Entertainment:
Grant Gustin is an actor known for the TV shows “The Flash” and “Glee”.
Dan Schneider is a television producer and screenwriter known for creating the TV shows “Drake & Josh” and “All That”.
Jason Bateman is an actor known for the TV show “Arrested Development” and the movie “Horrible Bosses”.
Carl Weathers is an actor known for the movies “Rocky” franchise and “Predator”.
Holland Taylor is an actress known for the TV shows “Two and Half Men” and “Bosom Buddies”.
Emma Greenwell is an actress known for the TV shows “Shameless” and “The Path”.
Faye Dunaway is an actress known for the movies “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Chinatown”.
Steve Soderbergh is a film director and screenwriter for known for the movies “Ocean’s Thirteen” franchise “Magic Mike”.
LL Cool J is a rapper/singer and actor known for the TV show “NCIS: Los Angles” and “In the House”.
Dave Grohl is a lead singer-lead guitarist of the Rock band Foo Fighters and the former drummer of the Rock band Nirvana.
Sports:
Football:
Byron Leftwich is a former quarterback who won one Super Bowl Championship in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and has been working as a coach since his retirement.
Baseball:
Mike Pelfrey is a former starting pitcher who spent eleven seasons on four teams and won one Gold Medal in the World University Championship in 2004.
Erick Aybar is a former one time All-Star shortstop who won one Gold Glove Award and one Gold Medal in the World Baseball Classic in 2013.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Rod Myers, Terry Foster, Wayne Gross, Stephen Piscotty, Boog Powell, Derrel Thomas, Logan Forsythe, Pete Daley, Dave Campbell, Ron Clark, Danny Boone, Tony Brizzolara, Jeff Keener, Ross Jones, Joe Redfield, Gary Green, Paul Fletcher, Steve Cooke, Troy Brohawn, Mike Frank, Pat Daneker, Adam Kolarek, JR Graham, Aaron Altherr, Dovydas Neverauskas, Pedro Avila & Sam Huff!
In Memoriam:
Sports:
Football:
Vincent Jackson is a former wide receiver who made three Pro Bowls and exceeded 1,000 receiving yards six times in his career.
Baseball:
Sonny Siebert is a former starting pitcher who pitched one no-hitter and made two All-Star teams.
Chet Brewer is a former Negro Leagues pitcher was a switch-hitting offensive threat and back when scuffing the ball was allowed, his work on the ball with the emery board and the way the pitch acted out of his hand amounted to a work of art. But after his career, he made a more lasting mark by training future Major Leaguers in Los Angeles through his Watts Giants youth teams. Hall of Famer Eddie Murray, Roy White, Reggie Smith and Enos Cabell were among the players he sent to the Majors, and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was one of the team’s batboys.