Entertainment:
Florence Pugh is an actress known for the movies “Fighting with the Family” and Little Women.
Mel Gibson is an actor known for the movie “Braveheart” and for playing Martin Riggs in all of the “Lethal Weapon” movies.
Katie McGrath is an actress known for the TV shows “Supergirl” and “Merlin”.
Danica McKellar is an actress TV shows “The Wonder Years” and “Young Justice”.
Dan Harmon is a screenwriter known for the TV shows “Community” and “Rick & Morty”.
Jason Marsden is an actor known for numerous TV shows like “Step by Step” and “Boy Meets World”. As well as lending his voice in many cartoons like “A Goofy Movie” as Max Goof and “Static Shock”.
John Paul Jones is known for being the bassist for legendary Rock N Roll band Led Zeppelin.
Sports:
Football:
Eli Manning is a former two time Super Bowl Champion quaterback for the New York Giants.
David Tyree is a former wide receiver who won a Super Bowl with the Giants in 2007 and is known for the “Helmet Catch”.
Basketball:
Cheryl Miller is a former Hall of Fame basketball player who is considered to be one of the greatest players to never to get play in the WNBA. She is in three Hall of Fames, has five gold medals, one silver medal, won two NCCA Championships and coached. She is also famous for working the sidelines for TNT’s converge of the NBA and her brother is Hall of Fame guard Reggie Miller.
Baseball:
Gary LaValle is a former two time All-Star closer for the San Francisco Giants and is in their Wall of Fame.
Luis Sojo is a former utility player who won four World Series Championships with the New York Yankees and is in the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame. Post playing career he went into coaching in the Yankees system and managed the Venezuelan team in the World Baseball Classic.
AJ Burnett is a former stating pitcher who won one World Series Championship in 2009 with the Yankees, made one All-Star team and pitched a no-hitter.
Jim Dwyer is a former outfielder who won one World Series Championship in 1983 with the Baltimore Orioles and he became the 18th player to hit a homerun in his first ever World Series at-bat.
Luis Rivera is a former shortstop who played for twelve seasons and then went into coaching or managing in the minor leagues or t he major leagues. He spent thirteen seasons working for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Bob Gebhard, Archie Reynolds, Ike Brookens, Brian Allard, Randy Hunt, John Leister, Mark Dewey, Jimmy Rogers, Cris Colon, DaRond Stovall, Zach Sorensen, Mike Crudale, Delvin James, Michael Restovich, Carlos Maldonado, Brad Salmon, Hunter Cervenka, Mike Wright Jr, Alex Meyer, Sam Moll, Jakson Reetz & Jose Suarez.
Hockey:
Angela Ruggiero is a former defensemen who won four gold medals for Team USA and is in the American Hockey Hall of Fame.
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
JRR Tolkien is known for being the author of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” series of books.
George Martin is known for being a record producer who is famous for working with the Beatles extensively and was considered a fifth Beatle because of that.
Baseball:
Darren Daulton was a three time All-Star catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and won a World Series Championship with them.
Gus Suhr was a first basemen who played in 822 consecutive games, the NL record at the time. His consecutive games streak ended in 1937, when he missed three games to attend the funeral of his mother.
Sid Hudson was a two time All-Star starting pitcher for the Washington Senators and served the Army Air Forces during World War II. He also was a long time pitching coach.
Cliff Melton was a pitcher who made one All-Star team and had two nicknames “Mickey Mouse” and “Mountain Music”.
Bart Johnson was a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox for eight seasons and went on to become a scout for them after he retired.