Baby Boomer Look Who's Turning 65 This Year

"We've Come A Long Way, Baby"

2011 marks the beginning of the Baby Boomer generation turning sixty-five. What a great run it's been, and "It ain't over yet, baby." The Boomer generation is defined as anyone born after World Was II, between 1946 and 1964, an eighteen year span that saw the excitment of the Moon Walk, Women's Rights, Civil Rights, the envrionmental movement. We saw a unique interest in social causes and individualism. We also lived through the heart break of assassination with the deaths John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.

We faced world unrest beginning with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and then Viet Nam, Kent State, draft dodgers, protests, riots, and drug experimentation. We witnessed Woodstock and sexual freedom. We were most vocal when questioning our leaders and continue to be so today. I think that may be why so many of our older politicians are surprized with tea party rallies and those they call left wing extremists. These two groups are composed mainly of Baby Boomers who still won't shut-up and move to the back of the bus. For good or for bad, history will judge us. I tip my hat to my fellow boomers and say, "Carry on."

Boomers Born In 1946

This is a list of just some of the well known people born in 1946 and jumping into the Medicare ranks this year. Reading through the names, you may be able to see what made this generation so memorable.

• Al Green, Andre The Giant, Andrea Mitchell
• Barry Gibbs, Ben Vareen, Bill Clinton
• Billy Preston, Bob Vila, Candice Bergen
• Carrie Snodgrass, Cheech Marin, Cher
• Connie Chung, Danny Glover, Daryl Hall
• David Schramm, David Suchet, Demond Wilson
• Dennis Kucinich, Dianne Keaton, Diane vonFurstenburg
• Dodie Stevens, Dolly Parton, Donald Trump
• Donavan, Ed Burns, Ed O'Neill
• Edward Cox, Erika Slezak, Eugene Levy
• Felicty Kendal, Gallagher, Gene Siskel
• George W Bush, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gilda Radner
• Gloria Jones, Gloria Loring, Greg Gumbel
• Gregory Hines, Haley Mills, Henry Paulson
• Janet Lennon, Jenny Jones, Jimmy Buffett
• Joe Spano, John Spencer, Johnny Crawford
• Jose Carreras, Judy Woodruff, Keith Moon
• King Carl XVI Gustaf, Laura Bush, Lesley Ann Waren
• Lesley Gore, Linda Kelsey, Linda Ronstadt
• Liza Minnelli, Marianne Faithful, Mark Metcalf
• Michael Tucci, Naomi Judd, Oliver Stone
• Pat Sajak, Patty Duke, Paul LeMat
• Peggy Lipton, Queen Anne-Marie, Reggie Jackson
• Riichard Carpenter, Robert Ulrich, Ron Silver
• Ronnie Milsap, Ruth Pointer, Sally Field
• Sandy Duncan, Steven Spielberg, Sue Lyon
• Susan Lucci, Susan St. James, Susan Sarandon
• Suzanne Somers, Suzy Chaffee, Sylvester Stallone
• Talia Shire, Thelma Huston, Tim Curry
• Timothy Dalton, Tommy Lee Jones, Tricia Nixon
• Tyne Daly, Vincent Pastore, AND ME!