Celebrity Birthdays January 23rd:

Entertainment:

Richard Dean Anderson is an actor known for the TV shows “Stargate: SG1” and “MacGyver”.

Mariska Hargitay is an actress known for the TV shows “Law & Order: SVU” and “Falcon Crest”.

Tiffani Thiessen is an actress known for the TV shows “Saved by the Bell” franchise and “Beverly Hills 90210”.

Norah O’Donnell is a journalist-anchor for the CBS Evening News and host of Person to Person.

Gil Gerard is an actor for the TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” and “The Doctors”.

Jack Reynor is an actor known for the movies “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Midsommar”.

Sports:

UFC:

Tito Ortiz is a former Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000, to September 26, 2003 and is in the UFC Hall of Fame.

Hockey:

Brendan Shanahan is a former three time All-Star Hall of Fame left winger who won three Stanley Cup Championships and won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy once.

Basketball:

Larry Hughes is a former guard who made one All-Defensive First Team and led the league in steals once.

Baseball:

Jeff Samardzija is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.

Mark Wohlers is a former one All-Star closer who won one World Series Championship in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves and was apart of a combined no-hitter.

Addison Russell is a shortstop who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2016 with the Chicago Cubs.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Alan Embree, Juan Rincon, Wily Mo Pena, Joey Amalfitano, Don Nottebart, Paul Ratliff, Kurt Bevacqua, Charlie Spikes, Alfonso Pulido, Reggie Ritter, Benny Distefano, Marty Brown, Victor Cole, Sherman Obando, Charlie Greene, Erubiel Durazo, Mark Watson, Brandon Duckworth, Jason Stanford, Cord Phelps, Robert Carson, Daniel Fields, Jacob May, Humberto Arteaga & Yairo Munoz!

In Memoriam:

Baseball:

Chico Carrasquel was a former shortstop who became the third Venezuelan to make the Majors and the first Latin American to start an All-Star Game as he appeared in four total.

Frank Sullivan was a former starting pitcher who led the league in wins and made two All-Star teams.

Red Donahue was a former pitcher who pitched a no-hitter and led the league in losses with 35.

Sam Jethroe was a former center fielder who won Rookie of the Year and led the league in stolen bases twice. He was also a Negro Leagues star who won one Negro World Series Championship and made five All-Star teams.