Celebrity Birthdays January 6th:

Entertainment:

Rowan Atkinson is an actor known for the TV shows “Mr. Bean” and “Blackadder”.

Norman Reedus is an actor known for the TV show “The Walking Dead” and the movie “The Boondock Saints”.

Eddie Redmayne is an actor known for the movies “Fantastic Beasts” franchise and “The Theory of Everything”.

Kate McKinnon is an actress known for the TV show “SNL” and the movie “Barbie”.

Courtney Eaton is an actress known for the movie “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the TV show “Yellowjackets”.

Bella Podaras is an actress known for the TV shows “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia” and “Family Reunion”.

Diona Reasonover is an actress known for the TV shows “NCIS” and “Clipped”.

Danny Pinaturo is an actor known for the TV show “Who’s the Boss?” and the movie “Cujo”.

New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Anthony Scaramucci is a former White House Director of Communication and American Financer.

Alex Turner is a singer-songwriter-musician who is the front man and lead singer-songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys. He is known for his lyricism ranging from kitchen sink realism to surrealist wordplay, which has been praised by music critics and the public. All but one of the studio albums have topped the UK Albums Chart. He has won seven Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and a Mercury Prize.

Kathy Sledge is a singer-songwriter who is best known as the youngest and founding member of Sister Sledge, an American vocal group which is made up of her sisters that formed in 1971. As a member of the group, Sledge sang lead on their biggest hits “He’s the Greatest Dancer” and “We Are Family”; the latter of which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1980.

Sports:

Football:

Howie Long is a Hall of Fame defensive end who made eight Pro Bowls and won one Super Bowl Championship 1984 with the Oakland Raiders.

Charles Haley is a Hall of Fame linebacker-defensive end who made five time Pro Bowls and won five Super Bowl Championships.

Asante Samuel is a former cornerback who made four Pro Bowls and won two Super Bowl Championships with the New England Patriots.

AJ Hawk is a former linebacker who won one Super Bowl Championship in 2010 with the Green Bay Packers and made the PFWA All-Rookie Team.

Jameis Winston is a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns who has made one Pro Bowl and won the Heisman Trophy.

Lou Holtz is a former head coach who won a National Championship and won a ACC Championship. He also worked as a TV college football analyst for CBS Sports in the 1990s and ESPN from 2005 until 2015.

Basketball:

Gilbert Arenas is a former point guard who made three All-Star teams and made two time All-NBA Third-Teams.

Baseball:

Norm Charlton is a former reliever who made one All-Star and won one World Series Championship in 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds.

Kevin Gausman is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays who has made two All-Star teams and has led the AL in strikeouts once.

Other Baseball Birthdays

Marlon Anderson, Jose DeJesus, Casey Fossum, Brian Bass, Elvio Jimenez, Roy Staiger, Bob Adams, Doe Boyland, Bob Davidson, Alvin Morman, Dan Naulty, Eric Moody, Scott Thorman, Anthony Slama, Jimmy Barthmaier, Cody Hall, Keyvius Sampson & Luis Peralta!

In Memoriam:

Entrainment:

Danny Thomas was a comedian-actor known for the TV shows “The Danny Thomas Show” and “The Practice”.

Aron Eisenberg was an actor known for the TV show “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and the movie “House III: The Horror Show”.

Loretta Young was an actress known for the movies “The Stranger” and “Midnight Mary”.

John Singleton attends last year’s American Black Film Festival Honors in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Boyz n the Hood director died after suffering a stroke

John Singleton was a director known for the movies “Boyz n the Hood” and “Poetic Justice”.

Syd Barrett was a singer-songwriter-musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd’s frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia,  English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.

Malcolm Young was a musician who was the rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was a member of AC/DC from its inception in 1973 until retiring in 2014 for health reasons.

Sports:

Baseball:

Early Wynn was a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who made nine All-Star teams and won one Cy Young Award.

Ralph Branca was a starting pitcher who made three All-Star teams.

Ruben Amaro Sr was a shortstop who won a Gold Glove Award.

Phil Masi was a catcher who made four All-Star teams.