Iron Eyes Cody

Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor of Sicilian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, including the role of Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about pollution in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements from the group Keep America Beautiful. Living in Hollywood, he began to insist, even in his private life, that he was Native American, over time claiming membership in several different tribes. In 1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but he denied it. After his death, it was revealed that he was of Sicilian parentage and not Native American at all.

3 April 1904

Born on the same birth date (3 April 1904): Russel Wright • Sally Rand

Born on the same birth day (3 April): A. C. Grayling • Arturo Prat • Catherine Spaak • Cristi Puiu • Dee Murray • Dooley Wilson • Iain Fyfe • Joe Kirkwood Sr. • Joel Romelo • John Abernethy (surgeon) • Louiguy • Nanette Bordeaux • Romain Alessandrini • Sandrine Testud • Sergio Sánchez (footballer, born 1986)

Born in the same month (April 1904): Bruce Cabot • David Robinson (philanthropist) • Duncan Renaldo • Fifi D'Orsay • John Gielgud • K. L. Saigal • Roland Wilson (economist) • Russel Wright • Sally Rand • Sharkey Bonano • Willem de Kooning