Entertainment:
Warren Beatty is an actor known for the movies “Bonnie & Clyde” and “Heaven Can Wait”.
John Astin is an actor known for the TV shows “The Adams Family” and “Batman”.
Mark Consuelos is an actor known for the TV shows “All My Children” and “Riverdale”.
Simone Ashley is an actress known for the TV shows “Bridgerton” and “Sex Education”.
Gideon Adlon is an actress known for the TV shows “Society” and “Pacific Rim: The Black”.
Piers Morgan is a broadcaster-journalist-television personality who hosted the ITV talk show Piers Morgan’s Life Stories (2009–2020) and the CNN talk show Piers Morgan Live (2011–2014). He also has also been a judge on the talent shows America’s Got Talent (2006–2011) and Britain’s Got Talent (2007–2010).
Celine Dion is a singer-songwriter who is Referred to as the “Queen of Power Ballads” and is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. She is the best-selling Canadian recording artist and the best-selling French-language artist in music history and one of the best-selling musical artists of all time.
Ronnie Rice is a singer-songwriter who was in the Chicago-based group, The New Colony Six and sang lead vocals on many of their hit records, including oldies favorites I Will Always Think About You and Things I’d Like to Say.
Thomas Rhett is a singer-songwriter who has received four Grammy Award nominations with two albums being nominated for Best Country Album in 2017 and 2019.
Eric Clapton is a singer-songwriter-guitarist who is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He was apart of the Rock bands: The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos. He has received 18 Grammy Awards as well as the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.
MC Hammer is a rapper who is known for hit songs such as “U Can’t Touch This”, “2 Legit 2 Quit” and “Pumps and a Bump”, flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants. He also considered a “forefather” and pioneering innovator of pop rap and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em.
Tracy Chapman is a singer-songwriter widely known for her hit singles “Fast Car” (1988) and “Give Me One Reason” (1995). In 2023 she became the first Black person to score a country number one with a solo composition.
Norah Jones is a singer-songwriter-pianist who has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade and she has won nine Grammy Awards plus she was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine’s artists of the 2000s decade chart.
Sports:
Football:
Richard Sherman is a five time Pro-Bowl former cornerback who made three First-Team All-Pros and won one one Super Bowl Championship in 2013 with the Seattle Seahawks.
Basketball:
Jerry Lucas is a Hall of Fame seven time All-Star center who won Rookie of the Year and won NBA Championship in 1973 with the New York Knicks.
Baseball:
Chris Sale is a seven time All-Star starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who led the league in strikeouts twice and won one World Series Championship in 2018 with the Boston Red Sox. He holds the record of a 11.1 career strikeouts per 9 innings and tied for the most immaculate innings pitched.
Alex Bregman is the starting third basemen for the Houston Astros who has made two All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships. He also won one Silver Slugger Award and one Gold Medal.
Jason Dickson is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one Gold Medal.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Jake Marisnick, Dick Woodson, Josh Bard, Dave Baldwin, Conrad Cardinal, Terry Cox, Jack Lazorko, Terry Bross, Chris Gardner, Wilson Heredia, Mike Johnston, Davis Romero, Dan Runzler, Barry Enright, Shairon Martis, Mike Broadway & Ryan Noda!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Robbie Coltrane was an actor known for the movie “Harry Potter” franchise and the TV show “Cracker”.
Jay Traynor was a singer-songwriter who was the third lead vocalist of the Mystics and started Jay and the Americans where he was the original lead singer.
Sports:
Baseball:
Ripper Collins was a three time All-Star first basemen who led the league in homeruns once and won two World Series Championships with the St Louis Cardinals.