But not George M. Cohan. When I hear the phrase, "born on the 4th of July," I think of "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Only the songwriter who claimed he was that Yankee Doodle Boy was actually born on the night of July 3, 1878. So he doesn't make my list.
13 Americans born on the 4th of July:
1. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
2. Hiram Walker, who gave us good hooch (1816)
3. Stephen Foster (1826)
4. James Bailey, of Barnum & Bailey (1847)
5. President Calvin Coolidge (1872)
6. Actress Gloria Stuart (1910)
7. Daytime talk show host Virginia Graham (1912) I grew up on her here in Chicago. Was Girl Talk national?
8. Advice columnist Ann Landers, aka Eppie Lederer (1918)
9. Advice columnist Dear Abby, aka Pauline Lederer, and yes, the twin sister of Ann (1918)
10. Playwright Neil Simon (1927)
11. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (1930)
12. TV personality Geraldo Rivera (1943)
13. First Daughter Malia Obama (1998)
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That was interesting!
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