Celebrity Birthdays January 17th:

Entertainment:

Jim Carrey is an actor known for the movies “The Mask” and “Dumb and Dumber”.

Steve Harvey is an actor know for the TV shows “The Steve Harvey Show” and “Family Feud”.

Michelle Obama is an attorney-author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

Zooey Deschanel is an actress known for the TV show “New Girl” and the movie “500 Days of Summer”.

Leigh Whannell is an actor known for the movies “Saw” and “The Invisible Man”.

Maury Povich is a former talk show host of the show “Maury Povich Show” and was the host of tabloid infotainment TV show A Current Affair, based at Fox’s New York flagship station WNYW.

Freddy Rodriguez is an actor known for the TV shows “Bull” and “Six Feet Under”.

Harry Collett is an actor known for the TV show “House of Dragon” and the movie “Dunkirk”.

Joshua Malina is an actor known for the TV shows “The West Wing” and “Scandal”.

Kelly Marie Tran is an actress known for the movies “Star Wars” franchise and “Raya and the Last Dragon”.

Naveen Andrews is an actor known for the TV show “Lost” and the movie “The English Patient”.

Lil Jon is a rapper known for the commercial breakthrough of the hip hop subgenre crunk in the early 2000s, and is often credited as a progenitor of the genre. He also was the front man of the crunk group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz.

Kid Rock is a singer-rapper-musician-songwriter who broke through into mainstream success with a rap rock sound before shifting his performance style to country rock. A self-taught musician, he has said that he can play every instrument in his backing band and has overseen production on all but two of his albums.

Mick Taylor is a musician who is best best known as a former member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974) as a guitarist. As a member of the Stones, he appeared on Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973) It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (1974), and Tattoo You (1981).

Susanna Hoffs is a singer-songwriter-musician who with Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981. She was the lead vocalist on five of the seven singles released by the Bangles, resulting in her being seen as the face of the group, even though all four members shared lead vocal duties.

Ray J is a singer-songwriter-actor who’s 1997 debut single, “Let It Go”, was released by EastWest Records for the soundtrack to the F. Gary Gray film, Set It Off. Both moderate hits, the song peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and additionally served as lead single for Ray J’s debut studio album, Everything You Want (1997), which entered the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Sports:

Boxing:

Jake Paul is a boxer-YouTube personality who began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app was discontinued. He launched his YouTube channel Jake Paul in May 2014, and has ranked on the Forbes list as one of the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023.

Football:

Derrick Mason is a former wide receiver who made two Pro Bowls and made one First Team All Pro.

Basketball:

Dwayne Wade is a Hall of Fame guard who has made thirteen All-Star teams and won three NBA Championships with the Miami Heat.

Hockey:

Jeremy Roenick is a Hall of Fame center who has won two Silver Medals and he became the third American-born player to score 500 goals where he is one of forty six to have done so.

Baseball:

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Chili Davis is a former outfielder who made three All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships.

Trevor Bauer is a starting pitcher who has made one All-Star team and won one Cy Young Award.

Kyle Tucker is a outfielder for the Chicago Cubs who has made two All-Star teams and has won one World Series Championship in 2022 with the Houston Astros.

Joe Jimenez is a reliever for the Atlanta Braves who has made one All-Star team and has won a Silver Medal.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Pete LaCock, TR Bryden, Jeff Tabaka, Tyler Houston, Scott Mullen, Brad Fullmer, Rob Bell, Mark Malaska, TJ Bohn, Mike Rabelo, Chad Beck, Jai Miller, Emmanuel Burris, Cody Decker, Jeff Beliveau, Tanner Scheppers, Blake Beavan, Taylor Jordan, Dario Alvarez, Frank Garces, Colin Poche, Randy Dobnak, Jhon Romero, Dom Nunez, Yohaner Mendez & Michael Hermosillo!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

James Earl Jones was an actor known for the movies “Star Wars” franchise and “The Lion King” franchise.

Betty White was an actress known for the TV shows “Golden Girls” and “Mary Tyler Moore”.

Eartha Kitt is an actress known for the TV shows “Batman” and “The Emperor’s New School”.

Andy Kaufman was an actor known for the TV shows “Taxi” and “Saturday Night Live”.

Sports:

Boxing:

Muhammad Ali was a heavyweight boxer who held theRing magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970. He was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978 and the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979.

Hockey:

Jacques Plante was a Hall of Fame goalie who made seven time All-Star teams, won seven Vezina Awards and won six Stanley Cup Championships and. Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goaltender mask in regulation play on a regular basis. He developed and tested many versions of the mask (including the forerunner of today’s mask/helmet combination) with the assistance of other experts. 

Baseball:

Don Zimmer plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-1950s

Don Zimmer was a infielder-manager who made two All-Star teams and won sox World Series Championships. He also won Manager of the Year once.

Darrell Porter was a catcher who made four All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship with the St Louis Cardinals in 1982 where he won the NLCS MVP/World Series MVP.