#William Gilpin

[butiambatman]

"A truth is a truth, whether delivered in the language of a philosopher, or a peasant: and the intellect receives it as such. But the artist, who deals in lines, surfaces, and colours, which are an immediate address to the eye, conceives the very truth itself concerned in his mode of representing it." - William Gilpin, Essay On Picturesque Beauty

[thefollyflaneuse]

Pentillie Mausoleum, Saltash, Cornwall

Pentillie Mausoleum, Saltash, Cornwall

In the early years of the 18th century Sir James Tillie updated his will and included a rather mysterious instruction about his last resting place. He was to be interred ‘in such a place at Pentillie Castle as I have acquainted my dearest Wife the Lady Elizabeth Tillie with.’ (more…)

[randomfoggytiger]

David Duchovny and Celebrities

Just some pics I've found while catching up~

1990s: Maggie Wheeler

1990s: Winona Ryder

1996: David Duchovny, Jane Leeves, and Peri Gilpin

1997: Peri Gilpin

1997: George Clooney

1997: Angelina Jolie

2000: Minnie Driver

2004: Carrie Fisher

2006: Julianne Moore

2006: Maggie Gyllenhaal

2006: Craig Ferguson

2007: Robin Williams

2007:

2023:  Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2023: Logan Marshall-Green and Stephanie Beatriz

2024: Pedro Pascal 

2024: Meg Ryan

2024: David Nutter and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

[smolgreybunny]

The Old Astronomer to His Pupil, Sarah Williams | The Astronomer, Charlie Bowater | The Old Astronomer to His Pupil, Sarah Williams | Two Headed Calf, Laura Gilpin | [sorry I can't find the artist of this one] | Not Giving Up On You, Chris Renzema

[anhed-nia]

BLOGTOBER 10/22/2024: THE GRUDGE (2020)

I had no idea that this movie even existed when I stumbled upon it one night and figured it would be an OK waste of time. The film's invisibility is explained by the fact that it was released right at the beginning of 2020, which was a lousy time to do anything, but that doesn't clarify for me why everyone hated it so much. I have a few theories, the main one of which is GRUDGE burnout. Various factors make it hard to describe how many GRUDGE movies there actually are, but let's generously say there are 7 original Japanese features, 2 Japanese reboot films, the SADAKO VS. KAYAKO movie, then there are 3 American remakes and this reboot. The present film is the only one I like.

I was a total sucker for J Horror when it hit the states, but even at the height of my mania, I didn't get anything in the extended JU-ON franchise. None of them have the depth or convincing dread of RINGU or KAIRO or any of the other allegories for festering trauma and alienation. They all just seem extremely silly to me; oooh, a spooky cat, oooh, a spooky child. Every time the ghosts start making that noise, it's almost impossible for me to stop myself from also making the noise. It's a noise you learn to make as a little kid to be annoying. It makes me think of this every time:

The 2020 version, on the other hand, really works for me. Not that it's never silly, but considering that it's built on a foundation that is so fundamentally ridiculous, it's pretty accomplished. It's intensely atmospheric, effectively scary, and it has an absolutely stacked cast; with all that in mind, I find the de rigueur silliness pretty forgivable.

Andrea Riseborough (yesss) is a recently widowed cop whose first case in a new town involves a string of seemingly-unrelated deaths tied to a certain house. As per GRUDGE tradition, the asynchronous story unfolds over three years, during which: - A grudge-infected woman returns from Japan to kill her family and herself in the house. - A pair of husband-wife realtors, who are expecting a potentially-severely disabled child, contract the grudge as they try to sell the house, resulting in a murder-suicide. - An aging couple moves in, and they temporarily host a woman who performs assisted suicides, hoping she will help the wife, who suffers from advanced dementia. Soon, they all start to see the angry spirits of the first family.

I really enjoy the way that this story is layered, with a character who recently experienced a death; a couple who are seeking death (Lin Shaye and Frankie Faison); and a couple who struggle to decide whether their baby will live or die (Betty Gilpin and John Cho). It's a lot to pack into a 94-minute movie, but the cast is so strong, and the atmosphere is so well-developed that nothing feels half-baked. I especially enjoy Jacki Weaver (of PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK among many other things) as the assisted suicide professional who brings a touch of Tangina to her segment, without going over the top. This is certainly Lin Shaye's finest moment; I've always been a fan, but in this role she balances tragedy and terror very successfully. She's someone who has that Robert Englund quality where she just really knows how to be in front of the camera, she knows what her angles are and has an excellent sense of timing, but here she also gets to do a bit of proper drama. It's nice.

All that aside, I just find this movie really appealing materially. It has a couple of the best movie corpses I've ever seen, and it has an interesting way of presenting haunted houses. One of the few things that I like about the other GRUDGE movies is how they tackle the challenge of making a new, cheaply constructed house look scary. The big old Victorian that the movie centralizes is an easy one, but Andrea Riseborough's suburban ranch-style place is a less obvious candidate, and they still manage to spookify it pretty well. I used to think about what makes a new building disturbing when I would see images of Jeffrey Dahmer's parents' place, which was so ordinary in most ways, though it was also shoved back into the shadows of the trees...I always wondered whether I was just projecting that it looked sort of grim. I also think about my in-laws' suburban home, which I don't personally find spooky--perhaps due to comfort and familiarity--but it crazily doesn't get any light at all, from any angle. It's perpetually cold inside because of this, and I always ask myself if I would find the place frightening if I were a stranger there.

William Sadler FTW!!!

Anyway, that's enough about me. I can pick out things about this movie that don't work as well (like I find Demian Bichir deeply ridiculous although I don't exactly blame him, I think it's just the way he is), but I don't find that the problems stand out farther than the virtues, and I think that makes this a success. I did browse through some of the negative reviews just to see what I might be missing, and I found that the vast majority of them said things that I just didn't think were true; I think it's objectively not true that the performances are shallow, I think it's objectively not true that it's overly predictable and cliched. I think that sometimes people preemptively tell themselves what a movie will probably be like--especially horror movies, and most especially an American reboot of a remake of a Japanese horror movie--and then when they see the movie, they only see what they told themselves they would. Of course I can't prove that that's what happened, it's just what I think, because almost no negative review made me feel like we had even seen the same thing. I'm here to tell you not to be afraid of THE GRUDGE (2020). Go ahead and see what you think, without all the baggage. If you really don't like it, it can be my fault.

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

The picturesque is an aesthetic category developed in the 18th century to describe, in the words of artist and author William Gilpin (1724–1804), ‘that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture’. It was associated with fashionable landscape gardening, however its cultural significance extended far beyond this.— The National Trust

[leasthaunted]

Garth's Guide to the Picturesque Art Movement

This post is a companion to the Garth's Corner for Episode 106: The Dick Knight Rises (link). I showed Cody several examples of Picturesque landscape paintings and landscape paintings made before this movement.

The artwork of the Renaissance was a revival of old Greek and Roman ideas of geometric perfection, symmetry, proportion, and harmony. Here are some examples.

Andrea Mantegna "Garden of Gethsemane" (1470)

Nicolas Poussin "Apollo in Love with Daphne" (1664)

Nicolas Poussin "Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice" (1651)

The term "picturesque" concerns two aesthetic ideals - both the beautiful and the sublime. In the 1700s artists were becoming interested in rendering landscapes in a new way. They painted more evocatively, making the landscape the central focus and record of their own experience. They wanted to capture the majesty of nature.

Artists Thomas Gray had this to say about the Scottish Highlands:

"The mountains are ecstatic […]. None but those monstrous creatures of God know how to join so much beauty with so much horror."

Examples of the Picturesque:

Claude Lorrain "A view of the Roman Campagna from Tivoli, evening" (1645)

Figures in Classical Landscape - Flemish School (early 1700s)

Richard Wilson "Solitude" (1762-1770)

Thus began a tourist craze of landscape trophy hunting. Artist and Cleric William Gilpin remarked, "Shall we suppose it a greater pleasure to the sportsman to pursue a trivial animal, than it is to the man of taste to pursue the beauties of nature?"

Normally I use several sources (up to two!) for my Garth's Corners, but for this one I used Wikipedia. Here's a link to that, the last great website on a dying internet.

And, yes I'm an ass man. Here's two versions of the von Ahnen coat of arms:

We'll try to keep this tumblr up to date from here on.

[buckybarnesss]

tagged by @dear-massacre

i am primarily a non-fiction girlie. i like reading about historical things. you could say i have a niche. can you guess what it is?

102 minutes that changed america by jim dwyer and kevin flynn. i consider this a must read about 9/11. it's an engaging read and i promise you will come out of it infuriated about new york real estate codes but also it humanizes the event. there were real heroes that day. the history channel also did a documentary of the same name.

the invention of murder: how the victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime by judith fanders. this one of not for the faint of heart. it's a beast of a book. but it's incredibly interesting and full of information. we've always been weird freaks.

stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by mary roach. i will not lie i got this book due to a sterek fanfic and i did not regret it. if you ever wanted to know how cadavers have contributed to science and human safety this is the book to read.

this republic of suffering: death and the american civil war by drew gilpin faust. this is one of my incredibly niche interests. the american civil war fundamentally changed the american relationship with death (and religion) which is fascinating. men died far away from home and americans had to learn to cope with mass death.

working stiff: two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner by judy melinek and t.j mitchell. dr judy melinek started working as a pathologist for new york city two months before 9/11 and a few other big events. i found this super compelling.

plague (black death & pestilence in europe) by william g. naphy and andrew spicer. i just want y'all to know i was reading this book in feburary 2020 (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞. it's also super informative. who doesn't like reading about the black death and societal changes because of it?

assassination vacation by sarah vowell. i discovered this book due to the incredibles dvd giving sarah vowell a spotlight on it. she is the voice of violet parr and an essayist. i recommend any book by her and she was a semi-frequent guest on the daily show during jon stewart's tenure. by this one? it's about presidential assassinations -- a favorite topic of mine.

how to fight presidents: defending yourself against the badasses who ran this country by daniel o'brien. this is written by cracked alumn and now writer for the late late show daniel o'brien. he liked my tweet about it. pour one out for him not only having to read about mallard filmore but he also was spoken to by the secret service and not allowed to include any living presidents (at the time) in the book.

the witches: suspicion, betrayal, and hysteria in 1692 salem by stacy schiff. a really in depth look at the salem witch trials that i considered quite the page turner. i consider it a god forbid woman do anything tale. her book on cleopatra was also riveting.

tagging @janiedean @jamiesugah @jack-whiskey-daniels @sarcasticassian @frostysfrenzy

[butiambatman]

"It is the harmony we admire in these elegant little touches of nature's pencil" - William Gilpin, Essay On Picturesque Beauty

[thaliajoy-blog]

Sharing some of my favorite poems for Christmas ❤️

- An Arundel Tumb by Philip Larkin

- The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe

- The Shield of Achilles by W.H. Auden

- Cherry Blossoms by Topaz Winters

- Guidebook for Wild Things Wishing to be Tamed by Topaz Winters

- The Stones by Sylvia Plath

- Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath

- The Nude Swim by Anne Sexton

- She Was a Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth

- Fame is a Fickle Food by Emily Dickinson

- Home by Warsan Shire

- An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

- The Tollund Man by Seamus Heaney

- Little Red Cap by Carol Ann Duffy

- Sonnet 116 by W. Shakespeare

- Persimmons by Li-Young Lee

- The Burning Girl by Mary Karr

- Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke

- Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin

- The last sonnet of Elisabeth Bishop

- Tea at the Palaz of Hoon by Wallace Stevens

[18thfoot]

Lieutenant Bernard Haines, Captain James Daubeny and Captain Richard Dawson, all of the 18th, Royal Irish Regiment, New Zealand, 1868. Ensign Bernard Gilpin Haines gets one mention in Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, appearing on the list of officers who deployed to New Zealand with the 2nd Battalion in 1863. Haines was born in London on 6th February 1842, the son of Samuel and Ann Haines. His Ensign's commission dated from 18th January 1861.He was promoted Lieutenant in October 1865 and retired from the service on 5th July 1873 receiving the value of his commission. Haines became a Militia Captain in the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 10th May 1882, promoted to Major on 24th December 1892. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel , commanding the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 31st October 1894. Haines was granted the honorary rank of Colonel on 28th November 1894, and he retired from the Militia on 1st January 1902.

Richard William Erskine Dawson was born on 31st December 1832 in Malta, the son of Major George Thomas Dawson, 73rd Foot, and his wife Euphemia née Erskine. Dawson fought in the Crimean War and in the Maori Wars with the 18th Royal Irish. He was Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment between 1882 and 1886 and eventually rose to the rank of Major-General. Richard Dawson and Florence Anna Barton, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Hugh William Barton were married on 13th May 1871, in Croydon, England. The couple had no children. Dawson died on 11th June 1890, aged 57, in Kensington, London.

#18thfoot #royalirishregiment #newzealand #maoriwars

Photo Credit; Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa

[broke-on-books]

✒️ please!!

Send me a ✒️ and I'll pick a poem I think you'd like

After flipping through my notebooks I decided to go with my first instinct for you, which was "A Toast to the Alchemists" by Laura Gilpin. This poem hasn't been published online officially, so they're aren't a ton of sites that have it that I could find with a quick Google search. However I've attatched photos of a reddit post with it along with my version in my journal.

I picked this poem because of its themes of time and the passage of time, as well as magic and giving emotional significance to the most mundane and clinical of things (atoms and elements). In other words, taking magic from the world around us, especially through a lens usually seen as lacking wonder or whimsy. Also vibes, I mainly did it based on vibes.

Some other poems I considered in my search/additional recommendations are listed under the cut:

If you liked the writing of this poem, and haven't read it already (or have) I definitely recommend "The Two-Headed Calf" by Laura Gilpin. It's by the same author and is her most famous poem and is fairly well known and also soooooo good. So good.

Poems with similar themes:

Poems with similar themes to "A Toast to the Alchemists" are

"Dusting" by Marilyn Nelson 💘 (literally cried to this. To be fair it was 10 minutes after I finished the HDM finale so it was mainly because of that but still. Great poem.)

"The Sciences Sing a Lullabye" by Albert Goldbarth

"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (90% sure you've read this one its the time theme but inverted and it's great if you haven't)

Rejected picks/Poems that gave me Anu vibes (many for no particular reason):

Poems by Ted Kooser for some reason??? NO idea why they're very different from the ones above but some of my faves are "Selecting a Reader", "In a Country Cemetery in Iowa", "The Constellation Orion" and "Flying by Night" (I'm v much questioning this pick now but I'll keep it up here just in case)

Honestly a bunch of random unrelated stuff was popping out at me ("Listen" by Miller Williams, "Cartoon Physics, Part 1" by Nick Flynn, "Snow" by David Berman) and like a million billion more which I all got from the same anthology (Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins) so if you want to read a bunch more poetry, based on vibes alone, I'd say look for the book, the website, or the sequel. The poems from that book aren't too similar to the one above but it's really one of two books I generally recommend people right off the bat (it was my lit teachers favorite lol) because it's meant to get young adults and teens into poetry and introduce contemporary poetry in general. Idk how much poetry you've read whatever but even if you aren't new to it it's still a good compilation of late 90s/early 00s poetry that makes you think but isn't super long/totally incomprehensible

Anyways that got WAY longer than I anticipated or anyone probably wanted but poetry is an obsession of mine and recommending poetry is much more complicated and harder that it looks, even for the people you know best in the whole world AFTER interviewing their opinions on poetry, not to mention how difficult it would be for internet friends on tumblr. But anyways there's a couple poems, I got the vibes as close as I could with the poems I had on file. (Although i do feel like I'm missing something big 🤔) Anyways thanks for the ask Anu! Hope you thought my pick was alright!

[johnlinneyphotography]

Pavement - Headrow. Another from today. In the late 18th, early 19th Century; a painter William Gilpin published a set of rules for landscape painters. They stipulated amongst other things, how many cattle should be in the foreground and one must always be lying down. I find I’m happiest with a street photo if I have people walking opposite directions and at least one person in frame, sat down. This fits the bill perfectly! #fujixs10 #fujifilmxs10 #sigma1850mmf28 #leeds #streetphotography #igstreet #bnw #bnwphotography #bnw_captures #bnwstreet #yorkshire #yorkshirephotographer https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJNFuQo7eL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Saturday 24.. November 1832

7 10

11 ¾

clearer than yesterday and fine morning – F49° at 7 10 – breakfast with my father at 8 ¼ - out at 9 with Pickles and his son John stubbing and getting up thorns between Calf croft and round Ing, and between the 2 brook Ings in the morning and in the afternoon planting another thorn in Charles H-‘s acre field – and a bush of wild rose near the culvert or drain thro’ the slope near the hut – etc. and planting thorns under the high wall in James Smiths’ upper brow, far corner, adjoining Joseph Wilkinson – home at 5 35 so dark I did not see to keep on the walk thro’ the hall wood, but got off perfectly – changed my things in 40 minutes! dinner at 6 ¼ - afterwards till 9 ½ read the first 150pp. ‘Practical hints upon Landscape gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery  By William S. Gilpin, Esquire London: printed for T. Cadell, Strand, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh 1832. London: printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, new-street-square 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 228.

Joseph Wilkinson gave me his word of honour he would come tonight and give me his answer about the water to Lower brea – but up to now 9 25 he has not arrived – found on my dark the 4 throat-cravat fills from Miss W- which make 6 that she has now made for me, but no note with them – went into the other room at 9 ½ - In the morning after 10, John Booth holing in James Smiths’ brow for thorns and carting them in the afternoon – skimmed over the courier of tonight and came upstairs at 10 20 – fine November day – tho’ a little small rain about noon but this soon passed off – F50 ½° at 10 ¾ p.m. - on getting into bed found my cousin come very gently and obliged to sit up and prepare it took me near half hour

 Got today from Whitley and Booth’s ordered some time since Gilpin on landscape gardening and a form of family prayer to be given to Miss W-

[randomlyrandoms]

Celebrity Deaths 2023 (Continue)

JULY

Vincenzo D'Amico - July 1 (Soccer Player)

Meg Johnson - July 1 (Soap Opera Actress)

Jo Lindner - July 1 (Bodybuilder / Instagram Star)

Robert Lieberman - July 1 (Director)

Frank Field - July 1 (Meteorologist)

Jeno Jando - July 4 (Pianist)

George Tickner - July 5 (Rock Singer)

CoCo Lee - July 5 (Pop Singer)

Stephen M. Silverman - July 6 (Editor)

Jeffrey Carlson - July 6 (Stage Actor)

Peter Nero - July 6 (Pianist)

Joseph Chebet - July 7 (Runner)

Nikki McCray - July 7 (Basketball Player)

Ozkan Ugur - July 8 (Pop Singer)

Manny Coto - July 9 (Screenwriter)

Andrea Evans - July 9 (Movie Actress)

Mikala Jones - July 9 (Surfer)

Luis Suarez Miramontes - July 9 (Soccer Player)

Tommy Moller Nielsen - July 10 (Soccer Player)

C.R. Roberts - July 11 (Football Player)

Milan Kundera - July 11 (Novelist)

Nick Koster - July 12 (Rugby Player)

Ryucheru - July 12 (Model)

Andre Watts - July 12 (Pianist)

Heide Simonis - July 12 (Politician)

Danielle Ballard - July 13 (Basketball Player)

Josephine Chaplin - July 13 (Movie Actress)

Carlin Glynn - July 13 (TV Actress)

Edward Hume - July 13 (Screenwriter)

Gustavo Badell - July 13 (Bodybuilder)

Nick Benedict - July 14 (Movie Actor)

Haley Odlozil - July 14 (Activist)

Annabelle Ham - July 15 (YouTube Star)

Cody Ince - July 15 (Football Player)

Justyn Vicky - July 15 (Fitness Influencer)

Elise Finch - July 16 (Reporter)

Jane Birkin - July 16 (Movie Actress)

Harry Frankfurt - July 16 (Philosopher)

Luigi Bettazzi - July 16 (Religious Leader)

Linda Haynes - July 17 (Movie Actress)

Miller Farr - July 18 (Football Player)

Oommen Chandy - July 18 (Politician)

Shintaro Yokota - July 18 (Baseball Player)

Dedric Willoughby - July 19 (Basketball Player)

Olivia Knighton - July 19 (Family Member) *Brad Knighton's Daughter*

Bill Geddie - July 20 (TV Producer)

Tony Bennett - July 21 (Pop Singer)

Ron Sexton - July 21 (Comedian)

Zhanna Samsonova - July 21 (Vegan Influencer)

Vince Hill - July 22 (Pop Singer)

Pamela Blair - July 23 (Movie Actress)

Hugh Carter Jr. - July 23 (Businessman)

Inga Swenson - July 23 (TV Actress)

Trevor Francis - July 24 (Soccer Player)

Tony John Priscott - July 24 (Soccer Player)

George Alagiah - July 24 (TV Show Host)

Leny Andrade - July 24 (Jazz Singer)

Bo Goldman - July 25 (Screenwriter)

Jani Allan - July 25 (Journalist)

Sinead O'Connor - July 26 (Rock Singer)

Randy Meisner - July 26 (Rock Singer)

Alan Hugh Schoen - July 26 (Physicist)

Martin Walser - July 28 (Novelist)

Marc Gilpin - July 29 (Movie Actor)

**Paul Reubens - July 30 (TV Actor)

Betty Ann Bruno - July 30 (Journalist)

Angus Cloud - July 31 (TV Actor)

Jess Search - July 31 (Filmmaking)

Joseph Gardiner - July 31 (Rugby Player)

Carol Duvall - July 31 (TV Show Host)

Surat Huseynov - July 31 (Politician)

AUGUST

David Le Batard - Aug. 1 (Multimedia Artist)

Sheila Oliver - Aug. 1 (Politician)

Clifton Oliver - Aug. 2 (Stage Actor)

JM Canlas - Aug. 3 (TV Actor)

Carl Davis - Aug. 3 (Composer)

Mark Margolis - Aug. 3 (TV Actor)

John Gosling - Aug. 4 (Keyboard Player)

Joan Kors - Aug. 5 (Family Member) *Michael Kor's Mother*

Gillies Gilbert - Aug. 5 (Hockey Player)

Bryan Randall - Aug. 5 (Photographer)

Jim Price - Aug. 7 (Baseball Catcher)

Casper - Aug. 7 (DJ)

William Friedkin - Aug. 7 (Director)

Aracy Balabanina - Aug. 7 (Soap Opera Actress)

Sixto Rodriguez - Aug. 8 (Folk Singer)

Johnny Hardwick - Aug. 8 (Voice Actor)

Shelley Smith - Aug. 8 (TV Actress)

Sean Dawkins - Aug. 9 (Football Player)

Robbie Robertson - Aug. 9 (Rock Singer)

Hugh Segal - Aug. 9 (Author)

George Kolasa - Aug. 9 (Luxury Fashion Executive)

Brice Marden - Aug. 9 (Painter)

Doreen Mantle - Aug. 9 (TV Actress)

Caleb White - Aug. 10 (Basketball Player)

Carl DeSantis - Aug. 10 (Entrepreneur)

Paige Gaal - Aug. 10 (TikTok Star)

Adonis Beck - Aug. 10 (TikTok Star)

Adrian Estrada - Aug. 10 (YouTube Star)

Shoji Tabuchi - Aug. 11 (Violinist)

Tom Jones - Aug. 11 (Pop Signer)

Darren Kent - Aug. 11 (TV Actor)

Kathryn Hoedt - Aug. 12 (Producer)

Robert Rorke - Aug. 12 (Editor)

Helen Smart - Aug. 12 (Swimmer)

Alex Collins - Aug. 13 (Football Player)

Magoo - Aug. 13 (Rapper)

Randy Minniear - Aug. 13 (Football Player)

Clarence Avant - Aug. 13 (Business Executive)

Zyquan Mitchell - Aug. 13 (TikTok Star)

Rodion Amirov - Aug. 14 (Hockey Player)

Bobby Baun - Aug. 14 (Hockey Player)

Lea Garcia - Aug. 15 (Movie Actress)

Jerry Moss - Aug. 16 (Trumpet Player)

Renata Scotto - Aug. 16 (Opera Singer)

Michael Parkinson - Aug. 16 (Radio Host)

Clancy Brown - Aug. 16 (Movie Actor)

Haruki Noguchi - Aug. 16 (Road Racer)

Kris Nova - Aug. 16 (Writer)

Rick Jeanneret - Aug. 17 (Radio Host)

Brady Larson - Aug. 17 (Race Car Driver)

Rose Gregorio - Aug. 17 (TV Actress)

Nathaniel Horn - Aug. 18 (Family Member) *Robin Kelly's Husband*

Ray Hilderbrand - Aug. 18 (Pop Singer)

Ashlea Albertson - Aug. 18 (Race Car Driver)

Nancy Frangione - Aug. 18 (Soap Opera Actress)

James L. Buckley - Aug. 18 (Politician)

Sarah Lawson - Aug. 18 (Movie Actress)

Ron Cephas Jones - Aug. 19 (TV Actor)

John Warnock - Aug. 19 (Entrepreneur)

Maxie Baughan - Aug. 19 (Football Player)

Jori Jones - Aug. 20 (Hockey Player)

David Jacobs - Aug. 20 (Screenwriter)

Reggie Chaney - Aug. 21 (Basketball Player)

Elizabeth Hoffman -Aug. 21 (TV Actress)

Joe Muchlinski aka VonViddy - Aug. 21 (TikTok Star)

Alejandra Villafane - Aug. 21 (Pageant Contestant)

Rene Weller - Aug. 22 (Boxer)

Nathen Louis Jackson - Aug. 22 (Producer)

Toto Cutugno - Aug. 22 (Pop Singer)

Terry Funk - Aug. 23 (Wrestler)

Steve Sidwell - Aug. 23 (Football Coach)

Hersha Parady - Aug. 23 (TV Actress)

Bob Feldman - Aug. 23 (Songwriter)

Katera Couch - Aug. 23 (Instagram Star)

Yevgeny Prigozhin - Aug. 23 (Criminal)

Bray Wyatt - Aug. 24 (Wrestler)

Arleen Sorkin - Aug. 24 (TV Actress)

Bernie Marsden - Aug. 24 (Guitarist)

*Bob Barker - Aug. 26 (Game Show Host)

John Kezdy - Aug. 26 (Punk Singer)

Faye Fantarrow - Aug. 26 (Songwriter)

MC Marcinho - Aug. 26 (Funk Singer)

Joe The Plumber - Aug. 27 (Activist)

Pat Corrales - Aug. 27 (Coach)

Jonathan Sheppard - Aug. 27 (Trainer)

Ray Jacobs aka August 08 - Aug. 28 (Songwriter)

Len Chandler - Aug. 28 (Folk Singer)

Tina Howe - Aug. 28 (Playwright)

Mike Enriquez - Aug. 29 (TV Show Host)

Jamie Crick - Aug. 29 (Radio Broadcaster)

Don Browne - Aug. 29 (Media Executive)

Jamie Christopher - Aug. 29 (Assistant Director)

Robert Klane - Aug. 29 (Screenwriter)

Jack Sonni - Aug. 30 (Guitarist)

Mohamed Al-Fayed - Aug. 30 (Entrepreneur)

TYBZI - Aug. 30 (YouTube Star)

Steve Crump - Aug. 31 (Journalist)

Gayle Hunnicutt - Aug. 31 (TV Actress)

Sarah Young - Aug. 31 (Author)

Silvina Luna - Aug. 31 (Model)

SEPTEMBER

Jimmy Buffett - Sept. 1 (Country Singer)

Bill Richardson - Sept. 1 (Politician)

Dr. Maz Gomez - Sept. 2 (Journalist)

Marcia De Rousse - Sept. 2 (Movie Actress)

Shannon Wilcox - Sept. 2 (Movie Actress)

Lefty SM - Sept. 2 (Rapper)

Ruschell Boone - Sept. 3 (Reporter)

Gary Wright - Sept. 4 (Rock Singer)

**Steve Harwell - Sept. 4 (Rock Singer)

Eddie Meador - Sept. 4 (Football Player)

Edith Grossman - Sept. 4 (Translator)

Violeta Mitul - Sept. 4 (Soccer Player)

Charles Mallet - Sept. 4 (TikTok Star)

Bruce Guthro - Sept. 5 (Songwriter)

Joe Fagin - Sept. 5 (Singer / Songwriter)

Maria Teresa Campos - Sept. 5 (Journalist)

Adnan Al-Kaissie - Sept. 6 (Wrestler)

Jim Tom Hedrick - Sept. 6 (Reality Star)

Richard Davis - Sept. 6 (Bassist)

Whitey Von Nieda - Sept. 6 (Basketball Player)

Larry Chance - Sept. 6 (Musician)

Ellie The Pug - Sept. 6 (Dog)

Raymond Ackerman - Sept. 6 (Business Executive)

Giles Broadbent - Sept. 7 (Violinist)

Geechy Guy - Sept. 7 (Comedian)

Jake Bloom - Sept. 7 (Lawyer)

Akira Nishimura - Sept. 7 (Composer)

Lisa Lyon - Sept. 8 (Bodybuilder)

Mike Yarwood - Sept. 8 (Impressionist)

Brett Sawyer - Sept. 8 (Wrestler)

Felicia Taylor - Sept. 8 (Journalist)

Mangosuthu Buthelezi - Sept. 9 (Politician)

Charlie Robison - Sept. 10 (Country Singer)

Nico Ladenis - Sept. 10 (Chef)

Robert S. Bennett - Sept. 10 (Attorney)

Nichole Coats - Sept. 10 (Model)

Ian Wilmut - Sept. 10 (Physicist)

Brendan Croker - Sept. 10 (Guitarist)

Howard Safir - Sept. 11 (NYC Police Commissioner)

Neil Currey - Sept. 11 (Bodybuilder)

Mike Williams - Sept. 12 (Football Player)

Jean Boht - Sept. 12 (TV Actress)

Brandon Hunter - Sept. 12 (Basketball Player)

MohBad - Sept. 12 (Rapper)

Zeus The Great Dane - Sept. 12 (Dog)

Maleesa Mooney - Sept. 12 (Model)

Maddy Anholt - Sept. 13 (Comedian)

Roger Whittaker - Sept. 13 (Pop Singer)

Lauch Faircloth - Sept. 14 (Politician)

Michael McGrath - Sept. 14 (Stage Actor)

Pat Nebo - Sept. 14 (Production Designer)

Tiago Eugenio - Sept. 14 (YouTube Star)

Dr. Harry Mallios - Sept. 14 (Football Player)

Michael Leva - Sept. 14 (Fashion Designer)

Tracy Cole - Sept. 15 (Family Member) *Nat King Cole's Great-Nephew*

Billy Miller - Sept. 15 (Soap Opera Actor)

Paul Woseen - Sept. 15 (Bassist)

Fernando Botero - Sept. 15 (Painter)

Horace Ove - Sept. 16 (Filmmaker)

Francois Dionot - Sept. 16 (Chef)

Irish Grinstead - Sept. 16 (R&B Singer)

Gita Mahta - Sept. 16 (Author)

Echo Brown - Sept. 16 (Author)

Victor Fuchs - Sept. 16 (Health Economist)

Sherry Pollex - Sept. 17 (NASCAR Figure)

Taylor Erin Maw - Sept. 17 (Missionary)

Adriana Thyssen - Sept. 17 (Blogger)

Nicky Newman - Sept. 17 (Instagram Star)

Brereton Jones - Sept. 18 (Politician)

Trisha Stratford - Sept. 18 (Doctor)

Filippo Mometto - Sept. 18 (Motorcycle Racer)

Henry Boucha - Sept. 18 (Hockey Player)

Buddy Teevens - Sept. 19 (Coach)

Kent Stax - Sept. 20 (Drummer)

Phil Sellers - Sept. 20 (Basketball Player)

Maddy Cusack - Sept. 20 (Soccer Player)

Katherine Anderson - Sept. 20 (Soul Singer)

Maw Maw Smith - Sept. 20 (Family Member) *Brittney Smith's Grandmother*

Walewska Oliveira - Sept. 21 (Volleyball Player)

Robert W. Smith - Sept. 21 (Composer)

Giorgio Napolitano - Sept. 22 (World Leader)

Robb Gaffney - Sept. 22 (Freeskiing Pioneer)

Nic Kerdiles - Sept. 23 (Hockey Player)

Terry Kirkman - Sept. 23 (Songwriter)

Nashawn Breedlove - Sept. 24 (Movie Actor)

Barry Olivier - Sept. 24 (Guitarist)

Reiky De Valk - Sept. 24 (TV Actor)

David McCallum - Sept. 25 (TV Actor)

Matteo Messina Denaro - Sept. 25 (Criminal)

Zoleka Mandela - Sept. 25 (Activist)

Burkey Belser - Sept. 25 (Graphic Designer)

Brooks Robinson - Sept. 26 (Baseball Player)

Maurice Leitch - Sept. 26 (Novelist)

**Michael Gambon - Sept. 27 (Movie Actor) *Wands Up For Albus Dumbledore*

Aziz Pahad - Sept. 27 (Politician)

Adouli - Sept. 27 (Rapper)

Viliami Moala - Sept. 28 (Football Player)

Dianne Feinstein - Sept. 29 (Politician)

Nick Wilkinson - Sept. 29 (Casting Director)

John Gordon - Sept. 30 (Artist)

Russell Batiste Jr. - Sept. 30 (Drummer)

OCTOBER

Jim Caple - Oct. 1 (Writer)

Russ Francis - Oct. 1 (Football Player)

Tim Wakefield - Oct. 1 (Baseball Player)

Ron Haffkine - Oct. 1 (Producer)

Eve Bunting - Oct. 1 (Young Adult Author)

Francis Lee - Oct. 2 (Soccer Player)

Jeff Alessi - Oct. 2 (Supercross Racer)

Lorenzo Delle - Oct. 2 (TikTok Star)

Joe Christopher - Oct. 3 (Baseball Player)

Jacqueline Dark - Oct. 3 (Opera Singer)

Thomas Gambino - Oct. 3 (Mobster)

Bob Wagner - Oct. 4 (Football Coach)

Shawn Trpcic - Oct. 4 (Costume Designer)

Wayne Comer - Oct. 4 (Baseball Player)

Lady Cathy Ferguson - Oct. 5 (Family Member) *Sir Alex Ferguson's Wife*

Dick Butkus - Oct. 5 (Football Player)

Asad Chowdhury - Oct. 5 (Poet)

Keith Jefferson - Oct. 6 (Movie Actor)

Jim Poole - Oct. 6 (Baseball Player)

Michael Chiarello - Oct. 6 (Chef)

President Davo - Oct. 6 (Rapper)

Terence Davies - Oct. 7 (Director)

Alan Eisenberg - Oct. 7 (Executive Director)

Ted Schwinden - Oct. 7 (Politician)

Burt Young - Oct. 8 (Movie Actor)

Buck Trent - Oct. 9 (Country Singer)

David Benedictus - Oct. 9 (Writer / Theatre Director)

Kevin Phillips - Oct. 9 (Writer)

Chuck Feeney - Oct. 9 (Businessman / Philanthropist)

Gail O'Neill - Oct. 10 (Model)

Mark Goddard - Oct. 10 (TV Actor)

Ken Lally - Oct. 10 (Movie Actor)

Shirley Jo Finney - Oct. 10 (Theater Director)

Terry Dischinger - Oct. 10 (Basketball Player)

Brendan Malone - Oct. 10 (Basketball Coach)

Cal Wilson - Oct. 11 (Comedian)

Phyllis Coates - Oct. 11 (Movie Actress)

Rudolph Isley - Oct. 11 (Singer / Songwriter)

Tof Henry - Oct. 11 (Skier)

Walt Garrison - Oct. 11 (Football Player)

Ronnie Caldwell - Oct. 12 (Football Player)

Lara Parker - Oct. 12 (TV Actress)

Louise Gluck - Oct. 13 (Poet)

Garry Mapanzure - Oct. 13 (World Music Singer)

Arturas Rudy - Oct. 14 (Rugby Player)

Piper Laurie - Oct. 14 (TV Actress)

Stephen Emery - Oct. 14 (Producer)

Dariush Mahrjui - Oct. 14 (Director)

**Suzanne Somers - Oct. 15 (TV Actress)

Joanna Merlin - Oct. 15 (Stage Actress)

Toon Greebe - Oct. 16 (Professional Darts Player)

Steven Weisberg - Oct. 16 (Film Editor)

Martti Ahtisaari - Oct. 16 (Politician)

Carla Bley - Oct. 17 (Composer)

Edward Bleier - Oct. 17 (TV Executive)

Tabby Brown - Oct. 17 (Model)

Dwight Twilley - Oct. 18 (Rock Singer)

Mark Howard James aka The 45 King - Oct. 19 (DJ)

Anfisa Reztsova - Oct. 19 (Olympic)

Atsushi Sakurai - Oct. 19 (Rock Singer)

Haydu Gwynne - Oct. 20 (Stage Actress)

Pete Ladd - Oct. 20 (Baseball Player)

Elaine Devry - Oct. 20 (Movie Actress)

Leslie Dayman - Oct. 20 (Movie Actor)

Bobby Charlton - Oct. 21 (Soccer Player)

Dusty Street - Oct. 21 (Pioneering DJ)

Paul Costict - Oct. 21 (Rapper)

Rob Gardner (Oct. 21 (Baseball Player)

Joan Evans - Oct. 21 (Movie Actress)

Billy Hayden - Oct. 21 (Politician)

Dave Courtney - Oct. 22 (Non-Fiction Auther)

Tasha Butts - Oct. 22 (Basketball Player)

Vincent Asaro - Oct. 22 (Criminal)

Bishan Singh Bedi - Oct. 23 (Cricketer)

Domenico Spano - Oct. 23 (Custom Tailor / Style Setter)

Bill Kenwright - Oct. 23 (Film Producer)

Arnold Diaz - Oct. 24 (Journalist)

Steve Riley - Oct. 24 (Drummer)

Richard Roundtree - Oct. 24 (Movie Actor)

Ricardo Iorio - Oct. 24 (Metal Singer)

Bertie Bowman - Oct. 25 (Author)

Lyn McLain - Oct. 25 (Orchestra Leader)

Robert Irwin - Oct. 25 (Conceptual Artist)

*Richard Moll - Oct. 26 (TV Actor)

David Mitchell - Oct. 26 (Comedian)

Mark Shelmerdine - Oct. 26 (Producer)

Anne Heywood - Oct. 27 (Movie Actress)

**Matthew Perry - Oct. 28 (TV Actor)

Adam Johnson - Oct. 28 (Hockey Player)

Joey Paras - Oct. 29 (Filmmaker)

Charlie Aitken - Oct. 29 (Soccer Player)

Tony Rohr - Oct. 29 (Movie Actor)

Aaron Spears - Oct. 30 (Drummer)

Frank Howard - Oct. 30 (Baseball Player)

Ken Mattingly - Oct. 31 (Astronaut)

Tyler Christopher - Oct. 31 (Soap Opera Actor)

NOVEMBER

Bobby Knight - Nov. 1 (Basketball Coach)

Ady Barkan - Nov. 1 (Lawyer)

Peter White - Nov. 1 (Movie Actor)

Peter Tarnoff - Nov. 1 (Politician)

Debbe Pemberton - Nov. 1 (Family Member) *Zoe LaVerne's Mother*

Walter Davis - Nov. 2 (Basketball Player)

Dick Drago - Nov. 2 (Baseball Player)

Henri Lopes - Nov. 2 (Politician)

David Berglas - Nov. 3 (Magician)

Oleg Protopopov - Nov. 3 (Figure Skating)

Elizangela Do Amaral Vergueiro - Nov. 3 (TV Actress)

Marina Cicogna - Nov. 4 (Film Producer)

Rob Thomson - Nov. 4 (Wrestler)

Gary Winnick - Nov. 4 (Businessman)

Karen Davis - Nov. 4 (Advocate)

Pat E. Johnson - Nov. 5 (Martial Artist)

Evan Ellingson - Nov. 5 (TV Actor)

Cody Dorman - Nov. 5 (Namesake Of Breeders)

Ross McDonnell - Nov. 5 (Cinematographer)

Chris Tapp - Nov. 5 (TV Personality)

Logan Steinwede - Nov. 5 (Instagram Star)

Frank Dorman - Nov. 7 (Astronaut)

Luana Andrade - Nov. 7 (Reality TV / Model / Influencer)

Jenny Appleford - Nov. 7 (YouTube Star)

Dale Reid - Nov. 8 (Golfer)

Matt Ulrich - Nov. 8 (Football Player)

Nahee - Nov. 8 (Pop Singer)

Doug Ibold - Nov. 8 (Film Editor)

Patrycja Widera - Nov. 8 (Instagram Star)

Brandi Mallory - Nov. 9 (Reality Star)

John Bailey - Nov. 10 (Cinematographer)

Mike Fanelli - Nov. 10 (Runner)

Johnny Ruffo - Nov. 10 (Pop Singer)

Spiros Focas - Nov. 10 (Movie Actor)

Lorraine Day - Nov. 10 (Non-Fiction Author)

Kyle LeDuc - Nov. 11 (Motorsports Racing Driver)

Conny Van Dyke - Nov. 11 (Motown Singer)

DJ Hayden - Nov. 11 (Football Player)

Anna Scher - Nov. 12 (Drama Teacher)

Kevin Turen - Nov. 12 (Producer)

M. Russell Ballard - Nov. 12 (Religious Leader)

Maryanne Trump - Nov. 13 (Family Member) *Donald Trump's Sister*

Devon Wylie - Nov. 13 (Football Player)

Michael Bishop - Nov. 13 (Novelist)

Peter Seidler - Nov. 14 (Businessman)

Lord Cotter - Nov. 14 (Politician)

Thelda Williams - Nov. 14 (Mayor Of Phoenix)

Bosley Faze Rug - Nov. 14 (Dog)

Oladips - Nov. 14 (Rapper)

Terry Taylor - Nov. 14 (AP Sports Editor)

Shari Smiley - Nov. 14 (CAA Agent & Manager)

Betty Rollin - Nov. 14 (Journalist)

Subrata Roy - Nov. 14 (Entrepreneur)

Alexio - Nov. 14 (Rapper)

Chigova - Nov. 15 (Soccer Player)

Dex Carvey - Nov. 15 (Family Member) *Dana Carvey's Son*

Ken Squier - Nov. 15 (Sportscaster)

Daisaku Ikeda - Nov. 15 (Religious Leader)

George Brown - Nov. 16 (Drummer)

A.S. Byatt - Nov. 16 (Author)

Rita Hollingsworth - Nov. 16 (Entertainment Publicist)

Johnny Green - Nov. 16 (Basketball Player)

Abe Stoklasa - Nov. 17 (Songwriter)

Suzanne Shepherd - Nov. 17 (TV Actress)

Mark Eisen - Nov. 17 (Fashion Designer)

David Del Tredici - Nov. 18 (Composer)

James Davern - Nov. 18 (Director)

Joss Ackland - Nov. 19 (Movie Actor)

Peter Spellos - Nov. 19 (Voice Actor)

Carlton Pearson - Nov. 19 (Minister)

Sara Tavares - Nov. 19 (Composer)

Roslynn Cobarrubias - Nov. 19 (Entrepreneur)

Herbert Gold - Nov. 19 (Novelist)

Vincentius Sensi Potokota - Nov. 19 (Religious Leader)

Rosalynn Carter - Nov. 19 (First Lady)

Mars Williams - Nov. 20 (Saxophonist)

Willie Hernandez - Nov. 20 (Baseball Player)

Annabel Giles - Nov. 20 (Model)

Reed Ryan - Nov. 21 (Football Player)

Chad Allan - Nov. 21 (Musician)

James Philip - Nov. 21 (Politician)

Raul Cande - Nov. 21 (Rapper)

Phil Quartararo - Nov. 22 (Music Industry Executive)

Tom Larson - Nov. 22 (Sportscaster)

Jean Knight - Nov. 22 (R&B Singer)

Eddie Merrins - Nov. 22 (Golfer)

Steve Pool - Nov. 22 (TV Show Host)

Harald Hasselbach - Nov. 23 (Football Player)

Andreas Ullmann - Nov. 23 (Wrestler)

Ron Hodges - Nov. 24 (Baseball Player)

Elliot Silverstein - Nov. 24 (Director)

Marc Thorpe - Nov. 24 (Visual Effects Artist)

Marty Krofft - Nov. 25 (TV Producer)

Sumitomo Mitsui - Nov. 25 (CEO)

Larry Fink - Nov. 25 (Photographer)

Terry Venables - Nov. 25 (Soccer Player)

Pablo Guzman - Nov. 26 (Reporter)

Kevin 'Geordie' Walker - Nov. 26 (Guitarist)

Tim Dorsey - Nov. 26 (Novelist)

Norris McDonald - Nov. 26 (Journalist)

Luigi Caiola - Nov. 26 (Broadway Producer)

William Anastasi - Nov. 27 (Painter)

Frances Sternhagen - Nov. 27 (Stage Actress)

John Nichols - Nov. 27 (Novelist)

Charlie Munger - Nov. 28 (Entrepreneur)

Jack Axelrod - Nov. 28 (TV Actor)

Queenzy Cheng - Nov. 28 (Pop Singer)

Dean Sullivan - Nov. 29 (Soap Opera Actor)

Henry Kissinger - Nov. 29 (Politician)

Scott Kempner - Nov. 29 (Guitarist)

Charles Gilchrist Adams - Nov. 29 (Pastor)

Bronka Sundstrom - Nov. 29 (Mountaineer)

Elliott Erwitt - Nov. 29 (Photographer)

Victoria Maria Aragues Gadea - Nov. 29 (Dancer)

Shane MacGowan - Nov. 30 (Pop Singer)

Alistair Darling - Nov. 30 (Politician)

John Byrne - Nov. 30 (Playwright)

Edwin Yoder - Nov. 30 (Journalist)

Buddy Duress - Nov. ?? (Movie Actor)

DECEMBER

Sandra Day O'Connor - Dec. 1 (Supreme Court Justice)

Charles Officer - Dec. 1 (Director)

Daniel Langlois - Dec. 1 (Entrepreneur)

Jada Brown - Dec. 1 (Football Coach)

Brigit Forstyth - Dec. 1 (TV Actress)

Kiki Fatmala - Dec. 1 (TV Actress)

Wolfgang Hollegha - Dec. 2 (Painter)

Travis Snyder - Dec. 3 (Founder Of The Color Run)

Myles Goodwyn - Dec. 3 (Guitarist)

Glenys Kinnock - Dec. 3 (Politician)

Andrea Fay Friedman - Dec. 3 (TV Actress)

Jim Easton - Dec. 4 (Archery)

Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona - Dec. 4 (TV Actress)

Denny Laine - Dec. 5 (Rock Singer)

Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria - Dec. 5 (Prince)

Robert Pardo - Dec. 5 (Us Air Force)

Mark Pearson Butterbrodt - Dec. 5 (Doctor)

Norman Lear - Dec. 5 (TV Producer)

Lional Dahmer - Dec. 5 (Family Member) *Jeffrey Dahmer's Father*

Vic Davalillo - Dec. 6 (Baseball Player)

Vincent Le Goascoz - Dec. 6 (Teacher)

Marisa Pavan - Dec. 6 (Movie Actress)

Ellen Holly - Dec. 6 (Movie Actress)

Jack Hogan - Dec. 6 (Movie Actor)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Dec. 7 (Poet)

Doris Yaffe - Dec. 7 (Social Activist)

Keisha Whitaker - Dec. 7 (Film Producer)

Thomas F. Kilroy - Dec. 7 (Novelist)

Stan Rogow - Dec. 7 (TV Producer)

Joe Solomon - Dec. 8 (Cricketer)

Itziar Castro - Dec. 8 (TV Actress)

Ryan O'Neal - Dec. 8 (TV Actor)

Dave Robb - Dec. 8 (Hollywood Reporter)

Paul Webb - Dec. 8 (Basketball Coach)

Tony Tarantino - Dec. 8 (Movie Actor)

Frank Wycheck - Dec. 9 (Football Player)

Greg Scholl - Dec. 9 (Videographer / Producer)

Anna Cardwell - Dec. 9 (Reality Star)

Mike Perricone - Dec. 9 (Hockey Reporter / Science Writer)

Gao Yaojie - Dec. 10 (Activist)

Shirley Anne Field - Dec. 10 (Movie Actress)

Julian Carroll - Dec. 10 (Governor)

Jack Hanson - Dec. 10 (Weatherman / Cartoonist)

Michael Blakemore - Dec. 10 (Director)

Jeffrey Foskett - Dec. 11 (Songwriter)

Ian Gibson - Dec. 11 (Non-Fiction Author)

Andre Braugher - Dec. 11 (TV Actor)

Camden Toy - Dec. 11 (TV Actor)

Ken Kelsch - Dec. 11 (Cinematographer)

Shuji Abe - Dec. 11 (Producer)

Essra Mohawk - Dec. 11 (Singer-Songwriter)

Fusa Tatsumi - Dec. 12 (Supercentenarian) *She Was 116 Year Old*

Zahara - Dec. 12 (Pop Singer)

Craig Watkins - Dec. 12 (Lawyer)

Shirley Barber - Dec. 12 (Author)

Ricardo Drue - Dec. 12 (R&B Singer)

Clarence Sexton - Dec. 12 (Pastor)

Bill Burgess - Dec. 13 (Football Player)

Dick Nunis - Dec. 13 (Disneyland Executive)

Kenny DeForest - Dec. 13 (Comedian)

Maxine Rizik Tanous - Dec. 13 (Retailer)

J.G.A. Pocock - Dec. 13 (Historian)

Wolfgang Gluck - Dec. 13 (Film Producer)

George McGinnis - Dec. 14 (Basketball Player)

Ken MacKenzie - Dec. 14 (Baseball Player)

Cari Beauchamp - Dec. 14 (Author / Historian)

Nadine McKown - Dec. 14 (Historian)

Rudolf Hruby - Dec. 14 (Hockey Player)

Selma Archerd - Dec. 14 (Movie Actress)

Ara Martirosyan - Dec. 14 (World Music Singer)

Steve Halliwell - Dec. 15 (Soap Opera Actor)

Eddie Driscoll - Dec. 15 (TV Actor)

Colin Burgess - Dec. 15 (Drummer)

Richard Hunt - Dec. 16 (Sculptor)

Lorenzo Riva - Dec. 16 (Fashion Designer)

Jim Ladd - Dec. 16 (DJ / Radio Producer)

Kenpachiro Satsuma - Dec. 16 (Movie Actor)

Otar Losseliani - Dec. 17 (Director)

Eric Montross - Dec. 17 (Basketball Player)

James McCaffrey - Dec. 17 (Movie Actor)

Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler - Dec. 17 (Keyboardist)

Norma Barzman - Dec. 17 (Movie Actress / Screenwriter)

Giovanni Anselmo - Dec. 18 (Artist)

Ed Budde - Dec. 19 (Football Player)

Don Schumacher - Dec. 20 (Motorsports)

Torben Ulrich - Dec. 20 (Tennis Player)

Terry Jill Saperstein - Dec. 20 (Talent Manager)

Carl Barzilauskas - Dec. 20 (Football Player)

Fola Francis - Dec. 20 (Designer)

Ian Pepperell - Dec. 22 (TV Actor)

Laura Lynch - Dec. 22 (Musician)

Bobbie Jean Carter - Dec. 23 (Family Member) *Nick & Aaron Carter's Sister*

Mike Nussbaum - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor / Director)

Dejumo Lewis - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor)

Lisandro Meza - Dec. 23 (Colombian Singer)

Richard Romanus - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor)

Lynn Loring - Dec. 23 (Movie Actress / Producer)

Neel Nanda - Dec. 24 (Comedian)

Cheri Barry - Dec. 24 (Mayor)

Kamar De Los Reyes - Dec. 24 (TV Actor)

Troy Dargan - Dec. 24 (Rugby Player)

Casey Kramer - Dec. 24 (Family Member) *Stanley Kramer's Daughter*

Willie Ruff - Dec. 24 (Jazz Musician)

Carl Welser - Dec. 24 (Columuist / Firefighter)

David Leland - Dec. 24 (Director)

Vasilis Karras - Dec. 24 (Folk Singer)

Alice Parker - Dec. 24 (Composer)

Richard Franklin - Dec. 25 (TV Actor)

Bill Granger - Dec. 25 (Chef)

Fred Mackerodt - Dec. 25 (Writer)

Tom Priestley - Dec. 25 (Sound Designer)

Alain Laurier - Dec. 25 (Soccer Coach)

Louis James - Dec. 26 (Football Player)

Tom Smothers - Dec. 26 (Pop Singer)

Jim Bixby - Dec. 26 (Counselor)

Bobby Rivers - Dec. 26 (TV Actor)

Russell Hamler - Dec. 26 (War Hero)

Herb Kohl - Dec. 27 (Politician)

Lee Sun-Kyun - Dec. 27 (Movie Actor)

PC Siqueira - Dec. 27 (YouTube Star)

Ken Bowman - Dec. 27 (Football Player)

Pedro Suarez-Vertiz - Dec. 28 (Rock Singer)

Herman Raucher - Dec. 28 (Screenwriter)

Donald Wildmon - Dec. 28 (Author)

Quinn Donoghue - Dec. 28 (Hollywood Publicist)

Bill McColl - Dec. 28 (Football Player)

Vijayakanth - Dec. 28 (Movie Actor)

Maurice Hines - Dec. 29 (Stage Actor)

Roger Ernest Maughmer - Dec. 29 (Mayor)

Les McCann - Dec. 29 (Pianist)

Eddie Cockrell - Dec. 29 (Film Programmer)

Hermann Baumann - Dec. 29 (Composer)

John Pilger - Dec. 30 (Journalist)

Douglas JJ. Peters - Dec. 30 (Senator)

Tom Wilkinson - Dec. 30 (Movie Actor)

Martha Diamond - Dec. 30 (Painter)

Cindy Morgan - Dec. 30 (Movie Actress)

Daniel Miller - Dec. 30 (Executive)

Shecky Greene - Dec. 31 (TV Actor / Comedian)

Cale Yarborough - Dec. 31 (Race Car Driver)

Klee Benally - Dec. 31 (Navajo Activist / Musician)

Benjamin Kiplagat - Dec. 31 (Runner)

Ana Ofelia Murguia - Dec. 31 (Movie Actress)

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Put yourself in places where you are listening to stories.

The Sandy Spring Slave Museum stands out for its commitment to local heritage. Founded by Doctor Winston Anderson in 1988, the museum enriches educators, students, and families through education, immersion, and introspection. 

In the 18th century, Quakers founded Sandy Spring, naming the town after a spring with sandy soil. According to the Sandy Spring historical marker, the Quakers called the spring, now located in Northwest Branch Valley Park, “Snowden’s Manor” and “Harewood.”

Through online archives, information about Sandy Spring is made available to the public. These archives detail descriptions of the economy, property, and residences in Sandy Spring. The buildings include a two-story “Roadside” with wooden shingles, gabled roofs and brick chimneys, Victorian-styled jigsawn porches, post offices, and blacksmith shops.

The historical documents provide information about notable people: Benjamin Rush Roberts, who founded the Sherwood Spring Mill in 1854, William Henry Farquhar, who administered the county’s school system in 1864, and Lucy Gilpin, who owned and ran the Sandy Spring Store in 1903. 

However, the crucial history of African Americans in Sandy Spring is underreported. Home to Montgomery County’s oldest free black community, many enslaved people who settled with the Quakers stayed in Sandy Spring, creating their own families and traditions over the centuries. The lack of historical records challenges Black families from discovering truths about their past generation.

“Montgomery County has such rich Black history that you don’t have to go outside of your communities,” Sandy Spring Slave Museum Co-Director, Doctor Troy Boddy, said. “Unfortunately, much of that history gets lost over the years. Our role is to not only tell about the contributions of Black people throughout history but locally.”

Educating families on discovering their personal lineage, one of the museum’s most unique programs is conducting genealogy research. Genealogist, Natalie Thomas, studies local African American history. Thomas allows visitors to trace their past through a geographical and biological lens when requesting a session online. 

An additional core aspect of the Sandy Spring Slave Museum is its preservation work on collecting oral history from African American families in Montgomery County. Using an archival database, PastPerfect, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum works with American University and anthropologist professor, Doctor Rachel Watkins, to record historical stories for the greater community.

“We used the collection to teach history at the museum, school trips with children and teachers, and even school leadership like Superintendent executive staff,” Sandy Spring Slave Museum Co-Director, Sandi Williams, said. 

Along with historical research, the museum staff works to develop educational material for schools and the public. Their lesson plans, interactive panels and books explore the African diaspora through the Middle Passage, the Abolitionist movement and the Civil Rights movement. These resources navigate the collective resilience, opportunity and culture of African American communities in the United States, a resilience reflected by the museum’s own board.

“Our board members are 90% volunteers or current educators. We have that piece which makes it very instrumental in helping us to promote our mission to bridge the information gap,” museum manager Deborah Buchanan said.

Buchanan has been a lifelong resident of Sandy Spring, along with Boddy and Williams. 

Photo Courtesy of LA Times

Outside of the enriching learning journey, the heritage trail is an accessible and valuable component of the museum. Open 24 hours a day, visitors can explore 18 outside panels that highlight families, buildings, and structures in a natural setting. As an example for cultural and environmental preservation, heritage trails cultivate new perspectives in understanding how people survived, built and transformed the natural resources into landmarks, monuments and icons in a specific area.  

Museums and organizations like the Sandy Spring Slave Museum are integral in gaining personal insight into the shared narratives, culture and values of African Americans.

“I grew up in a family where we talked about our history,” Boddy said, adding on “There’s still a lot that was untold…knowing history allows you to have a shield to protect yourself from misinformation and helps you navigate what’s going on in our world today.”

Nationwide, millions are still searching to restore missing pieces of their family history. The erasure of Black studies, the neglect of Black cemeteries and other acts of structural racism shed light on the urgency for communities to come together, reclaim and showcase their lost voices. Amplifying Black stories through the Sandy Spring Slave Museum allows thousands of visitors to find meaning in educating themselves on African American history—from the brutal to the beautiful.

“The museum becomes an eye-opening experience and a catapult for people to share this information with others and bring more people into the museum,” Buchanan said.

Not only is the struggle to preserve African American history a priority for educators, journalists and advocates, but the Sandy Spring Slave Museum staff recognizes the combined weight of marginalized communities. When these communities uplift and support each other, they can foster stronger relationships and build resonance in a history of oppression and silence.

“Our stories intermingle with Asian Americans and Latino Americans, overlapping with Native Americans—and so this is our story that we just often aren’t given,” Boddy said.

Ultimately, when students and teenagers approach history, learning with open-mindedness creates a world of new ideas, observations and questions.

“Ask why—so you can dig below the surface of just what you see, but why is it that way; why did people do the things they did; what are the different ways in which folks have different perspectives,” Boddy said. “Make connections between things. Put yourself in places where you are listening to stories.”

On the topic of furthering the knowledge students pursue, Buchanan believes: “It is never too late to give up your prejudice. You need to educate yourself so that you can elevate your thought processes and your mind—thereby liberating your mind, body and your soul.”