Steve Holtje: May 31, 2009

Top Ten People Born on May 31

1. Franz Joseph Haydn

   1809
   The first great symphonist

2. Walt Whitman

   1819
   “I am vast, I contain multitudes.”

3. Clint Eastwood

   1930
   “Go ahead, make my day.”

4. Augie Mayer

   1940
   Organist in the Sir Douglas Quintet

5. Kenneth Cooper

   1941
   A great harpsichordist.

6. Johnny Paycheck

   1941
   “Take This Job and Shove It”

7. Joe Namath

   1943
   “We’ll win the game. I guarantee you.”

8. Mick Ralphs

   1943
   Guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company

9. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

   1946
   43 films in 17 years

10. John Bonham

    1947
    Drummer of Led Zeppelin