Celebrity Birthdays April 9th:

Entertainment:

Kristen Stewart is an actress known for the movies “Twilight” franchise and “Snow White and the Huntsman”.

Leighton Meester is an actress known for the TV shows “Gossip Girl” and “Single Parents”.

Elle Fanning is an actress known for the movies “Super 8” and “Maleficent”.

Dennis Quaid is an actor known for the movies “The Rookie” and “Any Given Sunday”.

Cynthia Nixon is an actress known for the TV shows “Sex in the City” and “The Gilded Age”.

Jay Baruchel is an actor known for the movies “She’s Out of my League” and “How to Train your Dragon” franchise.

Joe Scarborough is a television host, attorney, political commentator, and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC with his third wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. A former member of the Republican Party, Scarborough was in the United States House of Representatives for Florida’s 1st district from 1995 to 2001. 

Lil Nas X is a rapper-songwriter who rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single “Old Town Road,” the longest-running number-one song (at 19 weeks) since the U.S. Billboard Hot 100’s 1958 inception. He has also won two Grammy Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, two BET Hip Hop Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards and two American Music Awards. 

Jesse McCartney is a singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career. He also is known for co-writing “Bleeding Love”, which became a worldwide hit for Leona Lewis in 2007.

Sports:

Baseball:

Luis Arraez is the starting second basemen who made two All-Star teams, won two batting titles, won two Silver Slugger Awards and he for the cycle. He also won one Gold Medal.

David Robertson is a reliever for the Texas Rangers who has made one All-Star team and one World Series Championship in 2009 with the New York Yankees. He also has won a Gold and a Silver medal.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Graeme Lloyd, Eric Campbell, Hal Jones, Roy Gleason, Jerry Hinsley, Sam Ewing, Ed Plank, Brian Dorsett, Kirk McCaskill, Mike Brumley, Jose Guzman, Blaise Ilsey, Hal Morris, Talmadge Nunnari, Kyle Peterson, Oscar Robles, Ryan O’Malley, Dennis Sarfate, Chris Smith, AJ Ellis, Chad Reineke, Adam Loewen, Bryan Petersen, Simon Castro, Tommy Medica, Ryan McBroom, Caleb Baragar, Mac Sceroler & Hunter Gaddis!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Hugh Hefner was a magazine publisher who was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles.

Carl Perkins was a singer-songwriter-musician who was a rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Among his best-known songs are “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Honey Don’t”, “Matchbox” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby”.

Sports:

Football:

Curly Lambeau was a Hall of Fame running back-head coach-general manager who won six NFL Championships with the Green Bay Packers and made three Second-Team All-Pros.

Basketball:

Paul Arizin was a ten time All-Stat Hall of Fame forward who was a time two scoring champ and won one NBA Championship in 1956 with the Philadelphia Warriors.

Baseball:

Hippo Vaughn was a starting pitcher who led the league in wins, ERA once, strikeouts twice and won a Triple Crown.

Doc White was a starting pitcher who led the league in wins once, led the league in ERA once and won one World Series Championship in 1906 with the Chicago White Sox.

Claude Passeau was a starting pitcher who made five All-Star teams and led the league in strikeouts once.

Nate Colbert was a first basemen who made three All-Star teams.