Celebrity Birthdays February 8th:

Entertainment:

Kathryn Newton is an actress known for the movies “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” and “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”.

Seth Green is an actor known for the TV shows “Family Guy” and “Robot Chicken”.

Cecily Strong is an actress known for the TV show “SNL” and “Schmigadoon”.

Nick Nolte is an actor known for the movies “48 Hrs” and “Warrior”.

Creed Bratton is an actor known for the TV show “The Office” and for being a former member of the Rock band The Grassroots.

Dani Harmer is an actress known for the TV shows “The Story of Tracy Beaker” and “Dani House”.

Chai Hansen is an actor known for the TV shows “The New Legends of the Monkey” and “Mako Mermaids”.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 08: Mary Steenburgen attends the premiere of “Book Club: The Next Chapter” at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on May 08, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Mary Steenburgen is an actress known for the TV shows “Last Man on Earth” and “Joan of Arcadia”.

Bruce Timm is a artist, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for contributing to building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, most notably as the head producer behind Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), Justice League (2001–2004), and Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006). He also co-created Freakazoid! (1995–1997) alongside Paul Dini and developed Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2012–2013). Following the conclusion of the DCAU, Timm went on to produce several DC animated films under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, such as Wonder Woman (2009), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), Justice League Doom (2012), Superman vs The Elite (2012), The Dark Knight Returns (2013) and Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015).

Mary McCormack is an actress known for the TV shows “West Wing” and “In Plain Sight”.

William Jackson Harper is an actor known for the TV shows “The Good Place” and “The Electric Company”.

Anderson Paak is a singer-rapper-drummer who has won three Grammy Awards in his solo career and won four Grammy Awards with Bruno Mars apart of the group Silk Sonic.

Vince Neil is the lead singer of heavy metal group Motley Crue.

Sports:

Football:

Julio Jones is a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles who is seven time Pro Bowler and has made two First Team All-Pros.

Basketball:

Alonzo Mourning is a seven time All-Star Hall of Fame center who won one NBA Championship in 2006 with the Miami Heat and won two NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards plus he won two Gold Medals.

Klay Thompson is the starting shooting guard for the Golden State Warriors who has made five All-Star teams and won four NBA Championships plus has won three Gold Medals.

Hockey:

Dino Ciccarelli is a Hall of Fame right winger who won one Bronze Medal and his 608 career NHL goals are also the most goals scored by a draft-eligible player who was not drafted by an NHL team.

Baseball:

Fritz Peterson is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and is probably best remembered for the surprising 1973 Spring Training announcement that he exchanged wives and lives with Yankees teammate Mike Kekich. 

Aaron Cook is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Harvey Branch, Larry Burchart, Steve Dillard, Edgar Diaz, Keith McDonald, Jim Parque, Tony Mounce, Adam Piatt, Ryan Snare, Chase Wright, Mauro Zarate, Burke Badenhop, Felix Pie, Matt Bush, Andrew McKirahan, James Naile, Jake Fishman & Jared Triolo!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

James Dean is an actor known for the movies “Rebel Without a Cause” and “East of Eden”.

Gary Coleman was an actor known for the TV show “Different Strokes” and the movie “Dirty Work”.

Sports:

Boxing:

Kimbo Slice was a  mixed martial artist, professional boxer, and actor. Originally a bare-knuckle boxer, he became noted for his role in mutual combat street fight videos which were spread online, leading Rolling Stone to call him “The King of the Web Brawlers”.

Baseball:

Willard Marshall was a three time All-Star outfielder who once tied a NL record at the time by hitting three home runs in one game and once became the second outfielder in the history of baseball to play an entire season without an error.

Dobie Moore was a shortstop-outfielder who won one Negro League World Series Championship and is famous for getting into a dispute with a woman in Kansas City, who shot him several times. He survived, but his leg was fractured in six places. He never played again.

Hoot Evers was a two time All-Star outfielder and led the league in triples once.

Joe Black was a starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won Rookie of the Year.