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): Alexandre Prémat • Andrzej Schinzel • Darija Jurak Schreiber • Emmalyn (singer) • Fredy Hinestroza • Héctor Olivera (film director) • Jonathan Rossini • Montgomery Gentry • Peter Penz • Pope Urban VIII • Shammond Williams • Tae Jin-ah • Thea Gill • Willeke van Ammelrooy
Born in the same month (April 1939): Ali MacGraw • Brett Whiteley • Darlene Hooley • Gary Kellgren • Glen Hardin • Hugh Masekela • John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) • Johnny Raper • Louise Lasser • Manolis Angelopoulos • Marvin Gaye • Michael Llewellyn-Smith • Phil Niekro • Ray Peterson • Robert Miller (art dealer) • Robert Skidelsky • Stanisław Dziwisz • Tarcisio Burgnich