Celebrity Birthdays April 1st:

Entertainment:

Asa Butterfield is an actor known for the movies “Hugo” and “Ender’s Game”.

Troy Baker is an actor known for lending his voice to various cartoons like “Naruto: Shippuden” and “Young Justice”.

Taran Killam is an actor known for the TV shows “SNL” and “Single Parents”.

Matt Lanter is an actor known for the TV shows “90210” and ” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”.

Mackenzie Davis is an actress known for the movies “Terminator” franchise and “Blade Runner 2049”.

Ali MacGraw is an actress known for the movies “Love Story” and “Convoy”.

Annette O’Toole is an actress known for the TV shows “Smallville” and “Virgin River”.

Rachel Maddow is a host-political commentator who hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network’s special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.

David Oyelowo is an actor known for the movies “Selma” and “The After”.

Sam Huntington is an actor known for the movies “Superman Returns” and “Not Another Teen Movie”.

Logan Paul is a wrestler-YouTuber who has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021. Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over 4 million YouTube subscribers

Sports:

Basketball:

Brook Lopez is the starting center for the Milwaukee Bucks who made one All-Star team and won one NBA Championship in 2021.

Mark Jackson is a former point guard who made one All-Star team and won Rookie of the Year.

Tangela Smith is a former center who made one All-Star team and won two WNBA Championships with the Phoenix Mercury plus one Silver Medal.

Hockey:

Scott Stevens is a five time All-Star Hall of Fame defensemen who won one Conn Smythe Trophy and won three Stanley Cup Championships for the New Jersey Devils.

Baseball:

Daniel Murphy is a three time All-Star former infielder who won two Silver Slugger Awards, one Silver Medal and one NLCS MVP.

John Axford is a former reliever who led the league in saves once and won Reliever of the Year once.

Willie Montanez is a former outfielder-first basemen who made one All-Star team.

David Dahl is an outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies who has made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Mike DeGerick, Mike Bacsik, Larry Murray, Mark Esser, Manny Castillo, Mike Kinnunen, Rich Amaral, Masumi Kuwata, Matt Herges, Jose Martinez, Will Rhymes, Alex Hassan, Chris Withrow, Cesar Puello, Keegan Akin, Kutter Crawford, Ryan Castellani & Jackson Rutledge!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Debbie Reynolds was an actress known for the movies “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tammy & The Bachelor”.

Sports:

Football:

Sean Taylor was a defensive back who made two Pro-Bowls.

Basketball:

Norm Van Lier was a three time All-Star guard who made three All-Defensive First Teams and led the league in assists once.

Baseball:

Jeff Heath was an outfielder who made two All-Star teams.

Ron Perranoski was a closer who led the league in saves twice and won four World Series Championships with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Phil Niekro was a Hall of Fame five time All-Star starting pitcher who won five Gold Glove Awards and pitched a no-hitter.

Rusty Staub was a first basemen who made six All-Star teams.