice, which is why I quoted the genius that was Yeats today. I couldn't help but notice that it is also James Clerk Maxwell's birthday today, a stone cold genius, so I am starting a thread where we can note notable birthdays. It's a bit cheerier than the deaths.

http://clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/about_maxwell.html

A religious man too.

[Aruntraveller]

A religious man too.

He had brown hair too.

[Sebastian Toe]

A religious man too.

..and a sporter of a fine beard.

[Gordon]

..and a sporter of a fine beard.

Scottish too.

[Nearly Sane]

Scottish too.

And invented instant coffee in his house.

[Nearly Sane]

And for today a big HB to Edvard Grieg


https://youtu.be/bR3N1yBEGbw

[Nearly Sane]

Stan Laurel, Enoch Powell, and Geronimo all having a slice.of birthday cake today. If anyone hasn't seen Stan & Ollie, it's a lovely little film. Neither Powell nor Geronimo makes an appearance

[Stranger]

Also one of the 20th century's great photographers Irving Penn.

The Irving Penn Foundation

[Nearly Sane]

Amongst other birthdays Stravinsky, Escher and Mark Linn-Baker. I only mention Linn-Baker because it  makes me want to watch My Favourite Year - which contains a stunning performance from Peter O'Toole as not Errol Flynn.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Year

[Nearly Sane]

Couple of Trentvoyager's favourites birthdays today with Paul McCartney and Alison Moyet

[Aruntraveller]

Couple of Trentvoyager's favourites birthdays today with Paul McCartney and Alison Moyet

I only knew half of those facts. Alison's birthday had escaped me.

[Nearly Sane]

And amongst those receiving metaphorical birthday bumps today Wallis Simpson, Salman Rushdie, and Thelma Barlow

[Nearly Sane]

Parties today for Jean Marie Le Pen, Wendy Craig, and Brian Wilson.

[Steve H]

And amongst those receiving metaphorical birthday bumps today Wallis Simpson, Salman Rushdie, and Thelma Barlow

and Boris Johnson, Aung San Suu Kyi, and me - 69 yesterday (age, not sexual position, unfortunately).

[Gordon]

and Boris Johnson, Aung San Suu Kyi, and me - 69 yesterday (age, not sexual position, unfortunately).

Happy birthday for yesterday Steve - and I'm sure he won't object if I also note that today is Owlswing's birthday, and also the birthday of the younger of my two granddaughters (who is 4 today).

[Nearly Sane]

And listening to Happy Birthday today, Jean Paul Sartre, Francoise Sagan, and Ray Davies

[Nearly Sane]

And another year for Elizabeth Warren, Lindsay Wagner, and Meryl Steep - all born on same day. Also renowned author Dan Brown

[Nearly Sane]

Three cheers for Winifred Holtby, author of the great South Riding, Joss Whedon - writer of the magnifcent Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.

Also as per the quotes thread, the great Alan Turing

[Nearly Sane]

New milestones for Juan Manuel Fangio, Mary Wesley, and Phil Harris, the last of whom I sang along to many many times

[Nearly Sane]

And a careless whisper tells me that it is the birthday of George Michael, George Orwell, and Carly Simon

[Nearly Sane]

Uptick in age for Babe Didricksen Zaharias, Patty Smyth (not Patti Smith) and Georgie Fame.

[Nearly Sane]

And the birthday wishes ring out for Helen Keller, Ross Perot, and Charles Stewart Parnell.

[Nearly Sane]

Felicitations of the day for Rousseau, Richard Rodgers, and Lalla Ward