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April 8, 2019 / 6:13 AM

Famous birthdays for April 8: Patricia Arquette, Kofi Annan

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Patricia Arquette appears backstage with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Escape at Dannemora during the 25th annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 27. The actor turns 51 on April 8. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI.
Patricia Arquette appears backstage with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for "Escape at Dannemora" during the 25th annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 27. The actor turns 51 on April 8. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. | License Photo
Robin Wright arrives on the red carpet before the screening of "Les Fantomes d'Ismael (Ismael's Ghosts)" during the 70th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 17. The actor turns 53 on April 8. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI. | License Photo

April 8 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.

They include:

-- Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, in 1726

-- Actor Mary Pickford in 1892

-- Olympic figure skater/actor Sonja Henie in 1912

-- Former first lady Betty Ford in 1918

File Photo by Nick Pergola/UPI

-- Comedian Shecky Greene in 1926 (age 93)

-- Composer Jacques Brel in 1929

-- Actor/former Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin in 1931

-- Journalist Seymour Hersh in 1937 (age 82)

-- Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1938 (age 81)

File Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member John Havlicek in 1940 (age 79)

-- Choreographer Michael Bennett of A Chorus Line fame in 1943

-- Rock musician Steve Howe in 1947 (age 72)

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Gary Carter in 1954

-- Novelist Barbara Kingsolver in 1955 (age 64)

-- Actor/singer John Schneider in 1960 (age 59)

-- Musician Julian Lennon in 1963 (age 56)

-- Actor Robin Wright in 1966 (age 53)

-- Actor Patricia Arquette in 1968 (age 51)

-- Navy SEAL veteran/subject of American Sniper Chris Kyle in 1974

-- Actor Taylor Kitsch in 1981 (age 38)

-- Actor Skai Jackson in 2002 (age 17)

File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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  • Mary Pickford
  • Betty Ford
  • Seymour Hersh
  • Kofi Annan
  • Michael Bennett
  • Steve Howe
  • Robin Wright
  • Patricia Arquette
  • Taylor Kitsch
  • Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Lewis Morris

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