Top 10 April 5 Birthdays
10. April 5, 1920: Arthur Hailey. He wrote Hotel , which became an ABC drama series; and Airport , which inspired 4 disaster films -- 6 if you count the two Airplane! films that spoofed the previous 4. Honorable Mention: April 5, 1917: Robert Bloch. He wrote Psycho , which was turned into Alfred Hitchcock's defining film; and "Wolf in the Fold," the "Jack the Ripper episode" of Star Trek . Honorable Mention: April 5, 1950: Ann C. Crispin. She wrote novels set in the realms of both Star Trek and Star Wars , including biographies of Sarek (Spock's father) and Han Solo (published long before the production of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, and since contradicted). 9. April 5, 1827: Joseph Lister. A pathologist, he was a pioneer in antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine. Honorable Mention: April 5, 1649: Elihu Yale. In 1701, he founded the New College of Connecticut. It was renamed for him: Yale University. Graduates are known as Sons of Old Eli,...