Celebrities Who Died on Their Birthday

These people fell face first into their birthday cake:

Elaine Aiken: actress: July 12, 1927 - July 12, 1998: age 71 

Ramsay Ames: actress: March 30, 1919 - March 30, 1998: age 79

Edward Aschoff: sports news anchor: December 24, 1985 - December 24, 2019: age 34 

Gertrude Astor: actress: November 9, 1887 - November 9, 1977: age 90

Ella Baker: civil rights activist: December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986: age 83

John Banner: actor: January 28, 1910 - January 28, 1973: age 63 

Sidney Bechet: jazz musician: May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959: age 62

Nick Benedict: actor: July 14, 1946 - July 14, 2023: age 77 

Ingrid Bergman: actress: August 29, 1915 - August 29, 1982: age 67

Lucia Berlin: author: November 12, 1936 - November 12, 2004: age 68

Julie Bishop: actress: August 30, 1914 - August 30, 2001: age 87

Corrie ten Boom: writer/WWII activist: April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983: age 91 

Grace Bradley: actress: September 21, 1913 - September 21, 2010: age 97

Maurice Brenner: actor: August 25, 1914 - August 25, 2005: age 91 

George Washington Carver: inventor: January 5, 1864 - January 5, 1903: age 79

Maury Chaykin: actor: July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010: age 61

Ron Cobb: artist: September 21, 1937  - September 21, 2020: age 83 

Margo Cunningham: actress: July 19, 1922 - July 19, 1998: age 76

Robert De Niro Sr: abstract painter and Robert Jr.'s dad: May 3, 1922 - May 3, 1993: age 71

Ferdinand de Rothschild: British banker and heir: December 17, 1839 - December 17, 1898: age 59

Mike Douglas: singer: August 11, 1925 - August 11, 2006: age 81

Betty Friedan: feminist activist:  February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006: age 85

Eleanor Gehrig: philanthropist and Lou Gehrig's wife: March 6, 1904 - March 6, 1984: age 80 

Milton Glaser: created the "I ❤️ NY" logo: June 26, 1929 - June 26, 2020: age 91 

Gavin Gordon: actor: April 7, 1901 - April 7, 1983: age 82 

Merle Haggard: musician: April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016: age 79

Laura Hawn: actress and Goldie's mother: November 27, 1913 - November 27, 1993: age 80 

Paul Herman: actor: March 29, 1946 - March 29, 2021: age 76 

Al Hill: actor: July 14, 1892 - July 14, 1954: age 62

B. J. Hogg: actor: April 30, 1955 - April 30, 2020: age 65 

Irene Hunt: writer: May 18, 1907 - May 18, 2001: age 94

Otto Kruger: actor: September 6, 1885 - September 6, 1974: age 89

Lester Matthews: actor: June 6, 1900 - June 6, 1975: age 75 

Chris Marker: French writer: July 29, 1921 - July 29, 2012: age 91 

Edna May Oliver: actress: November 9, 1883 - November 9, 1942: age 59

George Petrie: actor: November 16, 1912 - November 16, 1997: age 85

Raphael: artist: April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520: age 37

Sam Reese: actor: September 11, 1930 - September 11, 1985: age 55 

Swede Risberg: baseball player: October 13, 1894 - October 13, 1975: age 81

Jilly Rizzo: American restauranteur: May 6, 1917 - May 6, 1992: age 75 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.: Politician: August 17, 1914 - August 17, 1988: age 74

Tatiana Samoilova: actress: May 4, 1934 - May 4, 2014: age 80 

William Shakespeare: writer:  April 23, 1564? - April 23, 1616: age 52

Diane Shalet: actress: February 23, 1935 - February 23, 2006: age 71 

June Smaney: actress: May 24, 1922 - May 24, 1993: age 71 

Vincent Stonestreet: father of actor Eric Stonestreet: November 17, 1941 - November 17, 2021: age 80 

Austin Stoker: actor: October 7, 1930 - October 7, 2022: age 92 

Mel Street: singer: October 21, 1935 - October 21, 1978: age 43

Glen Vernon: actor: October 27, 1923 - October 27, 1999: age 76

Fran Warren: singer: March 4, 1926 - March 4, 2013: age 87

Dick Wessel: actor: April 20, 1913 - April 20, 1965: age 52

Shockingly, this is an extremely rare event.