Celebrity Birthdays January 31st:

Entertainment:

Kerry Washington is an actress known for the TV show “Scandal” and the movie “Django Unchained”.

Mallory James Mahoney is an actress known for the TV shows “Bunk’d” and “Day 5”.

Joel Courntey is an actor known for the movie “The Kissing Booth” franchise and the TV show “The Messengers”.

Arrested Development

Portia De Rossi is an actress known for the TV shows “Arrested Development” and “Ally McBeal”.

Jonathan Banks is an actor known for the TV shows “Wise Guy” and “Better Call Saul”.

Glynn Turman is an actor known for the TV show “A Different World” and “House of Lies”.

Anthony LaPagila is an actor known for the the TV show “Without a Trace” and “Murder One”.

Brad Rutter is known for being a game show contestant-TV host and winning over $5.1 million which is second all-time in Jeopardy history. He also hosts the trivia show “The Chase” on ABC.

Justin Timberlake is a musician-singer-songwriter-actor known for his solo career and for being apart of the Pop boyband NYSYNC. He is also known for the movies “The Social Network” and “Trolls”.

John Lydon was he lead singer of the Rock band Sex Pistols and is the lead vocalist of post-punk band Public Image Ltd.

KC is the lead singer-record producer of the Disco band KC & the Sunshine Band and is considered to be a pioneer of the Disco genre.

Sports:

Basketball:

Othella Harrington is a former power forward who has won two Gold Medals and finished with the second most rebounds in high school basketball history.

Football:

Mario Williams is a former defensive end who made four Pro Bowls and made three First Team All Pros.

Vernon Davis is a former tight end who has made two Pro Bowls and won one Super Bowl Championship in 2015 with the Denver Broncos.

Baseball:

Nolan Ryan is a eight time All-Star Hall of Fame starting pitcher who has the record for most strikeouts(5,714) and the most no-hitters(7). He also led the league in strikeouts eleven times, led the league in ERA twice, has his number retired by three teams and won one World Series Championship in 1969 with the New York Mets.

Josh Johnson is a former starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and led the league in ERA once.

Tommy La Stella is an infielder who has made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2016 with the Chicago Cubs.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Brad Thompson, Yuniesky Betancourt, Steve Phoenix, Fred Kendall, Jim Willoughby, Bob Apodaca, Mike Rowland, Ted Power, Rafael Santana,
Francisco Oliveras, Dave Cochrane, Joel Bennett, Chris Pritchett, Caleb Thielbar, Melky Mesa, Guillermo Heredia, Tyler Kinley, Alex Claudio,
Locke St John, Jake Thompson, Rob Whalen, Cole Irvin & Zach Neto!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Jessica Walter was an actress known for the TV shows “Archer” and “Arrested Development”.

Terry Kath was the lead guitarist-co songwriter-co lead singer-founder of the Rock band Chicago. Jimi Hendrix is cited as saying Terry Kath was one of his favorite guitarists, and considered Kath to be “the best guitarist in the universe”.

Sports:

Hockey:

Bob Turner is a former defensive men who was a six time All-Star and five time Stanley Cup Championship winner.

Football:

Don Hutson was a former four time Pro Bowl Hall of Fame defensive back-wide receiver who won three NFL Championships and won two NFL MVPS.

Baseball:

Jackie Robinson was a Hall of Fame second basemen who is most famous for breaking the color barrier in baseball. He was a six time All-Star, one time NL MVP and won one World Series Championship with the Los Angeles Dodgersin 1955.

Ernie Banks was a fourteen time All-Star Hall of Fame shortstop-first basemen who won two NL MVPS and won one Gold Glove Award.

George Burns was a former first basemen who won AL MVP and three World Series Championships.

Hank Aguirre was a former starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and led the league in ERA once.