Entertainment:
Ellen DeGeneres is an actress-talk show host for the TV shows “Ellen” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.
Joseph Quinn is an actor known for the TV shows “Stranger Things” and “Dickensian”.
Ester Exposito is an actress known for the TV shows “Elite” and “Estoy Vivo”.
Colin O’Donoghue is an actor known for the TV shows “Once Upon a Time” and “The Clinic”.
Kelly Stables is an actress known for the the TV shows “The Exes” and “Superstore”.
Cameron Bright is an actor known for the movies “Twilight Saga” franchise and “X-Men: Last Stand”.
Anita Baker is a singer known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s and has won eight Grammy Awards and has four Platinum albums, along with two Gold albums.
Sports:
Basketball:
Gerald Green is a forward who has won one Slam Dunk Contest and won a G-League Championship.
Vince Carter is a former eight time All-Star guard known for his dunks winning one Slam Dunk Contest and won Rookie of the Year. He also has won two Gold Medals.
Hockey:
Wayne Gretzky is a former Hall of Fame center considered to be the greatest hockey player ever. He has won four Stanley Cup Championships, made fifteen All-Star teams, won ten Art Ross Trophies, won nine Hart Memorial Trophies, won five Lady Bing Memorial Trophies, won five Ted Lindsay Awards and two Con Smythe Trophies.
Baseball:
Bob Uecker is a former catcher who won one World Series Championship with the St Louis Cardinals in 1964 and is current play-by-play radio broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He also has appeared in the movie “Major League” franchise and the TV show “Mr. Belvedere”.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Andres Torres, Brian Doyle, Ron Teasley, Mike Pazik, Morris Nettles, Tom Bruno, Joe Pettini, Mike Patterson, Rick Schu, Jose Segura, Kevin Blankenship, Lou Frazier, Jeff Branson, Tim Pugh, Dan Carlson, Esteban German, Steve Green, Kenny Kelly, Brandon Medders, Antonio Perez,
Josh Sharpless, Juan Lara, Ryan Rowland Smith, Hector Noesi, Jemile Week, Josh Prince, Branden Pinder, Kyle Garlick, Davis Schneider & Kelvi Caceres!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Paul Newman was an actor known for the movies “Cool Hand Luke” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”.
Eddie Van Halen was a guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter for the Rock band Van Halen. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in rock history and was well-known for popularizing the tapping guitar technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard.
Sports:
Baseball:
Johnny Frederick was a former outfielder who led the league in doubles once and had the record for most pinch hit home runs.
George Blaeholder was a former starting pitcher who left his mark on baseball as the inventor of the slider. According to some sources, at least like The Sporting News in 1952 and Baseball Digest in 1961 each named him the pioneer of the pitch, according to the Society for American Baseball Research.
Charlie Gelbert was a former shortstop who appeared in two World Series but only one won with the St Louis Cardinals in 1931. He was shot in the left leg during a hunting accident in 1932, when he slipped on a rock and his own shotgun went off. He underwent multiple surgeries and missed all of the 1933 season.