Johnny Gimble
John Paul Gimble was an American country musician associated with Western swing. Gimble was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 in the early influences category as a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
30 May 1926
Born on the same birth day (30 May): Anthony Dryden Marshall • Carole Stone • Clint Walker • Colm Meaney • Daniel Grodnik • Danielle Harold • Eddie Griffin (basketball) • Eugène Charles Catalan • Gianmaria Bruni • Hannes Alfvén • Kostas Chalkias • Mel Blanc • P. J. Carlesimo • Paul Grayson (rugby union) • Phil Brown (footballer, born 1959) • Sonya Curry • William McMurdo
Born in the same month (May 1926): Abdoulaye Wade • Anthony Shaffer (writer) • Claude Akins • Clermont Pépin • David Attenborough • David Hurst • David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie • Dietmar Schönherr • Don Rickles • Edward Parkes • Eric Morecambe • Franz Sondheimer • Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe • Hugo Banzer • Joe Slovo • Katie Boyle • Miles Davis • Peter Lax • Peter Zadek • Phyllis Gotlieb • Robert Creeley • Stanley Baxter • William Bowyer (artist)