Celebrity Birthdays January 24th:

Entertainment:

Matthew Lillard is an actor known for the movies “Scooby Doo” franchise and the TV show “Good Girls”.

Daveed Diggs is an actor known for the the movie “Blindspotting” and the TV show “Snowpiercer”.

Ed Helms is an actor known for the TV show “The Office” and the movie “Hangover” franchise.

Justin Baldoni is an actor known for the TV show “Jane the Virgin” and “Everwood”.

Michael Provost is an actor known for the TV shows “Insatiable” and “Chance”.

Tatyana Ali is an actress known for the TV shows “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” and “The Young and the Restless.

Kristen Schaal is an actress known for the TV shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Last Man on Earth”.

Johnny Link is an actor known for the TV shows “My Life with the Walter Boys” and “Dear Edward”.

Callan McAuliffe is an actor known for the TV shows “The Walking Dead” and “Blow your Own Trumpet”.

Mischa Barton is an actress known for the TV shows “The OC” and “Neighbours”.

Rege-Jean Page is an actor known for the TV shows “Bridgerton” and “For the People”.

Dylan Riley Snyder is an actor known for the TV shows “Kickin’ It” and “Astrid Clover”.

Phil LaMarr is an actor known for lending his voice to various cartoons like “Justice League” and “Futurama”.

Neil Diamond is a singer-songwriter who has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time and has had ten No. 1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts.

Jools Holland is a pianist-bandleader-television presenter who was an original member of the Rock band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr.

Sports:

Gymnastics:

Mary Lou Retton is a former Olympic gymnast who has won one Gold Medal, two Silver Medals and two Bronze Medals. Her gold medal win was historic as Retton was the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in Olympic gymnastic

Football:

Sean McVay is the head coach of the Los Angels Rams where he has won one Super Bowl Championship in 2021 becoming the youngest ever to win it and the previous time he made the Super Bowl he was the youngest to also reach one.

Baseball:

Rob Dibble is a former two time All-Star closer who has won one World Series Championship in 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds and was the NLCS MVP that season.

Scott Kazmir is a former three time All-Star starting pitcher who led the league in strikeouts once and won one Silver Medal in the 2020 Olympics.

Whit Merrifield is a second basemen who has made three All-Star teams and has led the league in stolen bases three times.

Jose Quintana is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets who has made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

John Briggs, Dick Stigman, Ron Dunn, John Scott, Tim Stoddard, Tim Jones, Neil Allen, Atlee Hammaker, Tim Barrett, Cory Bailey, Mike Glavine, Jay Sborz, Niuman Romero, Tyler Flowers, Andy Dirks, Franklin Morales, Ashur Tolliver, Enny Romero, Tony Renda, Tyler Wagner
Jared Koenig, Mark Contreras, Connor Seabold & Carlos Sanabria!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Robert Downey Sr was a screenwriter and film director known for the movies “Putney Swope” and “Pound”.

Sharon Tate was an actress known for the movies “The Wrecking Crew” and “Eye of the Devil”.

John Belushi was an actor known for the TV show “SNL” and the movie “Blues Brothers”.

Warren Zevon was a Rock singer known for the three songs “Werewolves of London”, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”, and “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner”.

Sports:

Football:

Bobby Beathard was a former Hall of Fame general manager who won four Super Bowl Championships between the Washington Redskins and the Miami Dolphins.

Basketball:

Mark Eaton was a former one time All-Star center who won two Defensive Player of the Year Awards and led the league in blocks four timers.

Baseball:

Dave Brian was a former infielder who led the league in home runs once and is the only player to have two three-triple games in National League history to perform the feat twice in a season.