Entertainment:
Nina Dobrev is an actress known for the TV shows “The Vampire Diaries” and “Fam”.
Nicola Peltz is an actress known for the movies “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “The Last Airbender”.
JK Simmons is an actor known for the movies “Whiplash” and “Spider Man”.
Omari Hardwick is an actor known for the TV show “Power” and the movie “Kick Ass”.
Imelda Staunton is an actress known for the movies “Harry Potter” franchise and “Chicken Run”.
Lauryn McClain is an actress known for the TV shows “Ant Farm” and “911: Lone Star”.
Nicola Coughlan is an actress known for the TV shows “Bridgeton” and “Derry Girls”.
Joey Lauren Adams is an actress known for the movies “Chasing Amy” and “Dazed and Confused”.
Angela Bettis is an actress known for the movies “May” and “Girl, Interrupted”.
Deon Cole is an actor known for the TV shows “Conan” and “Blackish”.
David Costabile is an actor known for the TV shows “Billions” and “Suits”.
Joely Richardson is an actress known for the TV show “Nip/Tuck” and the movie “101 Dalmatians”.
John Doman is an actor known for the TV shows “The Wire” and “Gotham”.
K Callan is an actress known for the TV shows “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and “Meet the Browns”.
Crystal Gayle is a singer who is widely known for her 1977 hit “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”. Her new sound was sometimes referred to as middle-of-the-road or country pop, and was part of a bigger musical trend by many country artists of the 1970s to appeal to a wider audience. Subsequently, Gayle became one of the most successful crossover artists of the 1970s and 80s.
Sean Paul is a rapper-singer who gained international fame with his second album, Dutty Rock, in 2002. Its single “Get Busy” topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, as did “Temperature”, off his third album, The Trinity (2005).
Jimmy Page is a musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Prolific in creating guitar riffs, Page’s style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar tones. It is also characterized by his folk and eastern-influenced acoustic work. He is notable for occasionally playing his guitar with a cello bow to create a droning sound texture to the music. He also was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. When the Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from 1968 to 1980. Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, he participated in a number of musical groups throughout the 1980s and 1990s, more specifically XYZ, the Firm, the Honeydrippers, Coverdale–Page, and Page and Plant.
AJ McLean is a singer-songwriter-musician-actor who is a founding member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys. Despite being 14 years old, he auditioned for the group. By April 1992, McLean was officially the group’s first member to join the newly formed Backstreet Boys.
Dave Matthews is a singer-songwriter-musician who is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. The band’s 2012 album Away from the World made them the only group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard charts. This record was extended to seven consecutive number one albums with the 2018 release, Come Tomorrow.
Joan Baez is a singer-songwriter-musician who’s music includes songs of protest and social justice and as performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums.
Sports:
Football:
Chad Johnson is a former wide receiver who made six Pro Bowls and made three time First-Team All-Pros.
Basketball:
Muggsy Bogues is a former point guard despite being 5’3 he finished in the top seven in assists in six consecutive seasons (1989–1995), and in the top ten in steals in three of those seasons.
Golf:
Sergio Garcia is a professional golfer has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably the 2008 Players Championship and the 2017 Masters Tournament.
Baseball:
Otis Nixon is a former outfielder who stole more bases than any other player during the 1990s and has the most career stolen bases for a player who never appeared in an MLB All-Star game since it began in 1933.
Alek Manoah is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays who has made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Stan Javier, Jay Powell, Ivan De Jesus Sr, Bob Duliba, Guido Grilli, Joe Wallis, Don Hopkins, Phil Mankowski, Pat Rockett, Bill Bordley, Tom Kramer, Domingo Jean, TJ Mathews, Aaron Holbert, Kiko Calero, Ken Cloude, Tony Pena, Brandon Boggs, Freddy Dolsi, Dustin Richardson, Tayron Guerrero, Joseph Odom, Joe Harvey, Gabriel Moya, Jacob Nix & Edwin Uceta!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A lawyer and member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Bob Denver was a actor known for the TV shows “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”.
Steve Harwell was a singer-songwriter who was the lead signer-front man of the rock band Smash Mouth and was initially a rapper in the group F.O.S. They first achieved success with their 1997 song “Walkin’ on the Sun” and The band’s 1999 song “All Star” reached the top 10 in the United States, and it regained popularity after being featured in the 2001 film Shrek.
Bill Cowsill was a singer-songwriter-musician who was the lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s. From the mid-1970s until his death, he was a successful alt-country artist and producer in Canada.
Sports:
Dick Enberg was a sports broadcaster for over 60 years calling football, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, boxing, horse racing and gymnastics for the networks ESPN, CBS, and NBC.
Baseball:
Ralph Terry was a starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships with the New York Yankees where he won one World Series MVP.
Jonas Gaines was a starting pitcher-outfielder who made four Negro Leagues All-Star teams.
Johnny Washington was a first basemen who made three All-Star Negro League teams and won a batting title.