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”.
Sean Paul is a rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall and reggae’s most prolific artist of all times
Jimmy Page is the lead guitarist of the Rock band Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds.
AJ McLean is a member of the most successful boy band Backstreet Boys.
Dave Matthews is a the lead signer and guitarist for self titled band The Dave Matthews Band.
Joan Baez is a folk singer 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 also known as Ochcinco was a six time Pro Bowler and three time First-Team All Pro.
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. He had 146 career NBA double-doubles. Plus he was in the movie Space-Jam.
Hockey:
Scott Thornton is a former left winger who played seventeen seasons for six different teams and his cousin is Joe Thornton.
Golf:
Sergio Garcia has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably the 2008 Players Championship and the 2017 Masters Tournament.
Baseball:
Stan Javier is a former outfielder who won one World Series Championship in 1989 with the Oakland A’s and was the first player to homer in an Interleague game as a member of the Giants in 1997.
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.
Jay Powell is a former pitched who won one World Series Championship in 1997 with the Miami Marlins and won one Bronze Medal in the World Junior Baseball Championship.
Ivan De Jesus Sr is a former shortstop noteworthy for being involved in two trades that played significantly in the fortunes of the teams involved. In 1976, he was traded along with Bill Buckner from the Dodgers to the Cubs for Rick Monday. In 1981, he was traded from the Cubs to the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa. After his playing career he went into coaching and his son Ivan Jr also played baseball.
Alek Manoah is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays who has made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Bob Duliba, Guido Grilli, Dick Thoenen, 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 the lead singer, song writer and front-man of the Rock band Smashmouth.
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 two time All-Star starting pitcher who won two World Series Championships plus won MVP for one of those championships for the New York Yankees.
Jonas Gaines was a four-time All-Star starting pitcher-outfielder in the Negro Leagues, but also logged time in the Mexican League and Japan’s Nippon Professional League.
Johnny Washington was a first basemen who spent nearly two decades in the Negro Leagues where he made three All-Star teams, and won a batting title in 1940 as a member of the New York Black Yankees.