Freddy Quinn

Freddy Quinn is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity in the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. As Hans Albers had done two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends. Quinn's Irish family name comes from his Irish-born salesman father, Johann Quinn. His mother, Edith Henriette Nidl, was an Austrian journalist. He is often associated with the Schlager scene.

27 September 1931

Born on the same birth day (27 September): Alphonse François Renard • Carl Ballantine • Edvard Kocbek • Ernest Becker • Flaminio Scala • Gavin Larsen • Henri-Frédéric Amiel • John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk • Jon Rauch • Rio Uchida • Robert Blake (admiral) • William "Bull" Nelson

Born in the same month (September 1931): Brian Henderson (television presenter) • Brook Benton • Cardiss Collins • Fay Weldon • George Jones • George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie • Gerald Merrithew • Hilly Kristal • Ida Mae Martinez • James Cronin • Jean-Claude Carrière • John Garrett (British politician) • Kenneth Parnell • Manouchehr Atashi • Philip Baker Hall • Robin Hyman • Stan Lynde • Teresa Gorman