Celebrity Birthdays January 27th:

Entertainment:

Early on, Patton Oswalt’s jokes were about being single. A few years later, his comedy was about getting engaged, having a baby and becoming a father. Now, his upcoming special is about his life as a widower.

Patton Oswalt is an actor known for the TV show “The King of Queens” and the movie “Ratatouille”.

Rosamund Pike is an actress known for the movies “Jack Reacher” and “Gone Girl”.

Freddy Carter is an actor known for the TV shows “Free Rain” and “Shadow and Bone”.

Frank Miller is a comic book and screen writer known for the movies “Robocop” franchise and “Sin City” franchise.

Alan Cumming is an actor known for the movie “X-Men” franchise and the TV show “The Good Wife”.

Keith Olbermann is talk show host known for anchoring “SportsCenter” and doing a variety of sports and political talk shows over the years.

Guillermo is a comedian known for being Jimmy Kimmel’s sidekick on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and rose to fame while working as a parking lot security guard at the Hollywood Boulevard studios.

Sports:

Football:

Billy White Shoes Johnson is a former wide receiver who made three Pro Bowls and made one First Team All-Pro.

Chris Collinsworth is a former wide receiver who made three Pro Bowls and has won seventeen Sports Emmy Awards as broadcaster.

Matt Stover is a former one time Pro Bowl kicker who won two Super Bowl Championships one with the New York Giants and the other with the Baltimore Ravens.

Baseball:

Bryan Reynolds is an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates who has made one All-Star team and led the league in triples once.

Jun 10, 2023; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Julio Teheran (49) pitches against the Oakland Athletes in the first inning at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

Julio Teheran is a two time All-Star starting pitcher who most recently pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Angel Berroa was a former shortstop who won Rookie of the Year and then went into coaching after his career ended.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Eric Wedge, Rusty Meacham, Phil Plantier, Gavin Floyd, Mike Zagurski, Ken Huckaby, Steve Demeter, Tim Beckham, Doug Adams, John Lowenstein, Tim Plodinec, Greg Bargar, Rusty Richards, Greg Martinez, Bryant Nelson, Jason Conti, Pete Laforest, Yohan Flande, Matt Foster, David Villar, Jonathan Heasley, John McMillion & Luis Ortiz!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Young Donna Reed

Donna Reed was an actress known for the TV show “The Donna Reed Show” and the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

John Witherspoon was an actor known for the movie “Friday” franchise and the TV show “The Boondocks”.

Sports:

Football:

Art Rooney was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers where he over saw four Super Bowl Championship teams and is in the Football Hall of Fame. He was part owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins at one time and was an Olympic qualified boxer.

Basketball:

Jack Haley was a former center who won one NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1996.

Baseball:

Bibb Falk is a former outfielder who replaced the banished Shoeless Joe Jackson for the Chicago White Sox but is more known for coaching at University of Texas where he won more than 400 games across a quarter of a century, amassing 20 Southwestern Conference titles and back-to-back College World Series in 1949-50.

Milt Gaston is a former starting pitcher who is most known for being more games under .500 than any other pitcher in history 67 (97-164) and is believed to have been teammates with more Hall of Famers, 17, than anyone else.