Ronnie White

Ronald Anthony White was an American baritone singer, best known as the co-founder of the Miracles and its only consistent original member. White was also known for bringing Stevie Wonder to the attention of Motown Records, and writing several hit singles for the Miracles as well as other artists including the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Mary Wells. White died of leukemia in 1995, at 56 years old. In 2012, White was a posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Miracles.

5 April 1939

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1939): Crispian St. Peters • David Winters (choreographer) • Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas • Leka, Crown Prince of Albania

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Alexey Volkov (biathlete) • Chester B. Bowles • Frank Gorshin • George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Guilherme Torres • Ion Inculeț • Kader Amadou • Michael V. Gazzo • Natalya Kustinskaya • Raymond Bonney • Stanley Turrentine • Tarek El-Said • Thea Gill • Wilhelm Olbers Focke

Born in the same month (April 1939): Crispian St. Peters • Darlene Hooley • Gary Kellgren • Helen Prejean • JoAnne Carner • John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) • Margo Smith • Martin J. Schreiber • Peter S. Beagle • Robert Skidelsky