Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor

Freddy Quinn

Freddy Quinn is a former Austrian singer and actor whose popularity in the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. As Hans Albers had done two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends. His father was long believed to be a supposed merchant named Johann Quinn (1912–1943), who was of Irish descent and was said to have been married to Quinn's mother for a few months in 1934. However, in his 2025 autobiography, Freddy Quinn wrote that this man never existed and that he never met his actual father; furthermore, he had adopted his Irish last name from an American soldier he had met in his early twenties.

Born

1931

September 27

Died

Living

Era

1930s

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1931 Born

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1066 William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1331 The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
1422 After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania.
1529 The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.

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The world in 1931

When Freddy arrived

april 14 The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
april 17 After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
august 24 Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
august 5 Judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP.

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Albert Ellis 1913–2007 American psychologist and author (born 1913) Alfred Thayer Mahan 1840–1914 American captain and historian (born 1840) Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Bhagat Singh 1907–1931 Indian activist (born 1907) Cosimo de' Medici 1389–1464 Italian ruler (born 1386) Denis Lawson 1947– Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter Diane Abbott 1953– English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Guillaume Rondelet 1507–1566 French doctor (born 1507)

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Also born in 1931

Albert DeSalvo 1931– American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973) Alex Delvecchio 1931–2025 Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Allen Klein 1931–2009 American businessman and music publisher (died 2009) Bernard Francis Law 1931– Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017) Bob Johnson 1931–1991 American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991) Buddy Ryan 1931–2016 American football coach (died 2016) Cardiss Collins 1931–2013 American politician (born 1931) Cecil Parkinson 1931–2016 English politician (born 1931) Chalmers Johnson 1931–2010 American scholar and author (died 2010)

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