January 29 birthdays
1939 GERMAINE GREER Australian feminist
Greer’s ideas have created controversy since her first book, The Female Eunuch, made her a household name. The book was an international bestseller, offering a deconstruction of ideas such as womanhood and femininity.
1945 TOM SELLECK American actor
Selleck’s breakout role was playing private detective Thomas Magnum in the television series, Magnum, PI. he has appeared in more than 50 films and television series since then.
1951 ANDY ROBERTS West Indian cricketer
Roberts played 47 Test matches for the West Indies and twice took seven wickets in an innings. He was the first Antiguan to play for the West Indies. Roberts took a total of 202 wickets at an average of 25.61.
1954 OPRAH WINFREY
American TV host
Winfrey is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rating program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years. Winfrey was once the world’s only black billionaire.
1960 GREG LOUGANIS American diver
Louganis is the only diver to record a clean sweep of the diving competitions at consecutive Olympic Games. He won gold in the springboard and platform at the 1984 Los
Angeles Olympics and again at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
1982 ADAM LAMBERT American singer
Lambert has sold more than three million albums and five million singles worldwide. He rose to fame after finishing runner-up on American Idol in 2009. Alongside his solo career, he has performed as lead singer for Queen since 2011.
1988 STEPHANIE GILMORE Australian surfer
Gilmore started surfing at the age of nine. By age 17, she was entering world tour events as a wildcard. Gilmore has claimed the world champion crown on the Women’s WSL World Tour seven times: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018.