Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, and author whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night", co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached 13th on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and fifth on the UK Singles Chart.
30 December 1946
Born on the same birth date (30 December 1946): Berti Vogts • Clive Bunker
Born on the same birth day (30 December): D. J. Mbenga • Daniel Amokachi • Guy Edwards • Heidi Fleiss • Joseph Hilbe • Paul Keegan (footballer, born 1972) • Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1977) • Theodor Fontane • Vladimir Bukovsky
Born in the same month (December 1946): Attorney General of Alabama • Berti Vogts • Carl Wilson • December 18 • Edgar Winter • Eugene Levy • Gilbert O'Sullivan • Joe Kinnear • Jonathan Katz • Laffit Pincay Jr. • Robert Urich • Roy Greenslade • Sonny Perdue • Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)