Famous People Born on Aug. 7th

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Billie Burke (Aug. 7,1884- May 14, 1970)

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (Billie Burke)•Her father was a circus clown.•At the age of 18 she made her stage debut.•She went to New York at age 22. She was in various plays and soon Hollywood would call.•She made her film debut in 1916 as the lead role in Peggy.•By 1953, her career was slowing down and she would make 3 more movies in 1959 and 1960. The best remembered one would be John Ford's Sergeant Rutledge (1960).

Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959)

Carl Dean “Alfalfa” Switzer•Carl was a professional dog breeder and hunting guide.•Played Alfalfa in Our Gang.•As an Adult he continued in movies as a supporting actor.•He died by a gun that caused him to bleed internally at age 31.

David Duchovny (born August 7, 1960)

David Duchovny•New York City, New York•Is an American actor, writer and director.•He won a Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication.•David Duchovny has 2 kids also.

Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987)

Sidney Patrick Crosby•He is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins.•In 2004-05 he went from Rimouski Océanic to Pittsburgh Penguins.•At sixteen-years-old he was selected to compete in the 2004 World Junior Championships in Helsinki.

Sources

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000992/bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=%22Sidney+Crosby%22