Entertainment:
Brendan Gleeson is an actor known for the movies “Harry Potter” franchise and “Beowulf”.
Lucy Lawless is an actress known for the TV shows “Xena: Warrior Princess: and “My Life is Murder”.
Marina Sirtis is an actress known for the TV shows “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Gargoyles”.
Amy Sedaris is an actress known for the movie “Elf” and the TV show “BoJack Horsemen”.
Maggie Baird is an actress known for the TV shows “As the World Turns” and “Birds of Prey”.
Elle MacPherson is an actress known for the movies “Batman & Robin” and “The Edge”.
Sports:
Basketball:
Walt Frazier is a seven time All-Star Hall of Fame point guard who made seven All-Defensive First-Teams and won two NBA Championships with the New York Knicks.
Baseball:
Denny McClain is a former three time All-Star starting pitcher who won two CY Young Awards and won one MVP. He also led the league in wins twice and won one World Series Championship in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers.
Billy Beane is a former outfielder-current GM of the Oakland Athletics who won Executive of the Year five times. Beane applied statistical analysis (known as sabermetrics) to baseball, which has led teams to reconsider how they evaluate players. He is the subject of Michael Lewis’s 2003 book on baseball economics, Moneyball, which was made into a 2011 film starring Brad Pitt as Beane.
Brian Jordan is a former outfielder-safety who made one All-Star team.
Matt Olson is the starting first basemen for the Atlanta Braves who made two All-Star teams and has won a Silver Slugger Award plus two Gold Glove Awards.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Tom Hume, Dan Kolb, Bill Castro, Mike Ramsey, Tom Tellmann, Karl Pagel, Domingo Ramos, Mike Kingery, Eric Gunderson, Geronimo Pena, Sean Lowe, Alex Ochoa, Marcus Jones, Kevin Nicholson, Scott Atchison, Eric Bruntlett, Kila Ka’Aihue, Pat Light, Chad Pinder & Jose Fermin!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Scott Wilson was an actor known for the movies “In Cold Blood” and “In the Heat of the Night”.
Sports:
Baseball:
Cy Young was a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who led the league in wins five times and pitched both a no-hitter(3) and a perfect game. He won one World Series Championship in 1903 with the Boston Red Sox and won one pitching Triple Crown. He has the record for most wins ever and they named the award for the best pitcher in each league after him.
Tommy Holmes was an outfielder who made two All-Star teams and led the league in home runs once.
Ferris Fain was a first basemen who made five All-Star teams and won two batting tittles.